BUST Magazine, facing my table full of nonsense. I leaned up against the Cake Shopâs large storefront window, sandwiched between the door and a freestanding ATM.
âHey, Dad.â
âIs this a bad time?â
âNahâ¦just blowing my shot with a girl Mom wouldnât approve of. Whatâs up?â
âSo Iâm delivering you meatballs every night?â
Dave Cicirelli
My dad found me, and heâs not happy. âGet in the car, get in the car!â haha. Sorry Ralph. Gotta see this through.
Ps. Thanks for bringing me meatballs from mom.
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Matt Riggio Iâm going to really look forward to these updates. This is great. Makes me want to do it too.
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Joe Moscone Those meatballs likely have a high bartering value with street people. You can probably score a lightly urine-stained bed cushion for two or three.
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Dave Cicirelli I know youâre just being an ass but Iâd kill for a mattress.
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I started to laugh uncontrollably. When I turned around to check on my stuff, I saw the raised eyebrow of the girl watching my stuff. I responded with a poorly advised wink and faced forward again.
âItâs all right that I used your picture, right?â I asked my dad.
âYeah, itâs fine. Iâm too old to get Facebookâ¦but if youâre going to involve me, I want you to stop rejecting my friend requests.â
âDad, weâve been over this. Itâs like you used to tell me, âIâm your father, not your friend.ââ
âHey, Phil!â Ralph screamed to my mother, Phyllis. âYour son is using my words against me!â Judging by the time (7:45 p.m. on a Thursday), she was almost definitely in the family room in her pajamas, watching Wheel of Fortune with a cup of decaffeinated tea. Judging by the yell, my dad was upstairs on the family computer, forwarding jokes written in multicolored Comic Sans font. If youâd read the thread of forwarded addresses, youâd have found your 1998 AOL account.
But I was actually touched that he wanted to be involved, and saw potential in adding a family dynamic to a story all about flaking out on responsibilities. After all, the antagonism of my coworker Joe and company had already turned into a perfect improv theater built around each new post.
Dave Cicirelli
Today is crazy crazy windy. Itâs as if the power of my Sicilian mother knows no bounds and sheâs commanding nature to send me home.
On that note, Taco Bell was a horrible choice for lunch and Iâm 7 miles to the next rest stop/exitâ¦
Not loving my options hereâ¦
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Terrance J Riley itâs still crazy windy!!!
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Deana Rubin never mess with the sicilian mama
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Joe Moscone Maybe you shouldâve checked out the AccuWeather forecast before hitting the streets.
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Dave Cicirelli Give me a break, Joe. This isnât easy. Did you know itâs illegal to set up a tent outside a highway exit? Well, I found that out last night. Did you know that if you donât have it staked into the ground really well, and itâs windy out, it collapses on you, and youâre stuck trying to escape your own tent, completely blind and terrified that youâve wandered into an intersection? Show a little empathy.
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Joe Moscone That attitude will get you nowhere.
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Dave Cicirelli That attitude liberated me. Iâm a citizen of the road now. I live for the possibilities that await me around the next bendâ¦which arenât rest stops often enough.
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It was one thing to have my friends stir up trouble, but my father? The opportunity was too good to refuse. And fortunately, I
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