One thing she hated about the suburbs was that you could never run into someone while standing outside.

Though you didn't get any privacy either. It was the worst of both worlds.

This night she pretended she was downtown smoking her  cigarette and someone might pass her and ask to bum one...

When she entered the house she noted how quiet it was. It was always this way but she'd only notice it after coming back from a different world.

This time it was the world of loud pop and pop rap music and the growl of her older  minivan . She wished...

She was driving back alone after the beach.

On the drive there her minivan had been packed with so many people that if the cops pulled them over she would've gotten a ticket.

That had been a fun ride. High sun, blue sky, and the music up loud with the windows down....

I was walking around downtown waiting for Karen to come for lunch.

She was thinking about changing her name, because everybody was making fun of her.

I told her not to worry about it, but honestly I thought it was a good idea.

I thought it was a good idea because Karen in...

It must've been years since the last time he walked alone, out onto the street, this late at night, after having drinks.

Rain had come and gone. Now he felt as though he was walking through mist rather than being hit by falling raindrops.

He was two blocks over from the smack...

If he had to pick, he didn't know which he'd let go.

beer or  whiskey  

On any given evening he knew what he preferred. But then again letting go of something. Leaving something behind, was different than having it wasn't it?

A woman from  Ecuador used to hang out at one...

He spent much of his afternoons on walks.

Around campus and along the main strip. The early part of the day when he could nurse a coffee were his favorite part. Once the sun started going down feelings grew heavier within him. Have to find someplace that he can call... he...

D.W. spent much of their days on a computer.

Assigning human readable names to data. Assigning human readable names to operations that manipulated data.

The firm that employed D.W. compensated well. They could afford to order anything they wanted to eat and have it show up at their door. They had not...

One day she realized something.

And after that her days of finding meaning at the bars were over. She had now found truth.

Only... she had to let the others know about this truth. There was more to life than going out to bars. More than just getting drunk and hooking up....

Three minutes without oxygen and you're dead. Fly too close to that time and your brain's toast.

Three days without water and you're done. I always wondered why  Walter White and  Jesse Pinkman didn't just dehydrate their first murder to death?

Most people can go about 2 months without food.

After that everything...