be someone important

when I was young and growing up in Iowa, I recalled seeing a t.v. ad saying 'be someone important, be a big brother'. it was about the big brothers, big sisters program. i did a flex schedule this week so i could leave one hour early today to make it to an interview with this program. it lasted an hour, and i took the light rail there from work. i shared plenty of things with the interviewer that others hadn't heard about before, but seemed relevant in the interest of full disclosure. and it meant that i answered all questions as well, as i didn't want them surprised at all in terms of what they found out on their own. there will a background check, but all that will be found would be parking tickets and minor traffic violations. they asked for references as well, though some of them won't necessarily say positive things about me when they were connected with the Roosevelt mentoring program and of course i quit that program in disgust last month. did it feel a little like a job interview? without a doubt. it was 6pm when i was done, and i decided to eat before getting on the light rail to go home. so i walked down to a nearby mcdonald's and had a fish sandwich and shamrock shake. then i went to the adjacent holiday gas station and got some potato chips and peanut butter crackers. i watched a little of the college basketball tournament when i got home, but not much. i did another long walk around the neighborhood, much like two days ago. it was a shorter one than before, but i still picked up plenty of trash. there was some loose change, 42 cents in all at various places. this is in addition to the quarter i found on the light rail after the interview.
   at the office i didn't get as many letters done as i would have liked due to leaving early. but Friday tends to be a low volume day, so it should be fine. i liked seeing the southern photographer post a photo from Indianapolis, and i said it reminded me of the t.v. show 'one day at a time', which had a setting in that city. so i watched the video of the theme song on youtube. 'this is it, this is life the one you get, so go and have a ball'.