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100 Words towards a definition of Metal

Attributes: Molten, Brutal, Intense, Epic, Uncompromising, Fucking awesome, Distorted, Pummeling, Eternal, Loud, Grating, Polyrhythmic, Not lame, Absurd, Hilarious, Fun, Resonant, Primal, Destructive, Cathartic, Therapeutic, Wrathful, Emotional, HEAVY. Components: Guitar, Strings, Pickup, Amplifier, Electricity (lots), Bass Drum x2, Snare Drum, Hi-Hat, Crash, Drum Sticks, Metronome, Bass Guitar, Strings, Pickup, Amplifier, Ear, Brain.

Posted 14 February 2008 † Yuletide § Shorts ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

100 Words: Hair

These states also elicit divergent reactions from the very hosts that spend hundreds of thousands of hours diligently growing filaments. Upon encountering a hair in one’s food, it is considered acceptable to raise hell But hair has bacteria Doesn’t it?!

Posted 13 February 2008 † Yuletide § Shorts ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

100 Words: Cranberries

Not quite at home with other fruits, they sit uneasily by as rasp berries and blue berries , black berries and straw berries , perhaps even the occasional boysen berry are plucked and popped, into watered savoring mouths. They must wait for the penetrating drying assault of the sun, or the thanksgiving grinder to unlock their unappreciated potential; the kranebeere , acid-red and waiting.

Posted 28 January 2008 † Yuletide § Shorts ‡ Comments (3) ° Also tagged:

100 Words: Gyroscope

Raised Wooden saddles, floating inches above the horseback; short stirrups, tied together beneath the belly, that would make our knees lock and scream. Yet they fly in frozen standing stance, slouched to one side, pole-lasso in hand, poised in galloped rhythm, as familiar as their own pulse.

Posted 28 January 2008 † Yuletide § Shorts ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged:

100 Words: Shoes

Each year or two, after my old pair could bear no more the abuses of the schoolyard…. I cringe as I watch cute black dresses limp along on legs that if not for their jilted stride and a veiled grimace would be sexy-long.

Posted 25 January 2008 † Yuletide § Shorts ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged:

Gyroscope: Definition

gyroscope |ˈjīrəˌskōp|noun a device consisting of a wheel or disk mounted so that it can spin rapidly about an axis that is itself free to alter in direction. The orientation of the axis is not affected by tilting of the mounting; so gyroscopes can be used to provide stability or maintain a reference direction in navigation systems, automatic pilots, and stabilizers.

Posted 25 January 2008 † Yuletide § Exercises ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

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 § Shorts ‡ Comments (2) ° Also 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 § Shorts ‡ Comments (0) ° Also 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 § Shorts ‡ Comments (2) ° Also 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 § Shorts ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: