Plane spotters who monitored unusual movements of aircraft are responsible for reports and later investigations into the CIA’s extraordinary rendition practices.
I’m having trouble deciding how to move.
To another city?
No, to the other room.
In the pre-digital world, it was harder to find out who was cool and where they were. Roommates were illegal 25 years ago. Dropping acid together and feeling good is not sufficient. Bad decisions come from fear.
She thought God was laughing at her in the form of a homeless man. He was wearing an impostor hat, posing as a subway official with the logo scratched in shaky marker on a baseball cap.
I finally understood the attraction to aging rock stars. They were living the dream. She was tipsy and radiant, and he was calm and British. Teeth don’t matter when you have love and build a life. They have a Volvo and need to throw out the pumpkins.
Can I have a coffee with cream?
What kind of cream?
What?
What kind of cream do you want?
Uh, the kind I’ve been getting my whole life.
I wish I’d known you your whole life.
I hope your morning feels less like lead. Tell me everything, forever, about anything. I’m here to absorb everyone’s secrets and let them weigh me down like a pile of discarded bricks in the junkyard. Maybe someone will make me into a driveway someday.
All hail: paychecks, clean sheets, vegetables, climbing trees, media-worthy love, bookshelves, dancing, cow huggers, tea pots, writing, difference
There was a man air-brushing a shirt with a cursive word and pink starburst behind it. The word was “LIAR.” This really happened. Just now.
We stayed up late talking about hiking. My plan: Grand Canyon. He’s already done parts of Appalachia. Watch out for bears and guys who wear kilts because he sat down and found out what they wear under those. Then the mosquitoes came out and he put on some pants.
