I should have known that the world wasn’t right when I decided to sleep on the couch that night. But it was one of the first warm nights of the year, and I was desperate for a change of scenery. I awoke suddenly around 1 or 2 am and went to the bathroom. When I [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘lynn’
13 August 2007
it’s gett’n hot in here
It was somewhere in the wee hours of the morning. The fire alarm went off. It took me a while to realize what was going on (it always does). I distinctly remember trying to lazily find pants and shoes rather than exiting the building–as one should do during a fire.
There were only three of us [...]
3 August 2007
Meet Monocle.
Monocle MirrorMan has lived in our apartment for about 5 months. Stays in the bathroom, mostly, but I suppose it is as good a place as any. When friends come over they always make it a point to visit him and amend the dry-erase speech bubble that remains next to his perpetual [...]
26 July 2007
no shame no gain
There is this crazy thing about running. All that constant movement greatly increases flatulence. And you can’t hold it in because that strength is greatly needed elsewhere. This isn’t so much a problem because I always run alone and usually early in the morning so the likelihood of anyone caring is minimal. However, with [...]
6 June 2007
Christine and I were walking to the library one sunny morning when I spotted Lynn about 100 yards ahead of us. She’d just gotten off the bus and was heading to her 9am class. As she rounded a corner she picked up the pace. Her strides lengthened to a brisk walk. She kept her shoulders [...]
