Earnest had a notable susceptibility to popular slogans but he was very conscientious. Unfortunately, these two qualities did very little to redeem each other. Upon encountering the carpe diem saying at a fairly young age, he had adopted it as his own, and fine tuned his approach with derivative maxims like Live in the present and Wherever you are, be all there. However, after several years of vigorous, off-the-cuff living, Earnest found himself becoming involved in too many fistfights and falling in and out of love at an alarming rate. Even his overly-cute cousin, who starred as everyone’s love interest in a daytime sitcom, confirmed this second fact. And Earnest’s bank account parroted her snide advice. Multiple trips to the doctor’s office to have stitches in and out, coupled with the ridiculous sums he spent on one-week-anniversary jewelry, rammed the point home. Life in the now was hardly paying dividends.
Saturday, November 26, 2005
Flash Fiction: The Insolvency of Life in the Now
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5 comments:
Is that Scott? What happened to him?
What can I say? Even the most solid friends have the occasional falling out.
Actually, the shiner was sports-related. But Scott should probably tell you the story himself. As I recall, after he recovered from the concussion, he got a real kick out of it...
Stramon!!!!
Flag football. Head-to-head in the endzone. I came down with the ball, and the other guy got a trip to the hospital to get a load of stitches above his eye. The game was suspended due to rough play, but my touchdown gave us the win. I should have played for the Illini this year.
-stramon
STOP WITH THE STRAMON. If anything, his name should be SJRAMON. His middle name is JORDAN! I don't know why some fool saw fit to make it a T, but that dumb decision has haunted my sleep for the last... uh... long time!
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