fairly freaky tales

there's something to be said for grimm's fairytales. creepy stories about burning old ladies, ugly sisters, eating forest trekkers, mutilated arms, a cat with three legs, ripping oneself in two, incest.

"Then Gretel gave her a shove, causing her to fall in. Then she closed the iron door and secured it with a bar. The old woman began to howl frightfully. But Gretel ran away, and the godless witch burned up miserably. Gretel ran straight to Hansel, unlocked his stall, and cried, "Hansel, we are saved. The old witch is dead."

i think this author sums it up quite well.

electro

tonight i feel like i'm sitting on a jovian planet. lightning flashing in all directions. black and white film exposing the time-delays of white. it's a trial and error exercise. attempting to anticipate the duration between blasts. 30% correct. nature performing when she's ready and not a moment sooner.

cashin' in

what would it be like to shoot a man in reno? i've been to reno and it's not really meant to be the topic of a song ... it may as well be, 'i shot a man in Truckee' ... maybe it's the extremities that creates an urge to kill. the bleakness of uniformity, the heat, the gambling, the sin-city-wannabe, the remoteness. really the bowels of america. if reno was named something else, would johnny have shot that man, there?

burn baby burn

so i'm going to burning man and still trying to decide on a commodity of choice. right now it seems that flashy led flags could be kind of fun. other ideas include: spritzing water bottles (to cut the heat), mini-christmas lights (to decorate the tents) or bumper stickers.

all pictures lost

there was no other time to connect.

another place, another time

a random person saying random things ... it's a beautiful sign.