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Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:17:27 -0500

Here At the End of All Things - Chapter 2

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:37:56 -0500

Previously

A few of the camp-dwellers could easily be seen from the mountain ridge above as they scurried quietly among the weathered tents in the pre-dawn light, preparing for another day to be spent avoiding the deadly heat while rummaging for food. The last several years in this small corner of the valley had been slowly catching up to them; supplies had long been depleted, and hunting parties in search of the few remaining specimens of anemic mule deer and coyotes had to search farther and wider every day with lower and lower rates of success. These camp-dwellers, like other camp- and cave-dwellers scattered about the seemingly endless desert, had not seen horses in the area for years. It had taken their predecessors decades of searching to finally arrive at this location near what they called the Hoarding Tower, and the modes of convenient transportation they had started out with had all, one by one, fallen to the wayside when fuel or feed could no longer be gotten. A handful of tired mules and several dozen skittish goats were all the wealth that this camp possessed. They were no longer nomadic because they had arrived at their destination here in this furnace of a valley. The newer generation now carried their ancestors’ torch for the only hope for their kind.

marleymarley shows us how the other half lives … and dies … at Too Many Cooks.

I could use a good slap across the face right now, and only two of you (one especially), understand why (I need a good slap across the face).

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:58:13 -0500

(via jmarie3)

Stop it, you’re getting me excited!

;)

Antsy.

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:06:26 -0500

lilykily:

I am fine with being home now on a Saturday night. In a home that I love and the kids I gave birth to running around and are making me laugh fairly constantly. I have the Internet and a glass of wine and I just ate a beautiful meal my husband cooked and I am feeling contented and full. Pretty happy.

Just there is an element of friction I am itching for…something my inner wild goofball is clawing out and saying “Hey? What about me? Let’s go out and do stuff!”

I know you. You are indeed felt, but I wish you would go away already. You are a burden to carry.

But my inner party still is antsy. And makes me nutsy. As USALLY.

sigh.

My inner party crasher understands and sympathizes. But rthen I look over at the little man in the playpen drinking from his bottle and hooting “Yay!” at the silly cartoon on Qubo, and the voice of my inner party crasher gets a lot quieter. :)

sufferbus: ali-sin: I’m-a Sorry cries

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:40:49 -0500

sufferbus:

ali-sin:

I’m-a Sorry

*cries*

… okay then.

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 13:00:29 -0500

… okay then.

You ever been on the fence about someone, going back and forth between liking them and not liking them and then one day they do something that makes it so much easier to call them a dick and move on?

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 12:24:18 -0500

inthefade:

So that just happened.

Jeez, I’ve hardly been here this morning.

Elvis Costello, “Baby Plays Around” Great moments...

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:11:14 -0500

Elvis Costello, “Baby Plays Around”

Great moments from the Spike album, part 3

Elvis Costello, “Deep Dark Truthful Mirror” Great...

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 09:50:35 -0500

Elvis Costello, “Deep Dark Truthful Mirror”

Great moments from the Spike album, part 2.

Elvis Costello, “Veronica” One of Mr....

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 09:46:05 -0500

Elvis Costello, “Veronica”

One of Mr. MacManus’ best songe, with an assist from a certain Mr. McCartney.

More Joni—“Turbulent Indigo”

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 09:31:48 -0500

More Joni—“Turbulent Indigo”

Joni Mitchell, “Help Me”

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 09:11:24 -0500

Joni Mitchell, “Help Me”

And our Mellow Sounds Of The Seventies parade coninues: Tom...

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 08:59:00 -0500

And our Mellow Sounds Of The Seventies parade coninues: Tom Rush, “Urge For Going”

James Taylor, “Sweet Baby James” A lullaby for my...

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 08:55:38 -0500

James Taylor, “Sweet Baby James”

A lullaby for my son, who is in my arms right now struggling against naptime. ;)

Paul Simon, ft. Ladysmith Black Mambazzo, “Diamonds On the...

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 08:45:00 -0500

Paul Simon, ft. Ladysmith Black Mambazzo, “Diamonds On the Soles Of Her Shoes”

Another song I never, ever get tired of.

The Rolling Stones, “Can’t You Hear Me...

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 08:38:49 -0500

The Rolling Stones, “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking”

Throw me down the keys!

My lusty son, with how many women have you had sexual relations?

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 08:27:51 -0500

My lusty son, with how many women have you had sexual relations?:

Graffiti from Pompeii, featuring such gems as:

I.2.20 (Bar/Brothel of Innulus and Papilio); 3932: Weep, you girls. My penis has given you up. Now it penetrates men’s behinds. Goodbye, wondrous femininity!

I.10.4 (near the rear entrance vestibule of the House of Menander); 8356: At Nuceria, look for Novellia Primigenia near the Roman gate in the prostitute’s district.

II.2.3 (Bar of Athictus; right of the door); 8442: I screwed the barmaid

III.5.3 (on the wall in the street); 8898: Theophilus, don’t perform oral sex on girls against the city wall like a dog

V.5 (just outside the Vesuvius gate); 6641: Defecator, may everything turn out okay so that you can leave this place

VIII.2 (in the basilica); 1816: Epaphra, you are bald!

IX.5.18 (House of Hercules and Nessus; beside the door of house); 5112: Learn this: while I am alive, you, hateful death, are coming.

Back when they didn’t have tumblr, they had to make do with a stylus and a wall.

Ten Years After, “I’d Love To Change the...

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 08:18:19 -0500

Ten Years After, “I’d Love To Change the World”

Alvin Lee, Passing the buck for 40 years now …

Jethro Tull, “Locomotive Breath” That flute solo is...

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 08:01:00 -0500

Jethro Tull, “Locomotive Breath”

That flute solo is one of the scariest, most manic things I have ever heard in a classic rock song.

Edited to add: I should not post things before I have had sufficient coffee to induce me to fucking proof-read them.

*facepalm*

sufferbus: colibriazul: The Velvet Underground- Sweet...

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 07:46:18 -0500

sufferbus:

colibriazul:

The Velvet Underground- Sweet Jane

ARB. I run hot and cold on Lou Reed, but I never tire of this song.

Doctor Weirdbeard's Eclectic Emporium

Does this look infected to you?

Here At the End of All Things - Chapter 2

I could use a good slap across the face right now, and only two of you (one especially), understand why (I need a good slap across the face).

Antsy.

sufferbus: ali-sin: I’m-a Sorry *cries*

… okay then.

You ever been on the fence about someone, going back and forth between liking them and not liking them and then one day they do something that makes it so much easier to call them a dick and move on?

Elvis Costello, “Baby Plays Around” Great moments...

Elvis Costello, “Deep Dark Truthful Mirror” Great...

Elvis Costello, “Veronica” One of Mr....

More Joni—“Turbulent Indigo”

Joni Mitchell, “Help Me”

And our Mellow Sounds Of The Seventies parade coninues: Tom...

James Taylor, “Sweet Baby James” A lullaby for my...

Paul Simon, ft. Ladysmith Black Mambazzo, “Diamonds On the...

The Rolling Stones, “Can’t You Hear Me...

My lusty son, with how many women have you had sexual relations?

Ten Years After, “I’d Love To Change the...

Jethro Tull, “Locomotive Breath” That flute solo is...

sufferbus: colibriazul: The Velvet Underground- Sweet...

sufferbus: ali-sin: I’m-a Sorry cries