{"id":530,"date":"2015-02-05T19:57:39","date_gmt":"2015-02-06T00:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fazigu.org\/blog\/?p=530"},"modified":"2026-04-07T08:54:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T12:54:21","slug":"and-now-for-something-obliquely-different","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fazigu.org\/blog\/2015\/02\/05\/and-now-for-something-obliquely-different\/","title":{"rendered":"And Now For Something Obliquely Different"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My evening begins with Tinder.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Ron right? r you free to hook<\/p>\n<p>up for coffee sometime? u<\/p>\n<p>seem like my kinda guy. 2<\/p>\n<p>many weirdos on here tho so<\/p>\n<p>im gonna delete. \u00a0Anyway u<\/p>\n<p>should text me at 123 456 7890<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Spokeo is my friend.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Pittsburgh burner, registered to a<\/p>\n<p>male. \u00a0Multiple priors. \u00a0At least<\/p>\n<p>you&#8217;re a fellow Pennsyltuckian.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, too many weirdos.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Tried to get taxes done tonight. \u00a0Found out the 401k (early-withdrawal due to previous employer\u00a0closing its doors and the split with the divorce) still haunts me. \u00a0Probably didn&#8217;t withhold enough for federal, let alone state. \u00a0 Appointment was at 7PM. \u00a0Waited til 7:10, then told the cute receptionist I still needed my\u00a08332&#8217;s from my ex-wife, and wasn&#8217;t sure I&#8217;d brought a credit card with any digital money on it, and I&#8217;d reschedule.<\/p>\n<p>Forgive the missing entries of late. \u00a0 I haven&#8217;t returned to\u00a0the comfortable numb\u00a0of potent potables.<\/p>\n<p>I won&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>Started a new playthrough of <em>Dragon Age: Inquisition<\/em> last night. \u00a0Female Qunari Mage, Nightmare Difficulty, w\/Friendly-Fire. \u00a0Don&#8217;t expect it will hold my interest long, but I did destroy the Pride Demon in the first major rift-closing battle with nary a casualty.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been drinking SodaStream tonic mix, slightly past\u00a0its freshness date. \u00a0 Kinda like liquor&#8211; if I drink it while spinning madly in place like an autistic child raised by Oompa Loompas. \u00a0Maybe it&#8217;ll ferment.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be getting a screening for the full array of social maladies tomorrow morning. \u00a0Making sure they include HSV this time. \u00a0Both of them. \u00a0All of them. \u00a0Every goddamned HSV in existence. \u00a0I&#8217;d rather have HIV.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t suspect any dirty creatures have taken up residence in my dark shadows, but it&#8217;s nice to pick up\u00a0those papers without being asked to come into the doctor&#8217;s office for a private\u00a0one-on-one. \u00a0If he doesn&#8217;t want to talk to you, it means you&#8217;re not afflicted. \u00a0 Ignore\u00a0the\u00a0inscrutable\u00a0measures and ratios, write &#8220;Great job!&#8221; in red ink on the cover sheet, slap on\u00a0a\u00a0few gold-star stickers, and frame it for mounting in the boudoir.<\/p>\n<p>My drug-doctor has some\u00a0degree in &#8220;Sexology&#8221; hanging in his office. \u00a0Maybe I could be a &#8220;Sexographer&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Might spend\u00a0a half-hour tonight applying for a loan from LendingClub. \u00a0Their denial responses are so polite. \u00a0It&#8217;s like a friend telling you to go fuck yourself for your own good.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m tired. \u00a0Of everything.<\/p>\n<p>I see the girls this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s all that matters.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My evening begins with Tinder. Ron right? r you free to hook up for coffee sometime? u seem like my kinda guy. 2 many weirdos on here tho so im gonna delete. \u00a0Anyway u should text me at 123 456 7890 Spokeo is my friend. Pittsburgh burner, registered to a male. \u00a0Multiple priors. \u00a0At least [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[3,38,89,65],"class_list":["post-530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-me","tag-depression","tag-existentialism","tag-raw","tag-sex"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fazigu.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fazigu.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fazigu.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fazigu.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fazigu.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=530"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fazigu.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":532,"href":"https:\/\/fazigu.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530\/revisions\/532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fazigu.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fazigu.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fazigu.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}