A Conflict of Minds
"Why would you want this?" "Because." "Just because?" "Because I want..." "What, to escape accountability? Responsibility? Animals have those things too." "Leaving aside for a moment that human beings 'ARE' animals to begin with..." "But that's...
Dysfunctia
Jericho's Walls have withstood the pre-prescribed treatment... Shut out and buried, weary and miserable strides Through the dark of deplorable summers and long frozen winters Depression... Insecurity... ANXIETY. Being born in a human's skin,...
Captain Troubleshoot and the Flight to Hades: Chapter Two
It was not yer usual skyport. Unlike the one in Atlanta, all tha shopping was put in tha middle fer tha most part, yaknow? It's like a little mall! A little mall to tha big mall, ya? Ya. Yeah. Yes. It was not your usual skyport. Fireproof, water...
Captain Troubleshoot and the Flight to Hades: Not Yer Usual Counter
With her manly shoulders Lynn carried her backpack. It was loaded in the front, not behind. It looked like a feminine dad was carrying a kid, at least at first glance. Card in hand, Lynn smiled, eager to take her first class seat on this...
Duality
_What must we endure, to be 'us'?_ "I don't know. I don't know." There is a divide, between who you are, and your ideal self: the you inside the shell. _Look in the mirror, but you won't see me._ "I know, I know! There is little I can do but...
Spirit Bound: Chi
It is the name of a philosophy of the east, but for us in the west, it is oft confused with religion, for philosophy as the greeks taught us is different than philosophy as the great teachers of the east taught them.
The System
Once upon a time, there was a rock, indiscernible from millions of other rocks in the world, with approximately two hundred woodlice living underneath it. Woodlice that don't live in wood (as their name would suggest) sound interesting. They are not....
Because I sympathized with animals...
This thing came to pass where I was envious. This thing came to pass where I thought I was not free. This thing came to pass where I saw people were not free. I perceived there to be some great shame, was I wrong? I was ashamed of my own...
Owning My Humanity -- Idealization
Bestiality. Do I find animals sexually attractive? It's a weird question. I don't find... living things, attractive. Not even humans. Maybe once. Maybe when I had hope for a successful romance, I snuggled and hugged--maybe at one point I even craved...
Owning My Humanity -- Commitment
"Eventually we all have to make commitments to the things we hold dear, or risk losing them entirely." I had thought about this, and questioned--'do I value being a person'? On the one hand, you have expression, art, communion with friends and...
Impulse
Do you know that feeling when you're standing knee-deep in quicksand, and you know that if you don't do something, you'll drown? No, you've probably never really been in actual quicksand, but think about it. We've all been in a situation where time was...
Purgatory
Pull me through the cracked ice that lay beneath my feet. Let me fall with what I created. Is it not too late to turn back? Will the cracks that spread themselves around me last to hold my mistakes? I used to have time, but I waited too long. I...