quiet day

My brain is running dry today, I'm short on inspiration,
My stories have all petered out, the scenes lack proper words;
I'll go and bury head and eyes in comics of most dubious guise
Where heroes take a dozen frames to flex their mighty swords.

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BLOOD PHOENIX LIAN DU. The daughter of infamou brigands, her family leads a prestigious band of thieves. Blood Phoenix is naturally talented in martial arts and at the tender age of 15 she had already commanded considerable respect among the thieves. Her "Golden Saber" once chopped down a pair of fearsome iron palms which belonged to her brother, "Blood Chain Bai Dui". He had touched her face with unwashed hands after relieving himself! She is obsessively anal retentive and particular about cleanliness, finding satisfaction in cutting off countless hands that she deems soiled. This coupled with her ruthlessness has made even the most fearsome foes shudder upon hearing her name. DUSTLESS ROBES PHOENIX BATHES IN BLOOD -- LIAN DU. -- from The Four Constables, Tony Wong and Andy Seto

too fast

Weekends go too bloody fast.

I don't think any more needs to be said.

(Oh, Onimusha Tactics for the GBA isn't bad at all. But FFTA is better.)

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If you were coming in the fall

If you were coming in the fall,
I'd brush the summer by
With half a smile and half a spurn,
As housewives do a fly.

If I could see you in a year,
I'd wind the months in balls,
And put them each in separate drawers,
Until their time befalls.

If only centuries delayed,
I'd count them on my hand,
Subtracting till my fingers dropped
Into Van Diemen's land.

If certain, when this life was out,
That yours and mine should be,
I'd toss it yonder like a rind,
And taste eternity.

But now, all ignorant of the length
Of time's uncertain wing,
It goads me, like the goblin bee,
That will not state its sting.

-- Emily Dickinson