*The following chain of events or 'slice of life' occurred on June 14, 2004 between the hours of 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. eastern standard time in Sandbridge, Virginia.* Sweating... Always sweating... I hate when perspiration beads into my eyes. I hold my hand up to the sun, my lips parched, the excess heat rising off the sand in the distance. Surveying my surroundings, I spot my flat to the left. Its pale grey siding with sky …showed first 75 words of 880 total…

…showed last 75 words of 880 total…handed a bottle of water, an endothermic reaction occurring almost immediately; the temperature of my hand declining whilst the opposite effect takes place on the bottle. The slow chill works it's way up my arm and through my shoulder; my fast twitch muscles spasm to generate heat. The bottle is unscrewed and forced to my lips by strong, feminine hands; as I imbibe the cool fluid I realize what has just occurred, my goal...accomplished.