Someone in the mfa program friended me on facebook.  Does anyone remember the part in Funny People where someone says, “Fuck Facebook in the face.”  I usually say this to myself when I log into facebook.  I feel pretty good about being friended by this person.  He has a blog.  On his blog he has a link to an episode of The View where Lil Wayne performs.  I clicked on the link, but only watched the first five minutes.  In the opening segment Whoopi Goldberg said, “People with many friends will live longer.”  This felt like a profound moment in my life.  Similar to the time in second grade when the teacher asked me to read and I laughed.  Later, I had to go to a special room to practice reading.  I’m not sure how this special room was arranged.  I think my mom arranged it, maybe.  One time I had to go to this special room when my class was watching E.T. I was very disappointed.  There was a lady in the special room named ‘Davis’.  She was crazy.  She said she hung real lighted candles on her Christmas tree.  Maybe she was depressed.  She was nice.  I ended up learning to read.  I was not very smart in second grade.  I couldn’t add either.  I did not go to a special room to learn to add.

a note about the picture: this was taken outside a KFC down the street from where I live.  when i took the picture i thought the man was sleeping outside the kfc.  i’ve since looked at the picture in detail and i’m no longer sure if the man is sleeping or if he’s fallen down and needs help getting up.  i’m somewhat of a bad person.