don't let me hear about this pole dancing thing. if you need money i will send you some because, despite Jimmy, I still am employed.

Karisma, a Nepalese girl who is another host there and has been there for like three years, has taken me under her wing and is showing me all the ins and outs, including how i get food for myself, which is really quite easy-- if you go into the kitchen at 3:00 pm and 10 pm and get a dish out and stare at the cooks pleadingly they go down the line and spoon all this delicious indian food onto your plate. so i've been eating very well for the past couple of days.

i heard back from the editors of that website and they said they liked my submission but unfortunately they only published local philadelphia authors. I didn't want to be on their stupid old site anyway.