/authors/chained-knee/Recent content in Chained Knee on Gromet's Plaza ArchiveHugoen-usMon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000/stories/2010/02/08/brand-new-you/Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000/stories/2010/02/08/brand-new-you/<p>&ldquo;Time to get back to work!&rdquo; Angie declared as she pushed away her lunch tray littered with empty fast food wrappers. She flipped some of her long chestnut curls as she waited for her two friends sitting at the table to join her exit of the mall food court.</p> <p>The redhead dressed in black, Jan, still nibbling her way through a vegetarian pita, nodded. &ldquo;Yeah, can&rsquo;t afford to lose a job in this economy. Even if it sucks.&rdquo;</p>