Funny Feelings

used to think the worst thing in life was to end up alone. It’s not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people that make you feel alone.”

Intercept the joke and make it yours first, and it can’t hurt you, right?

Constantly searching for that angle can eventually take you out of yourself, though. Out of actually experiencing your life, since you become too preoccupied with observing it and writing it down to make a bit from it.

Why would I when I have a hot twenty-something clinging to my side all the time

She extends a hand for me to shake. “I’ve got a funny feeling this is the start of something great.”

“Anyone who is pathetic enough to let you being funny—or your career—get in the way of being with you doesn’t deserve you, Fee.”

“Well, how interesting. Men are afraid of women being funnier than them, and women are afraid of, oh, I don’t know, being oppressed, beaten, raped, or killed by men. But look out! Funny chick here might follow you down an alley and make you chuckle without consent!”

“You’re only given a little spark of madness. You mustn’t lose it.” - Robin Williams

he continues to be my hammock, my support, and I’ve always had to come upon and fight for my confidence on my own. It should never have been his responsibility, even if he played a role in me finding it in the first place.

“I’ll see you in a few days.”
I kiss him like it’ll be a few years.