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| Monday, January 3rd, 2011 | | 9:06 am |
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wrong, my wife and @@@@@At the time things went wrong, my wife and I were planning to go and visit her I had an accident at a job siteIt was pretty simple; when a pickup truck, even a Dodge Ram with all the bells and whistles, argues with a twelvestory crane, the pickup is going to lose every timeThe right side of my skull only crackedThe left side was slammed so hard against the Ram's doorpost that it fractured in three placesOr maybe it was fiveMy memory is better than it 7 used to be, but it's still a long way from what it once was The doctors called what happened to my head a contracoup injury, and that kind of thing often does more damage than the original hitMy right hip was shatteredAnd although I retained seventy per cent of the sight in my right eye (more, on a good day), I lost my right arm I was supposed to lose my life, but didn'tI was supposed to be mentally impaired thanks to the contracoup thing, and at first I was, but it passedBy the time it did, my wife had gone, and not just sort ofWe were married for twenty-five years, but you know what they say: shit happensI guess it doesn't matter; gone is goneSometimes that's a good thing When I say I was mentally impaired, I mean that at first I didn't know who people were - even my wife - or what had happenedI couldn't understand why I was in such painI can't remember the quality of that pain now, four years laterI know that I suffered it, and that it was excruciating, but 8 it's all pretty academicIt wasn't academic at the timeAt the time it was like being in hell and not knowing why you were there At first you were afraid you'd die, then you were afraid you wouldn'tThat's what Wireman says, and he would have known; he had his own season in hell Everything hurt all the time | | Friday, December 31st, 2010 | | 9:14 am |
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A low chuckle from @@@@@“Keep your hands off it A low chuckle from Ian“Jealous, Howe?” “That's not really the issue Ian was sarcastic now “Wanda seems to be, more or less, cooperating with MelanieIt sounds like they're almost… on friendly termsBut obviously Wanda's making the decisionsWhat if it were you? How would you feel if you were Melanie? What if you were the one… invaded that way? What if you were trapped, and someone else was telling your body what to do? If you couldn't speak for yourself? Wouldn't you want your wishes–as much as they could be known–respected? At the very least by other humans?” “Okay, okayI'll keep that in mind “What do you mean, you'llkeep that in mind? ” Jared demanded “I mean that I'll think about it “There's nothing to think about,” Jared retortedI knew how he would look from the sound of his voice–teeth clenched, jaw strained“The body and the person locked inside it belong tome” “You're sure that Melanie still feels the –” “Melanie will always be mineAnd I will always be hers Melanie and I were suddenly at opposite ends of the spectrumShe was flying, elated We waited anxiously through the next silence “But what if it were you?” Ian asked in little more than a whisper“What if you were stuffed in a human body and let loose on this planet, only to find yourself lost among your own kind? What if you were such a good… person that you tried to save the life you'd taken, that you almost died trying to get her back to her family? What if you then found yourself surrounded by violent aliens who hated you and hurt you and tried to murder you, over andover again?” His voice faltered momentarily“What if you just kept doing whatever you could to save and heal these people despite that? Wouldn't you deserve a life, too? Wouldn't you have earned that much?” Jared didn't answerI felt my eyes getting moistDid Ian really think so highly of me? Did he really think I'd earned the right to a life here? “Point taken?” Ian pressed “I–I'll have to think about that | | Thursday, December 30th, 2010 | | 9:06 am |
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“The police have gone over it,” said the @@@@@ “The police have gone over it,” said the disconsolate ownerNow!” Across the glass top of the table, the capital letters scrawled in glistening red lipstick, was a name JASON BOURNE Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM 199 20 Stunned, Marie stared at the television set, at the satellite news program beamed from MiamiThen she screamed as a camera moved in on a glass table in a town called Anderlecht in Belgium and the name printed in red across the topJacques burst through the bedroom door of the suite he had built for himself on the second floor of Tranquility Inn“Christ, what is it?” Tears streaming down her face, Marie pointed in horror at the setThe announcer on the overseas “feed” was speaking in the monotonic drone peculiar to such satellite transmissionsas if a bloodstained savage from the past had returned to terrorize civilized societyThe infamous killer, Jason Bourne, second only to Carlos the Jackal in the assassin for-hire market, has claimed responsibility for the explosion that took the lives of General James Teagarten and his companionsConflicting reports have come from Washington and London intelligence circles and police authoritiesSources in Washington claim that the assassin known as Jason Bourne was hunted down and killed in Hong Kong five years ago in a joint British-American