The went there with nothing but their preconceived notions about 
the postmodern 
urban frontier.
They all started teaching English. 
Some of them even found their passion 
doing 
just 
that.
Some moved on...
To Headhunting
To Entertainment
To Business
Always searching.
They began to make her their home. 
They found freedom and opportunity.
They were favored.
But they were still restless. 
They had not yet found the thing that had 
called them 
to her.
And
in this restlessness and searching
they struck some...strange...kind of...bargain.
They would never find peace like this one.
So they decided they were home.
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Saturday, June 10, 2006
They Arrived with Nothing...
Circumventing the ailing Bruce, I'm cutting Ken's arrival story on Big Mamma. I think this is going to work: cutting together all of these mini-narratives of the Cowboys' arrival stories. Together, they create...not a grand narrative, as such, but a cacaphony of possibilities on this postmodern urban frontier. So, this is how I'll proceed. 
They arrived with nothing...
They arrived with nothing...
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