Something Disturbing

from the Halloween session in October...

Option One

Hope dreams of diamonds even when it holds on to coal.

1.11.11

The apocalypse had better hurry up-there are only 3 more hours to go!

And its just as fitting that as of this evening, my dell laptop appears to be up and running again. There are 4 operating computers here - One mac I'll call Father Time and another that should be called whippersnapper and two PC laptops. The aforementioned Dell and a IBM Thinkpad.

Victory is Ours...This Battle Station is FULLY operational!

Gone to Earth (in broken mirrors)

I thought that I had come to die
but frigid letter spelled out
your name
would it be tomorrow of another year
I turned away from the warning
the cruel love promised could
not follow
and we we're off...

running..
the skies were endless
gazes
setting in the summer hazings
school yard hinter;lands
filled with melting sands
red skies again
and trumpets
the the voices of kings
reflected on boat hulls
in the northern seas
off england
and her shores
had we all been here before
in what had been a memory
of the language he spoke
when they called out for a name
and the reason
the season
of sharks circling
under silver moons
where the edge of ships
meet the motion of the sea
and the clouds melt
like paint swirling
where your heart meets the
edge of me.

Dr. Plop and Other Stories

Storytime Has Been Cancelled!

Dear God what we will do?!?!

The Iced Blog Commeth

I just couldn't let it go another day without posting something-it had been almost a month and that is quite far enough. Its a photo comp using lights-and though that is nothing new, this time around I wanted to incorporate motion in a way I haven't for some time. The results, which I will post over the coming weeks are interesting but sort of different for me.

check it out!

Yo, Get With It

Corner of Hampton and Hastings

the train is coming
to take you
snake through
and come out
the other side.

strings carry dreams
chords that dip in winter
splinter lyrics
into Pinter
played at
33.

heavens magic stardust
sprayed on earth
becomes rust
precum is just life
ahead of its
time.

here comes a glow worm
to guide you from
harms fateful path
evolution in
a droplet
expressed.

2010 Favorites

Favorite Movies
01. Inception
02. Toy Story 3
03. Avatar
04. Clash of The Titans
05. Legends of the Guardians
06. Hereafter
07. The Fourth Kind
08. Daybreakers
09. District 9
10. Shutter Island

Favorite Magazines
01. McSweeneys
02. BUTT
03. MOJO

Favorite Blogs/Sites
01. Findadeath.com
02. badbreeders.net
03. itgetsbetter.org

and of course honorable mentions to Wikipedia

Same Man In Reverse (Yes)

I can't sleep.

I'm eating a Popsicle
under the heating blanket
The curtains are open and little silver rivers run down the window.

behind me a cat drifts off.
the room is slightly dark.
the whirring of a few fans and the blinking of several tiny lights.

and somewhere over the water
another room is slightly dark
the whirring of a few fans and several tiny lights

in the broken dark glaze of
the moonlit window panes
sleeps the same man in reverse dreaming of mirrors and haze

the room is filled with books
but knowledge floated here before

the past is made of downy cotton
the future is full of claws
and out there in the universe
the sky is full of stars.

RIP DADT / Fuck You John McCain

I should have known what total fucking idiot he was based on his choice of running mates but this has solidified it. Fuck you John McCain. You make old white guys look bad enough, so can you please just shut the fuck up? You are 80 fucking billion years old and the world you are trying to make decisions for isn't even one you will spend much time in-this is MY world now-and after me if will belong to someone else-so stop acting like its YOU that will be inheriting the place. Its not you-its some 12 year old kid in some small mountain town in west virginia who loves his country and is just discovering that he likes other boys.

Your outdated morality clause is expired. You are the rude party guest telling people the dinner party is over while you are being excused from the table. Your service to this country never gave you a right to warp it's basic fundamental rights. If you cannot figure that out perhaps its time to step down and let someone make decisions who has a real stake in this world, not someone who wants it 'the way it used to be.'

And DADT? Don't let the door hit your tired ass on the way out!

