issues surrounding fathers never fail to disturb them. bodies in various states of decay rise to the surface when the field is tilled. some are mere skeletons, some have just enough flesh left to stink with decay and putrescence. they stare at me from empty sockets. their jaws unhinge and clack ( Read more... )

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it's time once again for my annual reread of pride and prejudice. (at present i have 11 stand-alone copies and 2 editions within complete works. i justify this ridiculousness by reading a different edition each time.) as with all good books, new aspects of it strike me freshly at every reading. given that i've lost count of how many times i've ( Read more... )

the bullet in a loaded gun has potential energy. once fired, its energy is kinetic (from kinein 'to move'). when it impacts - a wall, a body - energy is exchanged. damage ( Read more... )

i'm finally reading the wake by paul kingsnorth, which was shortlong-listed for the man booker prize in, um, 2014.

(todayiamadaisy inspired me with her yearly reading of the short-listed novels, so in 2014 i decided to attempt it. so far i've managed to finish a grand total of one - the blazing world by siri hustvedt. i abandoned both the lives of others by ( Read more... )

hypothesis: eye drops are the worst

experimental data:

eye drops

1. poke self in eye
2. often burn
3. run all over face
4. bad taste
5. blurry vision

the reward is a trick
the reward is a punishment
i fall for every time

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in lieu of typing.

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