Jinked

Thank you for talking to me tonight, even if your main goal was to get me to sign up for a monthly donation. I was happy when you said you were in a band, that you made music. I’m sorry your guitar was stolen. I’m sorry you have to be a robot in this world to do the things you do. I’m sorry I said [...]

So, dating. For what seems like forever, I’ve had trouble dating, especially when it came to dating men. There are a myriad of reasons, but without getting too specific and boring the living daylights out of everyone, I’ll just say that it stems from anxiety about intimacy and emotional immaturity. While no one takes heartbreak well, I seem to have a really hard time with [...]

Since moving to Chicago, I see a couple homeless people on the streets begging for money every single day. This isn’t a culture shock; I’ve been to Chicago enough to see and experience the begging of strangers on street corners even when living in Indiana. But still, to see beggars every day, I hate it. And of course I never know what they’re going to [...]

Sometimes you stumble upon strangers playing bags on the street. And sometimes you talk to them. Sometimes they like you, and they give you beer, and you challenge them to a round of cornhole, and beat them. Sometimes you continue conversation while sipping whiskey in tea cups, and sometimes they give you their phone numbers. Sometimes the randomness of life is so very much worth [...]

I was sitting on the red line, coming home from a mobile development meetup, when a beautiful woman walked on the train. She was older with dark, smooth skin, a lovely albeit crooked smile, and thick hair all the way down to her hips. I was listening closely as she talked with the companion at her side and others she happened to know in the [...]