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March 2003

Santa Ana Wind

What does it take to blow away the pain?

There's a guy I work with, one of my sponsees. He decided to shoot a little heroin last week. He's still in rehab, and they told him if he didn't have a job by today, he would be kicked out. I know this company in West Hollywood that does temporary placement for chefs, bartenders, and servers, so Friday I called them to see if they had some work for my friend. They didn't, but they said they had some work for me. I asked how much it paid, and they said twelve dollars an hour. I usually make at least double that, and as much as forty or fifty dollars an hour to cater. But I took it anyway.

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