Chapter 23 — September 2022
I feel like my life is just a series of unrelated wacky adventures.
Hi! Welcome to Chapter 23.
Become evil. Rule the world. Maybe drink tea first and sit down for a bit.
“The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.”
— Dorothy Parker
This is a situation comedy. No-one watches the show to feel feelings. Life is depressing enough already. Sorry, wrong meeting.
This month, Please Don’t Read This, On the Typewriter, You Tell the Truth, and We’re all going home in an ambulance.
Do you want to know a funny thing about that last piece?
I recently republished an unedited rant that I wrote when I was suicidally depressed.
It was dictated by the voice in my head, talking to me on the verge of suicide, but reads like advice to other people.
Which category did they publish it under? Humour.
It gets easier. Every day, it gets a little easier. But you gotta do it every day – that’s the hard part. But it does get easier.
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