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34 posts from July 2009

07/29/2009

A Pain in the Choas

By Marcus Riedner

Most people just do not understand what it is like to have someone else give you your super power. I had no choice in the matter, I made a simple slip of the tongue, a small typo on my blog and before I knew it I had the full power of the Choas.

07/26/2009

Broken Genie

By Haley Moore

I still owe the Cafe an apology - one I plan to deliver, if they ever let me in there again. In my defense, I really did think it was something in the coffee at first; some cocktail of LSD and speed with maybe a dash of roofie to make me zone out. But I didn't touch the coffee, of course, between that first sip and the nightmare start, running my pen in a little white trench in a book with a blood-red cover.

Distracted

By Jay Bushman

I didn’t notice anything on the first day. I was always good at blocking out distractions and focusing on the task at hand. And putting your own needs to the side for the sake of the work is a necessary corporate survival skill.

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07/25/2009

my.. insectile.. tongue...

By netwurker

layar 1: twitch-city. yawning.left eyelid's all gummed up. blah.

[layar 2: [lock-N-load]turn[key]ing ova + scratching. scratch...i...n.....g......wot?]

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Anniversary

By Ancalime

So many of us changed last year, but why are we all so different? Lacking any other common thread, so far the evidence seems to point to a strong minority of the affected being changed in a way that wasn't entirely alien to them, but rather something to which they'd previously already had an affinity.

Well, then I start to ask myself...have we experienced a true singularity, and are now dealing with an entirely new playbook when it comes to the laws of physics?

...Or do we just have more to discover?

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Woe is Cuspid

By Hollow Bastion

Argh! Is there anybody more frustrated than me at the moment?! I think not. I-THINK-NOT, Sir!

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The Chance Encounter

By Dena Grabinar 

So, let’s start with some advice. If you value your sanity, trust me on this: never, ever, sleep with a god. Not even a minor one. Major, minor, local or pan-universal, it really makes no difference. They are the beginning and end of all trouble. I should know.

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Into the Treetop

By Matt Phillips

I'll never forget the night last summer when I woke up in a tree.

I hadn't been sleeping well at all in the past week. It was this recurring dream. Someone was holding me upside down outside of a window on the 90th floor of the Empire State Building, demanding information about stolen jewelry or something. I never gave them any information; after all, I was innocent! So, down I go, falling, falling... until I woke up in a cold sweat.

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The truth is hard to swallow

By Martin Gleason

I've kept this from my friends and family long enough, but with the events of two weeks ago, I can no longer keep it a secret.

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Insomniac

By Andrea Phillips

Yes, I read about the Insomniac in the papers, too. --Actually, I know her, can you believe it? We went to high school together. Yeah, for real.

I can't decide if I want to look at diamonds or sapphires today. It's for a blue gown, but I wouldn't want to be too matchy-matchy, you know? Why don't you take them all out so I can see?

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