March 22, 2025, 12:27 p.m.

The moment when time slows down

Sub Missives

I’ve been trying to live in the moment more. It’s hard. But improv helps, and so does sex.

The other day in class, I was tasked with improvising a Hoedown about an aquarium. The first two lines formed in my head almost immediately once I heard the suggestion:

Why go on a date to a movie or a park,

When you could go someplace instead where you could see a shark?!

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