Lightning of the Soul Journal Entry -8/4/2000

August 4, 2000

Quote of the Day:
"Texas has executed so many people that they've installed an electric couch."
- Paul Rodrigez

Here's something you don't hear very often:

Canadian armed forces have boarded and seized control of an American freighter just off the coast of Newfoundland - it was the result of the ship refusing to relinquish control of the cargo, due to a billing error. The cargo contained items vital to the Armed Forces' day to day activities.

Anderson Cooper said something this morning on World News Now that sparked an idea in my head - he used this phrase to describe a fellow anchor, Alison (this is what happens at 4 am and I can't get to sleep)...

A title to play with:
'Big Hair, Little Woman'

Sounds like something on par with 'Bright Lights, Big City', doesn't it?? (Yeah - right)

Here's part of the character sheet I've come up for the lead character so far.

Ideas for the story so far:

Luella gets talked into getting 'bigger' hair by her friends in the Beauty Shop - "Hell, girl, you're in Texas - big hair is required here."

Luella's hair gets huge - like something out of a John Waters movie. She is the envy of the town.

A summer storm blows up and produces a tornado - Luella's hair acts as a sail as she is picked up by the twister. She loses track of the time as she is blown about by the twister. "Hell, for all I know Kevin Costner is popular again."

The twister sets Luella down in Brownsville Texas - not far from the Mexican border. "It's a good thing it stopped, y'know, because I didn't have my passport on me."

Luella becomes the talk of Texas - during her time in the twister, her hair 'caught' a small child that had also been picked up. She is credited with saving his life.

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