February 2010
32 posts
Basements Like This
Owen told me he had a secret. “What is it?” “I can’t really say it here – Catch that! Catch that! Catch that!” I leapt to pick the dodgeball out of the air. I looked for John Gilbert on the other side of the gym. That ultra-competitive psycho. He was about to fire one at Maggie Jones. I ran towards the center line and whipped the ball at him. It nailed him in the back just before he could...
Four Tet: “She Just Likes to Fight”
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A Good Run
I laid on the couch for hours just listening to the icicles melt. They hung on the eaves trough dripping rapidly onto the downspout. Melodies would emerge from time-to-time, never lasting more than a few moments, before being submerged once again in the deluge of cacophony. For hours I did that. It was wonderful.
I had taken a personal day off from work. Before I even informed everyone I...
Anonymous asked: Here is my question: What do you know about love, laughter, sacrifice etc.? I want to learn 40 lessons in 40 days as well as teach the same. It could be about anything! If you write to 40lessons@gmail.com I promise to write back what I know!
I also ask that you reblog this! Spread the word :).
I also ask that you reblog this! Spread the word :).
Mystic Trash
The Twelve Mystics, deflated and sluggish, rummage through a dumpster. They work their bony digits, which once directed kings, past shards of broken stained glass. The glass, an image of a sheep’s limb here, parted lips of a virgin there, slice the Mystics’ thin skin. Detritus - half-cocked miracles, mislabeled prophecies, assorted haunted vessels - ascends as their blood fills the...
Lit Up
I love to write and I love to read. But what I realized is that I don’t write enough about what I read. Welcome to “Lit Up”, where I change that by writing about what I’ve recently read, am currently reading and will be reading next.
Recently Read:
White Noise
I read this for the fifth time. It’s one of my favorites. A frightening and humorous work filled...
Atlas Teetered →
A short story about waffles, wounds and Titan-ic heads.
Next Year Buy Chocolates
I didn’t like the way he held me. He had me by the belly, my stuffing crushed inside his grubby fist, as my ears dragged across the filthy Hallmark floor. This must be his first girlfriend. And most likely his last if he thought handing me over looking like a mangy, rabid beast was at all appealing to a young woman. When he slapped me down on the checkout counter, chipping off a piece of...
No Complaints
Per the store’s policy, typed out on a sun yellow piece of paper, laminated, covered in dust, smears of dirt, and duct taped to the door, I left my shopping basket outside of the restroom before entering. Inside was the eye-watering vinegar smell of dirty mop and what sounded like bubbling rapids. I was passing the row of stalls towards the urinals when a string of water shot out of one,...
Alas, poor Yorick!
Matt, or Mr. Kern as he was known to the students of his sophomore English class, was at his desk thumbing through a catalog. He was looking for a skull. The catalog, borrowed from friend, fellow faculty member and senior Physics teacher Clive Page, contained all of the tools that a science teacher may require for lessons in their field: Bunsen burners for chemical experiments, test tubes in...
Fun Fact Friday!
According to the Book of Genesis, human hair grew approximately one foot a day. One morning, when God awoke and got prepared for work, he noticed that not only were all of his Dockers brand Big & Tall pleated khakis, soft pique polo shirts and twill blazers covered in hair, hair, hair, but so was his entire home (i.e., The Universe). He immediately hosed everything down, including Earth -...
George Michael Covers What A Fool Believes →
1991
The phone rings at the home of Josh Luft. It rings several times as members of his family, sitting in the living room, look at one another and ask if someone is going to get that. Josh finally gets up and answers.
Josh: Hello?
George Michael: Hullo. George Michael for Michael McDonald please.
Josh looks nervously at his family. They look back at him inquisitively, wondering who is...
Six Things That Will Definitely Happen on Lost
Tonight at 9 PM EST, the sci-fi/action-adventure television series Lost begins its sixth and final season. Though it will be sad for fans like myself to say goodbye to the show and its characters, its creators guarantee a satisfying ending filled with even more amazing twists and shifts. Usually information about the show is impossible to come by. However, yours truly has come upon the...
Under My Wheels
The telephone is ringing / You got me on the run
“‘I’m driving in my car now! Anticipating fun!’ How hilarious is this? Just as I’m about to squash,” he sticks his head out the driver’s side window, “this lowlife piece a shit!” he brings his head back in and revs the engine, “this song comes on!”
Near the receiving dock in the...
