Lorimer's Reality

Lorimer was innocently preparing for work when a spirit with no sense of purpose possessed his mind and body. In order to differentiate this new being from old Lorimer, we will call him Lorimer Prime, or LP for short. All that LP is guided by are the primal urges of Lorimer's body, tempered by what he was able to understand of a philosophical conversation he overheard on the subway about the concept of "want" and "self" in the context of Buddhism and Freud's psychoanalyic theory. All he heard was the most basic principles, that the goal of Buddhism is to experience no feelings of want, and that according to Freud, our lives are an ongoing cycle of pain caused by want, mostly spurred by the desire to procreate, and eventually you die and stop wanting. This is what LP has to work with as he wandered through the city following his first natural urge: procreation. In these socially liberated times this is not a challenge at all, especially for an someone capable of possessing the minds and bodies of others. Once LP had his fill of sex, he felt a sense of equilibrium, which he interpreted as the cue to end his life. So he hopped into a cab and went to the nearest bridge... he left the cab and approached the bridge in full stride, but when he caught a whiff of a nearby pizzeria, he discovered a new shade of want. He devoured one slice of every topping configuration available behind the authentic Italian plexiglass, unsure of when his hunger impulse would subside. Once he finished vomiting in the alley, he found himself once again without want, so he picked up a long shard of glass with intent to plunge it into his neck. While searching for a place to sit down and efficiently off himself, he noticed how uncomfortable his pants were. Why would somebody wear such tight pants? He decided this qualified as a want and began a new mission: to find a pair of pants that fit. Once this want was satisfied, he decided to find an office building in the financial district to jump off of, so there would be no food or anything else desirable nearby to distract him. As he entered the cab, a girl tapped his back. Apparently she recognizes him from a "relationship" she must have had with Lorimer. Her name is Trish. LP decides to play along, as his sexual want had returned. Several weeks passed in this manner and LP was still active. Trish is talking to mutual friends and asks, "You guys notice anything different about Lorimer lately?" Sherry, another one of Lorimer's exes said, "Yeah... he got new pants."