APW: Andromeda (641 hits)
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Submitted by Orgasmatron (View user info) at 2006-11-01 14:57:52 EST
Below the cliffs the distant sounds
Of ceremony, celebrants, fall to meet
Her, above the breaking of waves
She hears them, above the tide
And water on the rocks she
Hears them, above her beating heart
She hears still the music
Of her family, her people
Welcoming the coming of an end,
The sacrament and the honor,
The lifting of a curse as if a
Child from a snake suspended.
Her shame, her sorrow, each with
Each contending for dominance
Upon her pale face, her bare brow
Heavy with thoughts of mortality,
Of drowning,
Of the touch of titan teeth,
Of her scattered bones upon
The shifting sands below
And her blood turning the ocean
A spilling sort of purple,
And finally, she thinks still
Of forgiveness.
Her eyes the sea's broad face
Never stray, no glance cast
Skyward to clouded, guarded skies
Nor up along the cracked and
Simple cliff, nor to the rotting
Chains stained with life and death
That hold her still, free but
Still, the simplest view of the
World hers alone yet she looks not,
Watchful of surfacing eyes,
Wary of a rising
And what it brings,
Surfacing.
The praying days are over.
The praying days are over.
Terrified and tortured
She waits,
A twisting mess of raw wrists
And shaking limbs, bathed in
Salt and seawater, her tears
Choking the call for help,
The bull before the blade,
The ram consumed by fire,
Animal and anima she screams
A tempest,
Screams for father,
Screams even now for mother
And is in her screaming beautiful,
Beauty sacrificed for beauty's sake
As shame by shaming blood avenged
Insists upon its reckoning.
And on the whispering wind
She hears the distant sound
Of wings.
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Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-11-02 15:55:57 EST (#)
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I don't know what to say to this
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Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2006-11-02 04:51:22 EST (#)
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Orgasmatron: lolz, i like this group name: "against gay marraige? then don't get one and shut the fuck up"
yay politics!
i feel terrible: group name?
politics?
myspace?
beer?
Orgasmatron: facebook
close enough
Fuck Wourk: my old coworker is still a nosey, annoying ass
Sent at 01:47 am on Thursday.
Orgasmatron: an ass with a nose?
weird
Fuck Wourk: yes
Orgasmatron: sexy season 1 xfiles time!
go david duchovny woooo
Fuck Wourk: eww
nerd
Orgasmatron: oh no you didden
you did NAW just insult mah man duchovny
i feel terrible: I had a girlfriend who was into david duchoveny
she got pregnant at 17 then got an abortion then burned her bridges with me
which sucked
because I never got to tap that ass
Orgasmatron: i'm leaving before you all taint my manlove
night guys
Submitted by coley (user info) at 2006-11-02 00:19:02 EST (#)
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Have fun at yer show. Lemme know if you ever are out this way.
:)
get some sleep!
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2006-11-02 00:17:32 EST (#)
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I would have gone with you:(
I have Joanna Newsom tickets in a few weeks and I think this might be the first show I end up going to alone. I'M TOO GODDAMN HIP.
You make me want to visit Oregon. I think that's the first time I've uttered that sentence. No offense to Oregon, of course. I need sleep now.
Submitted by coley (user info) at 2006-11-02 00:13:53 EST (#)
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Lishy come visit me in OR
Submitted by coley (user info) at 2006-11-02 00:13:24 EST (#)
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*bawls*
NO
I HAD TO WORK IN THE MORNING
AND IT WAS SOLD OUT
AND NOBODY WOULD GO WITH ME
*dies*
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2006-11-02 00:11:09 EST (#)
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The. Decemberists. Kick. Ass. Live.
COLEY DID YOU GO TO THE CAKE SHOW?
Submitted by coley (user info) at 2006-11-02 00:10:37 EST (#)
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*checks your temp*
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-11-02 00:09:05 EST (#)
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I think that dick jokes are just terrible.
