You'd Think I Died. Keep Wishing.
Christ. Time really does fly the older you get. It looks like I haven't touched this blog since end of August when Jack forced me to destroy my kitchen table. Just like that. A month went by.
Horseshit.
Maybe it's because all the days that roll on by seem just as miserable as the one before. I don't know. I can't really tell any of them apart anymore. I get up, I take a shit, I eat some cereal, take another shit, go to work, come home, eat a Hot Pocket, watch some TV, listen to Jack's crazy ass adventures and then go to bed.
Wash. Rince. Fucking repeat.
This is the life I've carved out for myself? This is the best I can do with the remaining time I've got left?
I think about my 'heart attack' and I wonder when the next one is coming. If I were to take the dirt nap today, could I look back on my life and think: Yeah, Bill. Not too shabby. Not too shabby at all, old timer. Well. Could I?
Probably not.
Well, I don't mean to get reflective or bore any of my remaining readers with my rambling. You're probably wondering where the next nasty story is or the next time I make a complete ass out of myself.
I sense it's just around the corner. Here's why:
I started talking about 'not having much time left' and me being 'in the Korean War for crissakes' with Jack one night while we were sitting up watching a Chuck Bronson movie on the cable tv. He started asking me shit about women. I told him I was married (and divorced) three times. Each one of them worse than the one before. I even went so far to say I was glad one of them was dead.
"Fuck her," I said. I'd had a few too many to drink. I don't do it often, but when I do, look the fuck out.
"Wow," Jack said. "So you haven't thought about dating again? You know, getting back on the horse?"
I looked at Jack like someone had dipped him in shit and put doughnut sprinkles on him. Was he out of his fucking mind? I had to ask him.
"Are you out of your fucking mind?"
"No," Jack said, belching into the crook of his arm. The boy's got manners, I'll give him that. "I just think you'd probably be a little healthier if, you know, you were with a lady from time to time."
"Trust me," I said, almost tempted to break my empty bottle over his damn fool head. "One reason I'm such a crabby son of a bitch is because of broads. I've been shit on too many times to fall into that racket again."
Jack sighed and shook his head. "I don't know, man. I just think it's kind of sad. I mean, I hope when I get older I'm not going to end up a miserable old prick like you..."
The stink eye I gave him stopped him dead in his tracks.
"No offense, but I sort of wonder if I'm going to end up like this. Old, living in an apartment, not getting any pusssy..."
"Hey, hey," I shouted, gripping the bottle tighter. "I can get pussy. I just don't like the trouble attached to it. Christ. I was balls deep in Korean hookers when your goddamn dad was a zygote in your grandpa's nutsack."
"What?"
"Never mind," I said. "My point is, that time is over. My friend Murray tried to hook me up with some broad in California a couple years ago and that went down the shitter. I think I'm just..."
Jack looked up. I guess I stopped in mid-sentence.
"Just what, Bill?"
I shook my dumb old head. "I guess I'm just waiting to die."
Jack grabbed me by the sleeve and shook me. My baseball cap popped off and fell to the floor.
"Fuck all that, man. I'm going to get you laid. That is my new mission in life."
I shook my head. Yeah, I could just see that. Jack will bring home some young little floozy and she'd take one look at me and throw up all over herself. I'm old, I'm miserable, and I look like I'm ready for the crypt.
"Don't even..."
"You're not the boss of me, Bill," Jack said. He stood up and went over to the computer. "Some way, some how, I'm going to set you up with someone."
"But, why?" I started to get nervous. I've seen this punk kid when he gets an idea in his head. He gets shit done. It's scary, almost.
Jack ignored me and started typing shit into the computer. Great. He was going to scour the internet for me. I'm sure I'll end up with some old fat broad so ugly she makes the street crack.
I tried all night to talk to the little prick. He wouldn't say word one to me. I ended up going to bed, afraid for morning and what his 'quest' will bring. It's nights like those where I hope I go to sleep and never wake up.
