I managed to drag myself back home all the way from the office. I am weak, with a cold slowly bringing me down. My throat is aching, my body hurts. A distant hammering sound echoes in my living room. I sit at my table, eating a bowl of cereal. Dinner. There’s still some sunlight coming…
Read moreThe Decadence Chronicle. Episode 27: Nothing
On my daily commute, on the treadmill at the gym, in the shower, in my sleepless nights and lazy mornings; I’m always writing in my head. But to put these imagined words and sentences down on my laptop, down on the virtual paper of my screen, that’s a whole other story. It takes time, dedication,…
Read moreThe Decadence Chronicle. Episode 26: Girls night
I had a nice bottle of red wine and a big batch of yesterday’s chili con carne. The perfect excuse for a girls night with my friend Charlie. “Nice guys don’t get laid,” I said, having a sip of my wine, sitting on my sofabed. “Yeah, I don’t know why. Girls just like douche bags,”…
Read moreThe Decadence Chronicle. Episode 25: Coffee break
The same way there are things that, once they break, can never be put back together -my heart, for example-; there are also things that unexplicably break to make way to something more meaningful. An eggshell breaks to bring life, as a conversation gives birth to an unexpected -yet virtuous- perception change. A deeper understanding,…
Read moreThe Decadence Chronicle. Episode 24: Continuum
“From big words to nothing.” I should write a book called that. And the subtitle would be The story of my fucking life. “Date Girl” disappeared for almost two days. I thought she had ghosted me and tried to figure out what the fuck I had done wrong. Perhaps she had found my blog and…
Read more