I try my best to not make fun of genitals or the reproductive/sexual process.
I'm a good person.
Submitted by coley (user info) at 2006-11-02 00:05:03 EST (#)
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I guess not everyone thinks of dirty jokes all the time.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-11-01 23:51:59 EST (#)
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That's because my head's not swollen like Stay Puft Method's, or the moon's stunt double like Apollo's. Therefore, I have no reason to discuss literal big headedness.
Submitted by coley (user info) at 2006-11-01 23:45:36 EST (#)
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I'm disappointed in you. I made a "big head" joke and you dropped the ball.
Submitted by coley (user info) at 2006-11-01 23:45:04 EST (#)
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I'm just givin you shit, Tronmeister. :P
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-11-01 23:39:52 EST (#)
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Oh you know what I'm getting at, colester. Just trying to explain the general notion of it all.
Submitted by coley (user info) at 2006-11-01 23:29:03 EST (#)
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Don't go getting all big-headed on us now Otron.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-11-01 23:18:59 EST (#)
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Submitted by Axolotl (user info) at 2006-11-01 17:09:18 (#)
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I recieved the assignment and immediately thought of classics like "Ten, ten gigs of MP3s," "Menstrual feces etc" and other such scatological masterpieces.
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It baffles me that anyone actually thinks of lines that I've written when they're away from this website. I mean it's not that surprising, as a general concept - I catch myself doing it every now and again...some scattered line from a post will just come to mind. I guess it's just different when it involves you, y'know?
This must be what bart feels like when I randomly drop "licking a bum's ass" into conversation after work somewhere.
Submitted by ghola (user info) at 2006-11-01 22:04:34 EST (#)
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really like the picture.
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2006-11-01 21:18:43 EST (#)
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Sonnet rhymes with bonnet, with all the frills upon it, a painting by Monet,
we could really pwn it.
O-Man can fix your sonnet. Rest assured......
Submitted by Stagger_Lee (user info) at 2006-11-01 20:11:49 EST (#)
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Very good.
Submitted by BranDo (user info) at 2006-11-01 20:04:16 EST (#)
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great read!!
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2006-11-01 19:50:12 EST (#)
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Submitted by Axolotl (user info) at 2006-11-01 17:09:18 (#)
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Attn Orgasmatron
I have to write a classic Italian-style sonnet for English class. It would be cool to do more stuff like that, but the teacher is a bit of an old-timer who doesn't do much creative work.
I recieved the assignment and immediately thought of classics like "Ten, ten gigs of MP3s," "Menstrual feces etc" and other such scatological masterpieces.
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I'm so getting suspended for my sonnet.
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Dude, that would be awesome, the O-tron will make a whupass sonnet
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2006-11-01 19:01:03 EST (#)
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lovely work
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2006-11-01 17:23:44 EST (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-11-01 17:16:18 EST (#)
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Everything you ever wanted to know about redskieslookfake
User id: 23113
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Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2006-11-01 17:15:28 EST (#)
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Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-11-01 17:13:24 (#)
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Why the fuck did I just make that a question.
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Why the fuck didn't you just make that a question?
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-11-01 17:13:24 EST (#)
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Why the fuck did I just make that a question.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-11-01 17:13:01 EST (#)
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If you want me to take a look at it or anything, Ax, feel free to send it on over whenever you like?
Submitted by Axolotl (user info) at 2006-11-01 17:09:18 EST (#)
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Attn Orgasmatron
I have to write a classic Italian-style sonnet for English class. It would be cool to do more stuff like that, but the teacher is a bit of an old-timer who doesn't do much creative work.
I recieved the assignment and immediately thought of classics like "Ten, ten gigs of MP3s," "Menstrual feces etc" and other such scatological masterpieces.
...
I'm so getting suspended for my sonnet.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2006-11-01 17:03:42 EST (#)
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me me me me me me me me me me me me me me
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-11-01 16:55:18 EST (#)
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4 to go...
