surfing: brand x

1999 september 09

out

now this is a good reason to have a power outage.

seattle (ap) -- a fire-breathing woman danced topless on an electrical toweer beside a freeway bridge for more than an hour yesterday morning, snarling rush-hour traffic and forcing a power outage to 5000 homes and businesses.
ara tripp, 37, of olympia donned a halter top and descended at the urging of police shortly before 9 a.m.
she was arrested for investigation of criminal trespass and indecent exposure, police spokeswoman carmen best said.
tripp was first reported at 7:26 a.m. on a tower that carries electrical lines next to an interstate bridge over the lake washington ship canal.
wearing only shorts, she was gyrating, drinking vodka, spitting the liquor out of her mouth and lighting it on fire, best said.
seattle city light cut power to protect the woman, leaving 5,000 customers without electricity.

the results of yesterday's costco venture:

what i was supposed to buy: cigarettes, cat food, toilet paper, rice.

what i bought: cigarettes, cat food, 6pk of nonfat refried beans [i've been having tostada cravings], case of v8 [gene's, i hate the stuff], clorox II [this should have been on the list as i am out and need to do some serious laundry, as opposed to that silly laundry i did last weekend], a giant jar of pepperoncini [gene's, to go with his tunafish sandwiches], a container of pink frosted shortbread cookies [mine, i did it to myself by writing that sign off yesterday], a pair of dark sage green sweatpants [gene].

no rice, no toilet paper, so we will still need to make another run to someplace else to get the sort we want. shopping, it is the bane of my existence these days.

congratulations to f and s!

their daughter was born this morning at 00:46. what a great birthday, 9-9-99; no one is going to ever forget that one.

happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, do you want a pink cookie, happy birthday to you, claire

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