Vernon Wright - October 20th, 2008

Is there anyone who cares about me…

 === Credits ===
Produced by Halfwit Podcasts ( https://www.HalfwitPodcasts.com ).
Written by Matt Spaziani ( https://vocal.media/authors/matt-spaziani ).
Vernon Wright is voiced by Jonathan Swenson ( https://www.jgswenson.com ).
Based on the journal role-playing game "The Machine" by Adira & Fen Slattery ( https://adira.itch.io/the-machine ).  
 
Music and sound effects used with Zapsplat Gold, and Ghosthack Music licenses.  

Transcript

Vernon Wright - October 20th, 2008

Fuck me.

Fuck me. And fuck Dennis. God dammit.

Fuck, I need a beer if I’m going to write about this. Be back in a second.

All right, that’s a little better. Boston Lager feels good after a shitty day. And this was definitely a shitty day. Jesus.

I’ll just come right out and say it. Dennis put in his two weeks today. His parole is over and he’s heading back to Wisconsin.

How could he not tell me??? It’s not like this came out of nowhere. He got out almost two years ago, so he knew this was coming. How could he keep it to himself?

I mean, I’m happy for him, and I’m glad he’s going home, but it’s pretty shitty that it blindsided me. I don’t really have anyone else. I didn’t make any close friends in college, and my friends from high school all went their separate ways. And I barely worked at my job before we were all laid off, so I didn’t have time to get to know any of them. Even my parents haven’t really talked to me since last month. When I told them what happened with my job, they basically said that neither of them had ever been fired from a job before and it was probably my fault, and I…well, I didn’t take that very well. We didn’t see eye-to-eye very much when I was in school, so that comment was just the cherry on top. Maybe I overreacted, or it’s a generational difference, or something.

But anyway, Dennis is really the only person I have left. I even set him as my emergency contact when I started working at Rodent Raiders again. The fact that he’s gonna leave…

I don’t know. He’s got a cell phone, so we can stay in touch, but it’s different than having him in the city. Before this we were talking about going hiking in that nearby forest together. Maybe I’ll find another person to do that with, but it’s still hard.

I tried to distract myself with the machine when I got home, but even that couldn’t get me out of my head. Funny, all week I’ve just been thinking about it when I was at work, and now that I’m home, I can’t take my mind off my work friend. Even Nigel looked like he was waiting for it. He was curled up with some of the parts when I walked through the door. 

Oh well. We’ll both have to be disappointed tonight. It’s time for one more beer and then bed.

"This Machine Belongs to" is a production of Halfwit Podcasts. This episode was written by Matt Spaziani. Vernon Wright is voiced by Jonathan Swenson. Based on the journaling game "The Machine" by Adira and Fen Slattery.

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