Stay tuned, Tabbies. I think shit is about to get much worse.
Horseshit.
Maybe it's because all the days that roll on by seem just as miserable as the one before. I don't know. I can't really tell any of them apart anymore. I get up, I take a shit, I eat some cereal, take another shit, go to work, come home, eat a Hot Pocket, watch some TV, listen to Jack's crazy ass adventures and then go to bed.
Wash. Rince. Fucking repeat.
This is the life I've carved out for myself? This is the best I can do with the remaining time I've got left?
I think about my 'heart attack' and I wonder when the next one is coming. If I were to take the dirt nap today, could I look back on my life and think: Yeah, Bill. Not too shabby. Not too shabby at all, old timer. Well. Could I?
Probably not.
Well, I don't mean to get reflective or bore any of my remaining readers with my rambling. You're probably wondering where the next nasty story is or the next time I make a complete ass out of myself.
I sense it's just around the corner. Here's why:
I started talking about 'not having much time left' and me being 'in the Korean War for crissakes' with Jack one night while we were sitting up watching a Chuck Bronson movie on the cable tv. He started asking me shit about women. I told him I was married (and divorced) three times. Each one of them worse than the one before. I even went so far to say I was glad one of them was dead.
"Fuck her," I said. I'd had a few too many to drink. I don't do it often, but when I do, look the fuck out.
"Wow," Jack said. "So you haven't thought about dating again? You know, getting back on the horse?"
I looked at Jack like someone had dipped him in shit and put doughnut sprinkles on him. Was he out of his fucking mind? I had to ask him.
"Are you out of your fucking mind?"
"No," Jack said, belching into the crook of his arm. The boy's got manners, I'll give him that. "I just think you'd probably be a little healthier if, you know, you were with a lady from time to time."
"Trust me," I said, almost tempted to break my empty bottle over his damn fool head. "One reason I'm such a crabby son of a bitch is because of broads. I've been shit on too many times to fall into that racket again."
Jack sighed and shook his head. "I don't know, man. I just think it's kind of sad. I mean, I hope when I get older I'm not going to end up a miserable old prick like you..."
The stink eye I gave him stopped him dead in his tracks.
"No offense, but I sort of wonder if I'm going to end up like this. Old, living in an apartment, not getting any pusssy..."
"Hey, hey," I shouted, gripping the bottle tighter. "I can get pussy. I just don't like the trouble attached to it. Christ. I was balls deep in Korean hookers when your goddamn dad was a zygote in your grandpa's nutsack."
"What?"
"Never mind," I said. "My point is, that time is over. My friend Murray tried to hook me up with some broad in California a couple years ago and that went down the shitter. I think I'm just..."
Jack looked up. I guess I stopped in mid-sentence.
"Just what, Bill?"
I shook my dumb old head. "I guess I'm just waiting to die."
Jack grabbed me by the sleeve and shook me. My baseball cap popped off and fell to the floor.
"Fuck all that, man. I'm going to get you laid. That is my new mission in life."
I shook my head. Yeah, I could just see that. Jack will bring home some young little floozy and she'd take one look at me and throw up all over herself. I'm old, I'm miserable, and I look like I'm ready for the crypt.
"Don't even..."
"You're not the boss of me, Bill," Jack said. He stood up and went over to the computer. "Some way, some how, I'm going to set you up with someone."
"But, why?" I started to get nervous. I've seen this punk kid when he gets an idea in his head. He gets shit done. It's scary, almost.
Jack ignored me and started typing shit into the computer. Great. He was going to scour the internet for me. I'm sure I'll end up with some old fat broad so ugly she makes the street crack.
I tried all night to talk to the little prick. He wouldn't say word one to me. I ended up going to bed, afraid for morning and what his 'quest' will bring. It's nights like those where I hope I go to sleep and never wake up.
Stay tuned, Tabbies. I think shit is about to get much worse.


