by orchaeus | Apr 22, 2024 | Status Update
“I was at the bar last night, and one of the younger nearby drunks said he should probably go home: ‘because I have to go to f*cking school in the morning’. “Things have really changed a lot since I was your age…” I said. Back then,...
by orchaeus | Apr 22, 2024 | Status Update
It is remarkable to hear the story of the outsider; the scapegoat who attracts the violence and abuse of other children, or the autistic or divergent child whose mere appearance in a classroom (as recently described to me by a teacher) causes utter paralysis (and...
by orchaeus | Apr 21, 2024 | Status Update
“I don’t know. It doesn’t make sense, really. Apparently, there’s something called Shine-ola that if you aren’t really careful… you get confused about the difference between shit and … what? Everything? Shine-ola seems to...
by orchaeus | Apr 21, 2024 | Status Update
“It’s the journey though, not the … what the actual fuck…” – Bobby Yingo
by orchaeus | Apr 20, 2024 | Status Update
They approach the table and see my notebook. It is apparent I have been writing. The woman: What are you writing? “How can I say? It’s like asking what I am dreaming.” The man: It’s rude to ask. “Not at all, it’s just really...
by orchaeus | Apr 20, 2024 | Status Update
alike with ships ( circa 1996 ) I lay in bed like a ship, wrecked upon the rocky shore of human words and concerns when the doorbell rang like a tiny golden needle thrust through a beautiful balloon. “Honey, it’s the ghost, he says you better get...
