Talk about random.......

I saw on MSN today that Portland has had more UFO sightings---and earlier sightings---than Roswell and I mention this because it kind of proves my point that Portland is a city full of weirdoes and crazies. This is not a rant, I love the weirdoes and crazy folks, they make life a little more interesting here, especially in the downtown area where they seem to congregate. A coworker said she was on the bus today with a well dressed middle aged woman who was behaving a little oddly. She changed seats several times for no apparent reason and would shout out seemingly unrelated statements like "I am a Caucasian" and "Thirty-six thousand dollars!" while digging around in her purse. I was able to one up my coworker with a crazy sighting of my own this morning. Sitting at an outdoor table of a local coffee shop was a man dressed in Middle Eastern garb; authentic looking Arab dress including long flowing white robes and an Yasser Arafat kitchen towel head dress. Now that's not a get up you see every day here in Portland but it wasn't completely odd either. What was odd was he also had a barrette like a mime would wear on top of his headgear. And he had an opened, oversized duffel bag on the ground by his feet. And in the bag was a banjo, I kid you not. I think he was a terrorist because nothing spells torture more than a banjo toting Arab. So I'm thinking I won the "My weirdo was crazier than yours" or was it "My crazy was weirder than your"? I'm not sure. But I do think I won.

Photos of last night's Last Thursday Tape Baby Drop to be posted soon!