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Lagrangian
entry 927, posted by ryan on fri, jul 11, 2008 at 12:39:47 cdt

TEA
GEE
EYE
ROBOTS


Decay


implement
entry 926, posted by ryan on thu, jun 26, 2008 at 23:33:54 cdt
chairs
welcome to the future!
make yourself comfortable.

farming


ending
entry 925, posted by ryan on fri, jun 13, 2008 at 18:16:18 cdt
door
so weird.

whimper


blueish
entry 924, posted by ryan on wed, jun 11, 2008 at 23:28:03 cdt
moon
unemployed,
between jobs.
bridges weren't burned;
they were dismantled long ago
(not necessarily by me).
maybe they never were?
calm-tacular done-ness!
everything is paradoxical.

silver


multi-
entry 923, posted by ryan on fri, jun 06, 2008 at 01:52:56 cdt
every corner unclean
every step missed

point


crunchy
entry 922, posted by ryan on thu, jun 05, 2008 at 11:22:53 cdt
nerds
JACKPOT++

shells


now
entry 921, posted by ryan on wed, may 28, 2008 at 19:59:37 cdt
flower
things are happening!

ords


imp
entry 920, posted by ryan on mon, may 19, 2008 at 14:24:31 cdt
you know how it feels to look for a needle in a haystack?
imagine what it's like for the needle.

athic


more
entry 919, posted by ryan on mon, may 12, 2008 at 13:51:28 cdt
no stipulations or weighted composites.
can your friends pass the turing test?
how about your workmates?
zero out your empire's memory and
destroy business continuity
for the good of the proles.

equal


hay,
entry 918, posted by ryan on mon, may 05, 2008 at 21:54:20 cdt


World War You

whit!?


unusual
entry 917, posted by ryan on tue, apr 29, 2008 at 23:53:39 cdt
service with a smile RTFM.
admit it: nobody knows a damned thing.
just look!

business


quick
entry 916, posted by ryan on sun, apr 27, 2008 at 00:59:13 cdt
tell me a story about taxes or insurance.
i've got to sleep sometime.

shower


lucky
entry 915, posted by ryan on tue, apr 22, 2008 at 00:05:54 cdt
blur

aaaahhh, restaurantarians!

chickens


one
entry 914, posted by ryan on wed, apr 09, 2008 at 18:31:23 cdt
hole
(it's all closer than you think)

singularity


sooo
entry 912, posted by ryan on fri, apr 04, 2008 at 18:43:29 cdt
condiment museum
akron, ohio
one to three for five


boss


ey!
entry 911, posted by ryan on tue, apr 01, 2008 at 11:33:36 cdt
steal intangibles,
opportunities abound.
the resolution
will be telegraphed.

moral!


WORK
entry 910, posted by ryan on fri, mar 28, 2008 at 20:44:21 cdt
there is no time, free time.
demangle all content, untangle definitions.
how do you explain concepts without using concepts?
don't! no notion!
plain language: speak it.

THAT!


little
entry 909, posted by ryan on tue, mar 25, 2008 at 18:58:14 cdt
lay close
lag behind
lie low
lop off
lug ideas
let be

snag


neck
entry 908, posted by ryan on wed, mar 19, 2008 at 12:10:19 cdt
the bowels of the workweek are spilt all over the floor.
i didn't have a headache when i got here,
but i've certainly attained one since.
be careful - your ennui is showing.

throb


uno
entry 907, posted by ryan on tue, mar 18, 2008 at 23:01:56 cdt
some days,
you just
step into reality
like a puddle.

thimble


brittle
entry 906, posted by ryan on mon, mar 17, 2008 at 18:51:20 cdt
oh, charming blamer!
we can't fix each other!
accept it!

truths


good
entry 905, posted by ryan on fri, mar 14, 2008 at 21:13:19 cdt
stupid ghosts,
what do you know?!

uncle


zee
entry 903, posted by ryan on tue, mar 11, 2008 at 10:27:31 cdt
the illusion is everything!

