He sat in front of his television, watching reruns, holding his grandfather’s old .45 revolver across his lap, thinking of the vicious ex-wife. She had an army of shyster vultures trying to pick away at everything he owned.
I’ll be damed if that lousy bitch gets a fucking dime, he thought, as canned laughter from a ghost television audience mocked him. He pulled on a bottle of cognac, winced as the liquor shot flames down his throat, and continued to glare at the screen in front of him.
After setting down the bottle, he grabbed a remote control and changed the channel several times, settling on a young Jose Feliciano singing “Feliz Navidad.” It failed to give him any holiday cheer. He took another drink of cognac, then put the muzzle of the .45 to his temple and pulled the trigger.
suki
12/27/2007
You’re writing a lot about death these days, aren’t you?
offendedblogger
12/27/2007
Poor bastard.
No, poor maid.
LakotaPrincess
12/27/2007
Harsh, dude.
Doesn’t the suicide rate skyrocket during this time of year?
Killer cheer.
Mr. Grudge
12/28/2007
Hi Kimchihead,
It’s your descriptive writing that always grabs me:
“canned laughter from a ghost television audience mocked him” that’s great writing. Keep up the great story telling. I’ll see you around the corner in 2008. Happy New Year! -Mike.
Iron Pugilist
12/29/2007
Wouldn’t the “bitch” be entitled to his belongings after death?
Kimchihead
12/29/2007
Now that’s a good question. One that will surely be answered by the shyster vultures who must be drooling, now that the fellow jumped on the express bus to the big sayonara.
Damsel in Digress
12/29/2007
brilliant.
loved the line about the canned laughter.
Batbitch
12/29/2007
Just getting my fix.
SWei
12/29/2007
I think I’ve found another great blog read.
Hiro
12/30/2007
Oo.
I had to scroll on the white page, wondering why there’s plenty of white and no words to find a random entry that told me a dude shot himself.
Very good writing though. XD
Happy New Year!
Batbitch
12/31/2007
Hey Kimchi, I’m getting drunk tonight, want to join me?
Here’s a kiss btw, in case I forget to give you a couple dozen later…
Kimchihead
01/01/2008
I would have loved to have joined you. Would you believe that this was my first sober New Year’s Eve since I turned 18? Thanks for the smooch!
Batbitch
01/01/2008
Are you ill?
Here, let me feel your… uh… oh my… what was I doing?
Ruthie
01/01/2008
Hi Kimchi,
I was tagged by another Blog buddy, and it turned to be quite fun. You have an interesting blog, etc., so I thought it would be cool to try to get you to share with the rest of us 5 otherwise unknown fast facts about you.
Happy New Year!
Regards,
Ruthie
http://ruthiesreason.blogspot.com/2008_01_01_archive.html
Monica
01/01/2008
Kimchi!
Hellooooo there and Happy New Year. Happy Sober New Year too!
Hugs to you and Great writing as usual.
Divorce can be a nasty one. To be sure. Oy Vey.
Monica