ACT I
I am in a five-and-dime looking at cheap make-up. A middle-aged saleswoman comes up to me and gestures at a display of brown eyeliner. She points out that they are a high-end department store brand. "Would you like to guess how much we are selling them for?" she asks me. I low-ball at $8. She says they are selling for half that, and I should really buy some.
I nod but ignore the eyeliner and look at a nail polish display, trying to choose between two very similar glittery pinks.
ACT II
I am at the world premiere of a Simpsons movie remake of the Beatles classic "Yellow Submarine." I have just finished watching the film and the images swirl in my head, a bit confusing; I am definitely confused as to why it was remade in the first place.
It is after dark. The streets are closed off and there is an al fresco dinner taking place for all the notables. Above our heads are huge Thanksgiving Day Parade-style balloons of the major characters.
In the center of my table is a marshmallowy dessert -- a recreation of the Simpsons-style "Nowhere Man." Someone to my left is slicing it. The slices reveal red, white and blue layers.
I look up to find that I have been seated with none other than the Beatles themselves -- all four of them!
John (circa Magical Mystery Tour John) wants to know why anyone felt the need to remake "Yellow Submarine" at all.
The slicing man offers, "Well, think of all the new income it will make for you ... I mean, for your spouse and families."
John gestures at himself and his bandmates and says, "That's all very well and good but you know each one of us had only himself to depend on and we did it all by ourselves."
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Addendum: Interesting as I had a dream about George Harrison on Saturday night, which is what inspired me to start this blog. I'll relate it in full in the 'About Me' section.
