THE F WORD . . .

From: Tomas Schmidt
Sent: Mon 10/20/08 11:15 AM
To: Mike Daily
Subject: The F Word, Plus 'ed-up'
Everyone, woman and child alike under the sun uses this neat shit. Mainly it is the stuff of adults: an adult way to describe the world and its entanglements. I was having coffee with someone and a pretty famous director (I always write about this dude), came in. "Is he doin' alright," asked my friend, "or is he, fucked up?" I think that dude is doin' okay, better than me I'm sure. At any rate it's living in the world day after day that could do it: whoever has the most sanity wins. I just need a house.

A good friend dropped me off at Jeff Tremaine's house. He saw the living room. The next time I saw him he said "that is so fucked up." Why is Jeff's house fucked up? Because it's an adult saying. You are allowed to say fuck after a certain age. Yes, I'm quite sure, people even use this word to describe sex; I have no idea why. I do not mean to write about my friends, this is "a bit fucked up."

I hope that you have read my story and decided that saying this dumb phrase has no value and is entirely boring.

Tomas Schmidt
Hollywood, Calif.