Catharsis (505 hits)
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Submitted by Mario (View user info) at 2006-06-07 10:32:25 EDT
The line to enter the hotel is long and winding. It is teeming with gorgeous tanned women,the beauties of Rio de Janeiro. Look how they sparkle, look how they glitter. See how they sparkle and shine. Look at me, look at me. Look but don't touch. Touch but don't kiss. Kiss but don't fuck. Fuck but do call.
You want them, they know this. They are the sirens calling you to the rocks. In this case, the rocks are an empty bank account, a pitbull of a boyfriend, and maybe even the HIV. You are all assembled here to witness a spectacle. A new year comes. The celebration is a mourning for some, saying goodbye to a year they'll never again be able to replicate in its success. It is an embrace for others, desperately hoping that THIS. WILL. BE. THE YEAR.
You are all crowded on the roof of the penthouse overlooking the beach. Everyone is drunk. Anesthesize your mourning. Drink yourself to a stupor to make your hopes seem more attainable. Hey, lay off, it's an open bar.
Throngs of people wrapped in white crowd the beachfront. They carry red roses, some that still have their thorns. They throw themselves into the waves a certain number of times, following the peculiar ritual of their forefathers. Perhaps the symbolism is lost on them. Perhaps it is lost on you.
The countdown begins. The tension in the air is palpable. Why is everyone tense?
10, 9
You all look at the sky
8, 7
with an eagerness bordering on expectation
6,5
, expectation of what is to come in
4, 3
another year to accomplish what you failed to do in the last
2, 1
your dreams have manifest.
BOOM, CRACK, BOOM.
The fireworks punctuate the night sky like silly shiny exclamation marks. Look how they sparkle, look how they glitter. See how they sparkle and shine. Look at me, look at me. They bombard your lofty perch atop the hotel. Canons bringing down the wall. Are they propelling you into the stratosphere or destroying your wings, bringing you back to the cold gray pavement of reality?
BOOM
Lose more weight
BOOM
Get a promotion
BOOM
Retire in your twenties
BOOM
Marry a supermodel
FIZZLE
You still haven't gone to the gym
WHINE
You hate your job
SCREECH
Your porn trunk is growing
"FELIZ ANO NOVO!"
Enjoy the starburst colors. Enjoy the building crescendo. Kiss the svelt green eyed girl. You have company on your perch, you are all alone with your dreams but unified with the mass. Smell the sulphur in the air and hear the crash and hiss of the waves. You are alive.
User Reviews
Submitted by BadAssJulie (user info) at 2006-06-07 17:13:35 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2006-06-07 16:53:42 (#)
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Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2006-06-07 10:43:51 (#)
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Mario is my favourite person who kills people for money.
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2006-06-07 16:53:42 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2006-06-07 10:43:51 (#)
Ranking: 2
Mario is my favourite person who kills people for money.
Submitted by v8lover (user info) at 2006-06-07 13:58:25 EDT (#)
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I like GTA:SA
Submitted by Dead_0hi0_Sky (user info) at 2006-06-07 11:34:06 EDT (#)
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GTA3=catharsis
Submitted by Mario (user info) at 2006-06-07 11:28:55 EDT (#)
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Good job shadow, go you.
Submitted by shadow (user info) at 2006-06-07 11:15:45 EDT (#)
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HA! I started going to the gym, got a better job, and freed myself of the malignant tumor known as "the ex" all in the past six months.
This IS my year, and next month I will be officially DEBT FREE!!!
i win.
Submitted by MyNameIsTim (user info) at 2006-06-07 11:15:03 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2006-06-07 10:47:24 EDT (#)
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I like the rather blind optimism of new beginnings.
Submitted by moneyshotforyou (user info) at 2006-06-07 10:46:31 EDT (#)
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You didn't give me those cigarettes. I earned them.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2006-06-07 10:43:51 EDT (#)
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Mario is my favourite person who kills people for money.
Submitted by Mario (user info) at 2006-06-07 10:39:12 EDT (#)
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What the fuck dude, that was our secret. I now regret ever giving you my cigarettes. Fucker.
Submitted by moneyshotforyou (user info) at 2006-06-07 10:36:58 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Fungah (user info) at 2006-06-07 10:34:36 (#)
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Ever have your shit pushed in essay?
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Yes, yes he did. We were in the pen together.
Submitted by Mario (user info) at 2006-06-07 10:34:59 EDT (#)
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Porn room.
Submitted by Fungah (user info) at 2006-06-07 10:34:36 EDT (#)
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Ever have your shit pushed in essay?
Submitted by The_taste_of_Monkeys (user info) at 2006-06-07 10:34:18 EDT (#)
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Your porn trunk is growing
porn TRUNK?!