You jam your finger on the A button to drive full throttle then use your boost power up. Your little toadstool in a kart goes flying.
You see your opponent in the bottom left corner approaching from the rear. But this is no ordinary adversary.
We gawk at each other. Staring down at our shoes. Frozen.
I drove my rental car to a gas station to refill it before the return. Turns out Google Maps sent me to a place that no longer operated at all.
The slouch in his shoulders. The grimace on his face. The white see through Captain Underpants uniform with blue accents.
I left the water boiling for a minute too long - my pasta dinner turning from chewy into mushy.
The band takes the stage. The drummer taps uh 1. uh 2. uh 1, 2, 3, 4. The audience stampedes the dance floor and screams the lyrics in unison.
The perfect cup of coffee is gone in a flash. The heat has dissipated. The taste has dampened. The aroma has disappeared. Why keep drinking it?
In electronics, a breadboard is a tool to help test the design of a circuit. Rather than using a hot iron solder to make permanent connections, a breadboard allows you to temporarily wire connections.
The beauty lies in the fragility.
As a child in the big world wrapped in a massive blanket
the blanket is pulled away
unraveling year by year and foot by foot until I am left bare
I am a grown adult wandering
flashes of warmth in a barren land
the mirages keeping me hungry for more
Every social gathering I attend, we pass around recommendations for new stuff to watch or see or eat or listen. There is hardly ever crossover.
If I want to connect over a common thread or chit chat about a household name then where do I go?