Empty page: infinity.

Another day, another pithy aphorism.

He had a hard time listening to people whose voices sounded as if they knew they were likable.

He had recently noticed that the act of shampooing also kept his fingernails clean. In this way a glance at his hands provided immediate feedback as to the condition of his hair.
Currently: not good

Mon
Stepped outside. Seemed gross. Went back inside.
Tue
Same.
Thurs
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Next week sometime
Birds, wind. Weeping.

We all have those rare friends who seem to generate an irresistable force field that draws people to them. I have the opposite power; my side of the room is always dependably empty and silent.

Apparently it’s The Summer of Josh Brolin. If one is to fully engage in contemporary life, one needs to grapple with the notion of Josh Brolin-ness.

Later he would remember this as his Year of Watching Tennis. He didn’t particularly like or understand tennis. He found it boring. But little by little, hearing the ball bounce back and forth, he felt his mind putting itself back together.

Hope is not your friend.

Conveying the appearance of conveying a point of view.

She said, everything is barely.

The personal quirks you’d hoped were endearing turn out to be profoundly irritating to the people around you.

He needed to believe that their shared ordeal had brought them closer, but she wanted as far away as possible.