The Adventures of Captain Imperfecto

You are here: Home » Flyby, Your Story J.M. in DC used the  Design Your Story Submission Form  section and told me she wanted wanted to get pulled into something and have drama follow her. She wanted a mention of E.L. James and her favorite car the hot Audi R8 involved. Well, I hope you enjoy J.M.  *There is mild cussing in here, maybe 5 words or less. October 26, 2012 Flying alone sucks. Not only am I confined to this damn seat but I’m also surrounded by people I can’t get away from. I’m trapped breathing canned air and stuck watching a movie I just saw on cable.  About the only good thing about flying is that my waitress can’t water down my 50-milliliter bottle of vodka. Thankfully, I can get lost in my book, 50 Shades of Grey by E.L. James. I wonder what the pilot’s doing after work? [ding] “Good evening ladies and gentleman from the flight deck”, the pilot begins. Well, speak of the devil - I murmur to myself. “We have made o...

You are here: Home » Brick by Brick October 24th, 2012 Sometimes I just zone out while life goes on around me. But in my trance I stay focused on the objects off in the distance as my pupils pick up the moving trees and squirrels just beyond my eyes reach and beyond my care of relevance. My mind goes into the deep thought of my subconscious as wonderment swirls around into the base of cerebellum intertwining with my left and right hemisphere. I try to figure out where my life was, where my life is, and where my life is going. My eyes catch the tree branches sway in the light breeze and my brainwaves follow it, bouncing like a wooden baton in the hands of its conductor. My thoughts in synch of the beat like an orchestra but for me, in this moment, it’s out of tune. There is a myriad of thoughts going on in my mind and I continue to look straight ahead. I suppose I am trying to ignore memories that force me to recall the past and I’m doing what I can to ignore those f...