hello

when i was in college i worked at blockbuster video for a little while

not really the worst job you could ever have but it definitely was not a good one

FIVE FREE RENTALS A WEEK THOUGH!

boo yahhh

anyways

i worked at like 5 different ones

which is sort of ridiculous but was actually kind of good for me

made a lot more money that way

also when you only work occassionally at certain locations it's a lot easier to steal from there

ha ha

(i'm laughing but it's totally true)

(normally if you get caught stealing it's because management)

(er)

(excuse me)

(MGMT)

(MGMT notices a pattern of stuff going missing on shifts you work)

(but if you don't work there regularly)

((and if you don't steal something EVERY TIME you work))

(you can get away with it)

anyways

the main one i worked at was in scottsdale

and most of the customers were horrible

but there was one girl there named sam

who was going to beauty school

she was a sweetie pie, no doubt about that

i worked with this guy karl

(another example of a person who HATED me upon first meeting me)

(but who i later became good friends with)

(after he realized that just because i dress like shit for my job at fuckin blockbuster)

(doesn't mean i'm a bad person)

we would go and hang out at this place called "jamaican blue"

which was a coffee shop trying to look like a bar

it was actually an cool place though

despite being in the heart of old town scottsdale

i was the oldest of this threesome

(no threesome jokes please)

sam was the youngest

i would have been maybe 20 at the time?

old enough to not care about hanging out in bars any more

ha ha

this is actually true

my brother is two years older than me

and when he turned 21 he got a new id and gave me his old one

i would have been 18 i guess

is that right?

hm

i think so

wait

i would have been 19

so i would have already been in college a minute

and already skilled at sneaking into bars

me and this bulky guy from my dorm would go to bars all the time

he had a fake but never needed it

and i looked probably like 13 but i was with john

who generally was bigger than the door guy anywhere we went

so i'd just walk right in with him

worked more than it didn't believe it or not

it's all about *attitude* kids

if you act like you belong there it's because you DO

this story is getting easily sidetracked

BOY

THERE'S A SURPRISE

ladies and gentlemen i present to you the first ever dave update to go OFF-TOPIC

yeah, i would have been 19 and probably 20 when all this was happening

or maybe 19 because i was still at blockbuster

i was 20 when i started working at that record store

and i know this for sure because when i turned 21

i went to the bar right by the record store

(that i frequented)

and told the door guy

"hey check it out, i finally get to use my real id!"

he did NOT think it was funny

but that's why he's a door guy and not a bartender

ANYWAYS

let me finish this damn story

jamaica blue

we'd go and hang

and some times meet people or bring friends

you all understand what "hanging out" is right?

sure

there was one girl though who was friends with sam and even younger than her

she was nice but shy

as are most young people hanging out with significantly older people

ok

now finally we're getting to the reason that i wanted to write about this

because i'd TOTALLY FORGOTTEN ABOUT IT

until suddenly here at work i was like

"wait, did that happen???"

i don't know what brought it up

but this young girl who was nice but shy

asked me to go to her prom with her

i don't actually remember her name!

but i didn't actually go to my school's prom

(cuz FUCK PROM that's why)

(i got high with my friends instead and went to all the afterparties)

(NOT wearing a tuxedo)

(in yr face high school)

so i went but with some reservations

i remember being worried that she would think it was a date

or that her friends would be horrible

but honestly all i really remember was looking uncomfortable in the picture

and having an ok time

but like we stayed at prom for like a minute

and then i think i even just dropped her off at a party or something?

i remember going home and thinking "that's it?"

hm

i thought this story would have a bit more juice

but apparently

this is it

that's all folks

please head calmly and in single file

to the exits in the side and rear

thank you for choosing the dave update today