I spent the last three days during my lunch hour trying to find this building I saw from a distance—I could only see the top of the skyscraper, so it was hard to tell how far away it was. This is one of those dramatic structures I’ve noticed from time to time but only when I’m on the right street or at the right angle. It’s a spectacular building with, I think, six pointy gothic towers extending majestically out of the top. I wanted to find out what it was, but I didn’t know how to search for it on the internet. I guess there are some new image recognition search engines, but as far as I could tell you have to pay to use them, or be registered or something. I tried to search for something like "world's largest Beneath the Planet of the Apes Missile six pack"... also with no luck. My best bet seemed to be to walk toward the structure, and whenever it disappeared keep trying different angles. This was not so easy, however, because once lost it was not so easily found.
Something about what I just typed reminded me of a dream I had last night. I haven’t been remembering dreams lately, except when something triggers the memory like that. But then I’m not even sure, because I don’t remember them.
I looked for the building for three whole lunch breaks, and while I didn’t have much success finding it, I did see a lot of strange sights, like hidden grottoes and alcoves, accidental waterfalls, back stairways, blind alleys, the tryout line for “Lost Idol,” mysterious liquid nitrogen tanks, Pagan Idolatry and wine miniature golf, Serena van der Woodsen and DeVier Posey studying on the library steps, a fake dog poop, a man biting a dog, a three breasted man with a John Holmes Churchill, someone in a Bugs Bunny suit, a houndstooth free zone, one dollar sushi, ten dollar bread, a haunted yacht club, and the singer of Het Dagelijks Brood. I finally did find the building at the end of today’s lunch break, but I’ve already written enough, so I’ll have to talk about it later.
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