Yesterday I ate lunch at one of those McDonald’s that offers a self-service drink fountain. I was in a Mr. Pibb kind of mood, so I reached over and went for it. As I was filling up, I read the slogan on the little graphic icon: “Put it in your head.” Now I ask you, is that not the most effective advertising angle you’ve ever heard? You can imagine the MP marketing executives sitting around a conference room and high-fiving each other over their new slogan, which explains the process of consuming liquid. It seems they were concerned that not enough of the public knew how to drink, so they wanted to give some helpful instructions. At any rate, how many orifices could Mr. Pibb conceivably enter? If you ask me, I think they’d sell a whole lot more Pibb if the slogan were, “Mr. Pibb: shove it up your ass.” Lord knows I’d buy Pibb by the caseload if the slogan ever came to that.

Posted by KZ on 09/27/02

Hooray for school. Oh wait, that wasn’t sarcastic enough? Let me try again…

Posted by KZ on 09/24/02

Oh the drama: mixed signals, varying shades of advice from every corner and from every angle, lingering doubts, and lingering suspicions. Sometimes, man.

At some point, something’s gotta give. It’s just like Carlos always says, “Sometimes you get the bear, and sometimes that fucking bear…he gets you.” What’s the score at now, anyway? I think the bear’s up to 10,487. I’m at 23. Well, I’m tired of being wistful and I’m tired of feeling pathetic. I still think something’s up, but that could be the vanity talking…maybe it’s paranoia or even intuition. Regardless, I’m done making a fool out of myself. Call it defeated humility or a tragic case of pridefulness, or call it anything else that comes to mind. That doesn’t mean she and I still can’t be great friends, because I think we already are, and I hope to stay that way for a long time. I’m just done with leading myself on. Only a fool breaks his own heart, you know? I think it’s bear hunting season. Relax, I’m not talking about you, Santa Bear.

Posted by KZ on 09/22/02

I feel at peace tonight. We’re just friends, and that’s okay. Although there will always be an irrational part of me that holds onto the hope that she’ll one day be mine, I think I’m finally learning to let go. We could have been something, I still believe that; but I’ve realized that she really does have a great thing going with somebody else. Good for them. I think it’s time to sleep.

Posted by KZ on 09/21/02

Lately it seems that the more we talk the more it hurts. She’s onto me, too. She senses it in every lull and every introspective silence. So be it. Yesterday afternoon, while we were speaking on the phone, she suggested that she should hang up because she made me too sad. I asked her to stay, and she did. A life lived without the slightest bit of pain is an unfulfilling one, anyhow. What good is it having a heart if yours never breaks? It’s good to have some heartache in your life every now and then. Call me a masochist or even a love junkie, and I probably wouldn’t correct you. I’m falling for a girl that I can’t have…but what’s new? It’s the story of my life.

Posted by KZ on 09/16/02