CONTINUUM..........the evolution........or a short account of an attack.....

Unable to sleep, i stepped out onto the front deck........i noticed how cool and clear the air was, wishing momentarily for a jacket, but too lazy to go back inside to retrieve it.......i made a quick inventory of my surroundings......the large moths splayed out against the side of the house beneath the porch light........the bat making wide arcs around the utility light in the yard....the emergence of the spiders in the cool march night(around here they nearly envelope the house in silk this time of year)......i have to brush away errant web from my face.....a pair of nightengales calling to each other through the woods........the halo around the moon.........

I lit a cigarette and tried to think.......many things on my mind that were keeping me from sleep.........dangling in front of me and cluttering up the works to ward off my fatigue.......my life was on the edge of great change.......a new job awaited in the wings.........and with it, a great many worries.........a great many things that could go wrong.........i was leaving behind the known and taking on new challenges........i was in no small amount of fear.........and no small amount of excitement..........this all added up to lots of anxious energy............and i could not lie still in bed.....so nicotine was in order.......

I pulled from the cigarette and felt a shiver rise up my spine like a virus......i noticed the air go still..........the nightengales went silent..........i looked up and the bat was no longer dive-bombing insects under the utility light......the moths were gone from beneath the porch lamp............

It was upon me in an instant.........before i realized the full weight of the beast, i was on the way to the floor of the deck,off balance.........it seemed a tornado of fur,fangs and claws.....a violence(as violence can so often seem)so sudden as to defy written description.........the air left my lungs as i hit the deck, the creature(dog,wolf,bear,pyschopath...i dunno) tore at my back.......i was now being savaged........white hot pain shot through my back and i was briefly aware of warm moisture running down my right side as flesh was ripped from my back above my shoulder blade......the growls drove me to panic as consciousness faded away to a pinpoint.........i remember thinking how heavy upon my back the weight of the attacker seemed and how fast it took me down..........it had cleared the railing of the deck without a sound.......and that was a good 16 foot vertical leap.......i thought........."the NBA could use this fucker".........and i was out..........

I awoke covered in the morning damp.....and loads of spiderweb.....my dog Mudd licking my face...........and despite the damage that should've been done to my body, i felt strong and good.........there was dried blood all about.........but all i could think about was going to Waffle House for a bloody steak dinner.........oh, i'd order the eggs to go with it of course...........but i was only gonna eat that steak...............


Rock it like you're posting your drafts.....mistakes be damned..........

Stak

IN KEEPING WITH THE THEME,WE'RE NOW SHAPESHIFTING.......or life in transition if you would........

I'm watching SOPHIA COPPELA'S MARIE ANTIONETTE tonight.........i have enjoyed to this point the juxtaposition of an 18th century period piece with 80's era underground music.....the SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES song HONG KONG GARDEN was especially tasty........

This all bodes well for me...........my past is mashing up with my present in delightful ways............i'm sure with far better outcomes than the be-headed cake eaters/wild eyed gambling pussy loving cocaine aristocrats..............

Here's what i know for sure.............

I've taken a new job............it has infinite possibilities for improvement of the organization as a whole...........it will benefit from my clinical experience.........it needs my desire to have at least one portion of my life organized on a seriously military level.............and it needs me to bring some joi de vivre................i'm bout to bring epic change.............and IT'S GONNA BE FUN!!!............

So let the loonies eat cake!!!!.........for now............because the stability of my expertise is about to bring them a balanced diet of red kool-aid.........we gonna rock on from this point...........with a seismic raise and a whole lotta love for my family...........btw.......HONG KONG GARDEN is based on 4ths thematically.........that's speaking in musical terms,yo............

Rock it like you're at peace.........Look to the swans.......

Stak

BIG HAIRY DREAM........or how i met a werewolf at age 6..........

This is a recollection of the thoughts of my mind at age 6........i cannot attest to the accuracy of said thoughts.........i only know that this freaking weird episode made a big impression on me and that the memory of these events has not left me all the way up until now...........having said that, you are all aware i'm sure how time colors memory.............but i swear that the basic story is true to actual events........details are another matter...........on with the story.......

When i was 6, it might be said that i had a fascination with classic horror films......i spent many weekend nights sitting up with my Grandma Lou(short for Louise) watching SHOCK THEATER or THE NIGHT STALKER...........for me, that shit was the height of entertainment......it moved me...........

One summer night that year i had a dream.........in the dream, i was at school, but it was night outside.......this made some sense to my first grade mind as schools at the time were so over-crowded locally that kids went to school in split shifts.........there were times when i it was getting dark outside when i got off the bus..........but i digress.......the point is i was out of school but out of place in a way(psycho-analyse me later)......i looked out the window and saw a white van.......the back doors opened and a werewolf waved to me........i was not afraid.....he seemed friendly and made me think of my dad

One point you must understand here is that fact that my mom and dad were divorced by now and i saw him on the occasional weekend..........i think i may have missed him alot..........

The werewolf from the white van waved for a bit then got back into the van and drove away............this is where things grow super fucking weird..........