live


non
entry 902, posted by ryan on thu, mar 06, 2008 at 15:14:50 cst
previous attempts at
fashioning ideals
were rendered
unnecessary.
things are right
just as they are.
things are just,
things just are!

censured


through
entry 901, posted by ryan on mon, mar 03, 2008 at 14:53:05 cst
local regionalia
breeds unfightable
tiny rebellions,
never complete.

fording


lettuce
entry 900, posted by ryan on mon, feb 25, 2008 at 11:04:39 cst
fucking fish

are you there god? it's me, jesus.
i need a loan.

prey


yeah,
entry 899, posted by ryan on sun, feb 24, 2008 at 15:26:11 cst

okay,

sure!


didn't
entry 898, posted by ryan on mon, feb 18, 2008 at 11:45:02 cst
there is no battlefield!
there is no battle!

create


green
entry 897, posted by ryan on wed, feb 13, 2008 at 21:44:07 cst
i'm out of ideas
and hot chocolate.

lite


on
entry 896, posted by ryan on mon, feb 11, 2008 at 11:13:20 cst
my president is a wolf.
you mess with her babies,
she'll eat your fucking face.
one percent force,
ninety nine finesse.

tape


clamor
entry 895, posted by ryan on sun, feb 10, 2008 at 00:08:22 cst
telepolio

there is a halo
that only
you and i can see.
we're in the middle.

now


destro!
entry 894, posted by ryan on fri, feb 08, 2008 at 14:01:44 cst
that coffee tasted like fireworks;
i'm seeing red?

zartan!


ecstatically
entry 893, posted by ryan on mon, feb 04, 2008 at 12:32:52 cst
oh my goodness!

unperturbed


little
entry 892, posted by ryan on fri, feb 01, 2008 at 15:47:00 cst
days -
three to five of them.
how am i supposed to function?
like a normal?

buddy


you
entry 891, posted by ryan on wed, jan 30, 2008 at 21:42:13 cst
ontological heuristics
heap earth-alteringly recessive tendencies
atop lethargic locals,
always flitting laxly upon tottering toils experienced recursively.

see.


robbit
entry 890, posted by ryan on tue, jan 29, 2008 at 22:15:15 cst
scattergories mother fucker.

ohshit


no
entry 889, posted by ryan on mon, jan 28, 2008 at 17:54:46 cst
context is everything
but most situations
are better off
with none

making


keep
entry 888, posted by ryan on mon, jan 28, 2008 at 09:51:49 cst
the damnable task of playing to lowered expectations
is a curse perpetrated by people like me on ourselves,
like werewolfism or explosive diarrhea.
what in the name of g_d do you think you're doing?
oh. that's fine then.

jumping


s'love,
entry 887, posted by ryan on fri, jan 25, 2008 at 13:13:38 cst
categories, segregations
are devoid of all significance;
living is no partitions.

dear.


unhddn
entry 886, posted by ryan on fri, jan 25, 2008 at 01:11:44 cst
mortal years
hold eager adverbs, rural terra
breathes easier and transitories stretch
further and slower, triumph en route.

(ultimately words mean nothing.
stumble into sincerity occasionally!)

msgs


oh fuck.
entry 884, posted by ryan on tue, jan 22, 2008 at 20:58:41 cst
there is no big rip!
who done did this to me?
think i done damn did it to myself,
but that's no comfort.
everything is intent,
there's no such thing as
selfless control.
in the immortal words of the internet:
you have no chance to survive make your time.
that's the profoundest thing ever mistranslated.

just... fuck.


now
entry 883, posted by ryan on mon, jan 21, 2008 at 20:37:54 cst
be a peaceful atom.

here


bad
entry 882, posted by ryan on mon, jan 21, 2008 at 14:28:22 cst
please melt!
i'm already there!
think of uncomplicated abstractions
before tackling impenetrably
difficult situations.
please thaw!
always on the way!

