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"Journalism will kill you but it will keep you alive while you're at it." - Horace Green Eric Banks | 23 Eric was born in Fresno, California but now resides in Seattle, Washington having recently earned a position in the Seattle office of GQ.com

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wtfolive:

“I’m honestly one of those people who’s too polite to tell the barista they made my drink wrong, so today I was stuck drinking a mocha instead of a caramel macchiato. Not really a good time for me.”

“It’s precisely for these sorts of circumstances that people keep me around. I always let people know if I didn’t get exactly what I wanted.”

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wtfolive:

“You do, huh? Well I guess that’s okay, then. Not like I wanted to get there right away to play with your dog and ignore you the whole time or anything. Not at all.”

“We’ve got all day, right? At least I do and I’m pretty sure Ghost doesn’t have too much on his schedule today either.”

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wtfolive

“Come on you two, let’s go. I wanna get an ice cream on the way.”

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ctrlmadison:

“But secrets are fun. Well, I’ll be sure to talk you up and not let you make a fool of yourself. Don’t worry, I got’chu.”

“You’re the ultimate wingwoman Madi, I’ll let you know if anybody catches my eye...there’s a lot of talent here tonight, a fine crowd indeed. Though I do worry about the possibility of sleeping with a neighbor...could make things awkward.”

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adriantbqh:

“I’ve never really gotten the smell of seafood out of my clothes. It’s been a few months; now I just walk around smelling like the low tide and hope no one notices. It can’t be worse than the time I spilled paint thinner on my only hoodie and smelled like the inside of a crack pipe.“

“I don’t think I would have noticed if you hadn’t said anything but now it’s all I can smell.”

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ADRIAN: maybe

ADRIAN: wow dream big there mr writer sir. i just wanna be hung up period

Eric: Enough with the mr writer thing, Eric works just fine or Banks if that's a little too personal for you.

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ADRIAN: biographies are my favorite too

ADRIAN: yeah i guess you're right. I don't need a degree to sell shit on the side of the road at Pike's, yeah?

Eric: Maybe we have more in common than I thought.

Eric: Or to be hung in the Louvre.

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ADRIAN: no, not long at all. It's short. The copy I have has poems in the back too so it's even shorter than it looks. if howl doesn't rustle your jimmies you should read The Glass Castle. fuckin great book

ADRIAN: i didn't get any i applied for back when. it'll be fine. ill get there someday

Eric: A biography, nice, I was just telling somebody the other day that biographies are my favorite.

Eric: Or not, I mean art is one of those things where you don't exactly need a degree, right? It's like acting or music, a degree helps but it doesn't make or break a person's career...I might be wrong.

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ADRIAN: this is so teenage girl in the throes of rebellion but yeah, howl.

ADRIAN: my favorite is "transcription of organ music" but do with that what you will

ADRIAN: i might go someday. maybe it'll come with art school and all of the other dreams my savings account is a few zeros short for.

Eric: I'll get back to you when I'm done, it's not that long is it? I feel like I've seen a copy of it before and it couldn't be more than fifty pages or so. That sound right?

Eric: Apply for a scholarship? That's how I got into UCLA. Athletics.

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fckingblaze:

“Think I am? Oh please, tell me more”

“I did specify, own brand. Any own brand. it was quite a general statement. Don’t call him Adrian. Call him that and I will literally beat you, got it? He doesn’t like it. His name is Adri. So what if I mention my boyfriend, you don;t want me talking about my work and you don’t want me talking about my boyfriend. Newsflash babe, unless you actually understand skating I have fuck all to talk about. Be careful who you piss off Bro. There are two ways me being pissed off with you could go, destroying your career, or killing you. Do you really wanna risk either. 

“Firstly I’m not taking orders from you for any reason and secondly, I’m certainly not threatened by you. Direct your weird aggression elsewhere, I’m not interested nor impressed in any fashion. I assume you mean skateboarding since you’re such a painful cliche but if you meant ice skating I happen to know a hell of a lot, I play hockey. Not that I’m interested in continuing this conversation either way.”

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ADRIAN: Ginsberg is also the man wink wink nudge nudge

ADRIAN: k. I've never been. I've heard its pretty.

Eric: So say a guy was looking for the essential Ginsberg...where would you point him?

Eric: To where, California? I highly recommend it and if you're ever headed that way lemme know, I'll have to give you a list of must-sees.

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fckingblaze:

“No, my assistant was just a my assitant thing, but the ferrari thing wasn’t really a thing either you just seem to have a problem with the hot shot I am bro. 2005 pete wentz is the aesthetic I am for, thanks for noticing. Please tell me more about my bad emo fringe and guy liner- oh wait.  I really don’t like you, god is it that stupid own brand beer Adri buys because, I’ll pass if it is.”

“Correction, I have a problem with the hot shot you think you are...bro.”

“How on God’s sweet earth would I know what brand of beer Adrian buys? You’ll literally say anything to mention him, won’t you? Yuck. I think I might take back the request, I thought I might be able to stand you because your boyfriend isn’t quite as bad as he seems on first impression but you, no you’re worse than your first impression.”

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wtfolive:

“Yeah? That sounds great, actually. I work the morning, but I get off at noon if that works?”

“Noon it is and let me know if you need a ride from work.”

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fckingblaze:

“Been working from like, Thursday to now? I have a meeting at four but I’m free until then. My assistant is trying to cover up my absence. We got some murderer trial, huge upper class defendant. The entire firm is on overdrive with it, so I’ve been given loads of the lower end cases to work through, the ones that wont go to court but a hell of a lot of settlements to sit through. I’m like hey guys, remember the fact I’m like barely qualified as a lawyer please” 

“I lost interest at ‘my assistant’ cos I think this is like the Ferrari thing again where you’re trying to convince me you’re some sort of hot shot even though you look like a teen from 2005 who gets high on Pete Wentz. Look, I’ll grab a beer with you if you’re willing to spare me the wank for at least an hour, how’s that sound?”

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ADRIAN: man you're full of em. Eat my shorts. Now with the shots.

ADRIAN: does Texas suit your tastes better

ADRIAN: I actually need to know this I can't be friendly with anyone who aspires to be Texan

Eric: Gretzky's the man.

Eric: Uh, I don't think so...California is ideal, NYC I think I could handle, Paris would be better but I'll settle for Seattle because this is a sweet gig.

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wtfolive:

“God–I love him already.”

“We should go to the dog park tomorrow, there’s always a bunch of dogs there. All shapes and all sizes. Pack some lunch, find a nice spot in the sunshine, make a day of it.”