Three-Legged Dog (XIII): Bachelor #2 |
The morning after our short-lived (and ill-advised) break-up, Jaye went into work with her eyes all puffy from crying. A couple of the marketing girls gathered around her desk like hens at a feed trou...
Posted by Ben the Writer on Wed, 16 May 2007 04:19:00 PST |
Three-Legged Dog (XII): Patchwork |
Jaye and I broke up for only a week because, you know, that's what couples do. People never seem to split permanently on the first try; they usually have to work up to it through practice, planning, a...
Posted by Ben the Writer on Thu, 10 May 2007 11:39:00 PST |
Three-Legged Dog (XI): Crash and Burn |
Around the time that Jaye went back to Hong Kong, the tech bubble burst.
Or more like EXPLODED.
At its peak, my stock portfolio was worth more than $100,000. In three days, I lost about $20,000 right ...
Posted by Ben the Writer on Thu, 10 May 2007 11:38:00 PST |
Three-Legged Dog (X): Out of Sight |
This was the second and last time that Jaye came to visit me. It was April, 2000 and I was still tutoring almost twenty hours a week, seven hours on Sundays.
While I was tutoring, Jaye would go hang o...
Posted by Ben the Writer on Thu, 10 May 2007 11:37:00 PST |
Three-Legged Dog (IX): Jonesing |
Jaye's dad was in media sales and, by Canadian standards, made a truckload of money. However, since the cost of living in Hong Kong is pretty high, he was considered about average.
Jaye's dad's oldest...
Posted by Ben the Writer on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 07:52:00 PST |
Three-Legged Dog (VIII): Quitting Time |
When the Y2K Apocalypse didn't materialize, my Qualcomm stocks shot up and continued to climb right through the next few months. My $3,000 investment hit six figures in March and just kind of hung the...
Posted by Ben the Writer on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 09:57:00 PST |
Three-Legged Dog (VII): Marcus |
Marcus and I had a lot in common.
We were the same age, both about six feet tall, kind of dorky, and we were both in love with Jaye.
I knew this because Jaye told me so the first time she'd men...
Posted by Ben the Writer on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 08:34:00 PST |
Three-Legged Dog (VI): Millennium |
I told Julie the good news.
"Jaye's coming back?" She clapped her hands excitedly. She was more hyped than I was. "Really? Wow, that was fast!"
"She's just visiting," I said. "She's not moving back ...
Posted by Ben the Writer on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 02:25:00 PST |
Three-Legged Dog (V): Planning Ahead |
Julie and I met at Ten Ren one weekend in the fall. We sat in the corner under a small halogen track light. I couldn't stop grinning.
"What's the matter with you?" Julie asked. "You're acting weirder ...
Posted by Ben the Writer on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 02:23:00 PST |
Three-Legged Dog (IV): The Rents |
"We're meeting my parents at Shooters in Times Square," Jaye said.
We walked down the street, hand in hand. A light breeze blew off the harbor and I could feel it through my Dri-Fit t-shirt as if I wa...
Posted by Ben the Writer on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 08:09:00 PST |
