My imagination was running amok again. Twice in one night. This never happens when I’m sitting in front of a typewriter.
Gary ReillyTags: humor imagination writing creative-process writer-s-block
When I was a teenager, most fathers tended to go berserk when I asked their daughters on a date.... I discovered that all fathers go berserk when their daughters start dating. I have to assume this was because all fathers were once teenagers at some point in their lives, so they had no illusions about whether or not the boys were “up to something.
Gary ReillyTags: dating
She looked confused. She looked off-balance. That’s a technique I employ to get dates, and it always works.
Gary ReillyTags: dating
That was how I was going to get things back to normal—by working. I never thought I would use the words “working” and “normal” in the same sentence, but I’ll try anything to avoid facing reality.
Gary ReillyMy fake weekend has begun. I always take Tuesday off, unless my rent is due and I need to pick up some extra cash. I always take Thursday off, too. I have two fake weekends and one real weekend per week. Sometimes I wish there were eight days in a week just so I could squeeze in an extra weekend. But we all have our crosses to bear.
Gary ReillyI was in the land of fakes and frauds and phonies—I felt like saying “Howdy cousin,” to everybody who walked by.
Gary ReillyTags: hollywood
My big dream back then was to buy an IBM Selectric. I still have that dream. I really ought to buy a word-processor. Half the cabbies at Rocky own computers. They tell me they can write failed novels ten times faster on a PC.
Gary ReillyI wandered the sidewalk watching all the street performers doing their juggling acts, playing their musical instruments, busting their asses to avoid work. I liked that. But I wanted to tell them there were easier ways to avoid work, like cab driving.
Gary ReillyI expected Los Angeles to be slick and modern, but overall it had a rundown look and feel to it. Sort of like Denver. Sort of like every city in America I’ve lived in, except San Francisco, which looks cool.
Gary ReillyTags: los-angeles
I was driving pretty much the way everyone drives in LA, like elephants dancing on each others’ backs at a circus.
Gary ReillyTags: driving
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