shadowy primitive comes out of the shadows

[franksolich]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9474175

Oh my.

Just in time.

The "backstory" on the shadowy primitive is this: he's from upstate New York, a part-time taxi-cab driver, 41 years old.  An aspiring writer.  Never had a hard full-time job in his life, mooched off his mother, and later also his working wife.  At one time sought a new place to live, and when offered Arkansas, inquired if Arkansas has beaches.  Applied for social security disability because he was too "depressed" to work, and failed to get it.  His long-suffering working wife, tired of his freeloading, finally kicked him out on the streets earlier this year, after which the shadowy primitive was seen no more, until the past couple of days.

shadowknows69 (1000+ posts)        Thu Nov-04-10 09:18 AM
THE SHADOWY PRIMITIVE
Original message

Out of the Shadows and into the Light: A brief synopsis

Need to exercise the mental instrument. I have a philosophy midterm to begin today that is going to kick my intellectual ass. Anywho. Hi, how have y'all been. Rough week for the democratic party, to say the least. Me? Aside from the previously mentioned writing task I have before me (the midterm, not this ramble) I'm doing quite well for a change (and a nice change it is).

Been going to school, first time in twenty years, at a school in Rochester New York. Going for my Associate Degree in Human Services. As part of that program I've been doing field work/internship for the local mental health association, attending seminars, classes and leading a couple of groups. It's been very interesting and cathartic at the same time.

I left my wife of ten years to get to this point and basically fled my hometown with just the clothes on my back. The marriage wasn't healthy for me and it had run it's course. The life in it was gone and I'm not so sure it should have ever happened in the first place. As a bonus of my relocation and re dedication to myself I've stopped my chronic marijuana use and have been clean for almost nine months now (don't I get a chip or something?) which has been very good for me. Clarity is such a rush man!!

Last, but absolutely not least, I've found love again. I am seeing a woman I have known for nearly thirty years and happened to reconnect with through what could be only described as something resembling fate, tragic as the circumstances may have been. Long story and probably not one I'll tell. Sorry. Suffice it to say I don't think I really knew what being in love was until this point in my life at the ripe young age of 41. The cliche about it being worth the wait to find the rignt person is 100% true.

That's the long and short of it DU (mostly the short). That's what shadow the Shadow has been hiding in lately. More later. I need to fly to a thing here soon after paying my landlord rent at 9:30. Peace and love to y'all. I've missed you.

franksolich is intensely curious about this "associate degree in human services."

It sounds suspiciously as if that qualifies the shadowy primitive to empty bed-pans in a nursing home.

Anybody have any better notion of what this is?

Anyway, the primitives with their short memories don't seem to recall the shadowy primitive.

shadowknows69 (1000+ posts)        Thu Nov-04-10 12:24 PM
THE SHADOWY PRIMITIVE
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3. Afternoon kick

[true_blood]

shadowknows69 (1000+ posts)        Thu Nov-04-10 09:18 AM
THE SHADOWY PRIMITIVE
Original message
Out of the Shadows and into the Light: A brief synopsis
Been going to school, first time in twenty years, at a school in Rochester New York. Going for my Associate Degree in Human Services. As part of that program I've been doing field work/internship for the local mental health association, attending seminars, classes and leading a couple of groups. It's been very interesting and cathartic at the same time.

How appropriate of a position for the DUmmie.

[Randy]

I've stopped my chronic marijuana use and have been clean for almost nine months now (don't I get a chip or something?) which has been very good for me.

That line right there will most likely get him tombstoned after all the alerts it'll cause.

[Karin]

I'd forgotten all about him!  That was pretty sad, the afternoon kick.  See DUmmies, your fellow DUmmies don't really care about you.  They have no compassion whatsoever. 

The Associate Degree in Human Services.  That would qualify him to work for one of our outfits up here.  NY state takes all the misfits, runaways, and other assorted needy individuals and sends to them to Watertown.  A rehabilitation center babysits them for the day, takes them to the post office, loads them onto buses and goes God-knows-where with them, etc.  That will be Shadow's job. 

[Mike220]

Looked up the local community college in Rochester. Looks even more useless than most liberal arts degrees.

Monroe CC

[JohnnyReb]

DUmmie said, Going for my Associate Degree in Human Services. Going to be highly educated aren't you. As part of that program I've been doing field work/internship for the local mental health association, attending seminars, classes and leading a couple of groups. I'm learning how to scam the system for my disability from some real pro's. It's been very interesting and cathartic at the same time.