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[foxtongue]

Originally uploaded by Foxtongue.

There is a boy asleep in my bed. He has dirty fingernails and one of the prettiest smiles in all the world. Kier, I've written about him before, called him an angel sitting by the side of the street. He had a purple hat then and spoke french to me. This time he was trying and failing to light a cigarette. Bandages on his face, knuckles scraped free of skin, he was sitting torn on someone's front step. "How're you?" "Terrible, you?" That smile, bruised, but like light. The matches were being blown out one by one by the wind. When I pulled out my lighter and lit it for him, our hands cupping the flame, I felt like I had stepped into the sort of film I found romantic as a child. Henry and June, Delicatessan, something with a heavy handed denial of pathos, quirky with a decent twist of Anias Nin.

It makes me uncomfortable that part of me finds him maddening, as if I could somehow swallow him whole as a muse, transform his flesh into shadow and stich it to my own, so I could be an artist too. I've never understood it and it has always made me wary. He's one of the few people I can't stare down. I've known him awhile now, but I see him rarely. Divinity is dangerous.

And speaking of disturbing things, this wins this week's Most Awesome Video award. I've been passing it around on my messenger, so you may have already encountered it on your friend' page, but if not, it's well worth the momentary horror.

Also: Zombiewalk footage is now available, as are my Zombie photos.

Comments

[porphyre.livejournal.com]

I am almost knowledgable enough about star trek to know who those people are, but not quite.

That's sort of heartening.

[mallinson.livejournal.com]

Those are the two characters that, in the past 10 years, were incorporated into the series for the SOLE reason that they would give the show sex appeal. They're both soulless, slightly angry sex-machines that lonely 14 year-olds yearn for. Those two respectively disgraced the Borg and Vulcan motif forever.

[chicazul.livejournal.com]

Sorry I didn't make it tonight. I plan to attend events tomorrow.

Creepy how well I suit vacant-eyed stares.

smattering

[porphyre.livejournal.com]

I suspect Metrropolis is going to be the most popular. Last night's film was incredibly odd though. I want to rent it now to see what it's like with english subtitles.

[drcuriosity]

Some of those zombies were far hotter than the undead have any right to be.

[porphyre.livejournal.com]

The Carrie girl especially, I thought. It was almost disconcerning.

[kahoki.livejournal.com]

The did a really good job with the closer video, as you don't appreciate how much emotive material there was to go through in ST episodes until you see them high lighted like that.

[kahoki.livejournal.com]

That Zombie walk had quite a turn out - we had one recently here in Boston, so is it a particular date that folks or doing it, or local efforts by folks in the cities that are organizing them?

[porphyre.livejournal.com]

It's all local efforts, though we did match up with San Fran because it's more fun that way.

[cthonickimba.livejournal.com]

That hurt my brain.. well done.

[porphyre.livejournal.com]

I was pretty amazed.

Randomness often leads to smiles

[tibbles.livejournal.com]

Sometimes I'm amazed by the sheer enjoyment that can come from reading about the life of someone untouched by your own life.

While working, I was searching for Croquet photos (I make games, one of which will be a classic Croquet set) and I came across a group photo that I could not really make out (it was rather small in Google image search) that looked fairly classic. So, upon clicking through to it, I find a group of friends that looked to be having fun with Croquet, friends that happen to mostly be on LJ.

As usual when seeing links to a new LJ, I clicked on through... and proceeded to read for about a half hour, smiling the whole time. Thanks for writing what you've written, and reading what you have written has brought a little more enjoyment into an already enjoyable life.

Just a smile
not that much to ask
and if your heart has wings
its a simple little task
-Aaron Wedemeyer

Enjoy your life!

-Some random person named Dan

[porphyre.livejournal.com]

Hello Random Dan, glad you like it so much here. You're more than welcome to stick around. We haven't done flash croquet since last summer, but the set is still around. (It belongs to Angus and came fom his grandfather).

[tibbles.livejournal.com]

*laugh* just Dan will work fine, or any derivation thereof.

I think I'll add you to my friends list, and I'm confidant a few more of those smiles will appear in the future.

Lucky Canadians! Not having to live in the US and all that.