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[shelby cole @shelbylcole]

i am going to become the joker

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

I needed to move a sofa.

I mentioned this to an American. He said, "You know anybody with a truck?"

I did not know anybody with a truck.

He looked at me with real concern. Not pity. Concern. The way you look at a man who has told you he does not have a name.

"You gotta know somebody with a truck."

I asked how one acquires such a person.

He said, "You just do."

This is the third time I have received that answer in this country. It is the answer to everything here. You just do. There is no process. There is only the eventual fact of having.

He said, "Ask Kevin."

I do not know a Kevin. He said Kevin like I should. He said it the way you say a shared uncle.

I met Kevin four days later. Kevin owns a truck. Kevin does not own a truck for himself. Nobody owns a truck for themselves. Kevin owns a truck for a fifteen mile radius.

Inside I said: THIS MAN HAS TAKEN A VOW. HE DID NOT ANNOUNCE IT. HE SIMPLY PURCHASED A BED AND ACCEPTED THE CONSEQUENCES.

Kevin arrived on Saturday. He brought the truck. He also brought a second man.

I had not asked for a second man.

The second man's name is Tony. Tony came because Kevin came. Tony did not know me. Tony did not ask what we were moving. Tony brought gloves.

They moved the sofa in eleven minutes.

I offered them money. Both of them laughed at the same time, which felt rehearsed and was not.

I asked what I owed them.

Kevin said, "Buy the pizza."

That is the price. That is the entire economy. The truck costs one pizza and the pizza is not negotiable and the pizza is also not expensive and everyone knows what size.

Inside I said: THE FEE IS FIXED ACROSS THE ENTIRE NATION AND WAS SET BY NO ONE.

We ate on the floor because the sofa was against the wall and none of us wanted to be the first to sit on it.

Tony told me his daughter plays soccer. I asked if she is good. He said, "She's aggressive."

I still think about that.

Three weeks later, Kevin texted me.

"You free Sunday? Helping Tony move a fridge."

He did not ask if I wanted to. He informed me of a fridge.

Inside I said: I HAVE BEEN CALLED UP. I DID NOT ENLIST. THE PAPERS WERE FILED ON MY BEHALF.

I went. I moved the fridge. I have no truck. I contributed only arms.

Afterward, a man I had never met asked me if I knew anybody with a truck.

I said, "Yeah, I got a guy."

I have a guy.

I am somebody's guy now, too. Tony has told two people about me.

He describes me as "the guy who's strong for his size."

I have never been prouder of a sentence in my life.

[Chloe @b_l_u_s_h_i_n_g]

Note I gave to my mom when I was 4 years old and she was in a bad mood now framed in the kitchen

[The Reverend Mister @turtology]

My sons, watching Artemis II launch from their front yard in Orlando.

[IZ @isabelnickoloff]

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary @Abbyyybernard

[jackantonoff @jackantonoff]

rep forever guilt free listening!

[ﹺ @ovejitalina]

libbed out so hard i thought american people had empathy and common sense

[abby @abbyanila]

say what you want about Liam but quite frankly this is another case of child stardom taking a life too soon. after one direction ended that man was not well, we could all see it. he harmed others and himself. what a fucking tragic end. he deserved so much better

[Katie Waissel @katiewaissel24]

My heart is completely torn to shreds right now, I am at an absolute loss for words. If Simon Cowell dare put a statement out on the heart wrenching, tragic loss of my dear and darling friend Liam, he would be a fool. We all know the truth… and I’ll be sure it all comes out. #justiceforliam

[IZ @isabelnickoloff]

@JustBRthings There are way too many pictures of me from this event

[IZ @isabelnickoloff]

@elizabethw2190 @JustBRthings U can literally kiss my ass

[IZ @isabelnickoloff]

@JustBRthings HUSH OMG

[IZ @isabelnickoloff]

@juliashepard45 TWINS TODAYYYY

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[IZ @isabelnickoloff]

@JustBRthings Literally took my dog for a walk at like midnight tonight and thought “damn the air smells like camp tonight”

[James Sanford @jamessanford]

Hey, #GOP: Be sure to remove your oh-so-sassy assault rifle lapel pins before sending those thoughts and prayers to Michigan State University tonight. #MSU #lansing #michiganstate

[Greta Thunberg @GretaThunberg]

yes, please do enlighten me. email me at [email protected]