GenGris

ah. last minute things to do at work.

i sneaked off for some rest time

(before i lose my cool)

some people have to be cajoled into doing their work

i dont see why.

ah well, i wish it were Sunday already

and all this planning hassles were over...

and no new book to bring up to Baguio.

and my bag is full of stuff.

i hate it when i have to bring a suit. =P

and "formal" wear.... so bulky...

*waves... enjoy the rest of the week - and the weekend

this will have to be my weekend message too

as it will be Monday when i can get back to this forum

Always good to read this thread after one has been away

and catch up on STH things

I hope you caught some Zs, Josh.

I know how hard they are to catch...

but I'm told the approach should be that of a fisherman

instead of a hunter ...

i've been very busy, and next week promises to be the same

i dislike having to scramble for money

(not for me, the office planning session)

and having to reallocate funds

i hope that's done now.

i'm leaving for the "mountains" (city of Baguio, really)

on my Wednesday morning and

should be back by Saturday afternoon

no internet during that time... (orders)

i havent packed yet.

reports indicate that it is very cold

mayhap i shall have pics for some of you who are curious

although it is a planning session (and it is work!)

(where i do all the facilitating and summary work)

i plan to relax at night...

hmmm. i hope i can now get your (dogpoet) book at the store

i have to have a new book there... to read

hmmm... the last time i was there in that camp

i was a toddler so i practically wont recognize anything

**

I've done all my Christmas shopping

except for my favorite nephew

since his favorite thing is just coming out this weekend

... it's a pokemon deck - used for gaming

but my other nephew is in charge for purchasing it

(i dont play the game)

and my brother has sent a Christmas box.

i wonder what he sent me...

i asked for shoes - walking shoes...

so i know he got those

but he said there's a surprise...

HMMM...

i havent "geared" the house for the holidays

that means changing all the curtains and pillows

home always dresses up for Christmas

(and well, my birthday too

but it is snuggled right smack in the middle of the Holidays)

everyone take care and have a good weekend.

and you Josh, i hope you get some sleep.

Sleep is so precious.

Josh - hey, you're finally catching some additional Zs.

That's good.

Warm wishes to Claire and Andy on their new homes.

and have a good weekend everybody.

and just in case i dont get here between today and Halloween --

Have fun on Halloween!

i went to an herbal garden over the weekend.

i got some sweet basil - 4 pots

so we can make pesto!

i also bought a bunch of other herbs

but i wont be taking care of those... either.

i dont have a lot of free time for outside stuff

(in this case gardening stuff)

although i enjoy the smells and sights of the garden...

yes, i may echo Trace, which state, andy?

nevada has no state tax, which makes it a nice state.

one only has to pay Federal taxes ... right, goblin?

it was terribly nice to sleep in today. no work.

i should do my work here at home,

but i really feel absolutely lazy.

i have to do 2 things really.

summarize the 2007 plans and wrap up the 2006 anniv expenses.

but really, i feel lazy and would just rather laze around.

=P

there's work tomorrow.

i always catch myself about to sigh, goblin -

i keep rememberng that quote so i really refrain...

i dont have a green thumb

unless you mean green differently

so i have no suggestions.

my aunt, who lives with me

loves the garden

she's there EVERY day, i swear.

i just manage the supplies...

buying the plants (especially the orchids)

hiring a guy for doing the hard stuff

(especially after storms here...)

there are two plants i really like

our sampaguita and our cashmere bouquet

the smell is just glorious at dusk....

bermuda grass is sort of welcome here....

as lawn grass... if we're referring to the same thing.

i have to check what happened to my sister's aloe vera plants

very good pics Charlie.

i'm glad they're still up.

and Lou! i see what Charlie meant..

I didnt recognize Spidey's tshirt.

but i like your pics

and Ben... Hobie. huh?

arent you much cuter than that guy anyways?

good to hear from you Ben.

I visit your dA every now and then

and I like the "new" stuff.

Josh - that is good news.

and maybe keeping your hands busy is just the right thing

i wasnt depressed by felt an enormous sense of accomplishment

when i was able to dispose of a box of stuff.

i might do something similar this weekend.

Jas - so much advice. ('',)

i know you'll manage.

if you havent rushed before, why should you now?

if anything, i'm happy for you.

miss you though.

I like.

particularly the fantasy setting of the pieces

and good to hear that the health issues are resolved

and you are back to creating

good for you Jas.

and dont be such a cynic Christian.

how are you Josh?

hope your anxieties are settled...

sound advice from dogpoet, jas

or if you need to pound on somethng

no gym nearby?

hit a punchbag or something equally lumpy

or punch a pillow repeatedly if that helps..

if a violent release is what you are after ....

the john con fic inspired by goblin's sketch

is in g-spot.

just one?

goblin's pic inspired this very short piece

which is why this is here, and his pic is also in this post...

he had first digs at this, otherwise you guys wouldnt see it here.

but it remains largely unedited (meaning i didnt re-read it after i wrote it

i sent it to goblin... and now it's here, in the same raw form as the rest

of my assigs.

Death Shadow

Dawn noticed the light slowly destroying the darkness. It was her time. Dawn. The time she was born, and she looked at the man she had been told to watch.

“But, “ she asked herself, “what does watch mean?”

Did it mean that she could do something to protect him, or did that mean she would idly watch as the forces of darkness attempted to destroy him, or make use of him. She should have asked, but one only listened and followed, and tried to make sense of the directions as best as one can.

The man. A special man. He walked the thin line between yesterday and tomorrow, between the light and the darkness. He knew both, and both respected and scorned the two. And how he played with both.

