For the new year, I'm going to try and exercise my writing muscles, fast twitch, slow twitch. I thought that I'd combine my two loves: photography and prose and have a weekly (what can I say, modest goals) of using an interesting photo from Flickr and working a short snippet around it. There'll be no rules on form, theme or genre – just cause we're going to rock it that way.
"I think it's this way."
"No, I remember seeing it the other day. It's toward the Chocolate Room.
"Are you sure? We should have printed a map. I always have a map."
"I didn't have time to."
"All the streets here look the same."
"We could have gone to the one in the city. Or maybe next week."
"Listen, this is not exactly convenient for me, is it? You didn't have to come."
"You could have told me sooner. I would have had time to look it up."
"I'm the one who's late here. Really, you don't have to come. You've done enough already."
"What's that supposed to mean? Listen, it wasn't my idea, you know."
"It wasn't mine either, and don't tell me otherwise. You knew what was going to happen."
"That's unfair."
"You're unfair. This is unfair."
"Maybe we can find it another day. Do you really want to do this?"
"I can't believe this. Can you just stop? Do you really mean that? Or is this just another one of those things you say to make people like you"
"So you don't want to do this."
"I didn't say that. I asked you a question"
"Was it in Cobble Hill you think? What's the closing time?"
"I don't know. I didn't exactly plan this, you know"
"Why are you so sarcastic?"
"Why, I thought that's one of the things you liked about me."
"Seriously, you really want to do this yourself?"
"Typical."
"What."
"Nothing."
"I'm ok with whatever you decide, you know."
"I've already decided."
"Good. That's good."
"Have you talked with anyone?"
"What do you mean."
"Like, anyone else?"
"Not really. It's not something I like to publicize."
"I know a lot of people who've gone through it."
"Are you serious? Seriously?"
"I mean -- I'm just saying that you can talk to people."
"Sometimes you just need to know when to stop."
"You know what? If this is how you want it. Fine."
"Fine."
"Fine."