To be fair, the friendship I destroyed was mended. You can still see the chips, cracks, and glue smudges, but it’s functional again. It took some difficult talking, some private thinking, and a mutual redefinition to make it work. A little bit of distance is good medicine, too. We’ll revisit the matter in a few …
Category Archives: Journal
A bad way.
Tonight, I destroyed a friendship. Good work, Shawn. I found out who I am and what I’m made of. It’s not pretty.
Really Small Ideas
I think the fact that I have so many outlets for my creative commentary is diluting the power of my words down to the consistency of senseless drivel. There are “Really Deep Thoughts”, there is “This Is Ponderous”, there are moments of Snark and Witticism, and then there’s useless, wasted, disposable. The more time I …
Back in the Saddle
If you exist somewhere outside my immediate sphere of influence, you probably haven’t heard that I have back problems. I hurt myself in the lower end of the spine, and it’s been a downhill slide since. After dealing with a low level of pain consistently since February, I decided to take care of it. I …
Nightmeh
Had a dream the other night. Was sitting down to dinner with a group of people. Someone called for a prayer, and the man at the head of the table began the invocation. I did not bow my head or close my eyes. Neither did the praying man; he was staring right at me. I …