Pun very much intended. The fire metaphor for relationships suits me damn fine too. A recent rambling conversation with fellow Capital-J Junkie Where Angels Fear1 produced many kernels of stories. This is one… what happens when I meet someone who says “HELL, yeah! Let’s do it YESTERDAY!” rather than “No, that really is a step too far this time — even you’ll die if you do that!” ?We both agreed that meeting someone more than someone who was also on our Wavelength would be dangerously fun, emphasis on the danger.

Dramatic and cynical. That’s me. Sometimes dramatic and morbid. Frequently dramatic and self-derisive. But not often dramatic and funny. Or indeed, dramatic and happy. Which doesn’t make a whole lot of sense, all things considered.But of course it doesn’t because I don’t. I am a fundamental conflict with no visible resolution. My life philosophy is founded on the impossible - two diametrically opposed sets of beliefs. It shouldn’t work. It doesn’t work and yet it is.