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Oct. 17th, 2009 @ 11:07 am (no subject)
fala- a crow
fallon- in charge
faren- wanderer
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Oct. 10th, 2009 @ 12:11 pm late start...
brief discourse on hypersigils

barbelith thread

don webb!
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Oct. 27th, 2008 @ 08:59 pm (no subject)
30 bad things that happen to oliver )
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Oct. 18th, 2008 @ 11:02 pm a vague chapterish outline
1. oliver has an incident of sexual failure.
2. he goes into work late, after mixing booze with dramamine, and gets fired. travis threatens to beat his ass because of the incident with meghan.
3. oliver goes to (name of coffeeshop), where, with no explanation, justina demands he eat a box of chicken wings and return the bones in two days. when he gets home, he learns that baba is dead.
4. the day after the funeral. in a stupor, oliver is googling the history of his apartment, when he comes upon information about the ghost. he returns the bones to justina, and they talk about music.  when he returns home, he meets eric and bethel.
5. chhay knocks a hole in oliver's bedroom wall. he has some sort of disastrous job hunting incident where travis humiliates him. justina arrives out of nowhere and tells travis to leave oliver alone, but it comes to light that she's living with him. she asks him if he's seen the ghost. he goes to the store and looks at surveillance equipment. he decides to kill himself following the trials show.
6. justina shows up at oliver's house unannounced. they spend the day (doing something). she brings him a kitten. he realizes he doesn't have any cat food. he goes over to eric and bethel's, and only bethel is home. he realizes he is attracted to her, and feels awkward.
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Oct. 8th, 2008 @ 07:30 pm (no subject)
Current Music: death in june: kameradeschaft II
oliver vranch- main character
justina rushvili- befriends oliver while making bone jewelry in a coffeehouse. father is a georgian orthodox priest. left home because she was openly bisexual and her family disapproved. has a sexual relationship with oliver, then decides she's a lesbian, then decides to become a nun.
travis friend- local hipster who makes oliver's life a living hell. works in a record store and sings in a band called travis and his taxi ride.
chhay som khlot- cambodian medical student who lives in oliver's building. known as "the night doctor", he kidnaps and dissects homeless people for study sessions.
eric and bethel- oliver's new neighbors, who he shares much in common with. their presence makes him uncomfortable.
meghan grimes- travis' stunning girlfriend, who propositions oliver in order to humiliate him.
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Oct. 5th, 2008 @ 05:37 pm (no subject)
outliney )
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Oct. 16th, 2007 @ 08:57 pm (no subject)
Current Music: woven hand: truly golden
about william )
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Oct. 9th, 2007 @ 08:59 pm (no subject)
100 things about annis )
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Oct. 4th, 2007 @ 07:20 pm (no subject)
Current Music: stone roses: i wanna be adored
the straight dope )
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Sep. 29th, 2007 @ 10:34 am (no subject)
another interview with annis )
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Sep. 27th, 2007 @ 12:24 pm (no subject)
Current Music: holy ghost revival: zelda
about annis )

annis, gauntlets off! )

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Sep. 13th, 2007 @ 06:04 pm (no subject)
boring outline )
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Sep. 8th, 2007 @ 12:56 am (no subject)
three main characters
1. female mc: mid to late twenties. unsure of why she's been selected. neurotic, avoidant. grew up in fundamentalist christian home; recently ended her only real relationship, with an overbearing man. worked in a factory. lived semi-reclusive existance up to the time of her selection. feels awkward and out of place. enjoys classic literature and bad romances. interested in theological issues.

2. male mc: early thirties. behaves bizarrely intentionally. claims to be a vampire. later admits this was a ruse to get himself selected. maintains odd jobs while writing fiction. wanted to join party club because he felt it would give him something to write about. also enjoys classical literature, particularly william blake. initially tends to ignore female mc in favor of "female antagonist type".

3. female antagonist: member of party club appointed to watch over female mc. former belly dancer, burlesque artist. loud, vital, terrifying to female mc. selected because she was beautiful, talented. alternately comforting and cruel. seeks male mc's attention simply because she can.
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Sep. 7th, 2007 @ 01:10 pm the vaguest of all vague ideas
Current Music: cinema strange: molars
an elite "party club" meets in a mansion on a hill to indulge in historical recreation and debauchery (what they actually do there is something of a mystery to the townspeople.) every year, they choose three new recruits, who have to prove themselves in some way or another. there is obviously something sinister going on at party club. i don't know what.
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Sep. 5th, 2007 @ 10:46 pm (no subject)
from http://www.scepticthomas.com/gothic/gothic.htm:

These characteristics belong to all gothic works:

1. there is a victim who is helpless against his torturer;
2. there is also a victimizer who is associated with evil and whose powers are immense or supernatural;
3. the setting of the gothic story is at some point within impenetrable walls (physical or psychological) to heighten the victim's sense of hopeless isolation--the central gothic image is the cathedral or haunted mansion within which the victim is imprisoned;
4. the atmosphere is pervaded by a sense of mystery, darkness, oppressiveness, fear, and doom to recreate the atmosphere of a crypt--a symbol of man's spiritual death and a "vehicle for presenting a picture of man as eternal victim"[1]; and finally,
5. the victim is in some way entranced or fascinated by the inscrutable power of his victimizer
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Oct. 30th, 2006 @ 09:48 pm weak points
Current Music: akil sekabaev: zikr
- how does the mailman avoid being hijacked by the catholics?
- what do the catholics do? (aside from control the water supply)
- where did everyone go? why isn't there anyone in hagerstown?
- why won't the catholics come near antietam?
- why doesn't pearl have a gun?
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Oct. 25th, 2006 @ 06:30 pm a chapteresque breakdown
Current Music: dock boggs: country blues
*a letter from hansel to pearl*
1. setting is established; pearl's qualms about her relationship with henry; farah is dumped on debbie's doorstep
2. boris' dealings with the catholics (boris' pov)
3. the aftermath of the shooting; pearl leaves with the children
4. henry meets boris; they head east (henry's pov)
*a letter from pearl to hansel*
5. pearl and kids are chased from a town; pearl loses her toe
6. debbie rick's story
7. henry and boris get caught in a dust storm; henry's not doing so well
8. augusta is pregnant; they reach the potomac and it's filled with bodies; austin gets sick (augusta's pov)
*letter from pearl to hansel*
9. hagerstown; the catholic diner; pearl attacks the owner; a flood
10. a horrifying revelation about boris (henry's pov)
11. pearl steals a car; antietam
12. boris leads henry to the battlefield at gunpoint (henry's pov)
13. hansel's friend shoots boris; augusta can talk; reunion
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Oct. 20th, 2006 @ 03:02 pm (no subject)
Current Music: rail gaddi: four of a kind
article on illegal irrigation in colorado

more about henry )

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Oct. 19th, 2006 @ 07:03 pm craptology!
Current Music: imogen heap: hide and seek
the general idea )

more about pearl )

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Oct. 18th, 2006 @ 06:43 pm a rough lineup of layout of doom
Current Music: pentaphobe: so do cerebral
- letter from hansel to pearl
- how pearl met henry
- farah's arrival; the catholics; debbie's story
- boris' story
- shootout; going to market (original short story idea)
- letter from pearl to hansel
- pearl leaves
- henry meets boris
- henry and boris leave
- that long mysterious journey
- reunion?
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