If only you could really use a fail-proof system to know who was worth keeping and who needed to be thrown away. It would make it so much easier to move through the world, picking and choosing what connections to make, or whether to make any at all.

I used to worry I was entirely uninteresting, but the truth is I think if my life was more exciting I'd never have any time to write.

call it crazy, or just chicken salad. But within reason, or without it i was in it too.

He wasn't what I'd thought he was; maybe he never had been. I wasn't what I'd thought I was, either.

But you only get so many do-overs in this life, so many chances to, if not change your past, alter your future.

I tried to hold myself apart, showing only what I wanted, doling out bits and pieces of who I was. But that only works out for so long. Eventually, even the smallest fragments can't help but, make a whole.

Sorry!' Dave's friend yelled when he saw me. 'That was my-' But i wasn't listening as,instead,i took every bit of the anger and stress of the last few minutes and days put it behind the ball, throwing it overhead at the basket as hard as i could. It went flying, hitting the backboard and banging through the netless hoop at full speed before shooting back out and nailing Dave Wade squarely on the forehead. And just like that, he was down.