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[atypical_echo]

What it says on the Tin

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[atypical_echo]

Keep practicing. Maybe where you moved has a small local band you can play with. Great way to make friends.

[heydrb]

Yeah, maybe. We'll see.

[How are you?
How have you been?
How's life?

All things he starts to type and then deletes.]

What have you been up to?

[Still feels stupid.
Oh well, too late, he already hit send.]

[atypical_echo]

[If only someone would ask those things. Other than Joanie of course.]

I've started looking for work again.

[heydrb]

[Damien wants to? But simultaneously feels like he has no right to. And also second-guesses 97.99% of everything he texts Mark anyway. RIP.]

Anything good on deck yet?

[atypical_echo]

[Oh fuck that. Learn to be happy.]

Not yet. Sorta flaking on the last gig hurt me.

[heydrb]

You'll get another one.

[atypical_echo]

I know. But I just hate how bad it's going to be until I manage it.

[heydrb]

Maybe it won't be as long as you think between.

[atypical_echo]

Maybe. I just have to find someone willing to overlook the gap in the resume which is never easy.

[heydrb]

At least you have a resume?

[atypical_echo]

Yeah, there IS that. But you've got horses around.

[heydrb]

Yeah, I do. Which is pretty cool.

[atypical_echo]

Are you happy, with the work you've been doing?

[heydrb]

Yeah, I really like it. It's...calming?
I mean, it's hard as hell, and I get up before the fucking sun, but I like it.
Horses are kinda better than people.



Most people.

[Some people aren't so bad.]

[atypical_echo]

I'm better than horses?

[heydrb]

[Was it that obvious? (It definitely was that obvious.)
Doesn't make the blatant call-out any less embarrassing.
Thank fuck Mark can't see him right now.]

You're better than a lot of things.

[atypical_echo]

Does 'better than a horse' go under 'skills' or 'achievements'?

[heydrb]

Achievements, I think.

[atypical_echo]

I'll note it there then. There we go. Updated.

[heydrb]

Dork.

[atypical_echo]

Yeah, but you knew that coming into this conversation.

[heydrb]

Yeah, turns out I don’t mind it.

[atypical_echo]

See, this is how you get led down the wrong path in life. Listening to people like me.

[heydrb]

Think you got my lines mixed up with yours, there.

[atypical_echo]

You've not led me down any bad path