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Short Story: The Prophet

Prologue: Every year on the anniversary of the prophet's death, they’d bring the body out to its original spot. Back through the rice paddies of the western region 6.6. Leaving a strewn river of spiked mud. Scientists in gear would tow a hover pallet to the exact spot where they found him and try to glean more understanding from his presence rather than what he left behind. That is what they think when they write down their findings. The way the stalks of the young rice greens hover gently beneath his body. The second hemisphere sun beats everywhere, except there. They will shine their globe magnifiers in all directions, but nary a shadow will enter the 5x5 prohibiter. There is no reason when questions go unanswered. No evidence surfaced.   Part 1 “The Authority have been called.” Jehoven speaks bluntly as he pushes a wet rag up over his hair, slicking back what little grew there. As a farmer Jehoven’s only job was to speculate the growing season, no time could be spared from pla...
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A Drop in the Ocean

The journey to true greatness does not lie within the past, nor can it be found in the future. True greatness happens in the here and now. How do we find it though? Where does it reside? Is it plainly hidden or too conspicuous to be well received. On my journey into the unknown, I’ve uncovered many scenes that have changed my understanding of what is, rather than what could be.   I’ve often had the conversation, what makes a great movie or show? There are so many to choose from nowadays, how do you weed out the ones that aren’t worth watching? In truth, there are too many B rated films on A budgets. Multi-million dollar remakes that pale in comparison to the original. Vice versa there are fewer still A rated films on B budgets. Even if the B really means “the none normal.” Movies are one thing because if they fail, there is still a good chance someone down the line will think it's a good idea to remake them. For shows, however, it is often a one a and done. Shows do not have the ...
 So this isn’t my norm, but I’m going to go ahead and try a go at it, whatever “it” is. For the last two years, I’ve been managing three apartments for my mother. She owns the building and I find the tenants. I’m a makeshift manager and to set matters right I’ve been studying to be an apartment manager. In the meantime however, I’ve learned the ins and outs of some minor marketing strategies, how to make a lease, edit paperwork, talk to tenants, find tenants, help with upkeep, and so on. I’ve learned a lot from the apartment course and I’m hoping to pass the test, I’ve never been good with tests, so if I end up flunking the test at least I have this to fall back on. I’ve learned a lot from the course and I’ve also learned a lot from my tenants. They have told me a lot of horror stories from past rental experiences that I’m now familiar with all matter of greaseball landlord situations. Someone once told me their landlord turned off their heat, and another the landlord would try and...

Where there is a Willow there isn't always a way

Disney fucked up. Let's be real, though there is certain jen ne sais quoi  t hat Disney shows and films encompass. Nothing is overall gritty, most scenes are cut well shot well and almost clean to the point of a window display at Macy's. That is neither here nor there, but it creates a world that begs to differ, what the story may be about the air that surrounds it.  Willow is by far my favorite film and it's story, scenes, script are shot effortlessly well. There are little things here and there that make Willow unique, so I was very excited by the show knowing it has been over 30 years since the making of the film.  The show is based around the film, literally and physically as they added some characters that were in the original movie, such as Warwick Davis (Willow) and Joanne Whalley (Sorsha). I had assumed that Davis would make an appearance seeing as how the show is called Willow. So I was more than pleasantly surprised to see more characters as well. My excitement ...