defconnexion

Okay so a friend and I are trying to put together a little SG shindig at the Blu Razz and while I don't need much help with the logistics I do need help meeting and getting in touch with local members who'd be interested in getting together for drinking, dancing and calamari. So, any Chicagoland peoples interested in good food, drinks and times should let...
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I miss tapes. Magnetic cassettes. Memorex. I miss that. Mixing them. I used to daisy chain my VCR (wiki it) through my tuner and turntable into my tape deck so I could sample my collection of bad anime and old records onto mix tapes that would take hours of effort to compile and record. This isn't some kind of rant about the evils of iTunes...
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Everything. Is so. fast

It is said that the chakras are best aligned towards creation in these morning hours and I can feel the wheels turning now, as I do most every day around this time; this is so much wasted motion. The stories that unwind between my synaptic lights are pages in the wind and my hand is rarely steady enough to pluck them from the sky and...
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This Summer I'm going to spend time in the grass, on my back, picking out shapes in the clouds. I'm going to stop whatever I'm doing to look up and trace the white streams of turbulance that passing jets leave in the blue sky. I'm going to wave to ducks, especially the ones with the shiny green heads. I'll be a little more tolerant to...
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This morning I had an existential crisis while I ate my breakfast. Actually, the proverbial bolt from the blue struck while I was spreading the cream cheese on my toasted bagel and I realised that I would be at work in less than an hour, wasting my time in order to barely get by and I immediately lambasted myself internally before pouring myself a glass...
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Hey everybody, I'm just popping on to wish you all the best in your endeavours. I know I'm pretty freaking terrible at this whole communication thing which is especially sad since I'm such a raging Gemini, but every now and then I have to let you all know how incredibly blessed I am to know you. Chances are, if you're reading this, then I mean...
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One of my earliest memories is of selling my soul. Some people will tell you that they remember seeing their mother's face that first time or the first word that they uttered but my memory starts in church. King James Bible Baptist church in Des Plaines, to be specific. I vaguely recall the train ride from my birthplace of Pensacola, Florida to Chicago, where I...
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I'm a Gnostic. I know this now because the voice of God spoke to me this morning and told me that my life would suck pure Hell until I went back to sleep tonight. Then it laughed at me. Normally I would disregard such an obvious episode of schizophrenia and try to squeeze in another half an hour of sleep before forcing myself to get...
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Nature played a cruel trick on me last weekend, when I flew out to San Francisco and the weather here in Chicago decided it would be warmer still than on the West. Nevertheless, I had a fantastic time and I won't pretend to ignore my friend's offer to help me find a new job out there. New things brewing. You know, ever since a few...
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