[stylist] CK prompt response

Tue Feb 12 15:47:31 UTC 2013

Chris,
I really liked your story.
Whether this story is true or not, it just goes to show you that 
you often have your off days.  Oftentimes when I have a bad day, 
one bad thing leads to another (sometimes it starts with me 
forgetting to set my alarm.) So I like that what you did was, 
even though it was not going well for you at all, you put humor 
into it.  I feel like you absolutely need humor when you're 
feeling low, because without it it just gets worse.
Vejas

 ----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Kuell" <ckuell at comcast.net
To: "Stylist" <stylist at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 10:11:15 -0500
Subject: [stylist] CK prompt response

Okay, I fudged a little and used the song lyric starting with the 
second line, but I felt I needed the first line for setting the 
scene.  And, go ahead and feel free to poke fun of me for using a 
Nickelback song (my kids do), but I picked the number 7, and this 
is the song that came up on my ipod.  All comments welcome.

Are We Having Fun Yet?

By Chris Kuell

Large, pale green letters glow brightly on the surface of the 
monitor.

Never made it as a wise man

I couldn't cut it as a poor man stealing

Tired of living as a blind man

I'm sick of sighing without a sense of feeling

And this is how you remind me

Of how I really am

This is how you remind me

Of what I really am

It's not like you to say sorry

I was waiting on a different story

This time I'm mistaken

For handing you a heart worth breaking

I've been wrong, I've been down

To the bottom of every bottle

These five words in my head

Scream- Are we having fun yet?

I lean forward, clutch my old friend Jack Daniels shakily and 
take a long pull.  I put it down on the edge of my mouse pad, 
where the bottle  spins slowly, then topples down and splashes 
sweet whiskey all over my desk and keyboard.  Shit.  Oh well, I 
guess it is only what I deserve, Useless drunk.  This is how, you 
remind me.

I want to pick up the bottle, but instead I stare intently at the 
flowing liquid.  The liquor courses through the keyboards like a 
downhill slalom skier.  Zigging around the p then a quick right 
at the semi-colon.

I glance up at the monitor, taking a full second to focus.  With 
great effort, I can make the red letters of the clock coalesce 
into the numerals 11:48 PM.  The house is quiet, she isn't home 
yet.  No phone calls, no warning, no nothing.  A ham and potatoes 
dinner waiting on a plate for her in the kitchen, more than 5 
hours cold.  I nearly tossed it around 9, but couldn't bring 
myself to do it.  What a doormat.  Are we having fun yet?

I manage to hit the delete key.  Mister computer, not trusting my 
judgment on this, asks me if I'm sure I want to delete? I miss 
the enter key for yes and get the backspace, but I get it on the 
second try.  Drivle erased.  These words in my head, I put them 
down and life goes on.  Where is she? I can guess.  I almost 
called there a half dozen times.  My fingers find their way to 
the wet home keys and type - I may be stupid, but I'm not a 
dweeb.  I'm just a sucker with no self-esteem.

I lean forward and put my lips down on my desktop.  Puckering up, 
I slurp up the spilled whiskey in what I call the Hoover 
maneuver.  Not bad, I get a shots' worth, and this makes me 
smile.  Then, I imagine her, with him.  And, this is how you 
remind me, of how I really am.

The tear burns as the salt in my eyes collects and concentrates 
on irritating the swollen blood vessels.  The pain is sharp and 
welcomed.

Who am I kidding? I'll never make a buck at this, I'm just 
wasting my time.  Cold ham on a plate, whiskey on the keyboard.  
Putting down dreams of whom and where I'd rather be.  Wasting my 
life.

Are we having fun yet?

Note: Some lyrics were plagiarized in part from the songs - How 
You Remind Me by the group Nickelback and Self Respect" by the 
group OffSpring

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