there is something very wrong with you when your job makes you feel bad about being single and you don't work for a dating service.
everyday, i watch countless couples, well parents, achieve something wonderful. while they may not realize just how wonderful it is, i do. everyday, i watch countless parents bring their children to freshmen orientation.
this may not seem any grand, spectacular feat to the lay observer - afterall, it's just orientation - but i see so much more. these people have stayed together and worked together long enough and well enough to get a child, their child, to college. i both hate and love them.
i hate them for making me feel solitary... a party of one. i love them for loving each other and their children that much.
everyday, i watch parents love their children - no matter how fucked up it may look from the outside. everyday, i watch love.
i get paid to watch love.
i'd rather not get paid to make love. couldn't resist.
molly's p.s. - i got your birthday card today. thanks! notice the exclamation point. it is an extreme rarity in my punctuation lexicon. i love that you put the "robin hood" in your name on the outside. oh, silly, silly nottingham. i am so pleased that i will see you when you get back to the states and right before i leave for miami. we shall spend even more time together once i make it back to the midwest from my jaunt in the sunny southeast. however, i must admit i am not incredibly excited about my venture to florida's dangle; i have absolutely no money for this trip. i know frank, adam, and i will have a fantastic time, but i am afraid my willpower may weaken being in a fashion capital like miami. maybe i'll just put my credit card in the complimentary bible at the hotel. you and i both know i won't be using that much on this trip. i guess those gideons had to be good for something.
Wednesday, July 14, 2004
About Me
- Name: brett
- Location: chicago, Illinois, United States
the good stuff: -i'm fiercely loyal
-in a world full of boys in dark-rimmed glasses, i'm the one you'll remember -i like beer -sports don't scare me -i can't win a boardgame to save my life -i make lots of wonderful facial expressions -i tend to flail -dads like me; moms love me -i'm great with names and faces -four little words: "best wedding date ever" the bad stuff: -i have problems acting my age... you'd think i'm 29 not 24 -you better like the word "seriously" -my friends are some tough competition -i'm a mama's boy -my impressions are horrible at best -i tend to flail -balancing my checkbook is a lost art, but i totally get physicsPrevious Posts
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