Look Out Shit, Here Comes Fan

Thursday (12/22):

11:53am: Slightly bored, contemplating weekend.

12:02pm: World turned upside down and shaken like a kitch holiday snow-globe.

1:10pm: news.google hits: 10.

1:34pm: Someone writes 'The Alamo' on a piece of paper and tapes it to section door.

3:34pm: Mix of euphoria and panic sets in; checking Orbitz for flights to Thailand. Other side of world looking real fine.

4:15pm: news.google hits: 54. Chinese get their hands on information.

5:45pm: Fucked. So. Very. Fucked.

6:00pm: news.google hits: 77. ABC Television posts online.

7:00pm: Drinking begins.

7:20pm: Wondering if last 2.5 years of life can be parlayed into book advance.

7:45pm: Drinking continues.

8:00pm: news.google hits: 95. Salon.com fixes napkin around neck, prepares to dig in.

8:15pm: Drinking: The Motion Picture.

10:45pm: H. finds and yanks me out of random bar.