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The Dreamers

The Dreamers Photo by Kyle MacDonald essay Jonathan Fink Jonathan Fink "Oil and gas people are, by nature, dreamers." --Midland City Councilman Jeff Sparks Midland Reporter Telegram, July 24, 2011 1. You Know What Goes with a Boom, Don't Ya? "My husband and I have lived here for forty years, and this is the craziest thing we have ever seen," Jodi, a seventy-five-year-old cosmetology instructor from Midland College, says from an adjacent chair at the Chrysalis Salon in Midland, Texas. Mechanical rollers travel slowly up and down my spine, and my feet are submerged in a footbath that resembles a mini­hot tub. They soak like two pork tenderloins as Jodi continues, "I always ask people, `You know what goes with a boom, don't ya?' and most of the young people don't know you're supposed to say, `A bust.'" The young woman filing Jodi's calluses nods along. "This one just feels different," Jodi says, and her gray bouffant bobs slightly. The hair on the back of Jodi's head has been cut to less than an inch in length. I can't tell if her choice in hairstyles is aesthetic or medical, but her hair frames her face in such a way that http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Missouri Review University of Missouri

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Photo by Kyle MacDonald essay Jonathan Fink Jonathan Fink "Oil and gas people are, by nature, dreamers." --Midland City Councilman Jeff Sparks Midland Reporter Telegram, July 24, 2011 1. You Know What Goes with a Boom, Don't Ya? "My husband and I have lived here for forty years, and this is the craziest thing we have ever seen," Jodi, a seventy-five-year-old cosmetology instructor from Midland College, says from an adjacent chair at the Chrysalis Salon in Midland, Texas. Mechanical rollers travel slowly up and down my spine, and my feet are submerged in a footbath that resembles a mini­hot tub. They soak like two pork tenderloins as Jodi continues, "I always ask people, `You know what goes with a boom, don't ya?' and most of the young people don't know you're supposed to say, `A bust.'" The young woman filing Jodi's calluses nods along. "This one just feels different," Jodi says, and her gray bouffant bobs slightly. The hair on the back of Jodi's head has been cut to less than an inch in length. I can't tell if her choice in hairstyles is aesthetic or medical, but her hair frames her face in such a way that

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The Missouri ReviewUniversity of Missouri

Published: Jan 9, 2013

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