[Poem] Whither the Wind Blows Not

Whither the Wind Blows Not
by Emmit Other

I am of a mind to sail against the current
The stars above me fixed 
In my gnat's view of time
Though swirling in chaos
Relative to themselves.

When a thing is right
You sail to that star
To be who you choose to be
Not because it is convenient
Not because it makes you popular
But because to do otherwise
Makes you less of what you choose to be in life
You are alone on this journey
Locked in your starmeat skull
Shared hearts, shared minds
At till the now, not shared thoughts
Save those pale words we jabber
With flapping jaws and unreliable imperfect ears
I remember standing on the mountain
Waving the flag of summons like the fool I was
Only to be justifiably ignored by thousands
I am not what I was
Naive in different ways
The past left by a much needed slap
By our lady of endearing pragmatism
Lead ingot dropped in silken glove
But in an upside down entropic world
We must fix on something
To find any degree of Truth worth finding
And I believe in it
And work for it
And thus sail counter to the waves
I know the folly
But I do so of choice
Of who I choose to be
Not of fear
But of love
And there can be no better reason for anything than this
This is why we live
If we choose to embrace it as such.

[Writing] Brainstorming Story ideas by Blog

Going to do 5 of the 8 remaining ten commandments...note that these are flash fiction ideas, so its got to fit into a 1000 words or so....

So far I have done three, thou shalt not kill, and honor father/mother (got me 3)

Keep the Sabbath Day Holy - Orbital Microwave satilite fries people who don't stay in their houses.  A man really wants his most recent magazine issue B+

Thou Shall Not Bear False Witness - Nature starts killing climate deniers.  The world is a better place.  Man tries to murder via getting his neighboor to deny climate change. B+

That Shalt Not Covet: A vain woman starts to use magic to steal body parts from other women and graft them onto herself A-

Thou Shalt Have No God Before Me - A man has folded himself ala time (been done) but he is super narcisistic and permits none of 'him' to fall in love, but one does and he tries to keep it secret. C+

Thou Shalt Not Steal - Robin Hood of Dreams.  A man steals from the creatively rich in a future where creativity is everything and wealth and stupid boring meth people live like paupers....until he gives them stolen dreams. A+

Thou Shalt Not Bear False Idols - Bobble Heads with Laser Eyes. B

Don't take the name of the Lord in Vain: Woman having sex gets an answer from God, who is annoyed.  Woman asks uncomfortable questions. B+

Don't Do Adultry: Debbie Does Dunkin Donuts.  Sex through donuts.  C-

Yeah looks like I got my five.


Listening to this while I think

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4SVRbkRBoM

[Script] Peter Pan vs Frankenstein vs Superman - Page 4

Scene: Denny goes downstairs.  Preferably a spiral staircase in a large house or fancy studio apartment.

A scream comes from the basement.

Scene: Denny's face is equally torn between giving a damn and then looks to the side.

Scene: The fridge looks awfully inviting.

Scene: Denny considers.

Scene: Close up up the fridge.

Scene: A scream comes from downstairs, showing stairs going down (besides the ones she came down in the first place.)

Scene: Denny frowns.

Scene: Denny in front of the fridge, making a sandwich.

Voice Over: Deliberalely muffled shouting that allows every few words to be understood, likely muffled by screaming.

Dr. Frankenstein: ...my daughter....behold....glorious creation...fairy abomination...generations...family.....flying rat.....out of my face....

Scene: Stairs with most of the voice over continuing.

Dr Frankenstein: (Rising hystical laughter) Ensure...never again....so much to do...will regret

There is a sound of a wall crashing.

Different Voice Over: ....Great Scott! ....Young Boy Down....Unhand!

Close Up: Denny looks up from her sandwich, suddenly looking concerned.

Wider shot: She puts the mayo knife down.

Scene: Stairs - Denny goes down them, quickly.

[Heliotrope] The Phantom Ranger

Far out west in the edges of civilization in the Western United States, the half breed descendant of a lord of the Outer Fae and a human from Terra.  Very often such half breeds have magic talents that are well outside that of the nobility or the occasional mage who is pure Terran.  In this case, their only talent was toughness and long live.  Inspired by heroic tales of times passed, this man dressed in a mask and rode the West fighting evil.

He also got the crap kicked out of him a lot.

A lot.

But he learned and now does good in subtle ways.  Sometimes he still rides a horse.  Sometimes an SUV with bullet proof glass.  The Phantom Ranger keeps a low profile, but he still does good when needed and called.

If you have a problem under the starry skies of the west, maybe he might help you.

Or you might the crap kicked out of you.

That too.

[Script] Peter Pan vs Frankenstein vs Superman - Page 3

Wide shot - Camera panning back and outward centered on the monstrous fist that pulls Peter through like Shlurping a straw.  An annoyed Twinkerbell zwatting in and out trying to sting him and is ignored.

Scene: Doctor Frankenstein looks at Peter and scowls.  A hulking Frankenstine holds Peter by the neck.  Twinkerbells frits around and is ignored.

Scene: Panning shot showing a laboratory with a mix of high tech and steam punk style equipment.  There is a large slab like table in the room so that there is no doubt as to where Frankenstein came from.

Scene: Peter smiles mischeviously and shrugs.

Dr Frankenstein scowls more and snaps his fingers.

Scene: Frankenstein squeezes tighter.

Peter begins to turn purple.

Twinkerbell screams in horror.

Scene: Denny finally finishes getting dressed and comes downstairs, looking concerned as she hears the scream from downstairs.

Things are slowly moving forward

TC has a room to use as his office but it is filled with boxes and cluster and clutter.  It needs to be cleansed and organized and the right tools for the right job set up slowly and carefully.

Watch this space.

More to come.

[Script] Peter Pan vs Frankenstein vs Superman - Page 2

Scene: Peter Pan is peeping through a window with a drooling Twinkerbell, who inadvertintly flies into a nearby bug zapper.

Scene: Close up image of Twinkerbell lightup like a Christmas tree and falling to the ground like the cartoon bitch she is.

Scene: Wide scene of Peter not caring, just peeping through the window.

Scene: Denny is getting dressed for school and puts on her bra.

Scene: Peter Pan licks the glass.

Scene: A charcoaled Twinkerbell floats up and jingles her annoyance.

Peter: You're right Tink, the boys do need a mother.  Badly.

Scene: Twinkerbell looks incredulous as that totally isn't what she said.

Small words appear as subtiles under the screen.

Twinkerbell (subtitles): Are you even listening to me? I said this one isn't like the others.

Scene: Peter just looks at the glass again and reaches below where we can see on the glass and smiles slightly.

Scene: Close up of Twinkerbell.

Twinkerbell (subtitles): I know you can understand me. Its magic.

Scene: A large fist reaches through the wall, causing stone and plaster and glass to burst everywhere and grabs Peter by the neck.