trafficking


such
entry 881, posted by ryan on sun, jan 20, 2008 at 23:33:36 cst
vanilla nights?
no, never!

sons


goddamnit
entry 880, posted by ryan on sat, jan 19, 2008 at 03:06:22 cst
beneath all this
there is nothing -
no thing, no idea, no context.
seriously?
tonight?
i had to drive someplace to use the facilities.
no fucking good.
i want all things to be right again!
like they never were before!
calm down now,
clam down.

screech


double
entry 879, posted by ryan on wed, jan 16, 2008 at 19:03:01 cst
shoot in the dark,
completely miss.
give up
too many secrets?

damn


awt
entry 878, posted by ryan on tue, jan 15, 2008 at 20:42:14 cst
yeasty
very umami

there is a horizon
and we're standing inside

DAM!


hyena
entry 877, posted by ryan on tue, jan 15, 2008 at 01:30:47 cst
one-sided conversations
with thin air
and dust motes
pumping dubious information
into brains
clean up the mess
from the worst party you can
imagine

monday


ap
entry 876, posted by ryan on mon, jan 14, 2008 at 00:05:27 cst
glitchy funerals
for what?

9


not
entry 875, posted by ryan on sun, jan 13, 2008 at 19:27:29 cst
old fits and new starts,
bookended by concerns over
a deteriorating notion of
what merely existing implies,
might be enough to
convince one to
flush a live hand grenade
down the commode.
might.

shitting


obtuse
entry 874, posted by ryan on sat, jan 12, 2008 at 23:56:20 cst
bulls take to the dawn
as black fades to blue fades to dewy grey
finally settling on something
close to pink flame.
it's all gone before you even sense it.

triage


caul
entry 873, posted by ryan on sat, jan 12, 2008 at 19:08:19 cst
lay waste to each instant
in the loveliest way possible

flares


you'd
entry 872, posted by ryan on fri, jan 11, 2008 at 11:43:39 cst
there can be no comfort
while this trouble persists
all this time
all this terra
still
not a lick of sense

think?


...-
entry 871, posted by ryan on wed, jan 09, 2008 at 01:31:34 cst
i've just always felt like telephones are only useful for bad news.
..


hee
entry 870, posted by ryan on wed, jan 09, 2008 at 00:40:39 cst
freeze frame!
stop the molecules!
other people deal with it.
how do other people deal with it?

haw


but
entry 869, posted by ryan on tue, jan 08, 2008 at 13:32:28 cst
god i hate this
and i don't hate anything

olympics


gold
entry 868, posted by ryan on sun, jan 06, 2008 at 20:02:18 cst
small, automatic acts
set you apart.

medallion


on
entry 867, posted by ryan on sun, jan 06, 2008 at 04:17:17 cst
it's more like talking;
maybe that's the point.
but that can't be, since
it makes little sense.
don't know what i'm doing here,
but by here i
don't mean any of this.
i guess i mean all of this.

purpose?


noe
entry 866, posted by ryan on sat, jan 05, 2008 at 01:58:19 cst
sometimes you just prefer
slow communication

raisin


cut
entry 865, posted by ryan on thu, jan 03, 2008 at 14:48:39 cst
lyrics to songs that will never be written
sung to a cat who couldn't care less.
look back on a far memory
collecting dust in the corner,
long-forgotten but percolating to the top when
previously learned lessons need be recalled.
button-down communists stalk the halls
peddling non-physical wares
to disinterested technophiles.
cling to someone you adore
for mutual warmth from miles away.
nothing can spoil these moments of comfort
apart from a bout of insomnia
and a bloody nose.
things will only end badly
if one even starts anything,
but the lot is constantly beginning anew.
there is a singular conclusion
of any conceivable consequence,
a coda with zero tangible ramifications
when you really think about it.
keep remembering that
these were once people,
and our place in the firmament
becomes evident.
regret nothing,
embrace instability.

ties


trinary
entry 864, posted by ryan on tue, jan 01, 2008 at 23:43:44 cst
need patterns,
created, composed, constructed
from everyday nothings.
needy principles,
what would you do?

