Hefting a 40lb bag of cat litter improperly out of the truckbed, I bent my wrist in a bad direction and now it feels wrong. Raekwon says, “Fucked up my writing hand, that’s my check.” I wrote two more articles on the importance of CDL licensing for truck drivers and wrapped the sore part up. It feels nice with an ice pack so I decided to write some more. It’s fun to learn new things about truckers and write about them. I think the most dangerous job in the world might be contract truck driving in Iraq.
I got a massage last week from a woman named Aileen. I had a coupon and my shoulders were sore from bench so I went in. It was a pretty good massage though not quite as good as the one other massage I’ve had, in Singapore, where the woman got up on the table to try and press through my body. I found myself thinking each time about how strange and good it is that people spend time learning how to touch one another in professionally comforting ways. I thought about telling Aileen this but decided against.
