make me warm or take me home, it’s so cold in here
San Francisco’s indian summer appears to be over. I got to the garage early last night and the air was already brisk on my ride over; when I got out of the cab to take a piss before the sun had even...
View Articleyou better work bitch, you better work bitch, now get to work bitch
I am destroyed and I have to work. Normally, the 9-5 world’s Friday is my Friday too, though it starts just as theirs ends. Ordinarily, I’d be looking forward to the next three days with no work, but...
View Articleget in where you fit in, fool
It’s been a long week, and I’m still staring Friday night in the face and Saturday night in another short twenty-four hours. But I can’t complain – I split out of work twice this week to go kick it...
View Articlei drive all night, just to get back home
Last night hurt. The money came like it usually does on a Saturday, slow and plodding until around midnight and then the tap went from a trickle to a rush. I didn’t start until almost seven and by the...
View Articlethose raindrops keep fallin’ on my head, they keep fallin’
And… cue the rain. I haven’t even looked outside yet, but I can hear the cars driving down the street and that long-absent sound of water being pushed out from underneath tires. Thank god I have my...
View Articlei know it doesn’t seem too conventional, but it’ll do until i get you in the...
These conventioneers are boring. I’m sure they’re nice people and all, but after midnight last night it was dead out on the streets, even for a Wednesday. Everywhere I went, the hum of the city was...
View Articleeverything, everything, everything, in its right place
I overslept today. Or rather I should just say that I slept. I didn’t oversleep, unless you want to count work, which while I had planned on going in around four this afternoon, just wasn’t going to...
View Articleschool’s out for summer
Or work’s out for winter. Same thing, really. Or to put it in a phrase that’s been an inside joke between me and one of my best friends for years – the dishes are done, man. And speaking of the dishes...
View Articlewe work hard, we play hard
Last night was quiet. Good thing I’m working five shifts this week, because I think that’s what it’s gonna take just to bring in the normal amount of money I require to keep my head above water. If it...
View Articleyou don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows
It’s the last night of my Christmas vacation and everyone is asleep but me. The house is quiet except for the sounds of my typing and soon I will sleep. Tomorrow I get up, have breakfast with Mom and...
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