Selfless, Cold and Composed


It's winter (not nuclear though) up here and I saw this beautiful woman I know downtown today in the market square. I didn't recognize her at first as she waved at me. I then noticed it was her and she was with her fiance. I walked over and then said to her, "Hey! I didn't recognize you with all those clothes on out here!" Her fiance grasped his fist and I quickly understood why, so then I skated backwards and said, "I mean, it's cold and she's wearing a skimask for god's sake, I usually see her at the store she works at without a winter jacket, gloves, scarf and all that." He kept his fist grasped and I started to worry. Then, I started to laugh. When you fight the trip of life, it's not fun. When you make the trip of life fun, good things usually follow. Perhaps optimism is the word I'm looking for. Or maybe it's divine intervention. Anyway, as I started to laugh, the beautiful woman did too. The man threw back his arm for a punch at me and then out of nowhere he was attacked by a tiger that had been on the loose. I then went and ordered a coffee.

Have a great day today. Here's something to look at:

Eyesight Is Farsighted In Hindsight

And then one day we all looked up in the sky to see that the smoke had blocked the sun. The water levels were rising, but amazingly enough, we were all adapting to this newly created lifestyle. This smoke blocked the sun for almost a year and yet we were all told to wear sunglasses to protect our eyes. On the streets, you could not see a person's face. It was rare to look people in the eye on the streets and social contact was confined to a new type of sign language. I waved hello to my gang after getting out of the back of the truck that took me to work. I made it home and removed my gas mask and unlocked my briefcase in the sterile storage room after taking a sanitized shower in the garage. I kicked myself for forgetting to play my lottery numbers last Thursday, realizing that if I ever won, I could be on the moon with the rest of my friends.