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April 15, 2008

Tuesday

Close your eyes and leap.

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David: It's All About The Timing

Halfway down, Stanley reconsidered the whole “lovers’ leap” idea. It had sounded so romantic at the time. Forced apart by their families for petty political and economic reasons, the young couple suicide themselves together in a demonstration of love transcending the boundaries of time and space.

But now, with the wind whistling past his ears and the rippling surface of the river rushing up to meet him, Stanley had the unfortunate experience of clarity. He was going to be an architect. In a couple years he’d be off at college, free to do what he wanted.

That bitch hadn’t jumped.

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