The guy staring back at me in the bathroom mirror looked a little older than I was, but I was only 27. Steam still floated in the air from my recent shower, but the reflection was plain as day. I was gonna need another haircut soon, but the last time I went to the barber, he left a nice deep nick in the side of the cut. He blamed it on me being a redhead, rare and unlucky is what he said. I got away without having freckles, I told him. Needed a shave, too, but the stache and beard were just full, nothing too wild. Its not like I had anywhere to go anyway.
It was going on 10:00 AM. Shouldve been at work by now, if I still had a job.
It hasnt been all bad, though. I had a lot of free time and I couldve done a lot of things, but I usually just hung out on the couch and flipped through some shows on the tube. Saturdays infomercials popped up on channel 26. Saturday again, huh? I guess its been two whole weeks since the boss let me go. You know, he made a pretty big deal over some misplaced stock at a no-name clothing store like he owned. Real shithead. The other day I sat a plastic Big Gulp cup on the top of the TV, imagined it was his fat bald head, and took some shots at it with paper balls. I had better aim when I used some dirty balled-up boxers.
It was going on 10:00 AM. Shouldve been at work by now, if I still had a job.
It hasnt been all bad, though. I had a lot of free time and I couldve done a lot of things, but I usually just hung out on the couch and flipped through some shows on the tube. Saturdays infomercials popped up on channel 26. Saturday again, huh? I guess its been two whole weeks since the boss let me go. You know, he made a pretty big deal over some misplaced stock at a no-name clothing store like he owned. Real shithead. The other day I sat a plastic Big Gulp cup on the top of the TV, imagined it was his fat bald head, and took some shots at it with paper balls. I had better aim when I used some dirty balled-up boxers.