The Odd Guy Blog
3…2…1… A million different conversations immediately cease, everyone freezing in pace while staring at the screen. A loud crackle breaks the sudden silence, followed by a booming release of gas. Fire grows beneath the rocket, slowly pushing it upwards. The rocket is officially off the ground, but nobody moves just yet. This is the most […]
Gentleman, gentlewomen, and everyone in between, I proclaim to you all that my team and I have made a new step towards advancing paleontological theories — beyond the stone and dirt we brush past, beyond the piles and piles of papers and folders, beyond the hours upon hours of looking at bones and rocks, we […]
Finally, after weeks upon weeks of piling paperwork on top of paperwork, training person after person, staying till late to fill out the reports and numbers even the managers didn’t want to touch, I was able to get one day off. I haven’t had a day off in so long… My weekdays were swamped with […]
I wake up, opening one eye. I look around my bland, messy room, then shut my eyes, hoping to get some rest. My body, however, always seems to have other plans. First comes the dry throat, begging for me to get any water in me. Then comes the back pain, making me flip over and […]
Josh sits on the couch, rubbing his forehead. He looks at the ceiling, thinking back to the therapy session earlier that day. The same three questions came up every time, over and over again. Have you been working on yourself lately? No, not really. How often do you feel stressed? All the time. How have […]
Alex is one who gets lost in his own thoughts, quite often. Laying his head against the train window, Alex thinks back to the worlds he would create in his mind, sitting in the back of his parents’ car. He remembers looking at the car window, and imagining a ninja with dark clothes running on […]
John sits at the table near the window with his eyes closed, his hand gripping his forehead. He uses the breathing techniques he’s learned from his mother, to help with his building anxiety. He opens his eyes, and stares at the medical bill in front of him; a bill of over $2000, just for an […]