(wish happy birthdays to things that don't exist)

collusion


real
entry 863, posted by ryan on tue, jan 01, 2008 at 11:29:22 cst
haply
boo
schmear

politik


bad
entry 862, posted by ryan on mon, dec 31, 2007 at 01:00:17 cst
there is no such thing as coincidence
but everything is coincidental.

singer


stop
entry 861, posted by ryan on sat, dec 29, 2007 at 18:01:05 cst
goodbye
american
stress

dreaming


lack
entry 860, posted by ryan on thu, dec 27, 2007 at 21:56:38 cst
albers
these days i find great freedom
in strictly minimal
sentiment

thereof


watt's
entry 859, posted by ryan on wed, dec 26, 2007 at 19:11:34 cst
hello future ghosts!
let's discuss the semantics of that sentence
and the inferred and implied meanings
over hot chocolate.

wrung?


godda
entry 858, posted by ryan on wed, dec 26, 2007 at 17:14:43 cst
the crushing weight of being makes me feel twelve again.
why is my head bleeding?

arum


do
entry 857, posted by ryan on tue, dec 25, 2007 at 01:45:05 cst
i don't

you?


deer
entry 856, posted by ryan on fri, dec 21, 2007 at 12:00:15 cst
all metrics
are spurious

tabby


ratt
entry 855, posted by ryan on tue, dec 18, 2007 at 23:10:54 cst
adieu, vollmilch!

space, the final fantasy frontier
(our heavy universe)


itty


sleigh
entry 854, posted by ryan on tue, dec 18, 2007 at 22:09:03 cst
error conditions
are now!

watt


good!
entry 853, posted by ryan on mon, dec 17, 2007 at 20:10:53 cst
what's wrong with aesthetics?

news!


good
entry 852, posted by ryan on mon, dec 17, 2007 at 03:15:31 cst
everything is always happening.

morrow


ey
entry 851, posted by ryan on mon, dec 17, 2007 at 00:01:43 cst
hitch
naan
movie
meet
house
drive
serenity
slept
snowed
graduations
chance
nap
dinner
festivities
sleepover
brunches
ride
listen
fulfillment

my idea of the way things work has been completely devastated by real life.
my idea of what i want drastically changed and eventually disappeared entirely.
i've never felt better or so sentimental.
it's nice to have perspective.

cronallergy


kart
entry 850, posted by ryan on sun, dec 16, 2007 at 19:03:44 cst
meaning well
is almost everything.
the self-reflexive nature of mankind
is both our best
and our worst trait.
one has to be strong
to confess weakness.

destroyer


wait...
entry 847, posted by ryan on mon, dec 10, 2007 at 20:28:11 cst
i have a what?

auto en garage
cleared: space
(not pictured: junk stacked up in every corner)


weight?


don't
entry 843, posted by ryan on wed, dec 05, 2007 at 00:21:54 cst
let's question the nature of reality
and ride bikes.

cease


no,
entry 841, posted by ryan on fri, nov 30, 2007 at 23:15:44 cst
this doesn't go anywhere
stillness is your destiny

period.


make
entry 840, posted by ryan on thu, nov 29, 2007 at 01:08:06 cst
what is forgetting?
it dawned on me,
like a
time-traveling brain tumor.

up


doesn't
entry 838, posted by ryan on tue, nov 27, 2007 at 01:33:33 cst
nihilistic
artificial
intelligence

know


see
entry 837, posted by ryan on fri, nov 23, 2007 at 04:06:09 cst
there is nothing.
nothing at all
but the meaningless,
absurd connections
that inextricably link
every single thing,
place,
or idea
that ever
has existed,
is existing,
or will exist.
nothing but that.

read


frawgger
entry 835, posted by ryan on sun, nov 18, 2007 at 23:49:31 cst
mills, old and otherwise,
are hosts to parties,
vicious and bleak.

