This zine, created by Michael James Ash, describes the caretaker's experiences in dog sitting.
The submitters provided the following about the artifact's history: The zine was left on the table in my house when I returned home from the trip. While I was away, I often texted Michael to check on the status of
Gatsby. Probably a little annoyed my that, Michael decided to create what he described as a report card for Gatsby while I was away.
Newsletter, Blog Post, and Zine Item Type Metadata
Genre
zine
Material
printer paper, pencil, glue
Circulation
Person to Person (Analogue)
Linguistic Text
Cover:
HOW'D iT GO WITH GATSBY:
How it went with Gatsby
Fourth of July 2015
MiCHAEL JAMES ASH
Page 1:
HOW'D iT GO WITH GATSBY:
HOW iT WENT WITH GATSBY
(c)2015 THiS (PUBLISHiNG HOUSE) iS AMAZiNG
TALLAHASSEE, FL
USA
FiRST EDiTiON/FiRST PRiNTiNG
Page 2:
MEMO
TO: JACOB CRAiG
FROM: MiCHAEL ASH
CC: N/A
DATE: JULY 5, 2015
RE: DOG SiTTiNG
REFERENCE iS TO THE CARE I GAVE GATSBY FROM JULY 2-5, 2015. PLEASE FiND BELOW A SUMMARY OF OUR TiME TOGETHER.
Day 4:
<underlined>DAY 1<underlined>
JULY 2
ARRiVED iN EVENiNG.
ADMiNSTERED RX AND
FED. WENT FOR WALKS.
CHiLLED. BEDDED DOWN.
<underlined>DAY 2<underlined>
JULY 3
<underlined>MORNiNG<underlined>: MORNiNG RX,
FOOD, WALK, NO HiTCH.
<underlined>DAYTiME<underlined>: TV/ViDEO GAMES
WHiLE GATSBY LAZED.
MiNi-CiG-WALKS.
<underlined>EVENiNG<underlined>: RX, NO PROB. DiNNER
DiD NOT SEEM APA-TiZiNG
THOUGH THE PHARMA-MEAT
BALL WAS DEVOURED.
Page 5:
<underlined>DAY 3<underlined>
JULY 4
EPiC COUCH DAY
A: MY POSiTiON 13/14 OF THE DAY
B: GATSBY'S POSiTiON 11/14 OF THE DAY
<- COUCH
<-FLOOR
ALL RX MEDS CONSUMED (MORN/EVE:
4 PiLLS TOTAL). BREAKFAST + DiNNER
SEEMED TOTALY BLEH TO HiM
THOUGH. ALSO, AS NiGHT FELL +
BOMBS BURST iN THE AiR,
THE PUP WOULD AGREE TO GO WALK
THEN RETURN TO THE DOOR ONCE WE
REACHED THE MAiL BOX.
Page 6
<underlined>DAY 4<underlined> HALF DAY
JULY 5
-MORNiNG RX/WALK
- BREAKFAST CONSUMED: Y:__ N;<underlined>X<underlined>
- STRAIiGHTENED UP
Michael James Ash, “How'd iT Go WiTH Gatsby,” Museum of Everyday Writing, accessed April 25, 2024, https://museumofeverydaywriting.omeka.net/items/show/25.