One iota of light, engulfed in darkness.
One spec, a morsel of stardust.
Floating through time and space.
One iota fending off the shadows, keeping away the demons of the night.
One iota falls upon a child's eye, inviting hope and courage to stay.
One iota of light gives passage to the new day.
One iota guide's men and women away.
One iota is all that is left, but it is enough.
A spark of love, a spark of youth and life.
Forever there is one iota.
One iota in heart, one iota in the sky, one iota in the past, present, and future.
Your mind, your soul will never let that iota go away.
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One Infinite
One infinite emptiness causing pain and suffering.
Timid soldiers going crazy in the night.
Emptiness in the heart, pouring out your soul, impossible to fill.
An empty sky loses your way.
Emptiness so vast it never sees the day.
Empty is the home when you are away.
No light, no shadows, no death, no wrong or right.
Emptiness is that sinking feeling.
Drowning out the life.
One infinite emptiness confuses the mind, one infinite emptiness is too much.
Forever there is one infinite emptiness spanning all of time.
Forever.
Let it be it can not be for you and for me.
Forget it, put it away.
One infinite emptiness must give way to the new day.
...and maybe some metaphors.
I was reading Stephen King's On Writing and he went on a rant about how there are so many crappy similes out there in the countless books he has read such as "strong like a tiger." I decided to fill a page in my book with some that I hoped to be better, though I'm not sure any of them are as powerful as "the room was as dark as a thousand assholes" (something King quoted). Here's my shot at a few.
- It was as cold as a snowman's ass in February.
- I lit a cigarette that tasted like a mechanic's handkerchief.
- The material was as stretchy as the cheese in a half-cooked hot pocket.
- It smells like that bag of dirty diapers you have sitting outside your back door.
- He makes you feel like you're the monkey in the middle all over again.
- The air here has that same damp shit smell as puppy breath.
- The music was as calming as sleeping in on a Sunday morning.
- The item has a sleek sex appeal like that of a New York woman.
- The temptation was as great as a girl that keeps calling you back again.
- It was as dark as the depths of the deepest buttcrack. (yes, ripped off the King)
- She was as angry as a bull in a windy red draped room.
- It gives you the same feeling in your chest that an awesome guitar riff provides.
- I was so nervous that my bones rattled like a glass table at a hip-hop concert.
- My bladder was so full and the sugar rush so intense I thought I would piss lightning.
- Her age was so apparent she looked like a battle scarred raisin.
- He was as frightened as an over-mothered chihuahua left alone with a pack of rottweilers.
- His face resembled strawberry fields and his hair was like a brand new toilet brush.
- Her lips felt like freshly oiled baby butt cheeks.
- She was as religious as a nun on Sunday.
- Monday morning creeps in like a curious boy.
- The words flew through my head like Paul McCartney was singing me a dream.
- You got me going like a big ol' dog nippin' at my ass.
- His voice is as dull as music before the sixties.
- As odd as a hippie doing a monochrome painting.
- As silent as a college town on a moonless Saturday night.
It would require a deep social understanding of each other. We would all have to be able to follow along and basically know what the person we are communicating with is going to say. We already know we can interpret writing this way because texting and chat rooms have their own shortened language that resembles an acronym process. We as people already have a large bank of acronyms in our minds that we understand. If we have the ability to do this, why don't we? Wouldn't it be more efficient?
Aye-ess-tee-bee-jee-tee-ache-oh-tee.
I seem to be getting the hang of this.
Success in creating a quicker direct human to human communication system could do wonders for the progression of society. It would require us to refine how we understand each other and change the process in which we teach children how to talk, read and write. I understand that there are more efficient languages than English, but even they could be improved. In the long run, wouldn't the effort be worth it? We have had large societal changes put in place before such as the current eco-friendly movement. Slowly and over time we are able to change our habits. Why don't we take on this challenge? Is this or a similar system possible?
I'm not sure what this is...poem, song or something like that. All I know is I wrote it and it is simply entitled Epic.
It was also heavily influenced by Dragonforce.
Through the fire and flames
we ride upon the blackest wings.
