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walkabout: White Tennies
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Thursday, April 19, 2012. Doesn’t something pleasant spread through you? And he said it did, “like strawberries, Mom, when you slice them and sprinkle sugar on them and you put them in that white bowl and leave them on the counter before dinner. It’s not time to eat and already just looking at those strawberries makes me feel good inside.”. Yeah, just like that! I’ve never seen her husband. Well, no. I have, in a way seen him, once. A roll of pork tenderloin? Work in shelter for the homeless. F Scott Fit...
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walkabout: Broke As Broke Is
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009. Broke As Broke Is. 28 of September in the year 2009. Recently, I ran into a high school acquaintance that provided the Cliff Notes edition of her life post Class of ’85, and she said, “Ralph and I have been married eighteen years. Can you believe that? 8221; I looked around to make sure she directed the question at me and then I rearranged my face to match her expression of wonderment: “. 8221; I said with saucer-size eyes, "that is. And really, I was amazed. I frequently hea...
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walkabout: September 2009
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Saturday, September 26, 2009. 22 of September in the year 2009. In the interest of making the least wearing effort ( but most entertaining) of the time spent while I wait for gainful employment (or the FEDS. Come a’knockin demanding accountability), I have settled on a Blog. Because everyone is blogging and I have nothing better to do—well I do but vodka costs money and I’ve run out of money and I am now forced to get a job, a real job. If anyone asks, I am actively seeking employment! 8221; (Maybe a cop?
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walkabout: NormaJean is 43
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Thursday, October 29, 2009. 6 of October in the year 2009. Saturday night was NormaJean’s birthday. NormaJean and I have been friends since the 9th grade when she had boobs and I did not. We are 3 months apart in age and come January, I will be 43. Friday night, at 11:59 pm, NormaJean called and woke me from a Cape Cod Coma and with something like a puff of breath she announced: “It’s my birthday—I just turned 43.”. Oh, sweetie, that’s awesome—umm, any plans? 8221; I asked. And, I did. And, she did.
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walkabout: November 2009
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Friday, November 27, 2009. Work Ethic and Other Protestant Expectations. Towards the end of November in the year 2009. Work Ethic and Other Protestant Expectations. It’s Pat-Me-On-the-Back Day! Nearly two months of successful employment. Read my fingers—those are TWO—two fingers for two months. We are not paid for the 6 to 7 hours of additional documentation time it takes to properly document the lives of the people we serve and the magnificent activities I plan and carry out while with them. She charges...
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walkabout: October 2009
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Thursday, October 29, 2009. 6 of October in the year 2009. Saturday night was NormaJean’s birthday. NormaJean and I have been friends since the 9th grade when she had boobs and I did not. We are 3 months apart in age and come January, I will be 43. Friday night, at 11:59 pm, NormaJean called and woke me from a Cape Cod Coma and with something like a puff of breath she announced: “It’s my birthday—I just turned 43.”. Oh, sweetie, that’s awesome—umm, any plans? 8221; I asked. And, I did. And, she did.
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walkabout: April 2012
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Thursday, April 19, 2012. Doesn’t something pleasant spread through you? And he said it did, “like strawberries, Mom, when you slice them and sprinkle sugar on them and you put them in that white bowl and leave them on the counter before dinner. It’s not time to eat and already just looking at those strawberries makes me feel good inside.”. Yeah, just like that! I’ve never seen her husband. Well, no. I have, in a way seen him, once. A roll of pork tenderloin? Work in shelter for the homeless. F Scott Fit...
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walkabout: Work Ethic and Other Protestant Expectations
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Friday, November 27, 2009. Work Ethic and Other Protestant Expectations. Towards the end of November in the year 2009. Work Ethic and Other Protestant Expectations. It’s Pat-Me-On-the-Back Day! Nearly two months of successful employment. Read my fingers—those are TWO—two fingers for two months. We are not paid for the 6 to 7 hours of additional documentation time it takes to properly document the lives of the people we serve and the magnificent activities I plan and carry out while with them. She charges...
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walkabout: T and R: Truths and Realities
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Thursday, October 29, 2009. T and R: Truths and Realities. 2 of October in the year 2009. I knew this would happen. As soon as I found a project I was bound to enjoy and perhaps, with which I might stick for a reasonable period of time, I’d get a job. So I am now employed. I had a job before I realized it. Like Pig-Pen of the Peanut’s cartoon gang, I seem to walk about in daze, unaware of the cloud following me around. Three weeks of training, 8:30-4:30, M-F. Part of me is so, so. What I will mourn.