Another Journal Stress Dream*, Amanda Strips

1. This time, the journal cover is not the mixed media collage I've chosen but a very commercial iStockPhoto approximation: a picture of a naked woman holding peacock feathers to cover her lady parts. She has a surprised expression and a clown nose. The back cover is an iStockPhoto of a group of blond** children sitting behind desks, making the thumbs-up sign.

2. Amanda and I go to a crowded bar together. Upon our arrival, she stands on a bar stool, puts her hair in pigtails, and begins a striptease. I am embarrassed, but also kind of impressed.

*They arrived in real life today and are exactly as they should be, thankfully.
**Nerdy Google Search Leads to Awesome New Pretend Band Name: Blond vs. Blonde