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The continuing story of a man fast approaching middle age, armed with a fast wit and bad intentions. Follow me through the Atlanta nightlife, my own sad romantic life, and whatever else crops in my mind.
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Thoughts of things past
Relapse Post #1 This is Sporty's birthday weekend. First time in a long time we didn't hang out. Journey of a thousand miles starts somewhere. And me with no frequent flier miles. I still think of her daily. It's sad that I still do that, but I can't...
A couple of errant thoughts
Mental Rehab Post #17This one is kinda stream of consciousness talking half to myself and half to nobody in particular, and I'm hardest on myself. As we all know hindsight is 20/20, it's always what I should have done, what I should have said, what I...
2008 been 'berry 'berry bad to me
I cried.Last night I lay down on my bed and cried.So hard my head hurt, curled up in a fetal position wishing the world would go away. Just like that day in Ms. Gordon's English class when I was thirteen. So hard that I had to fight the emotion back ...
Then karma hits me square in the mouth
Sometimes, the hints you get in life are subtle, and we miss them in the hustle and bustle only realize later that this was a clue that maybe, just maybe you'd missed an opportunity or let something get past you. You realize later that if you had don...
Poetry
I awake every morningeach day freshnumbly yawning at the dawninganother daylong session of controlas struggle to keepthe tightest grip on my soulI can feel the pressure behind my eyestapping on the windowsas I contain the all feelings insideit takes ...
And the band played on...
In the grand tradition of all short timers...I was leaving in a week, well damnit I'm going today.Instead of Friday, yesterday was Sporty's last day at our job. She's moving away (I might not have mentioned that) to get her new business started, and ...
The End of the World as We Know it
It only took six months for my hopes and dreams to unravel. From November 2007 to May 2008 I've been waiting for the other shoe to drop, for the words that mean the end has come from Sporty. It's been a wonderful ride. I had hoped it would last forev...
Somebody Turned on the Lights!
They're closing Disco Kroger.Okay, they took Buckhead and all the seedy clubs that gave Atlanta a nightlife and made it more of the international city it claims to be (note: International cities don't close at midnight). And then they came for midtow...
Bad Day
They say God doesn't give you more than you can handle. I really hope that's true.I really wish I could just want things. Things are simple. You work for them, save, plan and you get them. I really wish I could be happy having things. My life would b...