In your dreams beyond reality
we'll fight for a thousand days.
Crossing through the distance,
transcending throughout time.
Our eternal strength gives us
the will to traverse the impossible.
For freedom of every man we
battle this day away under the
red flames of everlasting dawn.
Riding the winds upon our ferocious
steeds soaring past victory and landing
upon the glory of a thousand men.
Eternal damnation awaits those
who lack the power to be standing
during the victorious hour. Our
strong march on and on to find
the fortitude to carry on. Crying
for the fallen heroes in unity we
stand. A forgotten land awaits our
pain. We travel the burning fields,
rising through the mountains of ash.
Forever we hold the dream inside.
--I will return soon...once I have an Internet connection.--
Last few weeks I've been busy traveling. I'll give you a quick recap of what I've been up to (I hate long blocks of text so I'll keep it as short as possible).
New York
A week long trip I took with the University of Oregon advertising crew to an event called The One Show. The One Show is an advertising competition/exhibition/presentation. It's a professional event but has aspects of it for college students too. It's all about meeting and greeting people in the ad world, visiting advertising agencies and showing off your work/portfolios to people to get advice and maybe an internship or a job. It was really fun and gave me a whole new perspective on the advertising world. I figured out where I want to go in the ad world (a very small agency) and I got to see work and people that both disappointed and inspired me.
Aside from the ad stuff, I grew up in the NYC area. It's been six years since I've been back and man it was great. Walking around the city was so much fun, and the food was amazingly delicious (you can't find better pizza or European food...except maybe in Europe). Sadly my home town in New Jersey wasn't quite what I remembered it to be like, but seeing some friends and relatives that I haven't talked to in a long time was a blast from the past. It was really cool seeing how everybody grew up, many way differently than expected.
All in all a very fun trip. I love NYC and the area. It was a great visit and I want to go back again, but I'd never want to move back there. Living out in Oregon, it just doesn't compare.
Sacramento
This last weekend some friends and I went to the Sacramento Jazz Festival. I've been there once before and both times were very enjoyable. The weather wasn't as cooperative as it could have been this time, but it didn't damper my mood. Old Town Sacramento was crammed full of people all weekend. There were bands playing all over town: whether on a field, on a boat, in a restaurant, walking down the street or in elaborate ballrooms. Music was to be everywhere and it was fantastic. My favorite music to dance to is swing and lots of the bands played it. My girlfriend Jill and I had some good dancing times. Thankfully Sacramento now has an In N Out Burger in town...yum.
Now
I'm back in Eugene and I've got lots of work to do as I finish up the last couple weeks of my college career. Presentations, papers, exams and campaigns. I did get to see Indiana Jones IV and I loved it. I heard lots of people complain about the movie being too weird, but I think it fits well with the other movies having ghosts, melting faces and magic rocks. Luckily my wide-brimmed fedora came in the mail just in time for the release.
Accoutrement? What is that sh*t?
I'm sure most of you know about the NYC Freeze Demonstration.
Today I was part of something very similar. It was for an ad team that is going to do a business pitch in NY in the One Show competition (where I will be all of next week). A group of several dozen people walked out onto campus with hidden bags of Doritos, and at a time where we all congregated at an intersection we all pulled out our bags of Doritos, held them high and froze. We were probably frozen for a good minute and a half.
During the freeze we heard shouts, many of which were like "gross!" and "ew trans fats." The funniest thing of all though is that some young woman ran by us, leaped and stole one of the bags and then ran off with it. It was great!
After the freeze we opened all the bags and started munching away furiously, then in unison we broke apart and went in our own directions. Some of us were stopped by people asking for some Doritos though. Most were foreigners, and it seemed like they had never tried Doritos before. One kid even got super excited and said he wanted to get into advertising, heh.
A few bicyclists had to adjust their routes since we were in their way, but their were no causalities during the event other than the kidnapped bag of chips =/
It was fun.
I tried several times to scan my face in a way that represented how I felt about a certain thing. Now my eyes hurt and I didn't settle on any of the scans.
Go me.
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