There are some days where I think it might be best to stay inside. Not that I am usually an advocate of solitude, but whatever that was seemed to be quite over the top. It was certainly a good day to stay inside and play poker. Or whatever your game of choice might be ( Read more... )

So many are thinking about fear. it seems to be a theme for this month. Running around in costumes as children, pretending not to be frightened the older that you get. But it's so very rooted in our existence. Fear. It's necessary for survival. Why do you insist on throwing it away? Fear makes you obedient, when used correctly. I believe I'm simply ( Read more... )

[Beatty’s holding an unlit cigarette in front of the camera and taps the filter against the screen of his communicator.]

I was here for months and then returned to find everything changed. That seems to be a strange trend, doesn’t it? Twice now in this month alone. More in previous months. I haven’t really been paying attention. [He smirks a bit ( Read more... )

Society has rules. They are unspoken, unwritten, sometimes even untraceable. So how do we learn these rules? We watch. As children, we watch what the adults around us do. We watch what the other children on the playground do ( Read more... )

Television. Let's talk about television.

Where I'm from, there's all sorts of interactive programming. It's quite...addicting for some. Housewives and the like. They can [Forgive his little chuckle here] play out whatever they want, as long as it's in the script and they don't have to think too hard ( Read more... )

[Spoken like he's reading a grocery list:]

Your nose and ears never stop growing.

Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.

Hot water is heavier than cold.

No piece of normal-size paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.

Natural pearls melt in vinegar.

[Back to normal speech. He's calm. Civil. But oh so very patronizing ( Read more... )