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Monthly Archives: September 2013
polite exit
actually, the story i was about to tell had to come to an abrupt stop because it occurred to me while i was daydreaming tonight at a dinner party in which i stayed at least an hour later than i … Continue reading
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Tagged abrupt, audience, daydreams, dinner party, exit, nothing, polite, something, story
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a story (continued)
… i saw your reflection, which was caught me off guard because you were nowhere within the vicinity.
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unfinished story
as i gazed into a bowl of oatmeal this morning (to be continued)
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September 1988
an interesting day, sort of, in a virtual sort of way. i noticed on LinkedIn that a student at the school where i seem to be tentatively employed requested to “connect” with me (yes, sadly, even The Lost Pedestrian has … Continue reading
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Tagged blind faith, employment, LinkIn, millennium, plan, recruiter, Singapore, Tom Waits
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option number 3
i have such pent up anger over such insignificant minutia that i can barely write tonight. and i only noticed that i could barely write shortly after noticing that i could barely speak. i don’t really know what to do … Continue reading
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Tagged align, anger, bitterness, channel, diffuse, inarticulate, manifestation, minutia, paralysis, rescue, speak, universal construct of possibilities, vindictiveness, write
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pre-existence
is it a sign of early senility when you keep losing track of the month or the season? i cannot tell if it’s April or January or October or May. maybe it just means that i have not found a fool … Continue reading
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Tagged existence, fool proof, freeze, frozen, linear, months, nonlinear, past lives, pre-existing conditions, season, time
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an offering
i was frozen in traffic much of the day, many hours waiting at a single stoplight. eventually, a rail thin man of uncertain age and complexion knocked on my window. and i tried to ignore him. then he knocked again, … Continue reading
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Tagged complexion, fear, flow, knock, money, offering, pause, questions, sorrow, stoplight, traffic
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the 24th chair
my shrink asked me what i disliked about the job i vow not to blog about each time i blog. but since this is absolutely the absolute for real final time i will write about it… I will continue…. i … Continue reading
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Tagged alphas, belligerence, best, boys, challenge, character flaw, clarinets, flutes, fraternities, girls, grade school band practice, jobs, males, passivity, performance, pit-bulls, rankings, shrinks, suffocation, trumpeters, weakness, worst
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San Antonioni
i spent most of my dream life last night driving around, looking for a cheap hotel somewhere in Texas. it may have been San Antonio. I seemed to be there for a job interview. the strange thing was that i … Continue reading
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Tagged accidents, dog park, dream, Howard Johnson's, San Antonio, Seattle, Texas
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Saturday, 11:32 pm
i was standing in a large room, a hall of some sort, and all around me in the candlelight, hundreds of people were singing in a language with words i could not recognize, and their bodies were swaying with the … Continue reading
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Tagged candlelight, death, dream, fear, life, portal, singing, voices
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a dull roar
my plummet into uncertainty was met with a dull roar, which either meant that it wasn’t much of plummet or that things were not as uncertain as they originally seemed to the untrained eye.
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where you are not
gosh, you should have seen me. in the pool you would have been astounded. i swam and i swam and i swam for almost an hour, rarely crashing into anything. but you weren’t there. and i felt your absence. the … Continue reading
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Tagged absence, astound, crashing, crevices, noticing, pangs, swimming, the last person, trouble, writing
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mercury
it happened again. another day of really bad swimming. i don’t know how to explain it. i began on such a positive note. i wasn’t even thinking of swimming in a straight line. and now, i swim like wild mercury. … Continue reading
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Tagged blame, current, darkness, decision, fog, lighting, mask, mercury, pool, research, responsibility, straight line, swimming, topography
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on the terrace
at my friend c’s party tonight. i was secretly hoping that i would not be able to find anywhere to park and that this would be my excuse for missing it. but that was not to be. i never ever … Continue reading
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Tagged awestruck, conversation, friends, lake, parking, terrace, waves, Wind
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the north
it’s hard to tell whether my swimming is progressing or digressing. i can swim further and longer, but also crookeder. for some reason when i swim from north to south, i feel as if i am perfectly aligned, but when … Continue reading
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Tagged astro-cartography, digress, north, progress, south, spiritual journey, swimming
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The Lost Pedestrian 