picture this with me

our character wakes up on his air mattress to another friday morning and stares at the ceiling for several minutes.  he eventually rolls off into the carpet and begins his morning routine.  this involves eating organic honey nut o's and listening to national public radio.  upon switching on the receiver, he listens as steve inskeep gives listeners the new statistics for the unemployment rate in the united states--the highest in years.  "man, i'm glad to have a job right now," he thinks to himself under the closed mouth crunch of his cereal.  

our character arrives at work and realizes that, again, he does not have much to do today.  so, he decides to make a pot of coffee for the office, but mostly for himself to get that "inspired feeling" that comes along with a strong cup of folgers.  as he reenters the office, he notices the secretary is in the directors office with the door closed.  thinking this is odd, but not unlike the director, he carries about his business and turns on the computer.  

the office door slams and within minutes the director approaches his office, "seth, can you come into my office?"  

"yeah, sure," he says enthusiastically.

"we  have something uncomfortable to talk about..."

he wonders what this could be.  though the pause from this introductory sentence to the explanation is a matter of seconds, he has already imagined possible reasons for this initial sentence and decides on sexual harassment--though that is a completely unmerited reason.  the director proceeds to explain his office is being discontinued, "effective immediately."  

initially shocked, he responds the only way he knows how during uncomfortable situations by cracking a few jokes mostly regarding the fresh pot of coffee he made in the other room.  the scene ends with a few short shots of our character calling family members and job searching on the internet, via the local university's computer lab.  

the weekend provided the following experiences:

happy houring, bike fixing, bike riding, pizza eating, pint drinking, dallas traveling, calexico watching, friend talking, hard sleeping, church going, branch davidian exploring, bocce playing, book reading, date going, marijuana offering, dj watching, gram parsons listening, hard sleeping.   

austin, i sent you a few e-mails with my resume.  let me know what you think.