I woke up this morning to discover I had turned into an insect.

[Marquis]

Did you read Game of Thrones, or watch the series on HBO? That reminds me a bit of the Dothraki.

No to both, although I hear good things.

The desire to lose your life in this way is not a new concept.

I feel bad for the wife and kid. It seems to me that the warrior who dreams of coming home after the battle has less of a chance of doing so than the one who dreams of death.

 

[Marquis]

I'm drifting in and out of my senses, riding shotgun in the luxury car of the Thai prostitute driving me to my hotel. I look over at her and smile. She smiles back. She is beautiful and seems kind of sweet. My head is out of the window like a dog, inhaling the Bangkok air while she tells me I will be her third client of the night and she is very tired. I tell her we can just talk and she lights up and says I am a nice guy.

When we get to my room, I tease her and ask her about her job, if she likes it. She is surprisingly open. I ask her if we can fuck and she says yes. It's not quite so boring as I expected. We smoke a few cigarettes and I ask her if she will give me a ride to the airport, my flight leaves in a few hours. She says she will, and we can go eat first. I change my mind, I am too tired. She pulls her clothes back on. She looks great. She was so sweet.

She writes her number down on a slip of paper and tells me to call her next time she is in town.

She was really pretty.

 

[Marquis]

That should have been in my other thread, about all my "loves"

 

[Marquis]

I don't have time to make this artful, but I've always had clarity from dreams.

Last night I dreamt of a curse called the Preying Fairy. The Preying Fairy starts like a simple chain letter, someone on the street hands you a letter and in it says "In a few days you will meet a woman that will ruin your life. She will stay with you as long as you keep the letter. To get rid of her, you just have to give the letter to someone else."

A man is handed the letter, and sure enough, in a few days he meets an incredibly beautiful woman, she is smart and vulnerable and shows keen interest in the man. The only hiccup is that she has an ever increasing series of crises that prevent her from being in a relationship with the man in the way he wants. He does everything he can to help her until, depending on the strength of his character, he eventually gives away the letter.

Leaving it to another man to choose.

I've made my choice. No fairies for me.