Wednesday, July 6, 2011

I was working last night as usual, only this time it seemed the management had added some tables so as to increase revenue.  So there I was, I was working the "dank basement" section, complete with dripping concrete walls and that ever-so-faint smell of mildew, when something strange happened.  A friend appeared, a guy I haven't talked to in a long time and haven't seen for many years, but a good friend nonetheless.  He said, "Hey Forrest, you wanna quit here and go open a store with me?"  "Yes." I said confidently, not thinking to ask him what we were to be selling or where we would be doing this or where the money was coming from or, for that matter, where he came from.  I just walked myself on out of that basement and into the street, where I started searching for my car. 
I told him to go ahead of me, and I would meet him at Penn Station when I found my car and we would get to work straight away on this "store" idea.  So he drove off and I walked around, not remembering where my car was or even what it looked like.  I suppose eventually I realized I didn't have a car, didn't have my friend's phone number, wasn't going to walk to Penn Station for some reason, and had just quit my job.  I was very concerned about hanging around for very long, as my quitting just consisted of very unobtrusively leaving without telling anyone, and I didn't want to go back in and say "By the way I just quit, you may not have noticed, but can I come back?"  It was around then that my cat started meowing in my face to wake me up as it was about 11:30 in the morning, and I had not yet fed her.  This is what happens after a 50 hour work week.  I feel like the time I spend dreaming about being at work should be billable in some way, don't you?

In other news I have become a Mad Men follower.  Let's face it, it was bound to happen sometime.  Also, why is it that flashbacks in movies and TV shows are always awesome?  Like the most recent Star Trek movie.  It was pretty much just one big long flashback (actually it was sort of a super meta-flashback wasn't it?).  I didn't even watch the original show, but that movie was fantastic!  Anyway I suppose the point is that Mad Men is pretty great.  And before you all talk to me about the most recent developments, let me just say that I'm only at the end of season 1 right now, so don't ruin everything.

Oddly enough that's what I have for now, stay tuned for more exciting updates about fun news that may or may not have actually happened!

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