Straight Edge Life

The man next to me is a giant. Small in physical stature but stunning in his enormous and obvious paranoia. I would say it’s speed, or espresso considering the context, but I’m not so sure. I think it’s real. Over his shoulder he looks again and again. At me, at the women in front of him. And especially at the german couple swapping architectural design ideas diagonally from his left.

I’m trying to work but watching him out of the corner of my eye is much more interesting. I wonder if I ought to snap a shot with my camera phone. That might tip him over the edge. That’s all I need, right? Getting my ass whooped or coffee thrown on me by this little dude in the blue parachute pants. Where in the heck did he get those anyway? I thought they had all biodegraded from all the crusties rubbed on them during the 80’s.

All told, today has been an interesting day. Woke up sorta early in my hideously uncomfortable bed. A lingering sign of my indecision about where and how to live. I’ve got a dangerously comfortable king size left over from my divorce at my dad’s place. But crashing there just seems wrong when I’m 29. Enough said. I can crash on my couch, and often do. But the texture of the thing makes me look like a human wicker chair when I wake up in the morning. Not to mention it smells a bit odd since I went to Reno. I’m wondering if Josie caught a mouse and stashed it under a cushion or something. I should check on that. So the day started early. Got woken up by strong winds doing their best to rip the roof off my apartment. From there I sorta rolled out of bed and got myself ready for the day.

Ok. I admit that’s not all that interesting. Actually it’s rather boring. I guess I’m feeling good enough these days that waking up doesn’t really suck anymore. I’m convinced that with all the changes in my diet, physical exercise increases, and forced changes in my perspective on life, the universe and everything, I don’t mind getting up in the morning. And that, my friends, makes the whole day potentially interesting. Nothing really exciting has happened so far today. Although I am having fun doing my best to keep paranoid guy on his toes.