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PHOTOS & EDITS BY PETER SKWIOT SMITH
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LIL’ BLUE BY LISA TROUTMAN
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BURNING CHROME IS CHRISTIAN TRIFILIO, JOHN GAGICH & COREY MALLOY PHOTOS BY JASON LINDKE
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WWW.BURNINGCHROMEBAND.COM
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COMIC BY LISA TROUTMAN
When I first moved back, I lived off my savings and partied too much.
I got a job selling eyewear so I would remember to wake up in the morning.
Looks like your prescription is for presbyopia and hyperopia. We’ll need 15 mm under your pupil in your new frame to accommodate your bifocal.
We’ve been at Bob’s too long. Let’s go to the beach.
But my specialized education kept sneaking up on me. I had to take that first step toward a real career.
Whoa. This is actually really boring.
So describe your synthesis process; how do you know you’re right?
A job post on Coroflot caught my attention. But it sounded too good to be true.
Uncle Dave, do you have time for an interview?
Design research...at a product firm...in Minneapolis...
The second interview was pretty weird, too. Watch out for that guy’s short shorts...
The first interview was a little wacky and I thought I biffed it. That, and I felt like a nerd in my suit.
But I wanted the job so badly I worked on the project all week long while vacationing on the west coast.
But I guess they figured I could handle it.
It’s been just about eight months since I’ve sold a pair of glasses. Introduction to Working At Worrell. Lisa Troutman. 2007.
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PHOTOS BY JASON LINDKE
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ARCHIVED PHOTOS (19.10.03) BY PETER SKWIOT SMITH
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COMPOSED/CAPTURED BY KARL FRANKOWSKI
I. “LET ME FINISH.”
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II. STRAW MAN FALLACY.
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III. THE SCANDAL.
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IV. LOREM IPSUM.
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