Prince Randian, The Living Torso, Lighting A Cigarette With Only His Mouth; Pictured In 'freaks,' (1932)

Andrei Tarkovsky - Solaris (1972)

franz kafka does his work lying on bed like schoolgirl - animated adaptation of that one meme that circulated the internet... / september 2024.

The Machine

I love how ominous and cryptically poetic the ravens part sounds

I was really hesitant when my mom said she wanted to go to this wolf dog sanctuary several hours south of us. I didn’t want to be a tourist for a shady off brand zoo. But I looked the place up before agreeing. They’re completely aboveboard, all animals are spayed/neutered when entering the haven and they’re all given the space and respect they deserve.

The sanctuary serves as education and warning. Don’t get wolf dogs is practically emblazoned on every sign.

All the animals were high content, 95% wolf were most common. Their lowest was about 75% and his silly curled tail marked him as doggier than any of the others, yet he still had a sad story of being dumped in a shipping crate for days because he was too much for a house pet. Probably because he’s largely a wolf.

At the end the owner invited their two friendly ambassador animals to see if they’d like to say hello. They both did. I was politely sniffed and had my chin gently licked by the older male. The younger female demanded aggressive belly rubs and then set about biting the owner in a rough game that only she enjoyed.

Overhead ravens swooped in the treetops and made eerie eldritch calls to each other, like an echoing plink of water at the bottom of a well. It was honestly such a day.

Lumi, my favorite wolf of the day as tax he was huge and gangly and paced the fence staring at me, perhaps remembering the eighteen year old girl who had kept him in an apartment to be bred before he came to the sanctuary.

I don't want convenience. I want control.

I hate where modern technology is going. I sound like an old woman but I dislike wireless, I hate the bloat and spyware that seems to be normal. This is why I support and use libreboot. Hell, even why I use Gentoo and why I love openbsd.

Will Wood music is so good it’s like. I’m at a jazz show. I’m at a rock concert. I’m disassociating. I’m hyper aware of how my body looks. I hate modern society. Can’t we go back to the 50s? Wait the 50s sucked too. I’m a vampire. I’m a werewolf. I’m incapable of love. I have so much love to give. What’s my gender anyway? I am at a skeleton swing party in an animated film.

May 7, 1914 Letters to Felice by Franz Kafka First published : 1973

Letters to Milena, Franz Kafka

Polish poster for Solaris, 1972. Artwork by Andrzej Bertrandt.