Comments on: So, I have a new job (yes, again) http://wischlist.com/2008/09/so-i-have-a-new-job-yes-again/ Chronicling Chicago (and other stuff) since 2002 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:03:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Czoch http://wischlist.com/2008/09/so-i-have-a-new-job-yes-again/comment-page-1/#comment-350 Czoch Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:15:08 +0000 http://wischlist.com/2008/09/01/so-i-have-a-new-job-yes-again/#comment-350 It's official. You were in operation Surge for American preservatives (oil) in Iraq with a journalist from U of Illinois your convoy. A road side bomb went off killing him instantly, burning him beyond recognition. You (now Dave) were a struggling farmer from Nebraska, decided to take his identity. You switched his dogtags with yours and never looked back. Years later, you find your self in the [marketing] advertising business, thinking back to that day as a turning point. You have a no wife and a score of girlfriends/one night stands because of your fear of commitment. The one girl that you loved in high school left you when you went to Iraq for a nerdy physics major from MIT. You can never be fulfilled emotionally or physically because you block out feelings. Don Draper. It’s official.
You were in operation Surge for American preservatives (oil) in Iraq with a journalist from U of Illinois your convoy. A road side bomb went off killing him instantly, burning him beyond recognition. You (now Dave) were a struggling farmer from Nebraska, decided to take his identity. You switched his dogtags with yours and never looked back.

Years later, you find your self in the [marketing] advertising business, thinking back to that day as a turning point. You have a no wife and a score of girlfriends/one night stands because of your fear of commitment. The one girl that you loved in high school left you when you went to Iraq for a nerdy physics major from MIT. You can never be fulfilled emotionally or physically because you block out feelings.

Don Draper.

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