I’m standing in the long express line at Trader Joe’s. It has slowly snaked around the perimeter of the store. Throughout this time, the woman behind me has been catching up with a friend on her cellphone.
Woman behind me: Oh, girl… Guess who I heard from? The $4 Guy. Out of nowhere he just sends me a text message with a picture of him topless. It says, “I miss you.” Ha!
The friend replies with something along the lines of “Who?”
Woman behind me: You know, that guy I was dating. He was so broke he couldn’t pay the $4 for my chicken and broccoli at the Chinese place. I was like, “No! Uh uh! I can’t be with no guy that broke!”
The four dollars guy. Hmmm, it looks like Hollywood has something going on… Seinfeld would have made a great episode out of it.
It was so very Seinfeld, yes.
Hi Amanda:
just discovered your blog — found it on the New York Times bloglist.
I am married, 54 years old, no kids, and spent most of my life in the newspaper business in a technical capacity.
just recently my wife and I sold our house and purchased an RV park.
We take half of the year off. you can look at our website if you like.
Interested in your blog because it reminds me of what we used to be like when most of us worked in the business many years ago. We had no internet or gadgets like you guys do but we were into a lot of interesting things then too.
Watched a documentary last night about NYC history including the Triangle fire in the early 1900’s. Very interested in stories like that.
Keep up the good work and I have passed your URL on to a friend of mine whose husband recently died of cancel (he was 50). Thought it might make her smile.
take care amanda.
bw