operation However, spokesmen for both the Foreign Office and British intelligence deny any knowledge of such an operation and say that a joint effort as was described is highly unlikelyStill other sources, these from Interpol’s headquarters in Paris, have stated that their branch in Hong Kong knew of the supposed death of Jason Bourne, but as the widely circulated reports and photographs were so sketchy and unidentifiable, they did not give much credence to the storyThey assumed, as was also reported, that Bourne disappeared into the People’s Republic of China for a last contract fatal to himselfAll that’s clear today is that in the quaint city of Anderlecht in Belgium, General James Teagarten, commander of NATO, was assassinated and someone calling himself Jason Bourne has taken credit for killing this great and popular soldierWe now show you an old composite photograph from Interpol’s files produced by a consensus of those who purportedly had seen Bourne at close rangeRemember, this is a composite, the features put together separately from scores of other photographs and, considering the killer’s reputation for changing his appearance, probably not of great value The screen was suddenly filled with the face of a man, somewhat irregular and lacking definition “It’s not David!” said John St “It could be, Bro,” said his sister “And now to other newsThe drought that has plagued large areas of Ethiopia—” “Turn that goddamned thing off!” shouted Marie, lurching out of the chair and heading for the telephone as her brother switched off the set“Where’s Conklin’s number? I wrote it down here on your desk somewhereHere it is, on the blotterSaint Alex has a hell of a lot to explain, that son of a bitch!” She dialed angrily but accurately, sitting in St | | Sunday, December 26th, 2010 | | 9:14 am |
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"Still here," I saidAnd with @@@@@Then: "Eddie?" "Still here," I saidAnd with dark red half-moons in the palms of my hands, from clenching my fists There was a long pauseThe phone lines no longer hiss and crackle as they did when I was a kid, but I could hear all the miles sighing gently between usIt sounded like the Gulf when the tide is out Then she said, "I'm sorry things turned out this way 122 "I am, too," I said, and when she hung up, I picked up one of my bigger shells and came very close to heaving it through the screen of the TV Instead, I limped across the room, opened the door, and chucked it across the deserted roadI didn't hate Pam - not really - but I seemed to still hate somethingMaybe that other life vii ifsogirl88 to EFree19 9:05 AM December 23 Dear Daddy, The docs aren't saying a lot but I'm not getting a real good vibe about Grampy's surgeryOf course that might only be Mom, she goes in to visit Grampa every day, takes Nana and tries to stay "upbeat" but you know how she is, not the silver lining typeI want to come down there and see youI checked the flights and can get one to Sarasota on the 26thIt gets in at 123 6:15 PM your timeI could stay 2 or 3 days Please say yes! Also I could bring my prezzies instead of mailing themI have some special news Did I think about it, or only consult the ticking of instinct? I can't rememberMaybe it was neitherMaybe the only thing that mattered was that I wanted to see herIn any case, I replied almost at once EFree19 to ifsogirl88 9:17 AM December 23 Ilse: Come ahead! Finalize your arrangements and I'll meet you with Jack Cantori, who happens to be my own Christmas ElfI hope you will like my house, which I call Big PinkOne thing: do not do this w/o your mother's knowledge & approval | | Saturday, December 25th, 2010 | | 9:14 am |
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"Trust me on @@@@@ "Why? What do you mean?" "Trust me on this," he said v As we stood looking at Charley the Lawn Jockey in light that was now taking on a definite purple cast, a nonsense couplet from an old Dave Van Ronk blues occurred to me: "Mama bought a chicken, thought it was a duck; Sat it on the table with the legs stickin up Charley wasn't a chicken or a duck, but his legs, ending not in shoes but a dark iron pedestal, were indeed sticking upHis head, however, was goneIt had crashed down 1056 through a square of ancient moss- and vine-covered boards "What's that, muchacho?" Wireman asked"Do you know?" "I'm pretty sure it's a cistern," I said"I'm hoping not a septic tank Wireman shook his head"He wouldn't have put them in a shitheap no matter how bad his mental state wasNever in a million years Jack looked from Wireman to me, his young face full of horror"Adriana's down there? And the nanny?" "Yes," I said"I thought you understood thatBut the most important thing is that Perse's down thereAnd the reason I think it's a cistern is-" "Elizabeth would have insisted on making sure the bitch was in a watery grave," Wireman said grimly vi Charley was heavy, and the boards covering the hole in the high grass were more rotten than the steps of the ladderOf course they were; unlike 1057 the ladder, the wooden cap had been directly exposed to the elementsWe worked carefully in spite of the thickening shadows, not knowing how deep it was beneathAt last I was able to push the troublesome jockey far enough to one side so that Wireman and Jack could grab the slightly cocked blue legsI stepped onto the rotted wooden cap in doing so; someone had to, and I was the lightestIt bent under my weight, gave out a long, warning groan, puffed up sour air "Get off it, Edgar!" Wireman yelled, and at the same instant Jack cried, "Grab it, oh whore, it's gonna fall through!" They seized Charley as I stepped off the sagging cap, Wireman around the bent knees and Jack around the waistFor a moment I thought it was going to drop through anyway, dragging them both along Then they gave a combined shout of effort and tumbled over backward with the lawn jockey on top of the | | Monday, December 6th, 2010 | | 9:25 am |
