That one really had some sting to it – I saw it in her eyes. They lost some of the light and little pools of moisture started to form around the bottom rims. Why am I enjoying this? I loved her. I love her. She was my best friend. Not so long ago I just wanted to see her smile, but right now all I want her to know is just how little she means to me; whether I’m conveying the truth or not is...

Its interesting the directions life randomly takes you. I’ve come to terms recently that the best way to approach it is to just kick back and let it guide you.Last night it guided me two hours away to the college town of Chapel Hill with a group of my closest friends. We started our evening at the most randomly decorated pizza joint ever. There were posters of cowboys above our “I Love...

Yesterday was the perfect day to pretend to be a brooding poet. The fog was thick and the bars were warm. A friend and I decided to take advantage of this and spend the day sketching and writing away in our group’s favorite haunt -- Café Europa.Halfway through coffee and a cheese platter, our waiter decided to step out for a smoke brake. He was a handsome fellow. Tall, slim, dark featured with...

An alarm goes off, signaling the completion of another gourmet $8.99 chicken Panini cooking in the microwave.In front of me, across the cafe seems to be an interview of some kind in which a severely overweight man in a track suit laughs his ass off at a severely underweight, beautiful woman in a black dress suit. I wonder if he is going to get laid and if she is going to get the job.Beside me a...