David Caruso, you magnificent bastard
So I'm watching CSI: Miami. I know. It's not because I miss Miami - it's because there's nothing that comes close to being as bad as the actual city as the show about the city. I'll set the scene:
It's a charity gala event at a hospital opened by some exceedingly wealthy, young, attractive people. It's outside on a glorious sunny Miami day - the kind that never actually happens when I'm in town. The woman hosting offers a toast, champagne corks are popped, one after the other - followed by . . . a SHOT! A man comes tumbling out onto the second story terrace, stumbles over the balcony, and falls down, impaling himself on a crystalline ice sculpture - like a miniature icy Fortress of Solitude. Officers arrive on the scene. The medical examiner comments to Lieutenant Horatio Kane that killing a man in broad daylight in a house full of people is cold. Horatio puts his wraparound glasses back on and retorts: "Cold as ice, Katherine. Cold as ice." [Cue the Who]
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I'm trying to reach Alia Shields, AKA Alia S/Splendid Failures. Somehow I came across her blog in which she mentions me by name and a poem I once taught her by David Wagoner, Staying Alive. I don't know how to reach her but saw references to "Josh" and on your site I saw a list of potential girlfriends, Alia Shields among those. Who else? Please pass on this request to her. I merely want to see how/what she is doing and if she still writes beautiful poetry. Thanks.
Mitchell Haness
Dear Mr. Haness,
Alia (my wife) actually noticed your comment on my blog today and pointed it out. She'd love to get in touch with you - just post an email address to her blog (splendidfailures.blogspot.com) and she can send you a message. I don't know that you remember me, but I'm Josh Kaplan, class of '98. Alia and I actually became friends in your class, and we remember it fondly. As for what she's doing now (and I say this with great nostalgia) - "ask her! She's a librarian!" Hope all is well in Florida.
Best,
Josh Kaplan
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