Hatred Into Beauty

Like an empty blank canvas
with a fresh and open wound
The only pain I ever knew
an actor taught to bleed
where the blood once congealed
a row of flowers grew

When The Rain Falls (Space Bunnies In Love)

when the rain falls
just before the snow
wash away all the leaves
with cinnamon and vertigo
tastes of felted seams
fly by astral travel
I'm sitting by my data bank
waiting for your call

vacation in Atlantis
step into waves to
watch the rain
pools of fire, mercury exploding
the colors of victory
paint beautiful losers
someone you could smother
as the rain hammers
taps drummers in thunder
like a hundred dancers
in a musical just for you.

there is nothing else to do today
but sit around drinking tea
reading over old postcards
with pictures of the sea

gathered tattered remnants
of lifestyle magazines,
fast cars
superstars
they belong to you
big man, clothes like a king
protecting little kid dreams
graffiti on bedroom walls
every word saved to sing your
song, you can tell
every night
when the rain falls.

On Sigur Ros

"Only music this beautifully far out could fit a film so full of fantasy."

on the video for Glósóli

Uncredited Starring Role

You came out of a day dream
changed things I always
thought would seem
unfathomable, improbable
from the wreckage of
my destroyed ego
but I had to let go
of the handrail
cast a different sail
standing here through torments
setting up one big long shot
why do you think I'm still here
filming this movie?
you can follow along
but there's no plot...

You can be anywhere
that I'm going this evening
follow me like the moon,
worship me in heresy
and behind that the skies
anyplace at all
full of monsoons hateful waiting
burnt forms reflected
on disintegrating clouds
with storms that change your view
and you fall in love,
like ancient statues
are said to do
who could predict this?
from weather to season to icy solstice,
no one had ever seen
angels with wings like you.
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couplet thingy
(I've always had a thing for sound / who made your ship run aground?)

Status

Well, I have been neglecting my postings here and at the other blogs because, well, the darn computer with all my files is still down-and it had about 12 things I wrote but haven't published that I was hoping to put up soon. that goes for the artwork and photos too. sucks.

Thankfully my back is continuing to improve. I may grab a bunch of older poetry and songs(I wrote a lot more of those back in the day than I do now) and post that up from the other Mac-I have a few favorites that it think have held up well over the years. There are pieces on that computer from as far back at 1997 so that might be fun and interesting. Maybe I'll do a retro week where everything that's posted has to be at least 10 years old? Perhaps...

Oh, and I love Bob-my life size teddy bear. Yep!

For Bob - where the magic happens

Just a bridge away, but never very far...



<3

Because my cat's kidneys are worth $60

Usually I don't go gaga over pet accessories, and for years these sorts of things were made out of plastic and cost WAAAAY to much money, upwards of $150. Josquin has, since being put back on dry food, taken to also drinking from the toilet again. This is not something I want him doing even though I understand that cats are instinctively drawn to running water because to them, running water equals "fresh" water and is therefore more desirable. My guys are both swishers in that they swish their little paws around in their water bowls-to clean them-but this often dirties the water, ironically making it taste not that great. in the wild, running water would carry that away. Several people on Catster have said they used this or another model from this company to get their cats to stop using the toilet with what appears to be very good results. The one reason I know they will go for it is because I once had an indoor fountain that eventually had to be moved outdoors-because I could NOT get the cats to stop drinkning out of it, and that was scuzzy water too! just the fact that it was running made it like Superwater or something. plus they loved drinkiing from where the fountain had 'falls' which is almost exactly what this little device has. I could keep it in my room and get rid of having the cats food and water in the kitchen.

Plus, its kind of cool looking and being made of stainless steel means it won't break.

From a cat forum suggesting only 'cruel' pet owners keep their cats indoors

My two 12 year old males have always been indoor cats. I live in San Francisco on a very busy, heavy traffic street. My house is back up against a densely wooded area full of raccoons, skunks and other feral cats not to mention the occasional crazy drifter that sleeps in the trees. This is not an area where feral cats live long and I often hear their fighting and losing. It would be far more dangerous to my cats if they were outdoors here. Both cats have gotten out once and in both cases they were terrified and clung largely to the immediate area near the house they knew. They have windows to look out where they see bugs, people and other animals just a few feet away. They get fresh air on a small private deck full of plants(not poisonous) which is cat proofed. they are not devoid of contact with the outside world. The bigger factor is making sure the cats are active, happy and eat right. Sometimes people take their pets for granted-or lives are just busy-and don't give them enough engaged play time and affection. That is the bigger factor -I think- in whether a cat is healthy and happy indoors. Cats are remarkably adaptable but no matter where you keep them, both options have pluses and minuses. I think its a case by case basis as to what is best for your pet and realistic for you.