Daily Archives Tuesday, December 2008

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I used to be a shy boy. After Kate broke it off with me, self-esteem took a leave of absence. Maybe not quite as long as I thought it did at the time — maybe only for a year or so, as opposed to the two I would have likely said then. The year after [...]

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The party is in a one-story house, almost beach front, on stilts. Not an easy act to navigate for some of the group by this point. It’s 10 P.M. I enter the house, unsure of what to expect.
I wander a bit, poking around, finding the kitchen and making myself a strong Coke and ice. The [...]