The Spin of the Ball

A Friend: I was just outside, getting some fresh air, and a possum stopped along the fence to look at me. We gazed into each other’s eyes until I got a bit scared and the possum wandered off. Maybe the animals are starting to trust me. As I got my fresh air, I bemoaned my lack of a friend. A friend you can call at any time and they will answer. I had that once with a guy 20 years younger than me. I think he’s in Europe now. But then I remembered yet again that I have me. I’m always here to answer the call. I haven’t felt like talking to me much lately, but not to worry. I think we will work things out.

Movie: I had an idea for a movie. It starts off as God, or whatever you want to call them. Whatever it is that is Everything. And Everything has no one to talk to so they decide to split in half to make a friend. The First Split, as it were. Two Adam and Eve type characters who live in a log cabin, and it snows or rains or suns. Whatever the two agree upon. They live in harmony and everything goes right. But eventually they get bored with that and decide they want some hardship. So they go to their magic typewriters on opposite sides of the living room and craft stories for each other. Stories that the other must live out, where they forget they are Adam and Eve. Stories with trials and tribulations, where they learn how they came to be harmonious. Stories about love. All the different kinds of love. Ultimately, the kind of love that works. Since I don’t yet know about love that works, the idea ends here. I’ll let you know when I’ve learned more about love. I am collecting data.

Heroin: Today I imagined what I would do if a divine apparition came to me and said, “You have 3 days left. Shark attack.” I still probably wouldn’t try heroin, just in case the apparition came back and said they were kidding. I went through a phase in 2021 where I believed I was having divine visions, and none of them came true, so I don’t think I will fall for that again.