I'm infamous for breaking things at my friends' houses. I've tried to change this, but have been unsuccessful. My latest victim was a large, framed print. I was picking up a chair tucked behind a table to bring to the living room so a new arrival had a seat. I bumped the picture frame. It began to fall. I thought, "Oh no, the picture is falling! I need to stop it!" And instictually used what was in my hands: the fucking chair. I pinned the frame to the wall with a chair leg, shattering the cover glass, and dramatically scuffing the print underneath.
I should have just let it fall.
