a description of the amazing and exciting adventures i have here in baltimore--- and other lies.

 
I keep running into the same characters day after day. And not people I necessarily like either. The latest in a series of freak shows without the tent is this guy, Brooks. Not "Brook", nor "Brooke" but Brooks. He comes up to me, really out of the blue, and asks me if I can help him out with getting a job at the libarary. Now, don't forget, I want to leave the library myself. I am not about to go running around for anyone, let alone someone who just starts stealing my life away from me and not offering anything in return, trying to get them a job here. But here comes this guy, off the street, while I am eating my cheesesteak outside of CC's, having a good time chatting with the owner (the AWESOME Mr Park!), trying to get me to get him get a job.

So, ok, one chance encounter with one anoying idiot. But now, I can't shake him. THe next day I see him and he asks me, "Did you see Ken F. at the library and tell him about me?"
"No."
"Do you think you will soon?"
"No."
"Well, could you?"

No.

There's another guy I see all the time, a friend of a friend, who is around the neighborhood, and if I don't dodge him he will tell me ALL ABOUT HIS AA PROGRAMME, like I care. Do I see my friend? Never. But this one? ALL THE TIME. Not like once in a while either, it's got to be almost every other day.

And the worst thing is, I rarely run into people I want to see, or would like to see. I only get the nutballs.

As a final note, if I see Brooks again, and he asks me about getting a j-o-b at the MSE, I will look him square in the eye and ask him, "What do I get out of this?" Because there is nothing for free anymore with me, unless you are really my friend: someone I care about--- fewer and fewer people each day. Maybe I should make some sort of litmus test, to see if you are really a friend, or just someone I know. Please let me know your suggestions. If they are good, I will test run them, with results posted in the future.

But no matter what it is, why does my gut tell me Brooks will not pass it?

posted by gregorio at 9:27 PM