July 2010
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The city at night was their playground in those days.  The street that they spent so many Saturday nights on was lined with bars and clubs and places to get cheap beer and listen to live music.  The streets were cluttered with people talking and laughing and kissing one another good night but it was all background noise to their love of one another, just scenery against which they would prop up...
Jul 29th
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The operation needed a good wheelman, someone with a lead foot and a keen sense of direction, just in case anything went wrong, and it was determined that I was as good as any.  I had been helping my friend Vic do small-town jobs since we were teenagers and I was too used to it to quit now.  Normally, a bank heist in full light of day is the kind of thing that only happens in movies but our point...
Jul 27th
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I want to tell you how beautiful you are.  I want to make your heart swell with the excitement of new passion, with its promise and simple joy.  I want to feel your sweet heartbeats and to be humbled knowing they were inspired by me and that I made you smile your lovely smile as warmth filled your cheeks and your breath raced a little in your lungs.  I want to kiss away the happy tears that roll...
Jul 25th
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I made my way from the bus stop to the corner of 47th where I was to meet my ride.  He was to take me to see our mutual contact who knew about everything and, in all honesty, felt a bit of loyalty to me.  The guy owed me money and I offered to call if off if he gave me your most recent address and phone number.  You’d be worth it.   The rain beat down on me, smashing rhythmically into my...
Jul 22nd
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youroldarchenemycatwoman asked: is Dorian Peace your real name?
Jul 22nd
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She sat next to him in the driver’s side of the sedan, her knuckles stark white from clutching the steering wheel too hard.  She had never been so afraid and he wanted to comfort her but that was impossible at this point.  There was to be no comfort, no easy way out, only the difficult task before them and a lifetime together which he could only hope would bring some semblance of...
Jul 21st
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Excerpts from a conversation about INCEPTION...
Me: oh… the end of inception? are you asking if the top fell over? Kate: or if you even think it matters? (cuz i dont…..but maybe thats the existentialist in me squeeing in joy at a film that i thought made is seem that it doesnt, or at least gets you thinking in the vein) Me: i think it does matter to the character and to the story but the director wants it to be ambiguous so that...
Jul 20th
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Jul 20th
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Best smart aleck quotes from CHINATOWN
“Alright, Curly, enough’s enough.  Ya can’t eat the venetian blinds, I just had ‘em installed on Wednesday.” - Jake Gittes “Tell me, did you foreclose on many families this week?” - Gittes, in response to a mortgage banker insinuating he doesn’t do honest work “I don’t get tough with anyone, Mr. Gittes, my lawyer does.” -...
Jul 14th
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The sun cracked the eastern sky, signaling the dawn and the start of a new day but it reminded me of endings.  The night was over and our time together was coming to a close.  My only comfort was knowing there was time enough before my scheduled train departure for a final goodbye.  I slid under the sheets and pulled your warm body close to mine, waking you with soft kisses on your neck and...
Jul 14th
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The man in the gray blazer finished his meal, sat his fork down on his plate and opened a copy of today’s newspaper.  He knew he was to remain where he was until the suitcase was delivered, only after the funds were wired into the escrow account.  He perused the headlines and scanned the bodies of articles he didn’t care about.  His reading of the paper was a mechanical exercise, like...
Jul 13th
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