I went about my day regularly after that.

It was only later, having a cigarette outside, you returned into my mind.

Why is it when I go outside how I think and feel shifts suddenly? Unexplainably?

Compared to my usual way of thinking I quite like how my mind works when I'm outside....

You asked about the  Final Friday party, just like so many other customers.

But your question felt heavier, like I could feel your curiosity.

There's nothing wrong with customers asking about an upcoming party for the sake of being nice. I don't mind. Most barista - customer chatter is this anyway: Small...

Each morning I wake up and face the page .

The next blank sheet on my notebook.

Using pen, I ink thoughts and feelings onto paper with no expectations of turning it into anything.

Not trying to plot a story. Not trying to develop a character. Definitely not trying to brainstorm a product...

Here's a list of my recent obsessions. Recent meaning in the past week or so

1.  Aaron Levie being the  Michael Jordan founder of the  cloud computing era
2. People are shortsighted in their desires. They think they want something right away, like to be a designer/programmer/founder right away. But I...

When I enter the  cafe she won't recognize me right away. We've both changed a lot.

In fact I wouldn't recognize her either except for the fact that the  barista in a cafe is always on display like a flower.

She will recognize me eventually though. I'll go when she's doing something...

While my friend was looking at his phone, I looked up at the sky. Inside my head I envisioned myself looking up at the sky from a cool angle, like I was on the cover of a video game.

Then before my friend was done texting the girl he was talking...

After the fog I saw what looked like computer chips. The layout of a semi large city in the middle of  flyover country . As we flew closer the cars on the highway looked like toy cars. Those things would kill you if they hit you down there. But from...

Write something without intending to finish it.

Don't act on the compulsion to finish and share it with someone. Just write something down, low stakes, like a secret nobody will read--

actually scratch that.

write it like someone will read it. But this someone is a special person. If you were to take...

Paulina was a content intern at our agency. The smart and cute type. But what made her most attractive was her work ethic. Often we were the last ones to leave the office.

So it's no surprise that she was still around when this phone call came, while the rest of...

He knew his way around Old Town that was for sure.

I remember when they came to get us his back was to the entrance of the cafe. So he didn't notice until I pointed them out. That's when a look changed in his face. In a flash.

I can't say how...