---Daisy went into the bathroom and picked up the water bottle. She sprayed her hair over and over, pumping the bottle until she was able to slick it ...ack flat against her head. She rubber-banded it back in a pony tail and slicked it down again, the closest she could get to looking bald. She opened the small case and pushed the steel rings into her nostrils, opening them as wide as she was able - punana's nose. She taped the tops of her ears flat against her head - punana's ears. Last week,. Seduction Attempt the SecondAlmost from her return we started seeing each other. Either we went out somewhere (cheap) or she came over and spent hours with me. I had eaten some of my starving student fare, smoked oysters and Tabasco when she realized that as a college student on an Army stipend, with occasional art commissions, my side of the pantry stayed pretty sparse.So she decided to take mercy on me and ran to the store for some groceries. She was gone way too long and I worried that. "Six o'clock approached and the folks started filing in, the news had travelled fast and folks who never came to a town meeting ever in their lives came for this meeting. At ten past six when most everyone had found a seat, the Sheriff opened proceedings, Apologies, Minutes of the last meeting then Quotas, he outlined the position, Cullment, he read my statutory 30 days notice, fhen he read out my provisional inventory, everything I owned, listed for division when I died, the last of my line,. I followed Jimmy around for a little while, but he didn't seem to need me so I drifted away. Like every barbecue in North America since Columbus first lit a fire under a buffalo, the guys gravitated towards the grill and the women moved far enough away so they wouldn't hear the foul language and prepared way more salad than would actually be eaten.So of course I grabbed a brew and stepped up to the grill.Some of the others looked rattled but Nick didn't bat an eyelid; he knows I work with guys.