We met for two hours, one Tuesday evening. Tuesday has always been my favourite day, rarely containing fixed plans, allowing me to do what I liked with it.

Kevin: I haven’t seen you in a month.
Elise: Has it truly been that long? How the time gets away from me.

And we talked of what had happened in the past, reading pages from our own books to each ( Read more... )

Smoke rose out of the building as I walked past. They're tearing the roof off, I noticed. If I weren't so tired, I might have climbed the ladder to assist them. I needed to tear something apart. I walked to the car, wondering how to find a job in demolitions. A life of destruction felt almost too suited to me ( Read more... )

What do you call a writer who doesn't write? This sounds like the setup for a not very good joke, but I can't think of a punch line because the question usually starts me sobbing, which is distracting, especially when telling a joke ( Read more... )

A stranger on a bus called me cute today. Call me insecure or superficial, but I feel better about myself when things like this happen.

Bryan: Hey, kid, how's it going?

I look around for a moment to see that no one else responds. The voice is unfamiliar, but I'm probably the one being addressed. The bus is home to many friendly strangers.

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The world is too much, it often seems. There’s never enough time for anything. But if you multiply the total population of the planet by the world’s average life expectancy, that yields quite a bit of time. All that needs to be done is a unification of goals. United, we can do anything, so long as it’s what I want to do.

I spent an entire year at ( Read more... )

Hello? Is anyone here?

I’m stuck on small things that don’t matter. I think for a moment that I ought to buy radishes while I’m out walking by the market, and I’m gone for hours. I sit in front of a mirror wondering if my hair hasn’t gone a shade lighter since I last checked, and then the sun has set and risen again.

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