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100 Words: Sledding [Snow]

The hill is beside our school, but the familiar walk is anything but, when we trek with sleds slung over shoulders or towed behind…. It is as if the distance travelled relates more to the lightness of the soul than of the body.

Posted 24 January 2008 † Yuletide § ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged:

Wanted: Introverted Alter Ego

Audio: Adiemus – Adiemus Wanted: Introverted Alter ego, must be a shy male, 20′s of average height, dashingly attractive. Wry, caustic sense of humor and love of heavy metal a strong plus.

Posted 24 January 2008 † Yuletide § ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged:

Image/Want Ads

No matter what he time, the town has its players. The red autumn sun fades violet, its path followed by trails of starlight — books, used or old, are bought and sold, read and remembered.

Posted 24 January 2008 † Yuletide § Creative Nonfiction § Incoherence ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

100 Words: Rock Doves [Birds]

Our worlds are built upon such institutions; we expect that when we see a pigeon, it will look — pretty much — the same as the ones we’ve seen before…. Indeed, the pink variety do look — pretty much — the same as the ‘traditional’ variety; however, the surreal switch from blue to PINK dealt a blow to my reality; the world would never look quite the same again.

Posted 22 January 2008 † Yuletide § Creative Nonfiction ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

100 Words: Lightning

My parents said we couldn’t swim on our side of the lake because a drunk guy had once fallen in and drowned. Every once and a while our swim sessions would be cut short by megaphoned monotones warning of lightning so would everyone please exit the water immediately .

Posted 21 January 2008 † Yuletide § Creative Nonfiction ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged:

100 Words: Furniture & Maps

We know this with a high degree of certainty, since the area’s silt is quite effective at preserving ancient artifacts…. This exquisite upholstery was not surpassed for over 5000 years, when a 19th century seamstress created what her husband thought to be a fairly bland sofa slip-cover.

Posted 20 January 2008 † Yuletide § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Some Stranger Stranger Studies

Draped over his chair is a gray North Face fleece, like the one I left at home for its resemblance to ones like this…. The headphones are separate, attached to each ear, but appear to be squeezing his head like in those old Gushers commercials when people’s heads turned into fruits upon biting into the acid-filled fruitsnacks.

Posted 15 January 2008 † Yuletide § Exercises § Writing ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: ,

Un-Braided Essay

I’ve played music since I could read: piano, clarinet then sax then guitar and back to piano…… Even on guitar, once I was finally playing music I loved, I would learn pieces here and there, or play the whole song from written music.

Posted 11 January 2008 † Yuletide § Braided § Creative Nonfiction § Exercises § Writing ‡ Comments (1) °

Delgerkhaan: Recorded

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Posted 10 January 2008 † Yuletide § Multimedia ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: ,

Mongolian Night Hypertext

Mongolia, land of the clear blue sky, transforms at night; her blue skies fade to reveal the blackness of empty space, punctuated by the glow of distant stars .

Posted 10 January 2008 † Yuletide § Multimedia § Writing ‡ Comments (3) ° Tagged: , , , ,