Wednesday, August 24, 2005
I live under a satellite - in a Jar.
Austin is kind of known for its characters. Take Leslie Cochran, the homeless cross-dresser who likes to run for mayor. Then there are the ubiquitous "drag rats," the surly, annoying homeless kids that hang out on the Drag near UT. Not to mention the protesters outside of the capital building - some of them have very interesting signs. Yep, it's all part of what keeps Austin weird.
When I moved to Dallas, I figured I wouldn't see these types of people anymore. I'm not talking about homeless people - there are plenty of them - I'm talking about unique street characters. I guess I just thought Dallas was too, well, boring for that kind of thing. But yesterday, the city proved me wrong.
I was sitting at the stoplight on Ross and Henderson when I saw a lady waiting to cross the street. She was intently talking into a mini tape recorder and was wearing a fanny pack (or two). She had some sort of pushcart with a crazy handmade sign, something that looked like pamphlets, and an American flag. I inched forward until I could read the sign. It said WWW.DEBBIEWINS.COM, but she had run out of room so the "WWW.DEBBIEWI" was large while the rest of the URL was scrunched up in the corner. She looked a little crazy. Well, maybe a lot crazy.
And she is. Can anyone make sense of this website? It's really hard to pick a favorite sentence, but mine may be I'm white" He was not a hooker" Threats, bribes, extortion and a billionaire with the UN, hatemongers and perverts took my virgin in 1997 to replace his spirit with evil. Maybe that's supposed to be two or three sentences? Debbie obviously didn't pay attention to National Punctuation Day earlier this week. Come on now, Debbie, a few English classes could have you looking a lot less crazy.
Austin is kind of known for its characters. Take Leslie Cochran, the homeless cross-dresser who likes to run for mayor. Then there are the ubiquitous "drag rats," the surly, annoying homeless kids that hang out on the Drag near UT. Not to mention the protesters outside of the capital building - some of them have very interesting signs. Yep, it's all part of what keeps Austin weird.
When I moved to Dallas, I figured I wouldn't see these types of people anymore. I'm not talking about homeless people - there are plenty of them - I'm talking about unique street characters. I guess I just thought Dallas was too, well, boring for that kind of thing. But yesterday, the city proved me wrong.
I was sitting at the stoplight on Ross and Henderson when I saw a lady waiting to cross the street. She was intently talking into a mini tape recorder and was wearing a fanny pack (or two). She had some sort of pushcart with a crazy handmade sign, something that looked like pamphlets, and an American flag. I inched forward until I could read the sign. It said WWW.DEBBIEWINS.COM, but she had run out of room so the "WWW.DEBBIEWI" was large while the rest of the URL was scrunched up in the corner. She looked a little crazy. Well, maybe a lot crazy.
And she is. Can anyone make sense of this website? It's really hard to pick a favorite sentence, but mine may be I'm white" He was not a hooker" Threats, bribes, extortion and a billionaire with the UN, hatemongers and perverts took my virgin in 1997 to replace his spirit with evil. Maybe that's supposed to be two or three sentences? Debbie obviously didn't pay attention to National Punctuation Day earlier this week. Come on now, Debbie, a few English classes could have you looking a lot less crazy.
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