ARC

Automatic Relationship Compensation (ARC).  I’ve discovered that I suffer from ARC after I bought my first car.  The concept is this: the more my romantic life suffers, the more money I spend on my car.  After three years of on and off with a girl I was dating, my car was pretty damn tricked out.  I even acquired the label, “tuner,” from some of my friends, mainly as a result of them never having modified their own cars beyond the occasional Christmas tree... Read More

Ten Minute Lunch

Today I spent ten minutes eating my lunch on the rickety wire furniture adrift in the shadow of a building.  These autumn days chill shadowed areas to blue, but I was not shivering because of the cold and the shadow was cast not by the sun, but by the presence of my former love inside.  Part of me feels resentful that my ex girlfriend now works in the same small town that I do.  Part of me loves it.  Part of me wants to tell her to get lost and give me back my town. ... Read More

If you forget me

I want you to know one thing. You know how this is: if I look at the crystal moon, at the red branch of the slow autumn at my window, if I touch near the fire the impalpable ash or the wrinkled body of the log, everything carries me to you, as if everything that exists, aromas, light, metals, were little boats that sail toward those isles of yours that wait for me. Well, now, if little by little you stop loving me I shall stop loving you little by little. If suddenly you forget... Read More

Crowd watching ‘Otters Holding Hands’ Officially Annoying

Have you ever seen the Youtube video of two otters holding hands? Kinda cute. But if you listen to the crowd of idiots watching these two otters, it reminds me of how other people are always getting involved in my relationships. Seems like you can’t show any bit of attention to anyone else without it attracting the attention of crowds of onlookers. For example, I was friends with this girl at work and I would go visit her from time to time to see how she’s doing.... Read More