“Tell me a story.” She grins at me maniacally, this wild girl I only run into on corners, never down the middle of the pavement. I never see her coming. Smoking like a chimney, she smells of cloves and something animal; on someone else I’d call it rank but on her it’s warm, comforting. I don’t know her name and she doesn’t know mine. It’s not ( Read more... )

I love the things abandoned around the city
a shattered sky reflected in broken glass
People stand deserted, isolated,
looking for the most important thing they can't remember
Each word an ember tossed casually
setting me on fire
these conversations on a slow burn
warm then consume
On the bus or on the street we are all listening in,
eaters of secrets, each ( Read more... )

I was thinking about one of the paintings I studied in Art History. Despite all of the flashy and occasionally amusing pieces it stuck in my head. Les Musee Des Beaux Arts was interesting because it seems to be such a normal, pastoral picture until you see the tiny feet and wings of Icarus falling into the ocean and drowning. It's strange because ( Read more... )

I'm not as mad as you ( Read more... )

     I have a lot of mixed feelings about movies made about people who have died. Some movies are the inspiration they are meant to be, others should not be seen and should not have been made. I'm a very curious person by nature but I think there are certain things that people have little to no right to. Some things are personal and should be kept ( Read more... )

I'm still attempting to write various stories; it's slow going but it's getting there. Completely changed my mind about what I want to do with my life. I want to teach English (with History and Biology as minors). I enjoy writing, not just fiction but academic papers as well. Very few people make a full and comfortable living off of writing but ( Read more... )

     I've started to write a short story. Actually, I've been planning several but this is the first one that I've actually started to write. It may be crap but I don't mind that just yet as it's a rough draft. I can hack it down to my heart's content later, once I have something on paper, or screen, or both. Normally I just write ideas down then ( Read more... )

     In the Summa Theologiae (1,29,8), Thomas Aquinas (13th C) states that "Three qualities are required for Beauty. In the first place integrity or perfection: since incomplete things, precisely because they are such, are deformed. Due proportion or harmony among the parts is also required. Finally clarity or splendor: in fact we describe things ( Read more... )

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Took another of Andre's tests. It's a true testament of just how bord I am. Here are the results.


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