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A look of consciousness as he spoke, and @@@@@ A look of consciousness as he spoke, and what seemed a consciousness of manner on Miss Crawford’s side as she made some laughing answer, was sorrowfull food for Fanny’s observation; and finding herself quite unable to attend as she ought to MrsGrant, by whose side she was now following the others, she had nearly resolved on going home immediately, and only waited for courage to say so, when the sound of the great clock at Mansfield Park, striking three, made her feel that she had really been much longer absent than usual, and brought the previous self-inquiry of whether she should take leave or not just then, and how, to a very speedy issueWith undoubting decision she directly began her adieus; and Edmund began at the same time to recollect that his mother had been inquiring for her, and that he had walked down to the Parsonage on purpose to bring her back Fanny’s hurry increased; and without in the least expecting Edmund’s attendance, she would have hastened away alone; but the general pace was quickened, and they all accompanied her into the house, through which it was necessary to passGrant was in the 187 Jane Austen vestibule, and as they stopt to speak to him she found, from Edmund’s manner, that he did mean to go with herHe too was taking leaveShe could not but be thankfulIn the moment of parting, Edmund was invited by DrGrant to eat his mutton with him the next day; and Fanny had barely time for an unpleasant feeling on the occasion, when MrsGrant, with sudden recollection, turned to her and asked for the pleasure of her company tooThis was so new an attention, so perfectly new a circumstance in the events of Fanny’s life, that she was all surprise and embarrassment; and while stammering out her great obligation, and her “but she did not suppose it would be in her power,” was looking at Edmund for his opinion and helpBut Edmund, delighted with her having such an happiness offered, and ascertaining with half a look, and half a sentence, that she had no objection but on her aunt’s account, could not imagine that his mother would make any difficulty of sparing her, and therefore gave his decided open advice that the invitation should be accepted; and though Fanny would not venture, even on his encouragement, to such a flight of audacious independence, it was soon settled, that if nothing were heard to the contrary, Mrs Grant might expect her “And you know what your dinner will be,” said MrsGrant, smiling—” the turkey, and I assure you a very fine one; for, my dear,” turning to her husband, “cook insists upon the turkey’s being dressed to-morrow “Very well, very well,” cried DrGrant, “all the better; I am glad to hear you have anything so good in the houseBut Miss Price and MrEdmund Bertram, I dare say, would take their chanceWe none of us want to hear the bill of fareA friendly meeting, and not a fine dinner, is all we have in viewA turkey, or a goose, or a leg of mutton, or whatever you and your cook chuse to give us The two cousins walked home together; and, except in the immediate discussion of this engagement, which Edmund spoke of with the warmest satisfaction, as so particularly desirable for her in the intimacy which he saw with so much pleasure established, it was a silent walk; for having finished that subject, he grew thoughtful and indisposed for any other 188 Mansfield Park CHAPTER XXIII “BUT WHY should MrsGrant ask Fanny?” said Lady Bertra | | Saturday, December 4th, 2010 | | 9:06 am |
@@@@@Deep inside himself, Croft was relieved that @@@@@Deep inside himself, Croft was relieved that he had not been able to climb the mountainFor that afternoon at least, as the platoon waited on the beach for the boats that were due the next day, Croft was rested by the unadmitted knowledge that he had found a limit to his hunger
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THE BOAT picked them up the next day and they started on the journey backThis time the landing craft had been equipped with eighteen bunks along the bulkheads and the men put their equipment in the empty ones and stretched out to sleepThey had been sleeping ever since they had come out of the jungle the preceding afternoon, and by now their bodies had stiffened and become painfulSome of them had missed a meal that morning but they were not hungryThe rigors of the patrol had left them depleted in many waysThey drowsed for hours on the return trip, awaking only to lie in their bunks and stare out at the sky above the open boatThe craft pitched and yawed, spray washed over the sides and the bow ramp, but they barely noticedThe sound of the motors was pleasant, reassuringThe events of the patrol had receded already, become a diffused wry compound of indistinct memories By afternoon most of them were awakeThey were still terribly fatigued but they could not sleep any longerTheir bodies ached and they felt no desire to walk about the narrow confines of