Not So Long Ago:

I left a store in the strip mall and got into my car. I nearly jumped out again when an elderly stranger in the passenger seat asked me for a few dollars. I told him I didn't have any money and yelled for him to get out.
( vehicular manslaughter, assault with a deadly weapon, interference in the proper transmigration of the soul )

Saturday, December 24th:

Strange candies shook into my hand from a plastic bottle. Miniature Nestle's Crunch bars mixed with the round shapes, hoping to absorb some of their mystique by association. I held out my hand and offered the candy to the woman nearby.
( sinister_dr_x is Professionally Unimpressed, and So Am I )

The Greyhound bus swung through empty lanes on the quiet residential streets. I adjusted the wheel and grudgingly let an oncoming Escort by in his own lane. The bus fit neatly along the curb when I finally parked.
( Red is the New Black )

Saturday morning:

Basement machines chatter and whir—some hum, some kick in with a throaty growl and then purr gently, and others barely whisper—so the metallic squeaking from overhead didn't draw my attention until I heard the tinkling clatter. A jagged strip of steel bounced to rest on the concrete. The cramped face of a freshman maneuvered ( Read more... )

I dreamt this morning that I had just returned to Earth. There was nothing but oil rigs and refineries as far as I could see in all directions, doing the industrial work of the Daleks that now ruled the planet. A nearby monitor displayed gouts of fire erupting from a huge furnace on the moon, gradually shifting its orbit.
( concerning Strange Hobbies, Bank Robbery, and Spontaneous Public Choreography )

One dream ended and the next began.

I was a little surprised to be on a huge coach bus, because I'd just been [doing whatever it was I was doing in the previous dream]. It was okay, though; all my friends were there. (That means you.) It was a double-decker, at least, and it might have been so wide it had two aisles. The bus wasn't full, though; ( Read more... )