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Alec gazed at the expanse of clouds above him, hoping for a break. He could do nothing else under that ferrous skin. The heavens, in all their colorless infinity, seemed so mundane then.

Far ahead of Alec was a single upright rose. He saw it from his back, sharp and vibrant amongst a field of dead. In his upturned vision the flower appeared as if ( Read more... )

Lately I have been having very vivid dreams. They have been quite frequent and surreal, and it has gotten to the point where I look forward to each nights slumber. The best part about them is that I am always unaware that I am dreaming, which make these mental adventures all the more intense. I won't recount them all since I've begun to forget some ( Read more... )

So runs my dream, but what am I?An infant crying in the nightAn infant crying for the lightAnd with no language but a cry.

Not sure how long it took since the breaks between each book varied, but I finally finished the tale of the gunslinger. The Dark Tower series is the first series of books I've ever completed and I'm glad I didn't waste that literary virginity on anything less. Stephen King's magnum opus is wonderful blend of western, fantasy, and science fiction. ( Read more... )

I've never played D&D, that needs to change.

I stepped outside my house today at around five pm, and I couldn't help but notice the sky. The horizon was a brilliant cataclysm of bright reds and dark blues, a shattered plane of fire that cooled and grew dark as it moved eastward.

It seemed like the edge of the world was set ablaze, and all I could think was This is what the sky must look like ( Read more... )

If you have to eat a turkey today, I would implore you to not do it in celebration of "thanksgiving." Every time you invoke the vile holiday a person of native-american descent becomes an alcoholic. Eat a turkey for Jesus, L. Ron-fucking-Hubbard, or for its own goddamn sake because turkey is delicious, just not for a false perception of history ( Read more... )

I just finished reading Frank Herbert's Dune. It is the best science fiction novel ever written.

Just read it.

Arrakis teaches the attitude of the knife - chopping off what's incomplete and saying: "Now it's complete because it's ended here."

The internet is boring and El Camino College is god's punishment for a cruel world ( Read more... )