scenes from today...
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"you know,you never used to look this chipper when you'd come into work" says a buddy o' mine in his thick alabaman accent as i walk into my work area this afternoon. "you get yourself an easy job..."he starts. "...and a girl," i interrupt. his eyes light in question to the happy surprise,"do what?" he's known me for years,and it is good to see his reaction to the happiness spelled out on my face.
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"guess who i saw today?" my dad asks. i press the phone closer to my ear in an effort to hear his voice against a tumult of industrial noise."there's no telling," i say. and there really isn't-my past seems to lurk around every corner or (in this case) roadside nursurey. he simply says,"benji," and a volume of memory hits me in the chest. turns out my old high school band director is not looking well (diabetes taking it's toll) though he is still in good spirits. dad tells me,"he was on his way to the studio..."
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cheeseburger in hand, i open the door to the record store for this attractive thirysomething woman holding a baby with another rugrat in tow. the little boy is wearing a cardboard crown letting the world know that today is austin's 5th birthday. his ear-wide grin tells me his mom is about to add to the pile o' loot he undoubtablly has at home. i smile when she picks the simpsons first season box set and austin dances with glee.brian and i go back to the photos i am enhancing for him, though my gaze is continually drawn to the black and white prints in the open manilla folder.
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imagine a cross between fred flinstone and john goodman and you get an idea of what one o' my favorite managers looks like. depo walks towards me with a satisfied, almost cocky look on his mug. "so are we spanking it tonight?" he asks. smiling in spite of myself, i tell him we are doing very well." that's a spank," he says smugly as he swaggers off to enjoy a deserved issue-free night at the office. i couldn't help wonder if michael dell ever told his shareholders we were "spanking it."
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"you know,you never used to look this chipper when you'd come into work" says a buddy o' mine in his thick alabaman accent as i walk into my work area this afternoon. "you get yourself an easy job..."he starts. "...and a girl," i interrupt. his eyes light in question to the happy surprise,"do what?" he's known me for years,and it is good to see his reaction to the happiness spelled out on my face.
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"guess who i saw today?" my dad asks. i press the phone closer to my ear in an effort to hear his voice against a tumult of industrial noise."there's no telling," i say. and there really isn't-my past seems to lurk around every corner or (in this case) roadside nursurey. he simply says,"benji," and a volume of memory hits me in the chest. turns out my old high school band director is not looking well (diabetes taking it's toll) though he is still in good spirits. dad tells me,"he was on his way to the studio..."
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cheeseburger in hand, i open the door to the record store for this attractive thirysomething woman holding a baby with another rugrat in tow. the little boy is wearing a cardboard crown letting the world know that today is austin's 5th birthday. his ear-wide grin tells me his mom is about to add to the pile o' loot he undoubtablly has at home. i smile when she picks the simpsons first season box set and austin dances with glee.brian and i go back to the photos i am enhancing for him, though my gaze is continually drawn to the black and white prints in the open manilla folder.
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imagine a cross between fred flinstone and john goodman and you get an idea of what one o' my favorite managers looks like. depo walks towards me with a satisfied, almost cocky look on his mug. "so are we spanking it tonight?" he asks. smiling in spite of myself, i tell him we are doing very well." that's a spank," he says smugly as he swaggers off to enjoy a deserved issue-free night at the office. i couldn't help wonder if michael dell ever told his shareholders we were "spanking it."
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doublec:
i promise, i'm usually NOT this bad with the edit button 
countryboy:
thanks for the b-day wishes