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The expense means nothing to me, really. It's failure that irritates me.















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It was a beautiful day, I didn't go outside.

I didn't feel good. I got up around 6 AM, something I don't usually do unless the house is on fire. Nightmares. And a body-wracking cough. Copious amounts of goo flowing out my nose. I paced the floor in circles. A vague stupor pressed down on me.

I took a hot shower, for about an hour....
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My concept of a perfect x-mas is staying sober; I achieved that.

Paradoxically, my concept of a perfect new years eve is getting a good buzz while ultimately avoiding passing out face down in the gutter. Pyrotechnics at some point are an added bonus. This is a modest, even sophomoric, goal to aim for. Whatever. I won.

I have some interesting options opening up for...
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I had brunch with the wise, they were gracious and I was anything but. Then I wandered the halls of a library, a glass one full of gray light; blindly in the end. I went to the opposite side of the valley and they looked like us. I went to a roller derby in a castle. And then I found myself sitting in a bar...
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I never got used to people calling me "sir"


Went to the drugstore to get my meds. I like to walk, I seldom see other pedestrians on the way. If I do, pleasantries are rarely exchanged and I'm fine with that. From far down the road I could see an unfamiliar figure lurking near the entrance of the store. At a distance I couldn't tell...
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elicit77:
I sometimes get irked when someone calls me 'sir'. I especially get irked when someone is trying to sell me something and is constantly calling me 'sir'. Its like nails on a chalkboard.
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I went walking down the road the other day, which was a bad idea to begin with. I noticed a little stray dog following me at a distance. Dogs like me, I have no idea why. However, I'm wary of small animals stalking me ever since that awful rabbit mauling incident when I was a kid. The further along I strolled, the closer the dog...
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It's beautiful outside today.

I'm broke, but the possibilities are endless, as long as it don't cost nothin'.
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I'll be expected by some to show up at an Aunt's funeral tomorrow morning.

I'll be expected, but I won't be there. I avoid funerals, if humanly possible. It's not so much a mortality thing. I'm not big on weddings either. I'm averse to most functions involving family. I acknowledge that this is wrong. I can think of dozens of excuses but not one valid...
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guitargeek:
I know just exactly how you feel, dude.
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my first trip to Los Angeles - age 10 ...


The blood red sun set, a claustrophobic unease. A choking rush of cold exhaust rolling over me as I roll down the window, trying in vain to keep the motion sickness at bay. Fighting the urge to sleep, defying a hostile dream weaver. I'm being driven mad by road vibrations. I unfasten my seat belt....
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I went on a very long walk Friday.

I was thinkin' about a friend who died, Halloween was his favorite pagan holiday. I decided to pay a visit to the cemetery to leave a tribute. I poured one out for him, a Becks tallboy (he would've approved). I left 23 M&Ms on his tombstone. I sat down in the shade of an orange tree beside...
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