:46:02
In a flash,
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l have my New Year's resolution.
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Aim higher.
:46:20
Catastrophic. Doomed.
:46:23
Desolate. Cataclysmic.
:46:27
Bought him a word-of-the-day
calendar for Christmas.
:46:29
Big mistake.
:46:31
Holiday season,
busiest time of the year.
:46:33
l try to run a business.
:46:35
- What's the problem, Mr Wing?
- Your soul brother.
:46:38
He quit.
:46:45
In the letter Marlon left me,
he called me his best friend...
:46:49
...but apologized for bailing
on our business scheme.
:46:53
He said his whole thing now
was to make Lonette happy.
:46:56
They decided,
on the spur of the moment,
:46:58
to move upstate,
:47:00
and l had a standing
invite to drop by any time.
:47:04
Somehow Lonette
convinced Marlon
:47:07
it would be too painful
to say our goodbyes in person.
:47:10
And to make matters worse,
:47:12
it all dovetails into
the second loneliest night of the year:
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Christmas Eve.
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A night that brings on all those
familiar festive feelings
:47:27
of hopelessness,
anguish, despair.
:47:32
Not a great time to be flying solo.
:47:36
That's why Im of the belief
couples should never split up
:47:40
between Thanksgiving
and January 2nd.
:47:43
Always have a relationship to see
you through the holidays. Always.
:47:47
The downside, of course, being gifts.
:47:54
Personally, Ive always
suspected that everyone else
:47:57
is having a far merrier
Christmas than l am.