Photos in Trash Bags

"So what if I don't write it down? I know that humble storeowner is as proud as he can be about his daughter, so much so, he probably feels like he won the silver medal in pole vaulting."

"Well, you may be right, but why are we talking about this? Did you get me what I needed from the store?"

"You didn't tell me you needed anything!"

"I told you yesterday."

"You did? When?"

"I was looking through a pile of old photos and I said I needed some large trash bags to throw them all out."

"Why are you getting rid of them?"

"I don't know the people in them anymore."

"Don't you want to remember them?"

"Nah, I won't ever see any of them ever again."

"Why not?"

"They all live in other states."

"Don't you want to keep the photos as reminders?"

"They are reminders, of a time that can never be retrieved nor duplicated."

Pole Vaulting

"Listen, I don't want to talk about this anymore. I'm going to the store...."

(At the store...)

"Do you want a bag for that?"

"Uh, yes, I do. Who is that?" (A picture of a smiling woman holding flowers and a medal and waving to crowds of people is taped to the register. A caption states that she won the silver medal at the World Championships in pole vaulting...)

"That's the owner's daughter."

"Oh, really? Cool. That's cool."

(In his car on the way back home he thinks to himself, because conversations can happen inside your head too...)

"That's what this little town is like. Magic is constantly happening. Kids grow up and spring out of this little town like arrows and land where they may. Some bring honor and awe to their humble roots. This is the town where so and so came from. Everyone is from somewhere."

(He repeated this phrase over and over to himself until he got home...)

"So, are you trying to say the entertained can never be the entertainers? Because I just went to the store and saw stuff and thought about stuff to the point where if I wrote it down I'll be a famous writer probably."

"Yeah, problem is, you'll never write it down..."

The Entertainers and the Entertained

"There are two types of people in this world: the entertainers and the entertained."

"You're alwyas doing that: breaking people up into two categories."

"Why not? It helps me better understand things."

"I bet."

"For instance, the entertainers get pleasure from entertaining, while the entertained like to be entertained."

"You are an amazing observationist."

"You know what this means, don't you? The entertainers are do-ers, while the entertained do nothing."

"The entertained do do something."

"What is that?"

"They are thinking. You know, making observations and connections. That sort of thing."

"Big deal."

"Hey, if it wasn't for the entertained, there might not be any entertainers."

"What are you trying to insinuate?"

"Entertainers wouldn't have any reason to entertain."

"That is completely not true!"