Must Have
on November 2, 2009
at 12:00 am
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I hit my head at least once a day at that place. The hardhat protected me from damage, but it rang my bell everytime. Such is my lot in life as a wookie.
Acrophobia
on October 30, 2009
at 12:00 am
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I would not characterize myself as acrophobic, but every once in a while, I get a twinge of panic from heights. My stepdad was a roofer. Sometimes I couldn’t go near the edge. Sometimes I would jump off. Just no telling. But the one time they asked us to shimmy out on the rafter above the lab, I freaked out. Ultimately, I gave up on the task of cleaning and just got to the other end asap. My friend was having the time of his life, brachiating from girder to girder.
ESL
on October 28, 2009
at 12:00 am
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One of the guys on the crew was always code-switching from English to Spanish. Since we had two different gloves we had to put on, he just called the silk ones the same thing I called them, “sexies.” We got to talking about ESL classes for some reason and one of the Bubbas asked what ESL was. It was easier to make fun of him than it was to explain. Luis died laughing.
Sexy Gloves
on October 26, 2009
at 12:00 am
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The best part of the zoot suit was the silk gloves we had to wear underneath the latex ones. I started calling them my “sexies.”
Zoot Suits
on October 23, 2009
at 12:00 am
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The zoot suits were cool, but we had to cover everything. No glove, no love.
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