Dreamed that in 2000, actors Tim Roth and Francis McDormand moved to my hometown to document him fighting 12 different teenagers. Not like he’s a martial artist or anything, just him going around the area and finding 16 to 18 year olds who want to fight him. As if there was a nascent underground brawling …
Tag Archives: Texarkana
Vector
Telling people about my hometown, as if that explains who I am. Nobody cares. We all have our damages. What can you do, though? That’s who you are now. Provide.
Duty
For those following along at home, yes, I was out of town for 2 weeks. I burned 2 of my 5 weeks of vacation time in Texarkana, certainly not having a vacation. My mother had lung surgery, and she needed my and my sister’s help to get through it. If you smoke, quit now while …
Three Weak Ends
Every year, no matter what job I have, I make every attempt to take the entire week of Thanksgiving off. It costs 3 days of PTO (if the job has it, which my current one does), and I get an entire week off. You’d think this was great and wonderful and is an entire week …
Alonesgiving
On a typical year, I travel home to Texarkana to spend time with my family during the Thanksgiving holiday, since most jobs guarantee time off for a large chunk of days. So, of the past 20 years living here, I’ve spent the holiday in Austin maybe three times. I’ve not been to a Friendsgiving orphan …