I woke up..........but i wasn't in my own bed........i had sleep walked and was now in the bed with my sister(cool your fucking jets perverts.......6 years old,sickos)....i was a little confused for a moment and freaked out by the dream........as i pondered getting up and going back to my own bed, a very muscled and extremely hairy arm reached across my chest and began to shake me as if to wake me up...........this scared the shit out of me(especially after the dream)........so i played dead...........for a full five minutes the scary,hairy arm(i assume attached to the werewolf)tried to shake me awake..........i did not want to die so i waited it out.............after awhile, the scary,hairy entity left.........i got out of bed and snuck to the window only to see a white van driving away........

Completely freaked out, i ran to my mother's bed and asked whether someone had been out of bed besides me or had tried to wake me from my sister's bed........she said no...........

Years later, i came to live with my father.........at that time,he drove a white Ford Econoline..........

Make of this what you will...........

Stak

STEVE OVER AT THE SNEEZE REALLY OUTDID HIMSELF.........

Consider the cat orgasm............best post by Steve since "Steve,Don't Eat It".........




http://www.thesneeze.com/mt-archives/000627.php


Go......Read.......

Stak

OKAY THIS IS JUST FLAT OUT AMAZING!!!!.........

While this guy states he plays neither the drums nor the piano, clearly he has a pretty good bit of musical intelligence.......i mean he would need it to bed able to put these sounds together into a meaningful musical statement,right?..........and the tune itself is catchy as can be.........i can't imagine how much time it took to edit this all together........





Rock it like an amateur.......with glee and reckless abandon.......

Stak

HAHAHA!........I LIED.........but i hung out with a rock star last night too..........

So i put myself under too much pressure apparently.....because i just don't wanna do what i said i'd do........i don't wanna tell you bout any of the stories i said i'd tell you about........but hey, it's my blog and i'll lie if i want to....lie if i want to......lie if i want to.........

On a different note, i hung out with JASON ISBELL from THE DRIVE BY TRUCKERS last night..........very easy going,approachable cat.......and his southern accent is as thick in his speech as it is when he sings............nice guy...........

Right now i'm watching the remake of CASINO ROYALE............and i'm inclined to think it is the most kick ass bond flick EVER............

Tonight imma rock out with THE DIRTY LEFT HAND...............

I just got a kick ass new job that i wanted badly.............and it comes with a raise the size of Alaska.................unhunh...............I am officially kicking ass and taking names...............go me!!!............go nursing career!!!.........

Rock it like a rock star........live like me...........

Stak

IN THE MEANTIME..........here's a piece....of something,i dunno what........

perhaps a bit pixilated here............some pen and ink stream of consciousness abstract masturbation............

Stak

I PROMISE..........IMMA GET A ROUND TUIT........

OKAY OKAY OKAY!!!!...........i have reports forthcoming.........and some good stories..........but first i gotta get past Augusta's best empty excuse to get blind running drunk...........unfortunately, i'm required to entertain on this occasion........so i don't get to be as dumbass retarded drunk as everyone else in the city..........i am however excited by the fact that AMERICAN SKIN is required to play some irish drinking songs Saturday night.......so we're covering "Kiss me I'm shit-faced"............can't beat it with a blarney stone..........

My recollections of one incredible show at THE SOUL BAR(last sat. night) and our celebration of my betrothal(is that a word?) to Trixie.......and our vertigo filled trip to the mountains...........and maybe my early childhood werewolf encounter for Rhi............i got those on tap, I SWEAR IT!!...........but i've been too busy to write lately............so i'll catch you all up in short order...........hold on to your panties,Rhi.............

Rock it like you are either busy or the world's greatest procastinator.........put that shit off!!!!..........go get yourselves a taco in the meantime............

Stak

THE ON DECK CIRCLE...........or quite simply, the previews.........

So i'm about to go away from computers and people other than my wife and blogitis and all that implies...........so i thought i'd list for you what's on my plate upon my return from vacation..........

1. a quick run-down of the big redneck party at the lake..........hopefully with incriminating photos of various public figures.......

2. a report from R&R land....or me bragging about how much better my week was than yours........

3. the possible childhood werewolf encounter encased in a dream trilogy.........

4. a report of the big JOE GRAVES AND THE DIRTY LEFT HAND show at THE SOUL BAR next weekend........

5. the story of my journey into Normaltown........or "Deliverance on a Big Ass Biscuit" if you will........

Rock your coming week like you were me............you know you wish you were,puddin'.....

Stak

LOUIE LOUIE..........OH OH........WE GOTTA GO!!!!........

i'm going on vacation...............i need a break..........not a bathroom break.......a REAL break.......imma sit in a hot tub in the mountains........imma sit in a sauna..........imma watch satellite TV whilst pleasantly sedated by adult beverages............imma do "It" about 3 times a day........this MUST happen..........but first, imma have a great big redneck party.......see you all on the other side.................

Rock it like you're going on vacation...........feel the tension drifting away...........


Stak