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Archer Todd | 26 | Full-time Barista "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known" He knows

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I can’t pretend that’s not an odd qualifier, or one I’ve ever come across before. 

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Happy to have surprised you, then.

[ruthierivers-blog]

Everyone knows how to do that. It’s more impressive learning to live when you feel like you can’t. Breathe. 

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And you feel like that?

[bonesoftessa-blog]

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Good sort of person to keep around in case I need some blood.

[bonesoftessa-blog]

Goodness, you get straight in there with the personal questions. O negative. 

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Universal donor.

[bonesoftessa-blog]

That might have been a better place to start. 

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What’s your blood type?

[bonesoftessa-blog]

I meant for getting to know someone, but two beers is a regret? That’s quite conservative, if you ask me. 

[transgenicarcher-blog]

Oh, right, right. I give them a nice detailed questionnaire that they have to fill out.

[bonesoftessa-blog]

What’s your usual tactic? 

[transgenicarcher-blog]

Buy the cheapest beer possible, drink two of them, go home and regret it.

[ruthierivers-blog]

Which is – ? As a whole, I mean. What is the know?

[transgenicarcher-blog]

Breathing.

[bonesoftessa-blog]

I don’t think you can be too good at the latter if you haven’t mastered the former, which I’m sure you’re not as bad at as you think you are.

[transgenicarcher-blog]

I think you’d be surprised. I’m better at drinking, and I’m rubbish at that as well.

[ruthierivers-blog]

Ha. 

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I like sticking to what I know.

[ruthierivers-blog]

A regular no-man, aren’t you.

[transgenicarcher-blog]

No. I mean--yes? No.

[bonesoftessa-blog]

Getting to know someone is a better way of going about things, I’d say. You might have a better chance of pinning them down, that way.

[transgenicarcher-blog]

I’ve never been too brilliant at either.

[ruthierivers-blog]

You don’t sound much like you’ve tried.

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Not really, but I also have no intention of starting.

[ruthierivers-blog]

Fuck off, it’s an art form. As a bartender, I can confirm that. 

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It’s not an art form I’m good at, I can tell you that.

[bonesoftessa-blog]

No, I- that was rude of me. I’m sorry. I just- you’re trying to pin me down, and I don’t want you to have the wrong impression of me. I’m not hiding anything. 

[transgenicarcher-blog]

I shouldn’t be trying to pin you anywhere, I barely know you.

[ruthierivers-blog]

Do what?

[transgenicarcher-blog]

Try and get free drinks. Seems weird.

[bonesoftessa-blog]

My washing machine breaks and at the same time so does my car. Now I have to find a thousand pounds to fix both, unexpectedly. In that moment I’m annoyed, I’m worried, and I’m upset because there goes that holiday I was hoping for after a hard year of work. In that moment I’m unhappy. I have a few extra gins to cheer myself or try to forget it for an evening. But that doesn’t mean I’m hiding some deep rooted unhappiness from people, that I’m not as happy as they believe. It just means I’ve encountered a problem, as humans tend to do throughout their life, and it’s affected my mood temporarily. A normal human reaction, and not one that means I’m secretly miserable. It just means I’m human. 

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I think I hit a nerve. I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to touch on anything. I’ll just go back to drinking and focusing on my own issues, yeah?