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Problems in the Digital Life: Defriended and Heartbroken
I've always been a little baffled by the concept of "internet" friendship as opposed to "real" friendship, and this has come up in an interesting context now that Facebook allows us to keep records of who we *have been* friends with in addition to our current stable of connections. This came to my attention today on a friend's wall, when I realized ( Read more... ) -
Another
I was on my way to bed when my husband showed me this. I read it straight through, despite stabbing pains in my chest and a sudden heat rising in the depths of my torso. I read it because I couldn't not, because it's too close, like a wound I feel myself. I was that kid. I was that kid so much it hurts. I read about the things that were said ( Read more... ) -
Why "I Didn't Mean It" is Utter Bullshit
Recently, the Tea Party removed Tim Ravndal the president of the "Big Sky Tea Party Association" for incendiary comments he made about gay people on Facebook. Tim Ravndal, along with his evil friend Dennis Scranton, casually invoked Matthew Shepard's horrific crucifixion in response to a debate about the status of gay couples in Montana seeking ( Read more... ) -
Getting Inspired
I'm sortof stuck on my novel, and need to write something else to loosen up.
So:
In a bid to shake the rust off the machinery in my head, someone give me a sentence, and I'll try writing a story from that. Any subject, any object, as long as it is syntactically correct; I'll turn it into a 1500 word story and post the results.
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Overdue Brainspill
Another year passes, and I feel like a grown man. Sometimes I feel like I had too much childhood, sometimes not enough. I think of the strange trajectory my life has taken, and can't really pinpoint a single moment when it hasn't defied linear storytelling in some fantastical way. I imagine whole lifetimes in each place, see people whose lives I ( Read more... ) -
Big Plans, I Say!
Monday begins another new semester, one which I feel will provide me with a lot of opportunities for personal growth and development. Instead of New Years Resolutions (which are now traditional in both the making and the breaking), I've decided to make semester resolutions; equally at peril, but possibly more attainable for their somewhat shorter ( Read more... ) -
Postmodern Divination
I, miniscule, stand:
fulcrum, nadir, crossroads, nowhere space.
Futurist historian; post-humanist, jaded
literati, reading narrative runes,
(silly bones)
skeptic speck on the back of infinity, riding
alternate waves of light and un-light
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Can't Sleep, Brain Numb...
Exam, first thing in the morning, stupid early. I can't sleep worth a damn. Galaxies explode in my head, the depth of space tumbles in on me. I travel, in my mind, vacillate between quanta and witness explosions so large the earth doesn't notice them: I live in the realization of a Universe so vast and infinitesimal that mere simultaneity ( Read more... ) -
Wearing His Things
This morning I did something sneaky. Putting on one of my two remaining pairs of pants, I found his favorite ring in the pocket. He wore these jeans last, so he must have forgotten that he'd taken it off. I decided to wear it; it's not the first time, but it's not something he would encourage ( Read more... )
