alone

Daron 2022-04-20 09:01:06

I have had a lonely life style most of the time. I've been living alone since I moved to US. I once thought about a roommate. I almost got one, Lindsey. But as we dug into the possible choices where we can stay , I found our demand so different and gave up.
And so here I am, living in my tiny little apt only a little more than a studio, and a place I try to stay away from to save money on power once in a while after I receive my power bill (gosh I don't understand why electricity is so expensive here...).
I have mostly everything I need to live.
I have pots and pans to cook, small ones, just for one.
I have bowls and plates, also small ones, just for one.
The parking lot is so crooked with restrictions that i can't invite any friends over.
Well, maybe I know I don't deal with real people well, so I don't invite one.
And sometimes when I want to talk to people, I make up a copy of myself sitting beside me with my imagination. It is someone growing with me without growing apart, reshaping but also leaving scars.
I lost the one who knows me as me.
But I'm not lonely enough to be sympathetic about a figure in a video game. I don't play video games.
Not lonely enough to buy into another OS.
Not lonely enough to not even write my own letter.
I think about the things I did wrong before, again and again and feel so embarrassed.
That's the life of my own.

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Her quotes

  • Theodore: [while playing his virtual reality game and controlling his avatar into an unrecognizable realm] Yeah, this is different.

    [Suddenly, Alien Child jumps on his avatar, knocking it to the ground. His avatar quickly gets up]

    Theodore: Hello?

    [Switches to first-person view]

    Theodore: Do you know how to get out of here? I need to find my ship to get off this planet.

    Alien Child: Fuck you, shit-head, fuck-face, fuck-head!

    Theodore: [dumbfounded] Okay... but do you know how to get out of here?

    Alien Child: Fuck you, shit-head, fuck-face, get the fuck out of my face!

    Theodore: [laughs]

    Samantha: [whispers] I think it's a test.

    Theodore: [to Alien Child] Fuck you.

    Alien Child: Fuck *you*!

    Theodore: Fuck *you*, you little shit!

    Alien Child: [giggles] Follow me, fuck-head!

    Samantha: [giggles]

  • Samantha: I'm yours, and I'm not yours.