January 21, 2003

Without

I want to live alone on the top floor of a large apartment complex overlooking a park that always has somebody walking. I would place my laptop down next to a huge bay window and write or code. I would have no friends. Most of my days would be spent looking out the window watching people walk around. In the mornings I would get up and run through the park and then go get a coffee downstairs in a very large friendly coffee shop with many attractive customers who were always in a hurry. I would never speak to anyone but just sit with my screen and look out the window.

If someone wanted to speak to me, especially a woman or employer, I would respond with riddles and refer them to my website. I would be a mystery, and very attractive to some, who would peer at me from across the street with silly-looking FBI binoculars that look like bazookas. I would act like I didn't see them and then go for a walk through the park.

When I walk I would put on headphones and a hood over my head. I wouldn't play any music, but would just look around at people's faces.

January 21, 2003 10:10 PM