Filed under: Matt Gagnon
This is an actual conversation I just had outside of the coffee shop.
A small hispanic woman approaches me out of nowhere. She speaks in broken english.
WOMAN: What’s up?
MATT: Uh, what?
WOMAN: What’s up?
MATT: Um, not much.
WOMAN: Jesus loves you.
MATT: Oh.
WOMAN: Are you drinking medicines?
MATT: Excuse me?
WOMAN: Are you drinking medicines?
MATT: Um, no, no I’m not.
WOMAN: Your hands are shaking.
MATT: I haven’t eaten lunch yet.
WOMAN: Oh.
WOMAN: Don’t give up.
MATT: I never do.
WOMAN: Jesus loves you. What’s your name?
MATT: Matt.
WOMAN: Matthew. Is a biblical name. Jesus loves you, Matthew. Sometimes I can no speak English. If you see me walking around and I can no speak English, don’t worry.
MATT: Okay.
WOMAN: Accept Jesus into your life.
MATT: You too.
WOMAN: I do, Matthew!
MATT: Ah, good.
WOMAN: Don’t give up.
MATT: I never do.
Filed under: Matt Gagnon
Today I’m summoning the full totality of my multi-tasking kung fu. Busy days. Between writing and e-mails I’ve been following the television upfronts that are happening this week. It’s a fun spectator sport. The networks are announcing their fall lineups and series cancellations. It’s like prom — but for television.
The Futon Critic is a valuable resource if you’re interested in keeping tabs.
I have pulp stories on my mind these days. I read a short pulp story by Michael Moorcock about a Metatemporal detective named Sir Seaton Begg. It was great fun. Begg is a sort of Sexton Blake-ish British detective working in the Multiverse. He investigates cases with his best friend Taffy Sinclair, who is a home office pathologist and acts as the moral compass of the duo. Begg, being a typical pulp hero, is a rich and eccentric detective-adventurer who ignores scruples in his quest for justice.
More thoughts on pulp later… hopefully.
