I'll have a fish and feel the scales soaked in oil crumble between my teeth. Was that fish as tired as the water left in his wake? And do the fishermen know if they hunt for squid at night below an artificial sun and catch a red-snapper then the red snapper will make it belated … Continue reading Number of Heartbeats
Travel To Thailand
Another lucky day. Flight. DE2368 to HKT (Phuket). Eleven fucking hours to some exotic place. Why? To have conversation with other Urlaubers. Now that's an exciting thought. And so. To start it all... a fellow with an interesting maustache, the kind with a triangle, perfectly manicured under the lower lip, introduced himself to the people … Continue reading Travel To Thailand
Traumatized Race
Is it possible for a white man to be traumatized by the civil rights movement of the black man? Or was the movement by someone else who only wanted to profit from movement? How a movement can be misunderstood. Idea for... (?) LOP Character expresses his indignation for the results of the civil rights movement. … Continue reading Traumatized Race
Zypkin
Ein Sommer In Baden Baden by Leonid Zypkin Reading is still very difficult. Recently found out that one of the reasons it is so difficult is because of how I read. How not to do it is probably the same as gawking at a painting by Pollack, a time consuming endeavor. And so... every word … Continue reading Zypkin
Body Types
- echtomorph (thin) - endomorph (fat) - messomorpth See the ballad of Lucy Jordan by Marianne Faithful. Interesting text about a lost 37 year young woman.
Systemic of Control
Bacteriophage. A virus that attacks bacteria. Not a profitable treatment, hence not used or researched! Soviet Union and Georgia used this the most. Most used as alternative to antibiotics. Trying to fathom, understand any reason behind the supression of sexuality. What is the opposite of sex? Murder? If not, why not? The opposite of sex … Continue reading Systemic of Control
Schumi vs Humility
Subtitle: Or Luck vs. Opportunity? Today’s middle-aged bitter rant with a few self-indulgent anti- and autobiographical tangents meant to challenge the mind's-eye of the visually impaired has to do with... Michael Schumacher is finally finished with F1. Gee, (turn on the sarcasm now) … this makes me ask: Why does such an honest, hard working, … Continue reading Schumi vs Humility
Nother Ode To Nothingness
As the days pass with no results of my efforts (which kinda makes them something other than efforts) the pain increases. Of course, everyone would argue that my efforst are nothing. But I think the last two stories I submitted are worth a great deal. Certainly they represent a high-point of my work up to … Continue reading Nother Ode To Nothingness
Saying It Better
Finding those who say it better. There are so many. Why is it that I must be the one amongst the many, the crowd who, if required, stands out only because he can achieve nothing? America touts itself as the land of the free, but the number one freedom that you and I have is … Continue reading Saying It Better
Burying Books
(Note: post contains notes from Oct 2 thru 6.) A woman who sees things. Her idears of how things should be, though, are in stark contrast to how they are or how they seem or are they all too real? Never nuff. These thoughts of lost. Go with it, nomatter. Idear An everyday kind of … Continue reading Burying Books
The Hurt
More LOP Thinkng Out Loud LOP The character that needs a name (Stone?) arrested as a terrorist which makes him a US citizen with no rights. Wait. This is the end. No. The ending. LOP Two parts to story. One. The discovery of family Hurt* through the loss of the father (and/or patriarch--when the matriarch … Continue reading The Hurt
Pondering
Pondering Questions Leaving SF, CA (Note: This post combines Sept 21-26) To inform. About short story publications (from Borders Books in SF, CA) - Glimmer Train (www.glimmertrain.org) - Fiction (www.fictioninc.com) Two publications of short stories. Regress development. The idear of growing backwards. "Growing" not in the sense of the physical, as a person would grow … Continue reading Pondering
Explain It To A Three Year Old
The God Of Hell by Sam Shepard The hardest thing about living abroad for so long is not so much the distance and proximity I've put between myself and home. The whole idear of home has become an enigma anyway. The real problem has been watching the place closest to my heart from the outside … Continue reading Explain It To A Three Year Old
