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Thursday, September 13, 2007 Dick's day off.  Richard, Dick actually, no one called him Richard (especially the people who didn't like him), was late for work. It was 11:37 am and he had not yet gotten out of bed. Since his alarm first went off at 7:30 am that morning, he had, on average, rolled over once every 2 and a half minutes, flopped from belly to back every 5, and grunted sporadically during these futile attempts to fall back asleep. At around 9:00 am, Dick stopped his alarm from buzzing by tearing it from the wall socket and chucking it across the room, knocking a copy of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea into his fish bowl. Charlie Chaplin, his goldfish, didn't seem to mind. As many times as Dick grunted that morning, Charlie was surprised to find a new addition to his 8" by 10" fishbowl. This was not an unpleasant experience. Dick hadn't slept well until around 4:30 am when he finally fell into a deep sleep. At that point, the exhaustion was too much even for his coffee reinforced nervous system. He'd finally powered down. So when he was woken up only three hours later, he felt a great sense of indignity and decided to play hooky, even if it meant a day of restless shuffling around his queen sized bed. At around 10:00 am, he unplugged his phone. It only took a couple of rings for him to recognize the danger of leaving that line of communication open. There would be no one to stop him from rolling and tossing and turning and grunting and shifting. He could even flip and flop and fold and curl if he was so inclined. It was his day, and he didn't need anyone else to give him a reason to be uncomfortable. It was liberating. posted by ezruh sellof at 12:08 AM 1 comments |
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(didn't have anything much more specific to say, i enjoyed reading the story, just felt like leaving a comment so you knew that someone read it.)
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