I first met nicwa at a crowded, smokey pub in cba. he was pouring and i was drinking. he seemed like a good guy. i listened as he whined about banal crap. but hey, if he was serving, i was listening. or pretending to listen, at least. 'bad penny' they called him. it wasn't until - some months later - when i was … Read more

I first met nicwa at a crowded, smokey pub in cba. he was pouring and i was drinking. he seemed like a good guy. i listened as he whined about banal crap. but hey, if he was serving, i was listening. or pretending to listen, at least. 'bad penny' they called him. it wasn't until - some months later - when i was living in madrid that i understood why he had been give this moniker. there was a rap at the door. i opened it and there he was - all grimy and looking for a bed. so what did i do? i packed the girls off home and invited him in. friends first, right? nicwa, you baby, y-o-u, you.