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Last login: 6 weeks agoEnigmaticStorm: EnigmaticStorm is a married person from Dreams of, Fireflies &, Fiji.; Likes 113 pages, 2 videos, 38 photos • 22 fans • Received 12 reviews; Member since Dec 28, 2006

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Nov 20, 2007 12:22am: I've been reading Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman. I had forgotten what it feels like to get lost in a book, trapped in the storyteller's world, gobbling up page after page in anticipation for the outcome.

Good book.

Oct 25, 2007 2:35pm: "...there's a paradox in every paradigm..." ~Ani DiFranco, Paradigm

Display photo - photo.net: Jul 31, 2007 9:00pm 2 reviews photography
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6257405

Jul 25, 2007 12:14am: >RANT
I am not good at dealing with bullshit. I am not talking about shit, because as we have all been repeatedly told, "shit happens". I am talking about bullshit.
Bullshit is people that have all they need (a plenty of what they want) too greedy to realize how blessed they truly are. Bullshit is 800 young men and women dying far from home, for a war brought about by manipulations, lies, and treason while politicians debate. Bullshit is a paltry increase in minimum wage after days of debate, while politicians vote to pocket more of OUR money (in pay) in mere hours. Bullshit is blaming our fiasco of an education system on teachers, kids, and "poor testing scores". Bullshit is putting the profits of corporations above the health and safety of people, and the country. Bullshit is leaving people to die on roofs because you can't pull your head out of your ass. Bullshit is blaming your lack of action on other people. Bullshit.. Bullshit.. Bullshit.
Today I feel the world is full of nothing but chocolate covered bullshit. It might look appealing, but underneath, it is still just bullshit.
/rant

Up, Up, and Away by elsapo - DPChallenge: Jul 24, 2007 12:01am 15 reviews photography
http://www.dpchallenge.com/image.php?IMAGE_ID=552836; "Up, Up, and Away" by: Elsapo

Jul 23, 2007 11:52pm: "In my mind I am still 18. It's my body that thinks we are old."

We sat in silence on the front porch, watching the fight of the hummingbirds, and listening to the birds songs on the wind. At some point our conversation turned to growing up, and growing old, and my mother-in-law says to me that she still feels like a young woman, eager to get out and explore the world, followed by a very honest statement that while her mind is still young, her body is anything but. "You will never feel as old in your mind as your body makes you feel" she tells me with a sad smile, "Ain't that just a bitch?"
We laugh in agreement and then fall back into our comfortable silence.

Display photo - photo.net: Jul 20, 2007 11:40am 1 review photography
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6209870; Ah! The refreshing coolness of a summer storm.

I have been thinking about rain frequently this week, probably because it has been so hot and I am looking for a bit of refreshing coolness that usually comes with the summer rains. This photo brought to mind the reasons I so enjoy the rain. I love to stand out in it... especially when the sky is lit with flashes of electricity and the ground shakes with the rumbles of thunder.

Driving home a couple of nights ago I noticed how tall the corn appears to be, noting that it was plenty high to fulfill the "knee high by July" rule of a "good summer". The intensity of the heat has brought out the prettiest little flowers in an interesting array of colors... I am especially fond of the tiny purple blooms that line the streets I most often travel.

So far... it's a beautiful summer.

Jul 19, 2007 10:16pm: when i get caught in a storm,
i stop, to let nature
wash me in her cleansing tears,
i am already soaked through,
rushing will do no good...
i hold my hand out
wiggling my fingers in the moist air
completely entranced by the sensation
of one, fat dot, moseying down the space
between my pinkie.
Stopping for a moment, to breathe in
and just BE.

~es

Jul 16, 2007 9:05am: I read an article about gangs in the military, and shook my head in sadness and dismay.

Of course, I am not naive enough to think this is the first time in the history of the military that this sort of thing is going on... But, that it has happened in the past does not negate the fact that activities like this within our military adds yet another mark of dishonor to their growing list of black marks.
There is honor in protecting your country...
There is no honor in working as a (low) paid thug for a band of egotistical tyrants.