Tuesday Afternoons
Tuesday afternoons usually consisted of a quiet lunch alone at Cafe Blanch on Cerulean Boulevard. I generally ordered a chicken sandwich with salad and a latte, ate my meal and then went back to work.
Today, however, I was sitting at a table in Cafe Blanche on Cerulean Boulevard staring at a cup of black coffee. My headache had faded with my aspirin but I was still so foggy I wondered if I was sitting or standing.
You don't look too good. A familiar voice came from my right. I think it was my right.
I looked over to investigate the source and there stood Elise with that smile of hers. I remember thinking tha
Monday Mornings
Monday. My least favourite day of the week. I wake up earlier than usual to get to work earlier than usual and make sure everything's in order for the Monday morning meeting held at Smith and Weston, the lawyer's firm I work at. I make a large pot of coffee. I print out the minutes from the previous Monday's meeting.
The meeting begins promptly at 9am and I read the minutes from the previous meeting. The condescending lawyer's talk amongst themselves and I write down every last detail. My job is so fun I might just die.
This Monday wasn't much different than usual. I did my usual piece and then went back to my usual job. I
Oh, yeah, so Gerry and Aaron are the only two neighbours on the whole estate who are a similar age to James and I. I'm twenty-six, James is twenty-eight. Gerry is twenty-five and Aaron is twenty-seven. Basically, they're the only ones we really talk to, because the entire of the rest of Lane are forty-something's with mid-life crisis cars, women who've had one too many face-lifts and whose teeth are so white you have to wear sunglasses to have a conversation with them. Most importantly though, no children, not a single one of them. The entire estate is so drama free you sometimes have to remind yourself you actually are alive. Ger
Sunday Evenings
It wasn't always this way. I remember, once, things were a little clearer but over time, the edges just became kind of... blurred. I hate to imagine myself as the kind of person who could do this kind of thing. I hate to think of myself as that kind of woman. I despise that kind of woman.
When life throws these things at you, it doesn't joke around. I don't even think I am trying to justify my actions here. I think... I think I just want someone to hear why I did it... what got me to this point. Does that make sense?
Someday I'll look at myself real hard in the mirror and ask the question, How did I get here? We
Classic Stupid Male Moment by halofarm, literature
Literature
Classic Stupid Male Moment
George stared at the ground. Stephanie looked at him as thought he had just struck her.
"Yeah. I'm really sorry about all of this Steph, I guess... I guess I don't have much to say. Don't worry about it, you won't be hearing from me again."
George spun on his heel and began to walk away.
"What is wrong with you George? Are you blind? Why on Earth would you decide to cut off all contact with me when you haven't done anything wrong?"
George stopped in his tracks.
"But I thought..."
"You thought what George? You think that there are laws against going after the things you want?" Stephanie glared at George.
"You were so cold... I thought y
The next day was a cold and unforgiving Winter morning, there was a fog outside like a babies blanket, shrouding everyone's feet. Some might say that was more a good thing than a bad, with some of the ridiculous footwear that was popping up here and there.
I made my way to my office from my crappy one bedroom apartment on Fullerton. I can't help thinking sometimes when I'm walking along the façades that I'm really missin' something. When I arrived the front door of my office I was greeted by the familiar site of my assistant, Keikeia. That broad was a real doll, always so so helpful, worked for less money than really should've but to be
Manny Dixon - The Velvet Night by halofarm, literature
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Manny Dixon - The Velvet Night
It was a quiet night in the city, the black descended on the streets like a cloak, the moon shone down casting a velveteen glow on the smallest bump in the ground, the rain came down heavy, so heavy it'd wake up the rats in the sewers, the ones that weren't already awake . It was the kinda night that made you want to drink until you couldn't see straight and then crawl home to your empty bed, unfulfilled, but too drunk to notice. Sadly for me, it was also the kinda night that I always had to spend working.
I sipped my scotch and soda and stared across the room. This broad was something else, she had legs you climb and a face to launch a thou