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Which way is that thing I don't like?1fun IHaving fun isn%u2019t that funwhen you start speaking, the room begins to shrinkwhen you look at a face, with a headache, lie compulsively,something about the food being shit at a restaurant you%u2019venever been toyour chest hurtsbut the cardiologist said there was nothing wrongand when you go home early, you stay up, alone,till sunrisewhat%u2019s that about?But ok, sometimes when you look good and you%u2019re out andabout and you stole your housemate%u2019s dexies; people like you.Moments of fracturewhere you fumble about with a flick of spiritand say something something insipid;%u201cthis is all absurd%u201d%u201ci%u2019m learning all the time%u201dand then the crack slips sideways, crushing waves ofsomething-just-off-comfort;boredom, substance, flat, familiarpeople are talking about televisionand here comes the familiar cocktail of guilt andcontemptAnd I suppose that whole rigmarole is kinda coolAlthough I wouldn%u2019t call it fun