Mark Phillips' Pages: Workbook: November 2002

Workbook: November, 2002

November 30, 2002: As a child, my friend Chris' family in Redlands, CA, had a favorite Chinese restaurant called "No Duh."
November 29, 2002: Wild child.
November 28, 2002: Red lighting flashed, as the President's party and the castaways assembled under black clouds to perform a short but important ceremony.
November 27, 2002: Look at old school yearbooks from, say, 1963.
November 26, 2002: I worked as a dishwasher at a restaurant in a cellar on Hayes near Clayton.
November 25, 2002: Joke: Sunday before the beginning of a new school year.
November 24, 2002: "It hurts! It hurts!"
November 23, 2002: "This is a takeover!"
November 22, 2002: MUNI train, L Taraval line, morning commute inbound, somewhere beneath Twin Peaks.
November 21, 2002: Her sister's apartment.
November 20, 2002: Black felt pen.
November 19, 2002: Before Mary Ann could say, "I'll give someone a piece of my mind!," the crackling of voices over radios announced a group of Secret Service men.
November 18, 2002: Subject: dress up Mondays.
November 17, 2002: Sketch: Regina.
November 16, 2002: Beach, evening.
November 15, 2002: "National security."
November 14, 2002: San Francisco MUNI bus, 5 Fulton line, inbound, about 8am on a workday.
November 13, 2002: 1992, bus stop, Larkin and Hayes, waiting for the 21 Hayes outbound.
November 12, 2002: Ginger and Mary Ann screamed.
November 11, 2002: The term "linear narrative" is misleading, because it doesn't capture the structuring logic underlying the linear form.
November 10, 2002: -------- Ending #5: conflict resolution and its aftermath --------
November 9, 2002: Her resentment at the way stupid Americans pronounce her name: "Lo-ray-na."
November 8, 2002: "The end of the world required less time, and far fewer megatons than any expert had predicted."
November 7, 2002: Lovely young woman, blond, shy smile, sad gray eyes, seated across from you at a restaurant table.
November 6, 2002: Game: Race for the doors.
November 5, 2002: Something is in the air above your crib.
November 4, 2002: Importance of their spirituality.
November 3, 2002: Found story.
November 2, 2002: She shows endless kindness to each of her tables...
November 1, 2002: Amtrack station.