school for crime

late nights we visit the "last stop".....
child prodigies, child entertainers
we are all the same. we learned to live too quick. now we can't go back.
we spend most nights at the last stop.
but what do we dooo all day??
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(chatter at bar)
it's a coin flip.....50/50...
that poor horse, barbaro.
in another time, if he were another horse, he would have been "put down"
"euthanized"
att he track.
but he' still worth a lot of mony, as a breeder....a stallion.

the horse was bred, and born, to run???
what can he do, now that he can't?

he's like a child prodigy....look at us.
sitting around this bar. we all had legs at one time, legs to run with.

(when i was 8, etc)

for some of us, they should have just flipped a coin.
when i was screwed up............to live ,,,or to die??
fifty - fifty


thoses bastards....that's why we'r here.
and now we'lll outlive 'emall.

that poor horse, i saw the race saturday, the preakness.
i had $20 on barbaro to win, place or show.
where did you bet?
i would never go down there, by myself. i had john go there,OYB.
3 of us placed bets. i would never go down there to theOTB....but john, he's done it before.
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when i was 8, my art was displayed in the state house, i met the governor. at 17, i was sent to washington, dc, and shook the president's hand. the local paper swore that i, too, would be president one day.

toby was a child actor. by age 12 had won an tony award for a broadway play.

now what do we do all day?

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black guys - why have almost 1/2 of all black men been in prison?
is that their university? in chinatown, the men use knives.
that is where they have "the school of crime."
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he enters the store. he holds his jacket, folded over his left arm. he slips a designer purse (louis vuitton/ le sport sac?) under the jacket, casually walks out.

in the magazine store: walk in with a bag. peruse several racks. don't take too long. drop 3 magazines into your bag, buy only one . leave quickly but without alarm.

in the gourmet market, buy one item. always buy something. pocket the expensive sliced prosciutto, or a nice cheese.

vasil was from ukraine. the new ukraine, that cowboy wild west state of post gorbachev russia.
when he arrived, he was hired as a building super. his boss took him to home depot to buy some tools. at the car, after shopping, vasil proudly showed off his wares: over $300 of tools lined his jacket, drills etc

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this bar is the biggest scam of all. we sit here all night. some of us write it off as a loss, to deduct from our residual income as actors. the crime is that it is legal.
we also have a big money partner who runs some of his cash money through here as well. we don't have to do anything, we all draw a few dollars each week.

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chinatown is not what you'd think.
there are no takeout/delivery chinese menu's.


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child in chinatown:
she walks with her daddy. discovers a coffee shop. they share and enjoy chinese savories: hot dogs in buns, sweet roast pork buns.

we play on the market street playground.
the people of chinatown are very friendly with children. my daughter had just eaten oreo cookies, her mouth was dirty with chocolate. a woman stopped us, said your mouth is dirty, i will wipe it. we followed her into her store front office, she gave us paper napkins.

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she says:
i'll never date a guy who 's a vegetarian.

other petty crimes?

everytime i go to whole foods, i first take a tray of sushi, brown rice with broiled eel and avocado in a take out tray. i eat it as i shop with my cart.


the biggest fear:
guy is out on date, or just flirting with the waitress.
it's time to pay: the waitress hands him the card "DECLINED".
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what the hell do we do all day/ we sit around.
the other night the bouncer got fired. poor julio. everynight he'd have more than a few drinks. the bartenders would give him drinks for his friends. he'd be sloshed. this girl was wasted, she got up on the bar, slipped and cut her head.
nobody ever cared if he was drunk, but after that night, julio didn't work there anymore.
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have someone recite "the perfect negroni" from my blog.

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bar chatter:
guy" you don't call them rich people here"
girl"what do you call tehm?"
guy"you call them worthy"
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should i be ashamed? my grandfather didn;t found klondike bars, or any other great american food processing companies.
but he shure could cook, and forgae for wil d mushrooms, and grow vegetables...
he came over at age 16, worked in the thriving local shoe mills. at one time he held the city record for most shoes assembled by hand in one day.
i guess things like that were important back then.
he also in his life built 2 homes for his family. he built them with his own hands, with the help of friends, on his days off.
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i must be the only person who likes waiting for the bus at night. i even like the bus ride home, after a long night working in a kitchen.
i like the bus.
on the ride home,i unwind, a visual panorama of the city sights,
just fall asleep and then it;s my stop.
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bar games:
audience interaction
(write on stage)
WALL OF NICKNAMEs
pet or person

