big trouble in little china

Michael walked along the sidewalk with the other people who he shared it with. everyone trying their best to be respectful and un acknowledging of the other strangers. Michael didn't have far to walk, just a couple blocks to his girlfriend's favorite Chinese place. he didn't drive very much, no one did in this neighborhood. this is all he ever grew up knowing, just getting by. he had come from a lower middle class family that had split up when he was much too young to understand why. ever since then he had never really invested all that much into relationships. he had friends, but honestly who doesn't? the entire walk to the oriental establishment Michael's mind was just dwelling on every issue at once. bills to pay, his job he hated, his old car that soon would be no longer one with the living, Et cetera, Et cetera. after worrying about all of his worldly things he started thinking of his beautiful girlfriend. Michael was never happy for long with anything really. or anyone. you see, our friend Michael here has a problem with viewing people as their feelings and problems and personality instead of just as their positive marketable qualities. he started thinking of such and such from work, "i could probably seduce her pretty easy, she's not too bright." and the man walking down the street we know as Michael kept thinking of different marks he could trick into temporarily loving him. crossing the last street before rising dragon, michael slips out of auto pilot and tries to remember what his gal had even wanted in the first place. "was it kung pow chicken? yes, that's it.. oh and no bamboo shoots or msg of cour..."
Michael didn't even hear the bus's horn blare at him like a thousand obscenities yelling at some fool. Michael's problem was he wasn't living his life. he was just coasting the entire time. never happy. never trying. there is no hope for Michael. you cannot raise the dead. the church may say otherwise in some cases but that is debatable and irrelevant.
luckily, the living however can receive second chances.