john was on his way to his first day back at school (deciding months ago he needed to do something to get him out of the rut in which his life had squarely landed) but after realizing he was on the wrong bus decided against it and got off at a stop near a nice, quiet bar he knew.
he sat there comfortably once off the hot, crowded bus, pleased with himself and with how everything always seemed to work out in the end.
after leaving the bar john decided to buy an air conditioner and a larger monitor for his computer. after all, he spent most of his time in his small apartment watching things on the internet so had decided this might help him feel better - like he did in the bar.
later that week john got drunk at home and worked at cropping and editing various pictures of may and november which he set to cross-fade on his computers desktop. sometimes instead of watching movies he would just sit and watch this in the cool climate of his room. Things will be better now, he thought. Then he remembered the young girl with a cane that he'd seen on the bus and felt the sharp pang of what he used to think of as unselfish love.
