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Saturday, July 31st, 2010

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    12:20a
    It made him feel a little frustratedNo doubt some...
    It made him feel a little frustratedNo doubt some of his bad luck had come because he was one, but that was unfair; it wasn't as if he took an interest, it was just an accident of birth"Well, let's stop talking about it," he said
    They sat watching the final brilliant striations of the sunsetAfter a time, Goldstein looked at his watch and squinted at the sun, which was almost entirely below the horizon"It's two minutes later than last night," he told Roth, "I like to keep track of things like that
    "I had a friend once," Roth said, "who used to work at the weather bureau in New York
    "Did he?" Goldstein asked"You know I always wanted to do work like paddington chloe handbag that, but you need a good education for itI understand it takes a lot of calculus
    "He did go to college," Roth admittedHe preferred a conversation like thisIt was less controversial"Yes, he went to college," Roth repeated, "but just the same he was more lucky than most of usI'm a graduate of CCNY and it never did me any good
    "How can you say that?" Goldstein asked"For years I wanted to be an engineerThink of what a wonderful thing it is to be able to design anything you want He sighed a little wistfully and then smiled"Still I can't complainI've been pretty lucky
    "You're better off," Roth assured him"I never found a diploma any help in getting a see by chloe bags job"Do you know I went two years without any job at allDo you know what that's like?"
    "My friend," Goldstein said, "you don't have to tell meI've always had a job, but some of them are not worth mentioning He smiled deprecatingly"What's the use of complaining?" he asked"Taken all together, we're pretty well off He held out his hand, palm upward"We're married and we have kids -- you have a child, don't you?"
    "Yes," said RothHe drew out his wallet, and Goldstein peered through the evening light to discern the features of a handsome boy about two years old"You've got a beautiful baby," he said, "and your wife is veryvery pleasant looking She was a plain woman rolex watches ladies with a pudgy face
    "I think so," Roth saidHe looked at the pictures of Goldstein's wife and child, and returned the compliments automaticallyRoth was feeling a gentle warmth as he thought of his sonHe was remembering the way his son used to awaken him on Sunday morningsHis wife would put the baby in bed with him, and the child would straddle his stomach and pull feebly at the hairs on Roth's chest, cooing with delightIt gave him a pang of joy to think of it, and then, back of it, a realization that he had never enjoyed his child as much when he had lived with himHe had been annoyed and irritable at having his sleep disturbed, and it filled him with chanel watch j12 white wonder that he could have missed so much happiness when he had been so close to itIt seemed to him now that he was very near a fundamental understanding of himself, and he felt a sense of mystery and discovery as if he had found unseen gulfs and bridges in all the familiar drab terrain of his life"You know," he said, "life is funny"Yes," he answered quietly
    Roth had a flush of warmth for GoldsteinThere was something very sympathetic about him, he decidedThese thoughts he had were the kind of things you could tell only to a manA woman had to be concerned with her children, and with all the smaller things"There are lots of things you can't tell a woman," Roth zucca spy fendi bag s

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