Today my friend Britt made a huge life decision to move to New York City and become a publisher. I am so proud of her and she has shown me a light at the end of this dark tunnel of post-graduation hell.
Today my friend Joel liberated a book and stuck it to the man. He drove from Tuscaloosa to Birmingham to retrieve an illegally purchased copy of Neil Gaiman's new book; the copy was being held captive by his parents in return for some outdated/unmailed thank you notes. He accomplished his mission under an alias journey of "yes, mom, i'll drive several hours to try on an expensive suit that you've purchased for me." The story evokes sixties-esque book burnings and such in my mind. It was an amazing story.
Today, I sold two thousand dollars worth of groceries, cigarettes, beer, condoms and postage stamps to housewives in a suburban Atlanta city. I don't know that I gained any perspective or strengthened my sense of self in doing so, but I certainly helped to exercise the rights of women to purchase things and mail things and eat things and have safe sex. These rights could never have been exercised by these women had I not been working the Express Line for six hours straight.
Who won Today? I did.
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