Californication
Labels: social work
Life takes us many places. It's a box of chocolates and a Hansel and Gretal trail of candy wrappers. I have filmed as an actor in The Happening, Invincible, The Lovely Bones, The Bounty Hunter, The Greek American, Bazookas, Limitless, TV's Its Always Sunny in Philly, Outlaw, New York, The Warrior, The Nail, Game Change, Cold Case, & commercial work includes The Philadelphia Eagles, Septa, Coors, Turbo Tax & Carnival Cruises. Freudian Slips spotlights irony in short story format.
So too my life is a journey of self-discovery through mistaken identity. I crown thee website Freudian Slips.
joetornatore@comcast.net
WORLD AIDS DAY COMMERCIAL
THE HAPPENING
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES COMMERCIAL
BUBBLE HOCKEY
CARNIVAL COMMERCIAL
TV's Fandemonium
Donovan McNabb Tug of War
ANNUAL FREUDIAN SLIPS IRONY OSCAR:
2004 LITTLE DRUMMER BOY..... 12-19-04
2005 GOING POSTAL.............. 11-17-05
2006 SLIM PICKINGS................ 8-10-06
2007 THE NOTEBOOK................. 7-12-07
2008 GIRL INTERRUPTED........... 2-14-08
2009 NICK AT NIGHT...............6-28-09
STOP AND SMELL THE SILK ROSES
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May 03, 2007
Californication
8 Comments:
What a sweet story JT, almost made me cry, and that is why you are in social work HUH
Really good story, Joe. Makes me want to go give Bucky a hug.
Joe, tears are welling up in my eyes,...ooops...too late...they are running down my cheeks! I'm trying to write coherently of how your rendition of Bucky's life has affected me. As I got deeper into your story, my heart broke in two for this man. So many people are in these types of situations; it makes me doubly grateful for what I have. Your writing on this one gets an A+
mommanator,
some of us still have to hit the salt mines.
little e,
thought i would post a social work story for you last night since you are thinking of getting in the biz. lol
et,
must have lost some magic reading this since i told you this story before.
Joe, one of the benefits of having alzheimer's is that every retelling is as fresh as the first. Did I laugh or cry the first time? Oh, never mind, I won't remember your answer, anyway!
et,
all these years, you told me it was lupus.
You've given Bucky a moment in time when he saw you again. To each of us, there is that one moment in time where we will remember it forever, cherish it, caress it and replay it. You've given that to Bucky. No one could understand that moment in time...only you. Seeing you brought it right back. Seeing you again, made him live again, one more moment. You are such a good writer....and now I see, a social worker.
Grinchy,
An emergency on my caseload called me out to a nursing home today. When my buisness was done, I remembered just learning that Bucky recently moved here. I found Bucky sitting in his wheelchair eating his supper. He waved immediately. The sight nearly brought me to tears and I sought him out.
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