Monthly Archives July 2007

And all my dreams, torn asunder

It seems I’ve almost entirely substituted sleep with lying here, windows open. { I’m in another of my periods of nihilism. I’ll get over it when I get over it. It’s time I got over it. }

A story has chapters, you know

Books, a light, nearly a pillow…I was ready for a stakeout.  As ready as I could be anyway.  I’d had as many hours of sleep in the last two days as there had been days.  Two hours…more like a glorified nap.  Meanwhile I’d worked shifts, run errands, trafficked my friends about as favors.  I was [...]

Not even wrong

He was thirsty, but as soon as it touched his tongue he couldn’t keep from grimacing.  It’s rather unsurprisingly hard to swallow wearing such a look.  A drink so cheap and they still couldn’t be bothered to put actual sugar in it; just the not-quite-right disappointment of another high-fructose derivative. He took another drink. He [...]

Proof of one’s demise

Picked up a pair of Logitech Z-10 speakers yesterday.  I’d looked at them before as something I rather wanted and when I saw them with a clearance sticker on them…I couldn’t resist.  My old speakers were shit.  The suckers actually connect via just USB for the sound, LCD, and media keys on them (pause, play, [...]