She knew she delighted in this contrary man. A man who walked with death as his shadow, and yet, somehow never lose the light. “How does he do it?”

She smiled, thinking “he does truck more with one than the other, but then they tend to truck more with him, too. He shoves even as he is shoved. A brave man. Too brave.”

She laughed and wondered why he could not sense her. He could feel the others, even the Gray Walker, so why not her? Or did he simply choose to ignore her. But surely he did not have that kind of personality, he was the type who would confront her, rather than not know. So that meant he could not sense her, not yet. But then she hadnt made any noticeable move yet. He hadnt gotten himself in any hole that needed any interference from her, yet. Besides, she had noticed the Gray Walker paying him attention.

John was quietly asleep, still dressed in his clothes. He did not have time to change but had flung himself on the bed. In repose his face was tranquil, free from the troubles he mostly flung himself in. Free from the knowledge that death touched him in ways she couldn’t understand. Death was there, standing in the shadows, clenching and unclenching his hands, having allowed John the rare break.

Death looked at her. And she met his gaze unflinchingly.

“John is mine.”

Laughter from her. “So you think.”

John stirred, and both turned their eyes to look at him. Death was ready to clasp his shoulders once again but Dawn shook her head and John settled into sleep once again, the lines on his face once again disappearing.

“Did you do that?”

Dawn merely smiled, and Death, in the face of that stunning smile, chose to voluntarily withdraw his question and both looked at the man in bed, seeing not merely his face and his body, but his past.

Death savored the many deaths this man has wrought and witnessed. Such a bloody past, friends lost to battles with dark forces, and loves sacrificed. A man alone. Just him and the darkness for company.

Dawn looked at her charge. She saw the many unknown lives he saved, simply because he felt it was the thing to do. Not for fame or glory or riches, but because he could, and there was no one else. She saw his sneer, yet felt his singleness, and knew it was not wholly by choice but rather by necessity. She felt his strength because there was nothing else and no one else. She saw how much of an idiot he could be, and how erratic his judgement was when he was clouded in emotional strain, and how the needs of the many and the one should be weighed, and how he wrestled with the strain of his past and his future.

Few saw John for what he is. Most saw him as he wanted to appear, or as he was. But Dawn saw him in his naked truth, stripped to his purpose, both the good, and the evil, and the determination to carve his own path to his truth, as he saw it. And Dawn knew that somewhere along the way, she would know why she was chosen to watch him.

hello to everyone.

i seem to be freezing all the time....

i havent the foggiest idea why i should be

when i live in a tropical country!

(okay, so i'm in the office all day. so?)

i just wrote something that goblin's john pic

inspired me to do. he gets first digs.

well ... end of october...

no one watches cartoon channel?

halloween night allnight on oct 31?

october is when they start showing ghost stories

or stories with dark themes...

i do alternate the anime channel with the cartoon one. *winks*

so, appropriate for october.

the shade = death V ghost

V what-have-you fearsome thing.

oh. the V stands for "or". logic diagrams?

i really like it. dark theme.

appropriate for october?

and no announcement?

i like that shadow effect

(as if death stalks him... or fear)

and the expression on John's face

reminds me of Sess....

a strange indifference to the dark claws on his arms

as if he could shrug it off.. if he really wanted to

i am reminded of this line

many fears are born of dark imaginings....

i want this week to be so over.

particularly since last week sort of flew by

without any conscious effort on my part

it was nice to hear from Selkie

and discover a few things

i was "bragging" to someone that after "endless" procrastinating

i was finally able to dispose of 2 boxes of stuff

although it wiped out a lot of my strength and time

and i did have to forgo a party to do it, still it was done

an achievement i shall remember.

and now to finish this other stuff i've been dragging my feet on

the thing is, i need some inspiration.....

hmmm.... i wonder where to pick up some...

stations of the cross.

should i have posted this elsewhere?

i was actually in the comic shop

doing something else (getting a dvd ...)

the salesperson saw me and recognized me

(i have no idea why she recognized me -

the last time i was there, i was looking for anime/manga)

and she told me they had stations of the cross

so i ambled over and got it

but when i got home

i just stared at it and havent opened it yet

maybe tonight

i wasnt in the right mood to read john con ...

and i want to go home now and sleep

which is weird, cause i slept at 10:00 pm, woke up at 7:15am

and that, is amazing, for me.

Selkie did have scenario 2.

she posted the pics last year.

hmmm.

maybe she'll post the pics for this year's halloween thing again

haha.

creepy has reformed. he's much nicer now.

no more leering....

and oh. i discovered Inu Yasha the other weekend.

(didnt i pm you on this?)

ended up getting the series dvd and the movies

(need to get 1 more to complete the thing) =)

and having a lot of laughs

i do have to do something for a challenge

er, you had none for the raccoons.

as for the therapist, well ....

was never one for chugging junk so...

I hope your Dad's okay, Josh.

People around that age take some time having bones knit well.

I dont know much about raccoons either, Christian

but Josh's advice sounds pretty good.

Hello Jas. and everyone.

just wanted to say.. have a good weekend, everyone

=P

Christian!

I meant that i hadnt the luxury of sleeping in

and staying in bed (the thought of it though ....)

i did nap at lunch, about 15 minutes worth of eternity.

Tony B -

Gregory Peck. I like that guy.

Even in ...."Boys in Brazil"?

Mick -

sorry, no cure-all at this end.

i have all your aches and pains,

and i cant sleep on top of that

and i'm at work....