A sign was posted at the front door:

Caritas Presents:
3 MINUTE DATES

Unlike most 3MDs, there didn't seem to be a host. The zombies were just set up, all quiet, when the lights went out.

After a few moments, music started to play. A man's voice started to sing "Ooooooooh" while backing vocals repeated "come on ( Read more... )

Maria had dusted all of the shelves and now was sitting behind the counter with a notebook of music scores and a pen. She had her guitar with her today -- she figured the boss wouldn't mind -- and between customers she was working on a new song for her friends back home ( Read more... )

Maria was working, busy organizing a few of the displays that looked like they had been visited by people who didn't know what exactly they were looking for ( Read more... )

After hanging out with dinosaurs for a week and having a lot of questions re: ethics, it was time to get back to normal. With a scavenger hunt. As you do ( Read more... )

Maria was behind the counter writing things down in her usual notebook -- but it definitely looked as if she was going to need a new one, soon. Wednesday had been a weird day with the bursting into spontaneous song, so she had written down the song ideas she had come up with ( Read more... )

Maria was working, busy organizing a few of the displays that looked like they had been visited by people who didn't know what exactly they were looking for. She was fine with this as it allowed her to get a good look at the kinds of things people bought in the store so she could tell Jono if they started running low on anything ( Read more... )

Maria had brought in CDs to listen to.

She had put a CD into the stereo.

The stereo was playing old school country in spite of the rock and roll CD in the player.

Maria glared at the stereo for a few minutes before sighing and getting to work.

Groovy Tunes was open and the stereo thought it was in charge!

Maria was behind the counter with a notebook as the stereo played behind her. She was working on a new song that focused on her guitar -- but she kept getting distracted with jotting down notes about Student Council and upcoming Parents Weekend in a couple of weeks.

Okay, a week and a half, but still.

Groovy Tunes was open and Maria was happy to

Maria was at work bright and early and was in a big time cleaning mood. So, whether it needed it or not, almost everything in the store was being carefully dusted. Cleaning or song writing always helped her when she had things on her mind and she was pretty sure it was frowned upon to work on extracurricular activities at your job ( Read more... )

It was her second week of work and Maria was already realizing that the stereo was more than a bit difficult. In fact, she was convinced the thing was possessed ( Read more... )