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Going Out On My Own - Essay

Going Out On My Own

The upstairs apartment I rented was one of four apartments in an old house that had been converted. It smelled of bok choy and beer from the various tenants, and for a mere one hundred and seventy five dollars a month including bills I had two hundred and fifty square feet comprised of a bathroom, kitchenette and a main room. It was admittedly small, but I did not need much room. I was on my own for the first time, and embarking on a new adventure.
This apartment was located in Norman, Oklahoma, a college town with your typical diversions of beer, bands and girls; not a bad place to be when you’re twenty-one. My cousin Joe was already living there and knew I was looking for an excuse ...

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the day shift. Our menu mainly consisted of home cooked favorites such as boiled pot roast with new potatoes and honey glazed carrots, meat loaf with a spicy tomato sauce, and my personal favorite chicken fried steak. Our chicken fried steak was a half-pound monster that was double breaded, deep-fried and served with a white gravy made from bacon grease, French fries and Texas toast. It wasn’t very good for the heart but sure made your mouth and stomach happy.
Our clientele was an eclectic mix of business people, police officers, construction workers and college students. We had an odd group of about five regulars who would gather at Kelly’s every Tuesday and Thursday in a corner booth, drinking boilermakers and carrying on for about three hours. It turned out that they were bail bondsmen who took great delight in comparing the stories of drunken students run-ins with the law. They would constantly try and out do each other’s tales with one of someone who was even dumber, or at least ...

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Added: 4/4/2008 10:20:29 PM
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