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I drove to Town Lake late last night for a run, not late late, but later than usual and traffic on Lamar was terrible and yet I wanted to go but as the time drew on and the cars grew thick, I started thinking about things like who are all these poeple anyway and how could I live here so long and be surrounded by all these cars and all these people and probably not know a one of them and then I looked up and saw a friend of mine from Trinity.
He's one of those guys who always comes in and says, "Hey Stacy, got a joke for ya." Followed by some crazy stupid joke about snails and whales and "watch out she's gonna blow." A funny joke that won't change the world but is still funny and a little bit weird, cause he makes them up. He also loves to share political commentary and tell me stories.
Well, in the midst of the traffic and the craziness, there he was on the corner where I'd just gotten stalled crossing an intersection, even though the light was green, the line of cars wasn't moving. So, I got to roll my window down and he saw me and his face lit up and my face lit up and everything seemed just fine again.
As I watched him cross the street, still smiling and waving at me, I felt at home again in my city.
This morning, I heard from Kenny, a friend from Trinity who calls from the North Woods every now and then to say hey. He has a dog up there, "pupper" who he is absolutely devoted to. Pupper had seen a bear cub and pupper was helping him bring in wood and pupper was doing just great and maybe he'd come back in Austin in a few weeks with pupper, too. Kenny is 60-something and he was the first one to show up for our screening of jumping off bridges at the Paramount. He is full of ideas and kind words and hearing his voice this morning, knowing he just wanted to call and say hi, well, it pretty much made my morning.
It's good to have friends. They always seem to call when I need them, when I haven't heard from them in ages and when I'm too much in my own struggle to pick up the phone and call them.
Today I also heard from Cowboy who reminded me of his upcoming nuptials and went on and an on about how happy he is to be getting married. I'm scheduled to be the photographer and I'm looking forward to it. I also heard from my old college buddy Christa in Florida. She's calling everyone in our college "family" (that's what we called ourselves "the family" ) and arranging a reunion. She needed to talk about our friend who was wild and crazy in her college days who is now a Republican and has a "thing" for Cheney.
People change, but friends, well, they are the best thing in the world.
He's one of those guys who always comes in and says, "Hey Stacy, got a joke for ya." Followed by some crazy stupid joke about snails and whales and "watch out she's gonna blow." A funny joke that won't change the world but is still funny and a little bit weird, cause he makes them up. He also loves to share political commentary and tell me stories.
Well, in the midst of the traffic and the craziness, there he was on the corner where I'd just gotten stalled crossing an intersection, even though the light was green, the line of cars wasn't moving. So, I got to roll my window down and he saw me and his face lit up and my face lit up and everything seemed just fine again.
As I watched him cross the street, still smiling and waving at me, I felt at home again in my city.
This morning, I heard from Kenny, a friend from Trinity who calls from the North Woods every now and then to say hey. He has a dog up there, "pupper" who he is absolutely devoted to. Pupper had seen a bear cub and pupper was helping him bring in wood and pupper was doing just great and maybe he'd come back in Austin in a few weeks with pupper, too. Kenny is 60-something and he was the first one to show up for our screening of jumping off bridges at the Paramount. He is full of ideas and kind words and hearing his voice this morning, knowing he just wanted to call and say hi, well, it pretty much made my morning.
It's good to have friends. They always seem to call when I need them, when I haven't heard from them in ages and when I'm too much in my own struggle to pick up the phone and call them.
Today I also heard from Cowboy who reminded me of his upcoming nuptials and went on and an on about how happy he is to be getting married. I'm scheduled to be the photographer and I'm looking forward to it. I also heard from my old college buddy Christa in Florida. She's calling everyone in our college "family" (that's what we called ourselves "the family" ) and arranging a reunion. She needed to talk about our friend who was wild and crazy in her college days who is now a Republican and has a "thing" for Cheney.
People change, but friends, well, they are the best thing in the world.
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