Archive for July 2007

Three-Piece

Posted to Work on 23 July 2007, with 12 comments so far.

by Anthony–Age 25—Raleigh, NC At the end our Sunday School lesson about the perils of masturbation, the teacher offered me my first job. I was 15. He was a contractor. My only other option was Chik-fil-a. I accepted his offer. I started in June and quit when it got cold. My last day was Halloween. [...]

Jobs

Posted to Work on 21 July 2007, with 3 comments so far.

by Andrea—Age 27—San Ramon, CA Babysitter: I was never a babysitter, although I was a voracious reader of the Babysitter’s Club series during my adolescence. When I was 15, I worked retail in a music store. The job lasted all summer and was wonderful (boss was never there; back room to kiss the boyfriend; limitless [...]

The

Posted to Childhood on 19 July 2007, with 2 comments so far.

by Todd—Age 35—Muncie, IN My eighth-grade year burst into flames when my best friend Kess, whom I had known since birth, moved from Tulsa to New Orleans. I watched the explosion from the dark of my family’s living room. I couldn’t see his house from there, but I could see the moving truck driving away. [...]

Finding

Posted to Work on 17 July 2007, with no comments so far.

by Annie—Age 50—Tokyo, Japan Those who knew me along the way would say that I pretty much ended up where I wanted to go. On the other side of the world. As a kid, I dreamed of other places, other worlds. I mimicked accents and would call my mom from a neighbor’s house pretending to [...]