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My Life in Fur (Part 1)
The Accidental Audition
Recently, the Medium publication C(G) S N A P S H O T S issued a challenge in which participants were invited to submit images for their Snapshot Selfie Challenge. I opted to submit a snapshot of a few mementos that signified different periods of my life. Oddly enough, the one object in my snapshot that garnered the most comments was a vintage Donald Duck bobblehead from the late 1960s or early 1970s, described in the accompanying text as: symbol of my former alter-ego, vehicle of torture, and self-discovery — let’s talk about that some time.
Well … the time has come.
We all have backstories; adventures and foibles few would believe the people we are now would have ever been a party to. So in the interest of mixing it up a little, I’m unpacking the story behind the bobblehead in two installments. Enjoy!
Living life to the fullest in college became an expensive undertaking. I needed a little more cash to keep my collegiate lifestyle afloat. Christmas break 1981, I applied for a seasonal job at Walt Disney World, knowing they’d usher me into a high-paying office job related to my Communications major for the two weeks of…
