I desire to be in an earthquake, preferably one that takes place at Megiddo (738 hits)
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Submitted by Occam's Razor (View user info) at 2008-01-08 15:44:31 EST
I don't even know if that's possible or not, but quite frankly, I don't care. Megiddo may or may not be on a fault line.
The bottom line is that there's no feeling like that of fearing your life is about to end, and surviving whatever brings you that fear.
It doesn't matter where I am. I'll be walking to my car and I'll be picturing some fat, greasy piece of fucking shit jumping on my back and trying to slit my throat. I envision a million ju-jitsu moves, all of them reducing him to nothing but a pile of shattered bones. When I'm at the local gas station standing in line with a soda or whatever, I see a man with his arm extended, gun in hand charging through the doors and yelling for everyone to get down on the floor. In my mind's eye, I can see myself reaching into my pocket and pull out two throwing stars and fling them directly into his eyes. He melts toward the floor and I punch him in the dick for good measure.
Then we all have ice cream.
It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine.
Maybe I don't want to survive. Maybe I want the ground to swallow me whole. Maybe I want to fall into the black schism and desperately try to claw my way back to the surface. Maybe in my daydreams I want the convenience store thief to blow my brains out.
We're all standing at the gate. It's inevitable. I think about that kid who got chewed up by the tiger and I say to myself, "What a fucking way to go."
So yeah, I want to be in an earthquake. I want to watch my pictures fly off the walls. I want every piece of glass I own to shatter into a million pieces. I want the drawers to open, I want water spraying everywhere. I want to hear sirens and people screaming and I want the world to be covered in dust.
And then I want to walk out into the street. I'll smile as I watch the world crumble into chaos, folding into itself over and over and over again.
There's nothing better than standing while everything is in a state of collapse.
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Submitted by firefly (user info) at 2008-01-09 17:08:53 EST (#)
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Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-01-09 04:27:41 EST (#)
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I am trying to decide whether or not this post is an indicator that you are a child of divorce.
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Submitted by dithered (user info) at 2008-01-08 19:24:06 EST (#)
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Fucking nice read.
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Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2008-01-08 16:38:51 EST (#)
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Macho/emo fusion?
Submitted by Wildman (user info) at 2008-01-08 16:19:04 EST (#)
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yeah well, we all need something to do to stay busy
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2008-01-08 16:04:49 EST (#)
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9/11 was an inside job
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2008-01-08 16:04:48 EST (#)
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heh - I've live through big earthquakes.
There IS no feeling like it in the world.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-01-08 16:00:01 EST (#)
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This was, indeed, the kicker of all ass.
Submitted by Alcoholocaust (user info) at 2008-01-08 15:58:38 EST (#)
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interesting
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2008-01-08 15:56:51 EST (#)
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i liked it