Poem "Dusk"

is this a test? / what do you want from me?

getting closer to collapsing / something's getting closer to happening

it's not a question / not if, but when

it doesn't make much sense / but there's an inevitability in the dissonance

is this a question? / if what you're saying is relevant / then the answer is yes

your harmony / is our symphony / is the the first note of this rhapsody

reach the crest of infinity / and turn away / this is how i'm gonna play it

it has to be this way

i'm keeping my eyes open / even though that bypass shorts the imagination

can't disappear into virtual reality / until you've written the equation

the sky fills with smoke / like octopus ink in a liquid globe

the walls of this room / used to be dark blue / now the canvas is black

your darkness / is my dawn / is the door in to the jumping off point

on the verge of insanity / on the verge of despair

almost falling off from the top of the stairs

but it's not over / we're turning a corner / curving to approach infinity

the rainbow paint dries / and your tears become tattoos

and the next time that you open your eyes

you know exactly what you want

is this a question? / if and when and infinity

the answer to everything is yes

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Well...

...I am still alive. I have just been lacking the combination of clarity and motivation to add anything here, lately. But I have some drafts that I may finish soon...

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Music

>>> My favorite newer band. They just blow me away.

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Visualz

I just realized that having something G-Pal-related as my last post is really depressing (once upon a time, that wouldn't have been the case). So to bump to something cooler...

by daRoz on deviantART

Imperial Walkers!

...and early morning in the futuristic high desert, courtesy of KuldarLeement, one of my favorite artists:

"Highways"

...and some Luke Skywalker, because Mark Hamill is on the move, and we're soon in for literally the return of the Jedi:

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Gwyneth Paltrow on the Emotional Affectability of Water

This article on the AV Club, playing off of a post on Gwyneth Paltrow's goop.com website, is a lot of fun:

Suggesting that merely the act of toweling off after a bath qualifies as a conscious uncoupling, unprocessed thinker Gwyneth Paltrow has shared her belief that water has feelings—and like that of a highly paid actress who regularly expresses her advice on how to attain her lifestyle, these feelings can be so easily hurt. Paltrow quietly sounded the warning bell about water in her semi-regular GOOP newsletter, secure in the knowledge that—as far she is aware—water doesn’t read the Internet, and so it wouldn’t learn that Gwyneth Paltrow thinks it’s emotionally fragile. But everyone else now understands the importance of remaining upbeat around their Fiji bottles and sinks, lest their sour moods affect the one thing still acceptable to consume on a GOOP diet.

“I am fascinated by the growing science behind the energy of consciousness and its effects on matter,” Paltrow says of the rapidly expanding branch of science known as “pseudo-science,” which is embodied by the work of Dr. Masaru Emoto. As she explains to a fascinated Gwyneth Paltrow, the possibly cartoon Dr. Emoto is best known for The Hidden Messages Of Water, in which he documented experiments with writing words such as “I hate you” and “Fear” on vials filled with water that, he claimed, became “gray, misshapen clumps” when frozen. Conversely, writing “I love you” and “peace” on polluted water supposedly yielded “gleaming, hexagonal crystals,” of the sort you would be happy to serve at your next dinner party. All of this was documented in that most renowned of scientific journals, the coffee table book.

“I have long had Dr. Emoto’s coffee table book on how negativity changes the structure of water, how the molecules behave differently depending on the words or music being expressed around it,” Paltrow writes, possibly by way of explaining her recent separation from Coldplay’s Chris Martin, whose music was only making her water sad. After all, Gwyneth Paltrow certainly did not have her assistant harvest macrobiotic water—which originated in rain created by non-fat clouds, was filtered through the blades of tree leaves that personally know Sting, and mixed with the piss of aphids doing yoga—just to have Chris Martin turn it to poison with his warbling.

Implausible as it seems, Gwyneth Paltrow’s theory of mood affecting liquids hasbeen corroborated with extensive research by scientists of equal standing. 

 Cue Ghostbusters YouTube clip.

So in conclusion, it is probably best to only say positive things around water. And also around Gwyneth Paltrow—who is, after all, 80 percent water.

Thank you, Internet, for something to laugh at.

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neuro Bliss

I really like the White Raspberry version of this drink, and not just because of how the bottle is awesome and looks like a lava lamp. It tastes great, is refreshing, and anything that even might help reduce stress is welcome.

No thoughts beyond that. Just something that crossed my mind and felt worth mentioning. It makes me happy just thinking about...

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Having Watched A Film...

I went to see Belle today. It's very good, with some terrific performances, especially by the lead actress. Between that, X-Men: Days of Future Past and Godzilla--an odd trio of films to group together though they may be--I've had good luck at the theater over the past month or so.

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