James in Wonderland - One

James in Wonderland - One of my favorite topics ever - fever dreams.

I remember as a child, lying in bed as a fourth-grader, looking at a movie playing itself on a square of light on my wall. Marilyn Monroe was talking about gambling with none other than Scottish formula 1 great Jimmy Clark. They went on for what must have been hours.

Lileks writes about his most recent bout.

the old confident brain shouldered aside the capering imps of Feverland, took the director’s chair, and gave me a gripping tale with a coherent narrative. Back to normal! I remember little, but I do remember defending my wife from a small, unshaven oily-skinned stubble-chinned Brit who was threatening to cut her up “an’ spoil tha’ pretty faice a’ yours.” I stabbed him in the heart with a scissors with such force that it pinned him to the wall. Then I called 9-11.

Next scene: my wife and I are in the movie theater, watching Lord of the Rings. “Don’t you think someone should be at the house when the police get there?” she said, and you know, she had a point. I was a little nervous about what might happen, since there was a dead burglar pinned to my wall, but to my great relief the intruder had shrunk to the size of a Christmas tree ornament, and no one seemed to notice.

Almost more fun than being healthy!

Posted by Mitch at December 19, 2002 07:46 AM