Dear Gary,

I know it’s only been twenty-three hours since we met, but I think that’s long enough and I need to get something off my chest.Those eye drops I gave you after we blazed? Yeah… not eye drops. And that vape? Not nicotine. Ten minutes ago, you were screaming that you were an eagle, brooding over my bean bag chair, and threatening me with your “Golden Talons.” I’ve never felt so alive. It...

If silenced had a scent, it would be the stale, recirculated air of an airplane descending over Bagram Air Force Base, Afghanistan....

Journal Entry 966

No matter how hard I try to avoid her, she seems determined to get under my skin. She's there in the morning when I'm sitting in quiet contemplation, starting random conversations when I'm quietly reading in the library, cornering me, bugging me to spar as I train with the rising sun. She's like that lone ray of sun that keeps shining in your eyes. It's as if I keep shielding my ...