Sunset over the Rocky Mountains. Image by A guy with A camera. It was supposed to be like going to camp or to boarding school. I could come back and it would all fall into place with the same scents and comforts and, for the most part, players. But after my freshman year, it wasn’t [...] Read more »
Welcome to India! It’s just what you expected, right? For more perturbed photos of India, click here. Have you ever read a book in which everything goes right? The hero or heroine wakes up, has a wonderful breakfast with his or her perfect family, has an excellent day, comes home for a lovely dinner, and [...] Read more »
“You know. I’m just saving the princess from the clutches of evil.” “Oh,” I said, impressed by the matter-of-fact way in which he replied. I ate another grape off my plate as I sat down cross-legged next to him. I’m not sure I realized it right then, but thinking back, I should have been in [...] Read more »
There was a group of us who would meet on the court in the playground before school each day. For the forty-five minutes before we were dragged in to class, we’d play pick-up games of basketball. Some days, I might be the only one there, shooting around on my own, hoping that others would show [...] Read more »
On Friday, the phone rang. In and of itself, there’s nothing special about the phone ringing. It rings quite often, in fact. Usually several times a day. Most of the time, it’s telemarketers, though I generally hang up before they come on. Sometimes, I find rude ways of dispatching them, like eating loudly into the [...] Read more »
Just moments ago, while blowing my nose, I came across an incredible discovery. Apparently, the virus attacking my immune system over the last week was keeping a diary of event. There amongst the snot and mucous I found the microscopically bound book, and utilizing a magnifying glass, I have transcribed it here for all to [...] Read more »
My nose is running so badly, it couldn’t win a footrace against Stephen Hawking. My nose is like a bottomless drink at a restaurant with really good wait staff; somehow, it’s refilled before I finish emptying it. My nose is so raw, even early Eddie Murphy doesn’t compare. My nose is like a professional negator: [...] Read more »
We all grow old. Such is the way of the world. My Dad’s uncle died when I was 5 of a heart attack. He was in his 50s. My Dad’s mother died of breast cancer when I was 14. She was in her late 60s. Right before Thanksgiving, my Grandmother’s aunt passed on. Now my [...] Read more »
It starts at the top. As soon as I sit up my head sways the world twists like windmill through the eyes of Hunter S Thompson or Don Quixote. I reach up to run my hand through my hair and shiver run across the top of my scalp at the nearest touch. Even when I’m [...] Read more »
I, by all accounts, am a slacker. I was a slacker in elementary school, never doing my homework, but helping my friends do theirs. I was a slacker at boarding school, doing just enough so that I could avoid trouble and even gain some privileges reserved for the “good” students. I was a slacker in [...] Read more »