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FLYBOY ACTION FIGURE COMES WITH GASMASK

by Jim Munroe.
Originally published by HarperCollins in 1999, this e-book version came out in
2002. You're free to
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***
Fighting evil by moonlight
Winning love by daylight
Never running from a real fight
She is the one named Sailor Moon!
***

Before the time with Cass, I had only come close to doing it once since
childhood. This
all happened during my first year at the University of Toronto, characterized
by predictable
drunken stupidity. I was again unpleasantly soused, slumped in a chair in what
looked to be a
nice kitchen. It was hard to tell, because there was only a candle for light,
so as to give the room
the legislated party ambience. Specifically, it was a party full of people I
didn't know.
Regardless, I *did* want to know the girl with the short black hair and
wine glass. She
was listening to this guy go on about his film project, nodding every so often
and smiling in
inappropriate places. I remember smiling back, half-hoping half-dreading she'd
catch me. I
wished he'd shut up so I could hear her talk.
The kitchen wasn't crowded, which was lucky considering what eventually
happened.
Just two or three pairs of conversationalists. Someone pulled up her plaid
sleeve and presented
her forearm to the candle flame. There was a wrench tattooed there, and when
she flexed her
muscle it wiggled.
"Bilbo the Dancing Monkeywrench," she said to her friend. Her friend
laughed and
raised her glass to Bilbo.
"This must be the party-trick segment of the evening," Film Guy said. He
stepped back
for effect, cracked his knuckles and bent his thumb all the way back.