2018 kicked my ass. And it wasn't close. It was like when Shane McMahon fought the Big Show and the only way he could even leave a mark was to utterly destroy himself. I had to destroy myself. And reinvent myself. And it was a painful, Kafka-esque metamorphosis every step of the way but I made it.

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The island was suddenly overrun by them. Swarms, by the tens of thousands, they sang like a chorus of tiny drills in the summer air, taking up every square inch of land and tree until the island itself appeared to be a moving, breathing thing. And even though it was a horrible, painful sound, the melody was irresistible. All summer, ships of every ( Read more... )

I'm not sure I've ever wanted anything more than this.

The moon is full,

For a time.

The tide is high,

For a time.

The wind is calm,

For a time.

Two were one,

For a time.

Okay, where are we right now? I don't need a title and I don't need exact coordinates. I just need to know if I can like old profile pictures and buy you flowers from Whole Foods.

I don't know that I can say I'm better at life right now than I have been. It certainly doesn't feel like I'm moving forward at the moment, nor am I demonstrating myself as the beneficiary of the cumulative learning of my life. The sum total of my experiences is somehow setting me back right now, which can only mean that I'm letting a lot of ( Read more... )

Oh, hey. I'm old now.

Back to the humidity. Back to the late night. Back to the wanderlust.

I just need a small, million dollar loan.

I'd open an arcade bar in Bay View. Maybe one somewhere on the East Side or Riverwest, too. And eventually Madison.


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All these years later, I've never been able to recapture that magic. Maybe it's the kind of thing that fades with the passing of youth. Maybe it's the kind of thing that only happens when you catch lightning in a bottle at the end of a long, hot summer. Or maybe it was just you. A passing comet. That soaring, out-of-body high. Like watching a movie ( Read more... )