I think the most depressing, real thing I've heard in a while is this:

I should be happier.

What do you say to that?  Considering the circumstances, you're doing all right?  You're just as depressed as you should be?

Maybe there's something better coming, you're a good person.  Hell, you're a great person.

Seems like every once in a while, there's a ( Read more... )

She looks over at me, as if to say "Take me home"-only, no words come out.  I sit back a little stronger in the booth, put down my fork and look back at her.

Let's get out of here, I say.  We've had this fight before, sure as hell we're going to have it again.  We haven't moved forward with it, I don't think we ever will. 
She doesn't drop the ( Read more... )

"Let's go get a drink, Peter."

"Yeah, that might be good."

The town had recently been blanketed with a wintery mix, rendering the quickest way to downtown undrivable.  There had been no accumulation on the ground, but a quickly dropping temperature was causing severe cases of black ice to form.

"So what happened?"

"I'm not sure.  To this day, I'm not ( Read more... )

"You know what, Phil ( Read more... )

"I went through all his messages,sir.  The battery on his cell phone was dead-it must've been dead for quite some time-but we were able to locate the charger in his bedroom.  I don't say this often, sir, but I can't find anything that would suggest foul play.  Look at the calls, outgoing, incoming, missed.  The guy only ever called his wife and ( Read more... )

It's always funny to look at where you've been; lucky for me, all I need to do is scroll back a few pages.

I've had my livejournal now for a few years-which, admittedly, is not a very long time in the scheme of things.  What it's lacking for in time, though, it's long since made up for in experience.

If you scroll back and read the entries over again ( Read more... )

The fragility of the human spirit (or psyche or soul or whatever) never ceases to surprise me ( Read more... )

I know in a few moments I'm going to sit here, stare at my livejournal and hesitantly type out ( Read more... )

As Peter walked down the road, a flash of light caught his eye ( Read more... )

Every once in a while, I'll have someone ask me ( Read more... )