Other people in the office didn't shave. There was another guy, he didn't much like, Steven, but he always came smooth faced and ready to go. George didn't get in until about 9, this guy always talked about getting in at seven. He'd say things like "Early bird gets the...

George didn't know, but if he was born in another country he'd commute by train. It wouldn't be driving alone for two hours a day. It would be sitting on a train, or a bus. Collectively for the same time, but the time would be filled with a book, or...

He wrote a lot in a cafe. 

In other parts of the world there weren't really spaces like this. You could only come in and eat, or get a coffee. The closest thing you'd see is someone taking a call. Although it was always ambiguous if it was for work...

There weren’t a lot of them on there just a few. But they were there everyday. George liked that. He felt like they were regulars at a pub or a cafe or a collective or something. He imagined them all at a bar like Friends, or another sitcom. 

It was hard...

He started microblogging about his thoughts. On a weird website he'd found from some friends at university.

He thought back then they were strange. Why would you get together and talk about what you wrote. Why would you write at all. 

Now he found himself writing every day. Or almost everyday,...

They'd had a nice meal. Full of salt, and carbs so they both were lounging. He had the door of his room open and his window. In a way to clear the room of the smell, and in another just to enjoy the quiet. 

"When do they come back?" Ashleigh...

"You guys do cortados?" George said. 

A girl he dated in the past noticed that as he got older the size of his drinks kept getting smaller. 

"Eventually you'll just get an espresso or whatever."

George was fine with this, although if he was honest he didn't really like espressos. Too...

"Should we get some food. Like idk brunch." Howard said. 

Immediately after he didn't know why he said it. People in the Coops despised brunch always liked to cook for each other. Didn't like food waste.

"Yeah, sure. But I don't really have that much money. Waiting for the next semester's...

His friend liked the attention. He liked every time he refreshed his feed more likes popped up. He thought about getting a girl parrot. So it was like a fist lady parrot. He thought about hats and all that T-shirts maybe. His wife was starting to get annoyed though. All...

He still loved her. They had a routine of doing crossword puzzles in the morning. Well their morning, they woke up nearly at 12 everyday. Noon, as people were just going to lunch, they were arising. They made their way down to their local cafe, and had a coffee. It...