From the fingers of children... (664 hits)
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Submitted by Robin Goodfellow <drankallmywineathotmail.com> (View user info) at 2005-01-10 15:34:13 EST
I was driving around Friday afternoon, running errands for my boss, upset that I was being fired. I was more upset that I had to stick around for two or three more weeks knowing that I was going to be discarded. I'm not someone that suffers nobly in silence, so having to do was eating at me. I desperately want to pull a Half Baked and announce my true feelings in four letter declarations.
At one point, I noticed there were about 10 school buses on the road in a row coming in the opposite direction as I was. I thought to myself, school must be out, lucky little bastards. It was then I saw a small boy, maybe 6 or 7 years old, in uniform, walking along the sidewalk about 100 feet ahead of where I was stopped at the traffic light. He was very liberally and quite passionately giving this string of school buses the finger as they drove past. It was a little dance of anger, both fingers waving back and forth wildly, one leg thrust forward, knee bent.
I laughed. I laughed pretty hard actually. I guess everyone has their hard times and everyone reacts differently. This little kid was doing exactly what I wanted to do at that moment, only he was 15 years younger and didn't possess the fear/social tact that I did.
It was my little moment of Zen.
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Submitted by bush_for_god (user info) at 2005-01-14 00:29:13 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by Istaros (user info) at 2005-01-11 14:47:59 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
you think you don't suck!? you think you DON'T SUCK!??
well, ok.. i guess you're right... dammit
Submitted by downerSTAIN (user info) at 2005-01-10 17:51:48 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
If I knew I was getting fired I would just slack the fuck off the last couple of days/weeks. Not so much outward aggression, just little things like coming in to work stoned out of my mind, smoking a joint on my lunch break, maybe eating some mushrooms before work (the magic kind, dumbass). Just generally spend my last working days high as a kite and happy as a fucking clam.
Submitted by jgreening (user info) at 2005-01-10 17:01:03 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
I killed my moment of zen by talking through it.
Submitted by Sassmasterr (user info) at 2005-01-10 17:00:18 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
i somehow expected this to be in connection with Mikey Jackson
Submitted by ICO (user info) at 2005-01-10 16:50:29 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
I just watched Requiem for a Dream, my 1.5 hours of Zen
Submitted by Rawrg (user info) at 2005-01-10 16:22:15 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
I'm still waiting for that little kid that shoots every stupid person they see.
Submitted by Sassmasterr (user info) at 2005-01-10 16:09:35 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
aaahhhh
Submitted by DamienX (user info) at 2005-01-10 15:53:50 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
I thought he was giving me the finger, so I ran him over.
My moment of Zen.
Submitted by wookie (user info) at 2005-01-10 15:43:00 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
You bumped your other post off the page by posting twice in one day.
Submitted by boomslang (user info) at 2005-01-10 15:41:24 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
I just farted, it was my moment of Zen.