Guest Author: Christopher Michael Bellinger

Cascarino's

It was a 4pm dinner affair at Cascarino’s. Post-bruschetta, father turned to me and asked what courses I’d registered for. I rattled off what I could remember.

Without pausing, father jumped right back in. “So, what are you gonna do for a job after college? I mean, we’re spending a lot of money on tuition, you know.”

“I don’t know yet. Maybe magazines. Maybe publishing. I need to get an internship next summer and feel it out. That’s not my goal for college though, getting a job.”

He chuckled, “So, what are your goals then?”

“To find out what I’m interested in—which I’ve done—and to learn as much as I can.”

He picked at the back of his head with his eyes fixed on the table. “Well, I’d say that’s a pretty bad goal.”

Dinner ended at five with a sub-standard tip.