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Thursday, August 17, 2006 ( 3:51 AM ) shut up christine  I found this photograph stuck between the pages of a book I had ordered from amazon.com I don't know who they are but I've named them Alvin, Simon, and Theodore They don't know it but they're my new favorite bookmark I'd like to think they had been sitting patiently on a shelf in a warehouse somewhere in Amarillo, Texas, when Christine Bulaoro placed an order on August 10th, 2006 (4 dollars and 78 cents) for one used copy of Make Your Creative Dreams Real: A Plan for Procrastinators, Perfectionists, Busy People, and People Who Would Rather Sleep All Day (hardcover), before arriving in a yellow bubble-lined envelope on my doorstep in Cerritos, California, six days later. But before that, I'd like to think that someone, a close friend of theirs perhaps, had taken this picture after an exciting game of cosmic bowling in St Pete, Florida, circa 1998. The photograph would remain in a desk drawer until April of 2004. It was around this time that Julie, the owner of the photograph, often contemplated the irrelevant role she played in her own life. Wanting to do something about this, she headed to the nearest Barnes and Noble bookstore and purchased the first book that spoke to her, a hardcover edition of Make Your Creative Dreams Real by Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy (SARK). One of Julie's goals was to reconnect with old friends whom she had lost contact with, so she placed an old picture in the book as a reminder. Ten months later, Julie was well on her way to attaining the kind of life she had always aspired to. She decided to move to Paris, France, just for the hell of it. Before leaving, she donated the majority of her belongings to various thrift stores, which is how the book eventually found its way to a warehouse in Amarillo, Texas, which eventually mailed the book to a house in Cerritos, CA, where a girl by the name of Christine found a photograph stuck between the pages and made it her new favorite bookmark Alvin, Simon, and Theodore where are you now #
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