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    The characters I deal with on a daily basis

    As with many jobs in the service industry, you deal with some strange people. Many of my tweets lately have reflected such weirdos that enter Hartford Coffee Company and the weird things they do. These weirdos have nicknames, but I realize after receiving a few responses from some of you that you don’t have the [...]

    Great Things Happen To Ordinary People

    for work, when I go to college fairs and make good contacts, I mark their inquiry card with “HOTT” so I know to call them later about applying. In the back of my mind, I had a feeling that the choice of “HOTT” was a double entendre and I partially hoped someone would think something [...]

    Recent work

    Hello all,Here’s a quick life update. – Started the new school year, looking to travel. College fairs and High School visits mostly in St. Louis, though some in the Quad Cities in northern Illinois, and Iowa. – I recorded vocals for Dear Future last weekend. Brandon and Paul came down and lent their pipes to [...]

    #18 – Allen Ginsberg, Greil Marcus and the Metrolink

    I step out of my motor vehicle and hear two men arguing about the nation “Our problem isn’t foreign oil dependency, our problem is outsourcing!” Their arms raised in the air to hammer down the point All I hear is the speaker box Skipping across concrete tiles and grey stairways to a live wire bridge [...]

    #16 – Tired

    tired as a long, hard day in hell when Satan dropped by to check our progress…

    Metrolink

    I take the Metrolink to Starbucks at Union Station when I work.  It’s midtown, which isn’t as bad as downtown but its still St. Louis city.  Sometimes I get nervous, but I’ve been more than okay thus far and probably will be.  People have to get where they’re going and that’s all they’re concerned about [...]

    Fiest

    So I started at Starbucks on Monday. It’s part-time, on top of the full-time job at True.  Yeah, it’s about 60 hrs a week.  I worked Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday night, although I’m mostly just reading/learning the processes for things.  Yesterday I made some Fraps and today I swept and mopped.  Other than that, just [...]

    #2 – Time

    By Grace Alone, I get to spend Monday through Friday spending 10 and a half hours of my day getting prepared for, doing, and leaving work.Minus the 6 to 7 hours of sleep I get a night,I gladly accept the 7 or so hours of personal time I have left.In these hours I prepare, and [...]

    #1 – Money

    money money money money money money money money money moneythe rhythmic swing and sway of the typing of the above repeatedly mentioned word5 notes and 1 resta word often preceded by “i dont have any” or “i need”and life can so easily be controlled by iti dont want to always think of iti dont want [...]

    Interterm and Christmas

    I just kind of realized last night interterm may be a bit crazy.  Yeah, hopefully ill have time to hang out but i may be a bit overcommitted: Monday through Friday schedule: 7am-12pm: Work at the union 12pm-1pm: Gym 1pm-5pm? (time isn’t sure yet): Attend WWII class 5pm-8pm: Chill 8pm-2am: Studio Then sleep till work [...]