Downtown. Lights on buildings and everything that makes you wonder. And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.

As we all know, when you're an athlete things are a little bit easier for you. It didn't mean that what was going on inside my heart wasn't a bit of a thunderstorm, but outwardly I got along ok. I was really shy in seventh grade.

Everyone else is either asleep or having sex. I’ve been watching cable television and eating jello.

I didn't feel like reading that night, so I went downstairs and watched a half-hour long commercial that advertised an exercise machine. They kept flashing a 1-800 number, so I called it. The woman who picked up the other end of the phone was named Michelle. And I told Michelle that I was a kid and did not need an exercise machine, but I hoped she was having a good night. That's when Michelle hung up on me. And I didn't mind a bit.

I was in the shopping mall because that's where I go lately. For the last couple of weeks, I've been going there every day, trying to figure out why people go there. It's kind of a personal project.

The inside jokes weren't jokes anymore. they had become stories

I don't know if you've ever felt like that. That you wanted to sleep for thousands of years. Or just not exist.