Mocha has recently moved from San Diego to OKC, and when I asked her how she was liking my city, she told me she loved it. The people are friendly and warm and welcoming and the city itself has a thriving music scene.
It does?
The move to OKC was a career move, in fact–Mocha is [...]
Archive for March, 2007
Where Have I Been?
Posted in music, oklahoma city, strangers on March 31, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Men are Trouble
Posted in gifts, strangers on March 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Whenever guys come into my store without the wife or girlfriend, I tend to chat them up because, I’ve found, they’re an easy sale. The man I was helping today had come in to buy a present for his personal assistant. Couldn’t he have just given her the money and told her to [...]
The Girl Who Steals Things
Posted in strangers, theft on March 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Susie told me she had been fired from Dillard’s. Another employee had approached her and asked her to do an exchange without a receipt and put the difference on a gift card (Do I need to say that the merchandise she was “exchanging” had never been purchased?) The girl had apparently been doing it for [...]
Count Your Mixed Blessings
Posted in blessings, family on March 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
My uncle is on the mend. He has been moved out of ICU and back to the 9th floor. The nurses there had been calling down to Intensive Care to check up on him while he was comatose, and they’re glad to have him back.
He was admitted just before Valentine’s Day. Needless to say, such [...]
Under the Influence
Posted in cancer, friend of a friend on March 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Ricky is a fighter. He has been HIV positive for twenty-one years.
Four years ago, he was diagnosed with cancer.
Two years ago, it went into remission.
Last week, after undergoing extensive tests, Ricky was declared “cancer-free,” and next week, he’ll have the port removed from his neck.
I’m not sure how I feel about the guy. He’s [...]
My Day Got A Whole Lot Better, After This Episode, When Doctora Ware Came In to Say ‘Hi’
Posted in St. Louis, bitch!, strangers on March 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It was Sunday, and that morning I might have insinuated to one of my customers that my mother was sick.
The lady came into the store, and to be polite, I made small talk with the woman. You’re going out of town? For Spring Break? A family trip? Where are you going? [...]
When Bums Attack, II
Posted in Los Angeles, bums, strangers on March 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
One of the life-lessons I learned in middle school was that it was easier/better to ask for forgiveness than for permission. It was, undoubtedly, the mantra of some of my nerdy American Studies friends in high school. So when I say I borrowed this story from Cody’s blog, you should know that I didn’t ask [...]
My Quest for a UC-E6 USB Cable
Posted in cameras, quests on March 15, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Somewhere along the way, in the all of the moving and removing of the last few months, I’ve lost the USB cord that connects to my digital camera. I tore up my room looking for it, but that was an exercise in futility. So today, since it was my day off, I thought [...]
Said the Debutante
Posted in Texas, debutantes, hygiene, strangers on March 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
[The spider on my chair. It fell into an open duffel bag when I tried to smash it with a shoe. I'm going to pretend it's dead. Usually I use hair spray to kill spiders, but I've been out for a while.]
A debutante from Texas, in town for the Big 12 tournament, [...]
Mrs. A. Devereux
Posted in high heels, strangers on March 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Mrs. Devereux is a seventy-two year old woman who looks like a hobbit. She came into the store pretty regularly, but now that she’s a mall walker, bona fide, I see her more often. Her doctor told her it would help her arthritis, so about three times a week, she’ll inelegantly pace the length of [...]
