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David Sedaris • 17 april 1981

• De Amerikaanse schrijver David Sedaris (1956) publiceerde zijn dagboeken 1977-2002 onder de titel Theft by finding.

April 17, 1981
Raleigh
Today I dug a ditch and later it rained, so I finished painting Lou Stark's living room. She paid me $20, bean-burger mix, and four turkey legs. One of them I took upstairs to Gretchen's cat, Neil, who had been asleep on a blanket and wheezed with delight.

April 21, 1981
Raleigh
I thought I was back to eating pancakes. They're nothing to look forward to, but a box of the instant mix (just add water) is only $1.05 at Big Star. I'd just stirred up a batch when Mom came by with some groceries. I accepted them reluctantly —"Aw, what are you doing?"—but am so grateful. In the bag was a chicken, a brick of frozen flounder, orange juice, a can of peaches. a loaf of bread, and a can of pinto beans. The only way to assuage my guilt is to make a super-beautiful papier-mâché rabbit for next Sunday. I started one a few days ago, and as of now it looks more like a dog than a Greek Easter bunny.

July 3, 1981
Raleigh
There is a new cancer that strikes only homosexual men. I heard about it on the radio tonight.

July 13, 1981
Raleigh
Joe interviewed a carpenter named T.W. for a job and asked at the end, "Now, do you have any questions for me?
"Yeah," T.W. said. "Did you get any pussy last night?"

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