I remember one summer when I went out to the ranch of my friend Amanda's uncle. This was her father's youngest brother, making him around 40 at the time. We had just finished our third year of college and we were borderline ADD from the joy of completing our finals. We drove up on a hot, hot day in late April, and by the time we arrived at the ranch both of...
It was an early morning for me. I usually don't stumble out of bed until after seven, after my wife is up and in the shower. I don't normally leave for work until 7:45 or so, and I only need 15 minutes to get ready. Boring details, I know, but today I woke up early. I had a dentist appointment, just a 6 month checkup, but I had been warned at my last checkup...
The house across the street from me stayed vacant for a few months, until one day the new neighbors moved in. As any neighbor would do, I walked over when they got out of the moving truck, and offered to help. My offer was declined but they still thanked me for at least having offered. We exchanged introductions His name was Robert and her name Belinda. Sh...
Sean had first met Christina at this very con two years ago. They were friends of friends of etcetera, and had gone to a couple of meet-ups together. The next year, his cosplay happened to line up with her friend Olivia's, so he and Olivia had started chatting at the bar, and then Christina had come over... you know how it goes sometimes. They never gotten a...
Would today be the day? Saturday morning was cool and crisp, and the woods were full of sweet, late-summer smells, and bright sun shimmered off the dew that decorated every living thing. She walked ahead of me, her movement hinting of beauty concealed in loose-fitting flannel shirt and baggy slacks. Tomorrow would mark four weeks since I had agreed to be c...
It was a long day at the airports, and in flight to finally make my arrival to the Denver airport. The constant delays through security, departure and in obtaining my bags had made the trip almost already unbearable, and I hadn't even had to do my work yet. I wasn't anticipating a good weekend in the foothills of the Rockies. After retrieving my delayed lug...
"Direct strokes she never gave us power to make; all our blows glance, all our hits are accidents. Our relations to others are oblique and casual." -Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Experience” Selected Writings *** I hate my car. My car hates me. So, thanks to my inability to have my oil checked on time and my blatant disregard for all things automotive, I have to...
"Thank you so much sir! Keep the change!" 18 year old Mandy said, smiling and closing the cab door. This was it! Her first job interview ever that wasn't a position for folding clothes or working a cash register. Mandy checked her watch and was thankful for the extra time she had. Any last minute touches and make up fixes could be done, and she'd have some...
I've had a rough life in high school. Well, rough isn't exactly the word, uneventful seems more fitting. No one actively disliked me, nor did anyone actively had any interest in me, apart from a handful just as uneventful and awkward friends. I graduated as a kissless virgin, even though the female sex had more than piqued my interested, although this intere...
This is a story about how I got back into the swing of things after a life-changing accident. I've been in a wheelchair for more than five years now, after I lost the use of my legs in a skiing accident. I won't get into all the details about the really bad times—when I felt suicidal, when my relationship with my then-girlfriend went sour and finally ended....