You ever just… feel something clawing at the back of your throat, something sharp and hot, when everything around you is DEAD quiet? …

you get that big opportunity, the sous-chef trial at that place where the tasting menu costs more than your rent, and instead of prepping or sleeping, you’re up all night in a dopamine loop, your… …

I don't know, sort of vibrating on a different frequency than the life you actually have? …

I have this thing, this horrible thought that pops up whenever I'm driving across the big bridge over the bay – especially when it's raining buckets, you know, that grey sheeting kind of rain. …