Although I am certainly no expert on what makes for a
fabulous LinkedIn Profile, I thought that it might be in my best interest to
remove the following paragraph from my summary section:
Excellent Speller: Yes. When I was in grade one, Mrs.
Vanden Bosch gave me a jujube every time I got a perfect spelling test.
My mother made me store them in a plastic bag because she didn't want me to eat
jujubes every day. By the end of the year, I had 47 jujubes. Mrs.
Vanden Bosch said that in total, I only made eight errors. I ate all the
jujubes during the year-end movie party. We watched Rescuers Down Under,
Duck Tales, and Bedknobs and Broomsticks. All I can remember is the slow
accumulation of jujube acid on the inside of my cheeks. Then my tongue
went numb. Mrs. Vanden Bosch skipped me into grade three. Now I
have Gifted Child Syndrome, and I never ever make spelling mistakes.
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| Jujubes |
At the Freak Lunchbox, Halifax’s favourite candy store, they
sell chocolate covered jujubes in bulk. The chocolate is not even dark
chocolate and it could be hiding a jujube of any colour. Probably it is a
terrible to consume even one of these chocolate covered jujubes. And yet
somehow, whenever I go to Freak Lunchbox, a handful of these questionable items
make their way into my clear plastic candy bag. I only buy a quantity that I
feel capable of eating in one go without deeply regretting it. So far I have
never regretted any of the jujubes I have eaten. In fact, almost every time, I
kind of wish I had bought more.
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| Jujubes |
The End.
Post-Script:
Andy is a well-travelled teddy bear who has been to the Freak Lunchbox. I do
not know if he likes jujubes.
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| Andy,
the well-travelled teddy bear Apparently he had a very nice time in Halifax. You can read all about it. |
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|
Andy lives in Chicago. This is what he looks like up close |
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