On squid (procastination v.2)

[squidlet]

An overly fanciful rendering of Vampyroteuthis infernalis. Nice name. I'd like my first name to be infernalis too.

A better angle. I love the huge eyes and the lush red colouration. Makes it look so adorable.

It's unique, though. Neither squid nor octopus. It looks like a squid, so I'll call it that. But really, it's not.

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of agoraphobia, vampyroteuthis infernalis and victorian sensibilities

[loaswearargyle]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire_Squid

I love it; practically the first thing out of wikipedia's mouth is "the Vampire Squid is no threat to humans." Somewhere, there is a reclusive, anxiety-ridden chainsmoker who, upon leaving his apartment, is convinced (and no amount of persuasion will convince him otherwise) that a vampire squid will swoop down upon him in the darkest dark of the dark night, draining precious effluence from his tender veins until his dead, breathing no more. What sinister purpose does the vampire squid serve in this world of darkness; what moral repugnance spawned this monstrosity?

Re: of agoraphobia, vampyroteuthis infernalis and victorian sensibilities

[squidlet]

You wonder who the hell would be wandering around one freaking kilometre under the sea.

But that's cool, isn't it? If vampire squids existed on land, floating gracefully through the air to land on said neurotic chainsmoker's head, wrapping it up like a nice present and leaving him bloodless a couple of hours later.

I think maybe darkness isn't all that bad. We're just too enamoured with light. Bias.

[tiggymalvern]

What a fantastic animal!

It's learning how to see that's difficult.

That's so true. I know exactly what you mean about people who stomp through the mangroves, but hey, they don't even have to hamper themselves that much. So many people don't see anything. They drive to work and back every day and never see the sky and the patterns in the clouds, and the angle of the light and how it changes everything, so that even the things you see all the time aren't boring. You only have to look out of your own window to see the most fantastic things, and so many people just don't. Or won't. I don't know which idea is worse.

I always wonder what it's like. One moment you're moving around doing whatever it is you're doing, and the next you're completely surrounded by stretchy and soft that's pushing you towards crushing beaklike jaws. Like when you were a kid and you got hold of a huge umbrella and closed it around yourself.

I love the way your mind works. Why can't everyone in the world have just a fraction of your imagination and poetry?

[squidlet]

Haha. But if they're impressed by the stories, it's a step. Maybe they'll open their eyes next time. It's just a matter of shifting your internal focus after all....Hmm, next you know I'll be all about the altered state of being thing.

It's the ones who don't appreciate the stories that disturb me.

Ahahaha, imagination and poetry? Never! I get that from the stories I learned.