the quantum life

The Quantum Life

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“Let’s finish the last half of the movie before we go out.”

Okay. I say and set our cardboard box on our old steamer trunk coffee table, lay my laptop on top, hook up the speakers in a couple minutes and walk into the kitchen to tell her the movie’s ready.

“But I’m cooking dinner.”

I thought we were going to finish the film before we left?

“Fine, I’ll cook dinner, we’ll eat, watch movie, leave.”

Sorry babe, there’s not enough time – only enough time to cook, or watch.”

I put the movie back.

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“Want sex?”

Yes.

We kiss on couch; I suggest we move to bedroom.

“I want a bagel first.”

Wow, that’s fast, from sex to bagel in less than 3 minutes.”

“I’ll eat a bagel, then we’ll have sex, then leave for the reading later.”

After bagel sex we decide not go out after all, she’ll take a cold bath instead.

After bath she dresses nice and puts on make-up.

“What’s with the make-up?”

“Aren’t we’re going to the poetry reading?”

I thought we decided not to go.

“Did we?”

Well if you want, no problem. Do you want to?

“Not really, I’d rather stay home. How about going for a walk instead?”

“That’d be cool.

As I put on my socks she says “I feel lazy, don’t want to go.”

What’s going on here Lady? You’re confusing me.

“I felt you don’t really want to go for a walk, you were only doing it to please me.”

I said I did and meant it – I’d like to walk over to Metro Hospital and see if my Mickey Mice sculpture is still there in the children’s wing so I can shoot it.

“That’s a good idea.”

Put on shoes, get keys, camera, notebook, pen, sit down next to her on the couch and say I’m ready.

“I don’t feel like going out anymore.”

I take off my shoes.

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It feels like rain.

“What do you mean by that?”

Well, it’s getting darker outside and it’s still early afternoon, the sky’s cloudy, the wind’s picking up, I think it’s going to rain.

“Oh.”

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