Gestalt (525 hits)
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Submitted by PLANET<roththesloth.at.hotmail.com> (View user info) at 2007-08-23 17:53:14 EDT
James William Henry looked out the window of his 9th floor apartment at the bustling city below. He couldn't remember a time when he was more disgusted with the world, this life, and the people he shared it with. It was a sweltering day in New York, the kind of day that makes you want to tear your skin off if only to save a few degrees. James sat on his window-sill looking down into the park in front of his apartment. He could almost smell the rancid odor of this city and it felt like ants crawling on his skin.
James lit a cigarette as he sat watching the wretched homeless man in front of his building begging for change again. No matter how many times he gave him alms that lazy piece of filth always asked for more while constantly shaking the clinking change his small rusty tin cup. Reeking of last night's bottle of rot-gut and forever grinning through baked bean colored teeth in anticipation of tonight's waiting bottle.
Slowly he turned his view to the vapid yuppies that lived in the penthouse above him. They were a newly married and financially secure couple that had moved in about two months ago and already James despised them. Braving the unrelenting heat of the day in the park on a blanket with their mutt James looked at them without their knowing and clenched his jaw tightly. Looking closely at them he could honestly say that he hated them. The way that they cruised blindly and happily through their lives while ignoring the world's problems made him ill. Their world view was so filtered! So hazy! How can they be so blinded by a large bank account as to not see the grime that infected this place?
Hearing laughter James turned his gaze to the police car parked at the end of his block. Two officers sat outside a deli stuffing their faces with pastrami on rye as they laughed about last nights arrests. Apparently, one of their collars from the previous evening had soiled himself after they put the cuffs on him. As he watched closely from above James felt no solace in the fact that the people who were supposedly "protecting" him found so much humor in scaring a kid half to death for committing a misdemeanor. He didn't need their protection. He wanted nothing to do with them or their corrupt versions of justice.
Slowly James felt the bolt of his rifle slide back in its shaft and he felt the burning of his own sweat pierce his brow. Today would be the day that he took the first step toward cleansing this city. He gently fingered the bullets in his pocket as he scanned his world as a gestalt. Feeling the bolt slide home smoothly his palms began to sweat in anticipation of the violence to come. The butt of the stock was secured at his shoulder. His eye stinging with sweat he looked through the crosshairs. At this moment his view was beautiful.
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Submitted by BranDo (user info) at 2008-05-18 04:53:36 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
cool stuff
Submitted by SgtHartman (user info) at 2007-08-24 16:01:53 EDT (#)
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Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2007-08-24 15:49:52 EDT (#)
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Submitted by SgtHartman (user info) at 2007-08-24 15:18:50 EDT (#)
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Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2007-08-24 14:49:12 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Yessir, I liked it. In fact, I liked it alot. U R SERIOUS WRITER!!!
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wait was this sarcastic?
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Why does it have to be sarcastic? Can't take a compliment?
I just don't normally see you making actual writing posts, you usually just do the crappy one hit wonder kind of entertainment like so many others, myself included.
I was surprised, and I enjoyed it.
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I didnt mean to offend, Its hard sometimes to tell scarcasm from genuine appreciation. I thank you.
Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2007-08-24 15:49:52 EDT (#)
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Submitted by SgtHartman (user info) at 2007-08-24 15:18:50 EDT (#)
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Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2007-08-24 14:49:12 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Yessir, I liked it. In fact, I liked it alot. U R SERIOUS WRITER!!!
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wait was this sarcastic?
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Why does it have to be sarcastic? Can't take a compliment?
I just don't normally see you making actual writing posts, you usually just do the crappy one hit wonder kind of entertainment like so many others, myself included.
I was surprised, and I enjoyed it.
Submitted by SgtHartman (user info) at 2007-08-24 15:18:50 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2007-08-24 14:49:12 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Yessir, I liked it. In fact, I liked it alot. U R SERIOUS WRITER!!!
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wait was this sarcastic?
Submitted by strausie08 (user info) at 2007-08-24 15:02:20 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
WOW.
Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2007-08-24 14:49:12 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Yessir, I liked it. In fact, I liked it alot. U R SERIOUS WRITER!!!
Submitted by lover101 (user info) at 2007-08-24 12:10:41 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
pretty good
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2007-08-24 08:57:47 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Not bad.
Submitted by Nellypaal (user info) at 2007-08-24 07:14:57 EDT (#)
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Pretty average.
Submitted by sir_cowman (user info) at 2007-08-23 19:45:51 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Skimmed through it, then re-read and thought it was good. The picture at the end was only okay.
Submitted by TheUniter (user info) at 2007-08-23 19:22:00 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Submitted by SgtHartman (user info) at 2007-08-23 19:12:26 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
hello Ex
Submitted by experima (user info) at 2007-08-23 19:08:25 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
hi, M!
Submitted by SgtHartman (user info) at 2007-08-23 18:22:49 EDT (#)
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I usually dont write stories on here but I had a fucking garbage day
its nice to vent.
Submitted by Ballare (user info) at 2007-08-23 18:18:41 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Gestalt
1922, from Ger. Gestaltqualität (1890, introduced by Ger. philosopher Christian von Ehrenfels, 1859-1932), from M.H.G. gestalt "form, configuration, appearance," abstracted from ungestalt "deformity," noun use of adj. ungestalt "misshapen," from gestalt, obsolete pp. of stellen "to place, arrange." As a school of psychology, it was founded c.1912.
Submitted by Spam (user info) at 2007-08-23 18:15:04 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
It was relatively unoriginal and uninspired but I kinda liked it.