It was at that moment that the concept, the essence, the idea of the physical phenomenon known as my face began to submerge under the waves of pain, ripples flowing in reverse toward the impact of the pebble, the balled mass of flesh and bone with a torso behind it to lend the weight of …
Yearly Archives: 2013
To-Do Lists
Things I did this weekend: Picked up some parts from the Honda dealer, got some much-needed tools to add to my collection, and replaced a plastic cap on my engine valve casing that’s been leaking oil for the past 2 years. It was an easy repair, but had a high risk of going bad (which …
Intractible
Picked up Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road”. Got through the introduction. Sounds like an interesting book. A friend is having me assemble an audio track for his mostly-silent short film. We have some great ideas. I have several short stories that are in the works. One is mostly finished towards a second draft, the others …
Waylaid
Five years on this gods-forsaken rock. FIVE. They sent me here for a year-long tour to research the local culture, some “earnest measure” to evaluate the consequences of first contact. My early reports weren’t too favorable, so when the inter-solar economy went soft, the axe came down and my manager got shitcanned for poor performance. …
Deface
I don’t know about you guys, but part of me is getting turned off by this social media thing. Law of diminishing returns, I guess. I mean, I like keeping in touch with the people I know from near to far, from now to then, but it goes with the territory that reading up on …