The Ultimate Irony

The ultimate irony: Deciding that you won't procrastinate right now.

Typomotion: Greg Laswell - The One I Love: http://youtu.be/jdLp8tQ5_ps

DEAR ROUGE LIVE - I Heard I Had: http://youtu.be/igKO3kebnB0

The Book of Secrets

I am walking down Mill Avenue.
Northbound.

It's a busy night, crowded.

College students in their prime.
Young and beautiful.
Out for a night on the town.

I see him.
A random stranger, a young man, alone.

"For $5 I'll show you a magic trick that I can guarantee you've never seen before." I say.

It takes some internal process or convincing, I can tell, but reluctantly, he agrees. 
He extends to me $5.

I decline and tell him to wait until after the magic happens to see if he felt it was worth his money.

As he watches, slowly, deliberately,  I pull out two knives. After I open them and show him they are real I put them up to my wrists.

In one swift movement I slam them both through my wrists at the same time and then show him each wrist to examine them for himself.

Handle on one side, blades on the other and yet no blood.

Unphased, unimpressed, he smugly tells me

That's not magic and in fact I have seen that before.

As he speaks,  I remove the knives from my wrists, blood begins flow mercilessly.

I respond.

You should wait before you speak.
That wasn't the end, that's wasn't the magic.
The real magic is happening right now
what you've never seen before, and what no one sees except me, is my whole life disappearing before your very eyes.

Stunned and staring now he looks at me.
Without a word, I begin to walk away from him, calmly.
Northbound still, unphased, unaffected and still without that five dollars.

Blood flowing freely from my wrists, calmly I walk.
Blood marking the path behind me, on either side of me.

A few people notice...
but no one stops me...
They stare.
They talk.
But that's it.

And the dream ends.
Night after night.

Over and over...

It's important to look good.

The greater goods
The lesser of evils
The shadows cast
By the lives of God's people

There's a Point

The Doves - The Man Who Told Everything

http://vimeo.com/m/8218618

There's a Point

Rafter - No Fucking Around: http://youtu.be/fo0mWTfs5Cg

Floating, adrift in a peaceful sea
Rescued by a sinking ship

In Spite of Me

For Paige

Last night I told a stranger all about you
They smiled patienty in disbelief
I always knew you would succeed no matter what you tried
And I know you did it all in spite of me

Still I'm proud to have known you for the short time that I did
So glad to have been a step up on your way
So glad to be a part of your illustrious career
And I know you did it all in spite of me
In spite of me
Mmm

Late last night I saw you in my living room
You seemed so close but yet so cold
For a long time I thought you'd be coming back to me
Those kind of thoughts can be so cruel
So cruel

Late last night I saw you in my living room
You seemed so close and yet so cold
For a long time I thought you'd be coming back to me
Those thoughts can be so cruel

And I know you did it all in spite of me
Mmm
Mmm
Mmm
Mmm
In spite of me
Mmm
Mmm
In spite of me

Suicide is a very real option

The tidal wave
The early grave
The life unlived
The well behaved

Crazy

The mere comprehension of certain mental processes says a good deal about those who may see the logic therein... and not usually good.

The Truth About Lies

Sometimes you have to lie just to make it happen,  to prove it actually can be done... it's just how it goes & sometimes it's worth it.

There are two types of people to be feared, those who have nothing to lose and those who have everything to lose.

Lyrics to a song that was never written

You couldn't possibly
comprehend 
If you could
you'd never admit it
Because secretly
Deep down
You desperately wish
You didn't

Most people are a small shiny mirror surrounded by a huge chunk of shit.

Under Mine

In the moment that you need most to be trusted and believed in, you will regret every previous decision you've made to undermine that.

Looking forward is easier when you can look backwards too

Knowledge knows the answers, but wisdom knows the questions. -d (-_-) b

It depends on how you use it

How much does a gallon of milk whey?

When you get to that point in life that you truly begin to understand God... you're probably experiencing a case of mistaken identity.

Speak of God, not for God.
Isaiah 55:8

Petri Piper Pizza

When the token machine runs out of tokens, it truly is a token machine.

Sharin' Tates

What to do Charles Manson and a grade school cafeteria have in common?

The Flower Child

We are children frantically chasing petals in the wind, hoping we might gather enough to make a flower before the bell rings. Forgetting in our frenzied pursuit... this is not at all how flowers are made.
- d(-_-) b