Thursday, August 10, 2006

Some photos from today's adventures. Had to go to the Burbank Mall this afternoon for a garment bag when I stumbled across this scene.


Here, a mountain man plays a game of Giant-Sized chess with aloof precision. His opponent, a bald man with a band-aid on his head, lost pretty miserably. Others were waiting around in the atrium to test their skill against Grizzly Adams. His style was fun to watch. He'd keep his arms crossed as you see them in the photo, then he'd saunter over to the target piece and give it a sharp kick/scoot with his instep. Satisfied, he'd resume his place on the edge of the game board. Meanwhile, the other fellow (Mr. Clean the I.T. Night Manager) would remain on the board. I think Mr. Clean's tactics were his undoing; he failed to see the entire board like Grizzly, only seeing the five or so pieces in his immediate vision. Kind of like life, eh? Sometimes you need to take a step off the Enormous Game Board of life to see if you are in danger of checkmate or not.

Yeah, just like life . . .

Oh, and here's something new and unsettling.


My deodorant now has inspirational suggestions for me. If you can't read the blurriness, it says that I should "go all in." How soon do you think it will be before they start selling advertising space in this area? I half-expected it to say "Just Do It" or "Got Milk" or something. Is nothing safe from Madison Ave.? What if Gatorade started adding little Nike Swoosh-decorated tapioca balls to its drinks? Get a little protein and starch and consumerist subliminal messages with your thirst quencher. Nothing must be left blank without a suggestion. Maybe they could figure out a way to have Crest come out of the tube with a sentence describing the benefits of Scope. The possabilities are endless!

eesh. I don't really want to wipe "go all in" under my pits. It feels smarmy - like I'm getting ready for a night on the town in Reno.


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

What, no comments on this? One would think that the sight of a bushy haired chess master taking all comers on the gameboard of life would have elicited some remark....