After months of digital flirting, I met Sara for a first date on Leap Day to see Pee Wee Herman. Things got weird when we got a too stoned.
Brian Versus the World Posts
I couldn’t remember how old I was turning this year. First time in my life that happened. I had to count the years from 1987 to 2022. Three. Four. Five. Thirty five. Another milestone. Welcome to the decline.
For the longest time I believed so many lies. After each major accomplishment in my life, no matter how big or small, it felt hollow. Always. Graduations, promotions, raises, awards… it felt good in the moment, the ego got a nice boost, but the happiness was fleeting. It would quickly change to resentment. Was this what I was doing with my life?
I bit off more than I could chew. This isn’t the first time I’ve done this. It won’t be the last either. I wanted to publish my second novel Once Upon a Subway on September 5, 2022, but it’s not gonna happen.
$7.25 an hour. That’s what the average human being is worth to American businesses. An hour of labor isn’t worth a movie ticket. Or a container of laundry detergent. What happens when gas prices hit minimum wage? Wait. I know. We can say that an hour of work from an average American laborer is worth one gallon of gas.