maybe most folks just have
an infinite capacity for
self-delusion?

dotcom


eyed
entry 834, posted by ryan on tue, nov 13, 2007 at 21:48:05 cst
my love of small words
and simple sentiment
is constantly challenged
by the unrelenting forward push
of ever-increasing maturity

hoped


hoe
entry 833, posted by ryan on mon, nov 12, 2007 at 20:35:05 cst
jugs
"Jugs"

this says it is "me,"
but it is not me.
at least not the me that i know.
what is it then?
what is me?
am i me?
is this me?
or is this another itself,
springing into being when acknowledged?
what is created,
what just exists?

down


this
entry 830, posted by ryan on tue, nov 06, 2007 at 21:39:51 cst
bliss is
a place for every thing
no thing in every place

dot


there
entry 829, posted by ryan on tue, nov 06, 2007 at 01:53:32 cst
and what about all of this?
there is no intrinsic value.
there is no embedded meaning.

still?


the
entry 828, posted by ryan on sat, nov 03, 2007 at 05:37:30 cdt
every moment is an emergency.

trouble


hairy
entry 827, posted by ryan on fri, nov 02, 2007 at 19:17:39 cdt
a complex assault on trivial thinking
a billion black swords
an unexploded ordnance
a leftover feeling
a coy smile
and a hidden agenda
bubbling towards the top

blood


broken
entry 824, posted by ryan on thu, oct 25, 2007 at 16:30:35 cdt
impossibly simple ambiguities
are the currency of impersonal
virtual lives that exist only to
detract from the reality of our
actual beings

heeds


can't
entry 823, posted by ryan on thu, oct 25, 2007 at 02:25:04 cdt
beautifully devastated
skies clear and
pulsing winds
knock over the signs
guiding you home;
shrink your universe.

talk


i'll
entry 821, posted by ryan on wed, oct 24, 2007 at 15:02:41 cdt
desperate technology
says 'i love you'
on the first date.

ill


at
entry 818, posted by ryan on mon, oct 22, 2007 at 20:14:53 cdt
wordsmiths wonder woefully
why waifs wait with warlocks
while witches wish wistfully when
watches wind wicked wires
where werewolves who wander witlessly
wounding waiters with wily words
who would watch when we won't
wend westward without wednesdays
wisely working white wickets
witnessing wholly whatever we want

terration


clustered
entry 817, posted by ryan on mon, oct 22, 2007 at 11:14:53 cdt
the turning of phrases
is not a marketable skill
when no context is offered,
implied or inferable.

hoax


realt
entry 814, posted by ryan on fri, oct 19, 2007 at 19:09:20 cdt
you are being simulated
but someone's got to keep notes.

ify


diss
entry 813, posted by ryan on wed, oct 17, 2007 at 21:54:34 cdt
hello.
i'm here to confuse you.

orient


let's
entry 812, posted by ryan on tue, oct 16, 2007 at 23:07:33 cdt
vampire, hamburger


rumble


helt
entry 811, posted by ryan on tue, oct 16, 2007 at 13:35:56 cdt
the internet is simply a conduit for disappointment.

ah


end with
entry 810, posted by ryan on tue, oct 16, 2007 at 02:00:04 cdt
sneak silently through
the slumbering pylons of civilization;
glimpse the clouds,
wispy blankets draping skeletons,
our only evidence blown away by morning.
suddenly i'm growing into the character
i've been playing all along.

your hellos.


darn
entry 809, posted by ryan on mon, oct 15, 2007 at 22:30:19 cdt
my solipsistic little world
is falling apart
right into yours

cats


t
entry 808, posted by ryan on mon, oct 15, 2007 at 17:58:46 cdt
meditate at stoplights more often.
algebra funnycar,
juxtapotatoes,
sunday beasts and
burger king crimson!
my parents always said "stay away from people weird ideas about time."

sincerely,
  ralph murder

dod


fishn
entry 807, posted by ryan on mon, oct 15, 2007 at 16:27:42 cdt
jeez.
that was a long nap.

death
(i'm coming for you)


accomplshd


fuck?
entry 801, posted by ryan on mon, oct 01, 2007 at 20:53:04 cdt
you ever just had one of those lives?
there is no sink
what can hold that kind of water.

road
it breaks

chair
it broke


(i lost a hard disk.
server needs maintaining, bro.
story of my life...)
resolved?

well!


