Frosted Future

More thoughts, strung together ... no pattern. Snapshots from year 36.

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Black eyes. Clean floors. Pizza. A full glass of chianti. Cloudy days. Sunshine. Hurricanes, tornadoes and other natural disasters. The existence of god, or "God." Satanists. Demons. Werewolves. Babies. Lightning. Drowning. Skin cancer. Nine years. The end of something. Infinity. Dirty fingers. The Onion. Metallica's "Fade to Black." Naked breasts. Singles. Singles between naked breasts. The cruelty of zippers. Empty water bottles. The confidence to name one's son "Basil."

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The stupidity of horse racing. Animal carcasses on conveyor belts. Bloody hooks. A $30 steak. Sushi. Broccoli. "Chick'n." Refried beans. Infantile jokes. Poems. Poets. Haiku. Tabi shoes --- "Footwear for ninjas! Buy now!" People draped in shadow. 9/11. President Taft. Sea monsters. Skullcaps. Firecrackers. Sparklers. Shaggy blankets. Orgasms. Origami. Salami. John the Baptist's head on a silver platter. Third shift at the local 7-Eleven. This. Vinyl records. Mohawks. Safety pins. Orange cones in the road, knocked over. Blank stares. Hockey pucks. Shoelaces. Feathery branches. Podcasts. Learning Russian. "Vodku." Ivan Drago. Calendar pages turning too quickly. Bank accounts. An empty wallet. Living in a cardboard box.

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The definition of "future considerations." NPR. Trigonometry. Ira Glass. "All Things Considered." Signifying monkeys. Costa Rica. Elbows. Warts. Skin tags. Surgery ... "with no anesthesia / Feel the knife pierce you intensely." Not-yet-written books about charcoal. Kaiser Chiefs. Kaiser rolls. Cheesesteaks. Arteries. An early death. Fat men. Napkins. Cobblestone streets. Hanging gardens. Iraq. The letter "Q." Pleases and thank yous. Voodoo. Reticulated pythons. Stitches. Driftwood. Kicks to the groin.

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A broken orbital bone. Steve Larmer. Book signings. Wyoming. Cool breezes. The thrumming loudness of silence. (It exists.) "Teenagers from Mars." (And we don't care!) Guys named Tor and Oleg. Wasabi. Cartoons about barbarians. Giant spiders. IMdB. The fact that flies have to vomit on their food in order to eat it. The irrelevance of Marilyn Monroe ... or Marilyn Manson, for that matter. Kids named "Chicago." Surfing. Sunburn. Sand crabs. Barbecues on the beach. Scrimscaw. Graverobber telling me "Zydrate comes in a little glass vial / A little glass vial? / A little glass vial." The Oregon coast. Time.

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Piano lessons. Harvey Keitel. Piano lessons with a nude Harvey Keitel. Sorrow. Crying. Obituaries. "Falling Down" starring Michael Douglas. Thrash metal. Trash cans. Forearms. Receding hairlines. Bankers. BMWs. Biostatistics. Shrimp cocktail. Anything fried. Eastern newts in the "red eft" phase. Newspapers. "Rad" --- the best '80s movie ever made. Lavender. Vermont. Fried cheese. Mountains. Nepal. Freezing to death. Finding oneself. Conquering nature. Conquering fear. Conquering the self. Accomplishing something. Finding contentment.