It’s Fictitious if You Choose to Believe
One of the great benefits of blogging–a show for self-pity. Kate’s @
work. I’m at the house alone, a house with freshly folded laundry, a tidy
loft, clean rooms and clean dishes. I’m curious to know when I will start
imagining friends.
We got an extra room to accommodate 6 imaginary friends, about 9 pillows, a good
amount of blankets, extra socks, extra toothbrushes and extra t-shirts.
All for what? You know…just in case…just in case friends come over and
forget to bring socks, toothbrush or a shirt. First things first, give
imaginary friends names. I highly doubt they’d appreciate being called
"hey! imaginary friend at the corner! pass me the remote please."
So what triggered this spite? Last night, I reorganized my bathroom, the
garage, my bookshelves and removed the junk that was neatly put away at the
corner of a wall. Well, while in my closet I saw that I had a fresh pack
of Hanes socks (yep! brand name! shows how thoughtful I am of my friends!)
and instantly, my heart dropped. I crawled to the corner of my bedroom
wall, held the package of Hanes socks close to my chest and just quivered and
cried, yelling, "Why won’t anybody visit us!? Why?! Why won’t
anybody be our friends?!"
While I was reorganizing my bathroom, I opened the cupboard (are they still
cupboards even in a bathroom?) and I saw unopened packs of toothbrushes.
This only threw more salt into my eyes and I cried a stream.
It was then I realized that, perhaps, my inept psycho insaneness must steer
people away from me. So why doesn’t a psycho like me find a friend in
Sacramento? Because when Kate and I were walking in the parking lot
yesterday, towards Wal-Mart, a guy was waiting to back his car out. He saw
us and stopped. Being the psycho, yet considerate guy that I am, I picked
up my pace and jogged across his Civic so he wouldn’t have to wait any longer.
He had the audacity to comment, "Take your time," in this hostile and
condescending tone. I turned around and we had a Clint Eastwood stare
down. Maybe I was just staring him down and he was just looking at me
regularly. Picture this: white lowered mid-90s Civic, obnoxious
diarrhea-sounding exhaust and a subtle accent in his voice. Get the
picture? Maybe his eyes and body language were saying "I so sorry for be
rude for you."