Man, I wishthat I could be him. I'd be able to get with a girl for once. Any girl!"Gordon knew that this was an impossibility though, and he raised hi...selfup into a sitting position. He looked down at his stomach, which hungdown and often prevented him from even seeing his own genitals when usingthe bathroom, and sighed. "Screw the girls. Man, at least I wouldn't havethis fucking weight to carry around in his body."It was at this moment, as Gordon stared at himself and loathed his ownbody, that. The "while" had long since been over with, though, and I was getting pushed to "put it behind me" and "get on with living." "Man, the thing to do when you fall off is just get right back on," I was told; "get your social life started again." Nobody seemed to remember that, pre-Susan, my "social life" had been pretty much a zero; that kind of goes with the status of certified nerd. Besides, when you've had your dream and lost it, it's tough to get all excited over the idea of settling for an. I actually laughed at that without turning around. Funny how the simplest of things can strike you when you least expect them. I’d forgotten the last time I had actually heard myself laugh, which is when I turned to address the woman who had urged me to buy them both. ‘Maybe you’re right…maybe I…’ The last word stuck in my throat. There was something familiar about her, something about her eyes that told me in an instant that I knew her, though her name escaped me for a moment. And then she. Curiously enough, they built a gate facing the direction of our house, not directly, but about 20 feet off to the west. I suppose they want easy access to the back road? That makes me uneasy, thinking that our new neighbor would spot me when... I refuse to dwell on that thought.I've grown so used to the construction noises so much that I have to remind myself to notice that the noises have stopped for a few days. The book is so enticing that after a while, I was completely engulfed into the.