\\
entry 799, posted by ryan on tue, sep 25, 2007 at 02:03:51 cdt
in the ideal world that i imagine
everything that has ever been thought of
or come into existence is
inextricably linked to everything else
by connections that make little to no sense

_-=


contagious
entry 798, posted by ryan on sun, sep 23, 2007 at 16:22:16 cdt
i am nothing more
than a peddler of convenience

impregnancy


ofut
entry 797, posted by ryan on sun, sep 23, 2007 at 03:58:06 cdt
i am jealous of children
for having few responsibilities.

tufo


ewe'll
entry 795, posted by ryan on wed, sep 19, 2007 at 18:29:57 cdt
these old ghosts
are too mundane
for words

mewl


tree
entry 792, posted by ryan on fri, sep 14, 2007 at 20:59:07 cdt
the next generation is always vain and stupid,
the threat of apocalypse constantly hangs over the world and
around half a billion twinkies are sold annually in the united states.

(we're all in this together,
no one gets out alive)

dearth


and
entry 790, posted by ryan on wed, sep 12, 2007 at 20:20:25 cdt
"are you happy?"

"not really happy
or unhappy;
more like...
anxiously complacent."

then


pretty
entry 788, posted by ryan on tue, sep 11, 2007 at 00:05:23 cdt
the world is relatively over.

much


mass
entry 787, posted by ryan on fri, sep 07, 2007 at 02:40:18 cdt
you know the old saying:
you kill more flies with murder
than you do with lemonade...

plasters


deep
entry 779, posted by ryan on sun, aug 26, 2007 at 00:32:45 cdt
I SPEND A LOT OF TIME THINKING ABOUT TIME TRAVEL
escape mechanism?

causality


owe
entry 778, posted by ryan on sat, aug 25, 2007 at 00:22:45 cdt
i don't want to die an illiterate.

know


tinker
entry 775, posted by ryan on tue, aug 21, 2007 at 23:40:30 cdt
#  changelog
#    0.9: testing
#    1.0: ate a candy bar on a plate.
#    1.1: maintenance
#    1.2: watched a show about cheese
#    1.3: anthropomorphize everything
#
history channel: "cheese matrix"

i see a future where
nobody believes we have well-founded,
rational,
valid views,
a restrainingly passive dystopia caused by
the ease of the internet
to convey irony
at a breakneck speed.

thanks a ton, al gore.

rerer


rent
entry 773, posted by ryan on thu, aug 16, 2007 at 15:57:12 cdt
over-eager timidity
lends itself,
interest-free, to
alliteration for the masses.

wend


two
entry 769, posted by ryan on fri, aug 03, 2007 at 16:37:16 cdt
consistently mistaken,
bugged consciousness
inflicts damage on
imagined reality,
causing untold injuries
to crops nationwide and
affecting weather patterns
across the midwest.
more news as it breaks.

wot


dear
entry 767, posted by ryan on mon, jul 30, 2007 at 14:13:01 cdt
all things end,
it's inevitable.
but does there have to be sobbing?
does there have to be heartbreaking euphoria?
not my words, but
a prefect summary.
(before you ask, yes/yes/no)
thank you.

ATM
who?


potter


eyed
entry 766, posted by ryan on tue, jul 24, 2007 at 16:52:12 cdt
your children are potatoes,
but they're not on the couch.
they're under my car
cutting the brake lines.

rain, downtown
you know what?
it's fine.


d