Submitted by foster (user info) at 2006-11-01 16:38:54 EST (#)
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That chick's ass goes all the way up to her shoulder blades.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-11-01 16:15:38 EST (#)
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It's hard to properly stash anything longer than a forearm, really. Dogs just start coming after the remains at that point.
I must say Doré did a great job with her legs and right foot.
Submitted by Amontillado (user info) at 2006-11-01 16:06:24 EST (#)
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Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-11-01 15:08:40 (#)
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Submitted by Amontillado (user info) at 2006-11-01 15:00:23 (#)
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I admire you
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Oh no you don't. I've seen "Seven," and I know how this conversation ends:
First you say you admire me. Then you say that maybe you really envy me.
WHILE THIS IS HAPPENING a FedEx box arrives to Morgan Freeman - who's a good friend of mine - and in it he finds the severed head of Gwyneth Paltrow,
Then I have to decide whether or not to become Vengeance and shoot you seven or eight times, or to just passively sit by while learning that you killed her after I impregnated her with my awesome seed.
So let's just save the cops the paperwork, and save me the prison time, and just say that we're internet chums. How's that sound?
(thanks, by the way)
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Sure, it'd be a pain in the ass to hide a (partial) body.
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2006-11-01 15:52:25 EST (#)
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wtf im not reading all that
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-11-01 15:32:02 EST (#)
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Says the dude that called me a "fuck hole" earlier.
Submitted by MyTeeOne (user info) at 2006-11-01 15:30:40 EST (#)
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Submitted by Amontillado (user info) at 2006-11-01 15:00:23 (#)
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I admire you.
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Me too. He's dreamy.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-11-01 15:24:45 EST (#)
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Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2006-11-01 15:20:33 (#)
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Nicely done, but prepare to get -2'd from the "where's ma NSFW label" 'tards...
In other news, I've been gone from Uber for a week. Have I missed anything exciting? No? Didn't think so.
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The world dealt with no NSFW label for Cleopatra's painted tits in one of my earlier APWs. They can certainly handle these.
Besides my two heated posts this week, I'd say you didn't miss much.
Oh, apparently Wikipedia is shitting on Ubersite and everyone's got their knives out now.
And there's also a growing movement to refer to Shlongy as Willow, a peck, or a stupid Daikini.
EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS.
Submitted by marginwalker (user info) at 2006-11-01 15:21:45 EST (#)
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This is lovely - the words and the image
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2006-11-01 15:20:33 EST (#)
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Nicely done, but prepare to get -2'd from the "where's ma NSFW label" 'tards...
In other news, I've been gone from Uber for a week. Have I missed anything exciting? No? Didn't think so.
Submitted by Susie_Derkins (user info) at 2006-11-01 15:11:06 EST (#)
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APW +2
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-11-01 15:08:40 EST (#)
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Submitted by Amontillado (user info) at 2006-11-01 15:00:23 (#)
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I admire you
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Oh no you don't. I've seen "Seven," and I know how this conversation ends:
First you say you admire me. Then you say that maybe you really envy me.
WHILE THIS IS HAPPENING a FedEx box arrives to Morgan Freeman - who's a good friend of mine - and in it he finds the severed head of Gwyneth Paltrow,
Then I have to decide whether or not to become Vengeance and shoot you seven or eight times, or to just passively sit by while learning that you killed her after I impregnated her with my awesome seed.
So let's just save the cops the paperwork, and save me the prison time, and just say that we're internet chums. How's that sound?
(thanks, by the way)
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2006-11-01 15:03:07 EST (#)
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Submitted by Amontillado (user info) at 2006-11-01 15:00:23 (#)
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I admire you.
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She admires you.
Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2006-11-01 15:01:38 EST (#)
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"Sounds" doesn't rhyme with "meet" you idiot.
Submitted by Amontillado (user info) at 2006-11-01 15:00:23 EST (#)
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I admire you.