I look at "communication" via texting, whether it be by phone, Facebook, or some livetime chat app, and it kills me. Its prevalence indicates a slide away from "real" communication. Making telephone calls to hear the inflection of voice on the other end is out. Writing letters, so that you can see the emotion behind your correspondent's words is ( Read more... )

Started working at Enterprise yesterday...not many weekly hours at this point, but the manager wants to up that already, to let the other car prep guy cut back on his hours some. I get to drive cars around, delivering and picking them up from Enterprise desks at dealerships, other proper Enterprise offices, and autobody shops. It's not bad. The ( Read more... )

After laying down the power hose, you wipe the sweat from your brows with a weathered Jericho scroll from your back pocket. You take a step back and shield your eyes from the bright reflection. Having stripped away all the superficial coatings, grime, and weathering, you're left with the core, naked as it came. You recall the arduous process of ( Read more... )

like hundreds of taste buds all in tune with the North Sea
Van Gogh crashes against the cliffs
becoming increasingly muffled with each round

abstract a feeling of song ( Read more... )

also: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7051496.stm

HUZZAH!

::has sex with New Zealand as a whole::

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,303220,00.html

::gently pats Britain on the top o the noggin'::

I need to break

and in the end where all ends
meet
some Truth contradicts the vying circular notion
the Truth that knows no absolutes but itself
the proactive stubborn

seeing your shoes untied, you wonder how many years it's been.

will be.

also an assumption.

but are you ready?