the troop well, but still they were subtly restlessThe patrol was over and yet they had so little to anticipateThe months and years ahead were very palpable to themThey were still on the treadmill; the misery, the ennui, the dislocated horrorThings would happen and time would pass, but there was no hope, no anticipationThere would be nothing but the deep cloudy dejection that overcast everything Minetta lay on his bunk, his eyes closed, and dawdled through the afternoonThere was one fantasy he kept indulging, a very simple one, a very pleasing oneMinetta was dreaming about blowing off his footOne of these days while cleaning his gun he could point the muzzle right into the middle of his ankle, and press the triggerAll the bones would be mashed in his foot, and whether they had to amputate or not, they certainly would have to send him home Minetta tried to add up all the angle | | Friday, December 3rd, 2010 | | 9:05 am |
@@@@@She sensibly accepted a gift of a hundred @@@@@She sensibly accepted a gift of a hundred pounds from ScarlettIt wasn't necessary to add it to her dowry, she said with a conspiratorial winkThe great disappointment for Scarlett was that she couldn't hold the wedding party at the Big HouseTradition demanded that the wedding take place in the house the couple would live inThe best Scarlett could do was contribute several geese and a half dozen barrels of porter to the wedding feastEven that was going over the edge a bit, Colum warned herThe groom's family were the hosts "Well, if I'm going to go over the edge, I might as well go way over," Scarlett told himShe warned Kathleen, too, in case she wanted to object"I'm coming out of mourningI'm sick to death of wearing black She danced every reel at the wedding party, wearing bright blue and red petticoats under a dark green skirt, and stockings striped in yellow and greenThen she cried all the way home to Ballyhara "I'm going to miss her so much, ColumI'll miss the cottage, too, and all the visitorsI'll never go there again, not with nasty Pegeen handing out her nasty old tea "Twelve miles isn't the end of the earth, Scarlett darlingGet yourself a good riding horse instead of driving your buggy, and you'll be in Dunsany in no time at all Scarlett could see the sense to that, although twelve miles was still a long wayWhat she refused to consider at all was Colum's quiet suggestion that she start thinking about marrying againShe woke up in the night sometimes, and the darkness in her room was like the dark mystery of Rhett's eyes meeting hers when her ship was leaving CharlestonWhat had he been feeling? Alone in the silence of the night, alone in the vastness of the ornate bed, alone in the black blankness of the unlit room, Scarlett wondered, and dreamed of impossible things, and sometimes wept from the ache of wanting him"Cat," said Cat clearly when she saw her reflection in the mirror"Oh, thank God," Scarlett cried aloudShe'd been afraid her baby was never going to | | Thursday, December 2nd, 2010 | | 9:06 am |
@@@@@And so the kitchen was always full for my @@@@@And so the kitchen was always full for my casual lessons Only Sharon and Maggie were conspicuously and consistently absent I was in about my fourth week as an informal teacher when life in the caves changed again The kitchen was crowded, as was usualJeb and Doc were the only ones missing besides the normal twoOn the counter next to me was a metal tray of dark, doughy rolls, swollen to twice the size they'd started atThey were ready for the oven, as soon as the current tray was done Trudy checked every few minutes to make sure nothing was burning Often, I tried to get Jamie to talk for me when he knew the story wellI liked to watch the enthusiasm light up his face, and the way he used his hands to draw pictures in the airTonight, Heidi wanted to know more about the Dolphins, so I asked Jamie to answer her questions as well as he could The humans always spoke with sadness when they asked about our newest acquisitionThey saw the Dolphins as mirrors of themselves in the first years of the occupationHeidi's dark eyes, disconcerting underneath her fringe of white-blond hair, were tight with sympathy as she asked her questions “They look more like huge dragonflies than fish, right, Wanda?” Jamie almost always asked for corroboration, though he never waited for my answer“They're all leathery, though, with three, four, or five sets of wings, depending on how old they are, right? So they kind of fly through the water–it's lighter than water here, less denseThey have five, seven, or nine legs, depending on which gender they are, right, Wanda? They have three different gendersThey have really long hands with tough, strong fingers that can build all kinds of thingsThey make cities under the water out of hard plants that grow there, kind of like trees but not reallyThey aren't as far along as we are, right, Wanda? Because they've never made a spaceship or, like, telephones for communicationHumans were more advanced Trudy pulled out the tray of baked rolls, and I bent to shove the next tray of risen dough into the hot, smoking holeIt took a little jostling and balancing to get it in just right As I sweated in front of the fire, I heard some kind of commotion outside the kitchen, echoing down the hall from somewhere else in the cavesIt was hard, with all the random sound reverberations and strange acoustics, to judge distances he |
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