the sickness.

have you ever seen howard the duck? random thinking on my part. as i stumbled out of bed this morning, i sat down next to my tired, kinda-sorta roommate on his couch as he laid prone in the fetal position. seemingly out of left field i asked him if he had seen the aformentioned film, and he answered back with a resounding, "yes."

why seemingly, you may ask?

because he looks like howard...the duck.

...his name is jeff, jeff sherry.

let me tell you about this guy.

jeff is from canton, oh. yes, ohio. he works at panera bread where he makes delicious, overpriced sandwiches and dips soups and the like for hungry consumers. he's big into the art and the photography. he's twenty-two years old and lives diagonally across the hall from me in the dorm.

you see, jeff had a roommate once. his name was billy. billy's dead now. he died in a freak pomade fight accident while attending another bible college in california.

...none of that was true. well, the dead part wasn't true. but the rest...golden.

anyway, billy and jeff didn't mesh well together. billy didn't like it when jeff used his computer, even though billy clearly stated that jeff could. and jeff didn't like it when billy, in the dead of winter, mind you, would open the windows in their room; apparently trying to kill the easily chilled jeff.

i had and have my own room, but for a reason still unknown to me this day, i began sleeping on their couch for about a month. the three of us hung out together reguarly. you might even call us 'friends'...i mean, that's what i would call us.

it's not like we had gay sex or anything.



akward pause...and continue.

sorry.

when billy left, i just continued to hang out in here. i say 'here' because i'm in jeff's room as i type this on my computer. no, it's not in my room...i'm not sure why. live with it.

so, that's about the whole story on this jeff guy.

...yep.

i'm sorry he isn't more exciting. remember, he is from ohio, afterall.

wait.



...so am i.

southern ohio, though. not northern.

i don't know what that means.

oh yeah, i almost forgot...


i'm sick.