taken from an actual postcard written by a friend of mine who is still in single-digits. some of you may remember that last year i "handled" august by posting to this blog every single day. that won't be happening this year; there is, though, more activity at the NOSHI knitting monograph series than there is here (the first two monographs should be available for sale within the next two weeks!), and of course the KNITTING TAROT soldiers on, letter by letter, page by page. things won't be silent here, but i'm certainly not going to make much of an effort. everything i'm knitting now is on the huge side and the longer i wait the more interesting any photos will be.
ben and i have decided to "handle" august 2006 by embarking upon a new adventure every day -- things we've never tried or haven't done together in a long time. i am not sure what's on his list, but i'm planning a seance and need to go get a OUIJA board.
for now, i leave you with this: this, my friends, is august in a nutshell.
NEW YORK - Boy George will perform his court-ordered community service by picking up trash on city streets in the August heat, a sanitation spokesman said.
The one-time Culture Club singer will be issued a shovel, broom, plastic bags and gloves when he reports for five days of work on Aug. 14, department spokesman Vito Turso said.
"This is the epitome of community service," Turso told the Daily News for Monday editions. "It's not like he's going to be working in an air-conditioned office."
Born George O'Dowd, the singer has struggled with drug problems for years. He was ordered to do community service after pleading guilty in March to false reporting of an incident. He called police with a bogus report of a burglary at his lower Manhattan apartment in October, and the responding officers found cocaine inside.
Turso's statement was the first indication of what sort of work the singer would be given. He could be assigned to pick up streets in Chinatown, Little Italy, Nolita or parts of the Lower East Side.
when a man named vito issues your first idol and role model a shovel, broom, bags and gloves, and sends him into the sweltering streets of manhattan to pick up trash - that- that, is august.