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Getting shot at in Hialeah

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I went to Danny’s house after work…I had been playing OOTPX, and we were discussing the 1996 Yankees and Andy Pettitte. I was discussing how great Andy did in his rookie year in 1996. However, when I got to his place in Miami, he had too many family members there, and I felt uncomfortable because he was pretty much out of sight, and taking care of family duties for his wife and daughters (and their friends and cousins).

I wanted to go home, and didn’t have my car, so I had to figure out the buses. I was walking in people’s backyards, and there was a lot of traffic even in the residential side-streets in Hialeah. I felt exposed.

I pressed F2 to see which bus route would get me back to Broward- heck, I didn’t care what part of Broward, just get me to close to home, and I’ll walk it.

I couldn’t remember if it was the 25 or the 35 bus.

Then I remembered something very important: Andy Pettitte’s year was 1995, not 1996. So I hustled back to Danny’s place. The large crowd kinda was thin now, and he was in a bathrobe, and his body was covered in thick hair. His mustache was drooping, and he looked like Saddam Hussein after Saddam was captured. So I told him about the 1995/1996 issue, and confirmed where I have to catch my bus.

As the sun was beginning to set, there were a lot of hoodlums roaming the streets. I was avoiding gun shots. They were shooting at me, shooting at each other, and the streets were populated by female prostitutes, thieves, and transsexuals; it was total anarchy.

I tried sitting at a bus stop, and pressed F3 to bring up a map, but I was getting nervous, and strange women started to talk to me. I made a quick webcam video of myself talking to one, with Mexican music. My wife thought it was funny, although I suspected she was being polite. Heck, she wasn’t even there, but she saw it somehow.

So I got up and tried “walking it”. More gang members shot at me, and I was walking near one of those generic man-made canals here in Florida. I wanted to jump in, but was too afraid. I ran onto a small highway (actually it looked like near Hiatus and Commercial near the expressway) and saw a bus stopping, but when I got there it kept going. So I ran to catch it. Was it even the right one? I’m lost.

Then I woke up to THUNDER.

Tashman Dream: CEO Fires Byrdman and Christine

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The unthinkable had happened.

I was in the Tashman Technologies conference room with CEO, Byrdman, and Christina. CEO delivered the bad news to Byrdman- that due to budget cuts, he had to be let go. Byrdman got red in the face, but he somehow took the news well. I was sitting next to him, and felt his pain on the inside, it was of shock and betrayal, after all CEO and Byrdman truly are best friends.

Byrdman made a comment about the recent death of Bernie, one of our teleporter operators. [In real life, Bernie was a family friend that died last Saturday.] For some reason, Byrdman implied Christina was at fault because Bernie’s production was not replaced. So CEO fired Christina, too.

There was shock and tension in the air. My first thought: I could understand CEO firing technical workers, indexers, operators, qualified personnel, or middle management, but to fire two members of his inner circle clique is beyond anything rational. He trusts them with his life.

Moving on, everyone’s responsibilities increased, Ramalani and Charlie Brown remained, and Big D was now helping me with client quotes.

I was at a school cafeteria with Charlie Brown, Ramalani, and CEO, eating hot lunch. There were elementary school kids running around. CEO opened a clothes gift box and threw me a pink polo shirt, and said, “Here ya go, kid. I don’t want you running off, I’m losing everybody.” I just kind of looked at the shirt, and froze. “Well, whatever you need, I’ll give you,” he assured me. I felt shocked that he finally realized I was valuable.

I was in a Ruby Tuesday’s men’s restroom when Big D and M & M walked in. Big D was asking me about a quote she just gave, and I knew it was wrong, but she didn’t want to hear it. So instead, I humored her. She was telling me she had problems with Excel.

I drove back to work (my mother was in the car) and I was trying to explain to her the events of Byrdman and Christina’s shocking dismissal, and how it tied into Bernie’s death. [I spent hours going from dream to dream trying to save the answer in my brain, but the truth didn't stay with me when I woke up.]

When I got to the office, Big D was panicking, as usual. CEO also disagreed with her quote, and doubled it. My Excel wasn’t working, so Son of Thor came and fixed my network connection. Son of Thor also gave me a dirty look and made a cold comment to me because he didn’t know my password to log in my computer, and as IT he looked embarrassed in front of Big D’s female customer who was in my office.

In other news, Christina was trying to make a comeback….