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March 04, 2007 |
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Keep Up The Good Work, Dre
FOUND by Matt
in Berkeley, California
Found in a pile of beer bottles and trash alongside the railroad tracks. I hope the beer bottles and trash were part of Dre's old life, and not his way of adjusting to his new life.
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We collect FOUND stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework,
to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles -
anything that gives a glimpse into someone
else's life. Anything goes...
How fortunate for us to have such an original and yes, poetic collection.
It is amazing, refreshing, one of a kind!
These collections are not only at times amusing but heartbreaking as well. True snapshots from the road of life.
For your efforts, I am grateful.
Thank you from Seattle!
Anna Dabosh
Did anyone else read Dr t? This sounds like a mother or a sister giving instructions for a brother or son just out of rehab, or something along those lines. I hope the beer bottles are not connected. And exactly what was done to that comforter to make it necessary to throw away as opposed to washing or repairing it? Interesting.
I'm also proud of this writer for knowing the difference between you're and your - no, I'm not one of those grammar police, but I do appreciate it when I see things written correctly.
Good luck Dre or Dr t.
wow. change your comforter, change your life!
i like how 'save your pay stub' comes after 'i'm proud of you'! seems a bit of a come down
this makes me wonder about the exact nature of Dre's old life, & for that matter his new one.
Hey, I live in Berkeley, too! Wonder who Dre is...
With a couple very slight tweaks, this could be a note from my mom to me about 10 years ago, when I finally got my shit together and started taking some accountability for my own actions.
One of the tweaks would be that my name isn't Dre...even if I do feel at times like I'm straight outta Compton.
i love the use of tupperware. :) i grew up in a very tupperware oriented family (my mom sold it when i was young), and its quite a stretch for me to refer to things as rubbermaid, my brain still defaults to tupperware.
tangent... sorry.. GREAT FIND.
my name is dre.. and although this wasn't written to me it very much somes up familar lists I have received. glad to know i'm getting my shit together
Heather...my mum sold it too! But what's rubbermaid?
I wonder if the casserole tasted so HOT that they guy needed a couple beers to wash it down, too many jalapeno peppers?
while this note does seem like a mother writing to her freshly rehabilitated son, i find it can also be read as note from a thoughtful girlfriend who has recently moved in with her recovering-from-the-swingin'-single-bachelor-life boyfriend. it takes a lot to settle down and leave that behind... and while you're at it, god dre. change that nasty comforter, please!
anyone else think it could fly this way?
that's how i read it, nico
Suse from Australia, Rubbermaid is a cheaper, plastic bowls similiar to Tupperware. It's usually sold in USA, I think.
Wow - Is Dre living at home after a jail release? I wonder....interesting find.
wait, why were you going through dre's trash ?
hahah.
mix beans, cheese and salsa into any dish, and call it "Mexican."
It's interesting that "I'm proud of you" is next to last on the list.
I am a probation and parole officer and it seems like Dre just got out of the joint. He has to save his pay stub so he can prove he is working.
Why does everyone read this as if 'Dre' left a bad life? How negative! Just because someone is adjusting to 'a new life' doesn't mean they were a loser before. Perhaps it's just a note to a kid who just went off to college and is back home for a visit? Maybe the pay stub is so the parents can match funds or help with budgeting.
Or perhaps mum went to visit her kid at his dorm and left some food and a new comforter and looked around and thought 'hmm, not too bad...nothing growing in the fridge.'
There're all kinds of ways this doesn't have to be about someone who screwed up their 'previous' life.
D
Does anyone else think "DRE" is a girl- short for Andrea... Perhaps she's a former sex worker turning over a new leaf.