(call out names, put in category)
skippy (pet? person so on...)
willy
sergei
jimmy
tiger
boobye???(pet? person? answer: no, it's both!!)
(both?)
write boobye 2 times under pet and person....
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i knew i was drinking too much. i read a sherlocke holmes story.
holmes deduces from the characters behavior that he has a weakness for drink. his expensive shoes are dull and worn; fine jacket is in need of mending...he blames this carelessness on drinking.

siobhan looks in the mirror, dreaming:
"do you think i'm pretty?"
she is washing mason's feet...he dreams she is over him like an arabic princess, with a saber held high, holding his head by the hair...he looks up and says :"MERCY"
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mason:
I read a book about muslims and jews, dutch and germans, americans and latinos- how does anything get done at all? how do people agree to build a building? to make a new law? to build a church?

siobhan: (still looking in the mirror?) all i know is it's too hard to ever find someone to marryme
mason: my hair keeps growing, my face and back,my ass;;;it won't stop
siobhan: well they'll have to call you "HAIRY DUDE"

mason:STRESS COMES FROM INEQUALITY.
be happy you have a nice, comfortable pad.
siobhan: we are god's people.
mason:
don't compare yourself to the people you work for.
siobhan: they are NOT god's people?
mason: (pinches her) here's a PINCH TO GROW AN INCH.

delia: sings children's song, dances
mon chi chi mon chi chi
i love you and you love me

mason: alters his own jeans. they are too long, he steps on them in the back. takes scissors, siobhan cuts them for him.
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idea for crime:
i ran into this business owner.he had just opened a copy/computer shop. kino's knock off.
"mason: he had that look of a madman. on the verge of failure but working for success. he grabved my hand, tugged at me. he said: "let me show you the new copy center"
(he took my hand as if to shake it, and tugged me towards the corner:"no, he said, let me show my new store"

i had an "AH HA " MOMENT.
he was petty thief.???

ok ok maybe i can fall in love??

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bad audition stories:
delia: we crawled around on all fours. imitating wolves. the audition was for a national tour of a well know dance troupe.
olivia: i had to prance around, in a negligey and panties, while the actor,
red faced,
hard on ,
embarassed himself.
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boy what is this about yoru manhood?
did your father not love you, not ever grab you as a teen and say:
"look me in the eye!
look me in the eye!
tell me about yourself.

too many young men lostout on this.maybe their fathers left, or worked too much, or died when they were still young men.
they never had the chance to become men with their fathers. because later it flips: your father will be old, childlike again; you will have grown into the role of parent:
LOOK AT ME
LOOK INTO MY EYES, PAPA
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF

siobhan: then the girls says. ok, it's like this, "let's make atoast" but look into my eyes, or else, you.....know.....what ....(7 years of bad sex)
mason: yeah laughs hahahahah
siobhan: ok yes it's funny but it's my one seriously funny moment
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delai:at the last stop:
talk about staying up all nite long.
what happened when the owner walked in?
sibhan: he groaned.
then he was relieved it was only us.
mason; we are family to him.
siobhan: he's agood person. he might be a financial failure, but he's still a good person.
mason: but he's only that way now because he fucked overso many people for money. sure they were greedy, too, or why else would they given him money in thefirst place?
siobhan: but he still fucked them over.
mason: so he'sa good person because he was bad person.

THAT'S AN AH HA MOMENT!!!

(AT THE LAST STOP)
MASON: when i had a little success, i got a lot of sexual success....getting that satisfaction... i lost my drive to perform. i'mjust writer now.


kids are still wokring on their acts.
delia steps onstage, starts dancing, humming along....da da da da
delia: i was achild prodigy. i'll make a toast with this
cai pi rin ya
this is the second day i'm not drinking!!!!

it is strange but true.
the sudden onset of sexual success made him lose some of his appetite for getting applause form audiences. "i found myself as a writer."

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child entertainer: let's sing a medley of old commercials: likea good nighbour, state farm is there

junkfood:
let's have some junk food.
why should we even know what kfc means?
or verizon?

well, kfc could stand for:......kinky......french.....chicks
hello, kinky french chicks!!
yes, i'd like some junk food!!

bar game:
cereal without a bowl.
ingredinets:
1 box lucky charms.
1 quart milk. organic??
even if i drink...organic....vegan...hormone free milk... i still stand a chance of....dying....
no bowl.
i just use my mouth!!!