The Crash 5/11/10

When Art started his own business company he did great, but the union still wanted to give him his job back because he was fired for an illegal reason. While he was driving one rainy morning he got into a crash and was worried that he might've killed the kids in front of him. Thankfully he hadn't. This reminds me alot of the first crash I had with my parents.

Fired 5/10/10

Art gets a good deal and buys a dumpster truck. He gets fired for having one because he was supposedly in competition with his boss. He buys some 20-yard dumpsters so he can drop off the trash. I feel happy for Art that he was able to get through his life and start a company.

Gold 5/6/10

While Art worked in the dumpster business he found out that gold was put into circuit boards and that they could be sold to the gold jewelers. He found a whole pile of them one day and only took some because he wasn't sure they were actually gold. It turns out he got hundreds from the small pile he got, but when he returned to pick up the rest they were all gone.

Work 5/5/10

When Art was younger his father took him and his brother Ed to go work in an apricot field to show them what it was like to work in the fields and to work like a man. They did well when they started, but they started to fool around during the afternoon. A man reported on how they did to their father and he said they did well. This reminds of how I go to work with my father every once in a while and I feel like I always make him proud.

Business Man 5/4/10

Art learns that his father is very well known in Los Angeles as a business man. He also finds out that he makes deals quickly and sometimes without even handling the merchandise he sells. This inspires Art to start his own company. I feel really happy that Art has finally gotten his life on track and that he was able to realize his wrongdoings.

Father 5/3/10

In this section Art decides to give up his life of being a delinquent and tells his buddy that he wasn't going to smoke pot anymore. His Father calls him and tells him to meet him at Long Beach because he was only going to be there a couple of days. Art talks about how his father really did love him, but it was his hard personality that made it hard to talk to him.

Sorry 4/30/10

When Art got kicked out of his house he had to go find a job at the American Can Company where his father used to work. Everyday he would step outside with his friends during lunch and he would make slobbish comments to girls. One day he found out that one of the girls he was being a slob to was actually very religious so he went and apologized to her.