Fri, 17 October

INDEX ENTRY Friday, startup (see also: fever dream; ritual; half-life) badges, accumulation of — 3, 7, 14 badges, lanyard tangle — 7 badges, thrown in junk drawer after — 14, 22 clock, spiral of faces fragmenting — 1 hands, all pointing different directions — 1, 9 relationship to actual time, none — passim connection attempted — 3, 7, 12 faked — 8, 11 genuine, unexpected — 22 evening section (see: wine; loosening; the moment someone says "actually") gears, decorative turning without function — 1–22 mistaken for meaning — 5, 13 medical appointment, rescheduled for this — 4 morning section (see: coffee; posture; the word "synergy") Newman, Barnett, zip between selves — 1 school pickup, missed — 6 snowboarder, ghost of the life you thought you'd have — 1 fading — 1–22 web, underlying of purpose — see "gears, decorative" of need — see "connection, genuine"