Wednesday, June 29, 2005

Motorcycle chandelier

I had a one-sided conversation with Devin's dog, Scout. We ran up the hill in the dark. I'm wearing shorts, a t-shirt and a jacket with flip-flops on my feet. Scout aint wearing nothing, just a bunch of fur. It’s just under a half-mile and some pretty decent vertical. I win this race and maybe it gave me the confidence needed to be frank with this big friendly yellow lab as we walked back down the hill.

"You know Scout, I think you need to explore the estate more on your own. You are so dependent on humans and divorced from your environment. You spend time chasing and scaring the cats. Maybe, you should watch them. Cats are able to interact with humans and yet still maintain some wildness and independence."

Scout seemed to listen. His big pink tongue hung out of his mouth and he tilted his head to the side a little bit.

How to make a motorcycle chandelier: Get a motorcycle. Take it to a volcano. Get a crane. Dip the bike in the volcano like your making a chocolate covered strawberry. Fly the bike home with a helicopter or UPS it, whatever. When you get it to your house, chip out a bunch of holes where you want to fit your candles. You might want to figure out if you want your motorcycle chandelier upright or sideways first though. Oh yeah, it'd be a good idea to use bees wax candles, they are so much more je ne sais qua. Enjoy!