Monthly Archives: February 2005

Perspective

Show me that screensaver “Rain Falling On My Dead Face” again.

Uh, that’s “Flying Through Space.”

What? Why would my corpse be flying through space?…

Year of the Rooster

Happy Lunar New Year. What? No, I don’t mean Chinese New Year, motherfucker! I should kick your ass!

This is what I would say, on this wonderful holiday, were I less charitable and did not have some Chinese ancestry.…

My mother speaking about my sister

When one leaf turns brown
It makes the whole tree sad.…

I’ve seen that before

Instead, I dreamt the circular dream.…

Said the scorpion

There’s a fable about a scorpion and a turtle.

The scorpion needed to cross a river. He asked the turtle to give him a ride on his back.

The turtle said “How do I know you won’t sting me?”

The scorpion replied that it would be suicidal to do so because then they’d both drown.…

Operation Frozen Leopard

What I never thought I would say is that I am going to search for ice.

Update: After a day of relatively mild temperatures and some skiing adventures which included a snowy gorge and broken ski pole, the search will have to continue next week.…

Ascend

The dream where you slip out of the straps and harness, your damaged mechanical wings falling from your back. First you float, then accelerate into the air, discovering you never needed them at all……