Arguments In Space
Traveling. Long drawn out travel. Stress. On flight back and arrival a great surprise awaits. Oh. Oh. What is the surprise? Short story. Off the top I'm thinking, as a title for those words poked out early on an airport napkin. What a napkin it was. It smelled. Of something unclean. It was dark white, … Continue reading Arguments In Space
Friend Loss
How I lost all my friends. A short (story, play) and a commentary. The not getting along of friends. Try to duplicate the dialog and discussion that takes place between (Friend 1) and I and (Friend 2) and I. The discussion that leads me to so much ugliness (on my part). Why do I get … Continue reading Friend Loss
Girl With One Eye
LOP The one eyed girl. She was born with one eye. Or? Well, not quite. But so she says. She knows all about the cyclops. She wears glasses that make it look like she has a second eye. She tells the story of the origin of the cyclops myth, she debunks it, along with a … Continue reading Girl With One Eye
Action Reaction Action
LH418 (>IAD). Outrageous and ludicrous the entirety of security one must now face. Entirety the word? Such a colossal waste of time and resources. The largest US government expansion in fifty years? To even imagine that politicians cannot see the wrong of their leadership and lawmaking fits perfectly to the silly-ness of airport security in … Continue reading Action Reaction Action
Anonymous People
LOP The anonymous people. (Like the "wounded" from Chad?) Who are they? How do they think? What makes them? Who made them? Does (character) get a list of people to pick up? The story of Gerald Fytsimmon. (Is he like Paul E. Chrysanthymum?) The first man to dissent (is that the right word?) against corporate … Continue reading Anonymous People
Oh Gunter
If I could focus more maybe this could be an editorial for Der Spiegel. When the news broke that Günter Grass had recently admitted being in the Schutzstaffel, or better known to the world as the SS, I asked the following question: Why now? Why now is this coming out? This has been in public … Continue reading Oh Gunter
The Stolen Child
The Stolen Child by Keith Donohue Recommended reading for those who like fantasy without the formulated, predictable Hollywood (or Disney) krapp. It must have been during middle school and my sister was in High School. My sister looked like Pocahontas and she was also a social butterfly. One day my sister had visitors from high-school. … Continue reading The Stolen Child
Negative Zero
Disclaimer. The following came to me the other day - as opposed to me coming to it - which happens quite a bit - so bear with me. I had these thoughts that started with: "What is writing?" In order to prevent things from getting out of hand I attempted to hone the thoughts with … Continue reading Negative Zero
Comprehension Equals Imagination
Subtitle: There Are No Corners in Space. (Pic of Monolith from 2001 Space Odyssey) Comprehension has always been my predicament. In a world where everything is delivered to the mind without effort its a wonder that human beings havent evolved into bio-electric globs of suitable jelly that are able to spew out perfect computer code. … Continue reading Comprehension Equals Imagination
David Mamet 2
Subtitle: Nothing Good Is Organized What can one say about a man that writes the screenplay for "The Post Man Always Rings Twice" (the remake)? Is the American't idiom or colloquialism "wow" or "amazing" appropriate here? Or how about the movie "House of Cards"? To this day when I'm in a conflict with Female I … Continue reading David Mamet 2
David Mamet 1
Subtitle: Method No Good David Mamet is a great writer. If I was asked to make a list of fav screenwriters he would be on the top of my list. And then there is his stage work. "Glengarry Glen Ross" is one of the best plays American theatre has to offer, not to mention the … Continue reading David Mamet 1
Analogy For The Future (Part 1)
June 7, 2006 Part 2 is in the near future. Seriously. Yet another instalment of Tommi’s ex-pat experience? Probably not. But this will be good enough to fill a blog post. Subtitle to this post: A possible solution to western societies problems can be found in Germany. It's hidden deeply in an analogy. Come along … Continue reading Analogy For The Future (Part 1)
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