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Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems

By 5thape | January 12, 2007

I’d barely made it to work on fumes. Now, 11 hours later I’m in my Toyota, tapping the accelerator, my car slowly rolling across the plaza into the Chevron station. I pull up in front of a Lexus SUV. A teenage girl is pumping gas while her mother waits in the car reading a magazine. [...]

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I Stumble

By 5thape | February 19, 2006

Life is hard sometimes. I hate ambiguous posts too. Sorry.

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Flirting With Deaf Girls

By 5thape | February 15, 2006

A cute girl walked into the store today. At first I was kind of put off by her, she ignored me when I said hello and wouldn’t look up when I asked if she needed help. I thought 1) she’s extremely dumb and can’t browse and hear at the same time or 2) she’s a [...]

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Tambourine Man

By 5thape | January 15, 2006

To celebrate Carlos and Eliza’s birthdays we went out last night to Orchid in Koreatown. I like Orchid because it looks like it has a pretty diverse crowd from the few times I’ve been there. Koreans seemed to be the minority there that night. So we’re having drinks, minding our own business when a drunk [...]

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Colonel Thornberry

By 5thape | December 5, 2005

From 2nd to 4th grade I attended St. Catherine’s Military School. It was both a military and Roman Catholic private school so the administration was composed of Dominican nuns and retired U.S. military officers. Our teachers were made up of nuns and regular civilians. I want to share a couple memories I have of that [...]

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