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The Fear permeates the city with a dense fog in the mornings. As the day lingers, the fog dissipates, but the Fear just stretches out over the people, engulfing us all in its decadence.

We stroll the streets, looking for some kind of trouble to get into. But nothing comes. Sometimes it’s like that. No matter what you do, or where you are, you can’t get anything done. Creativity fades and seeps through the cracks in the sidewalk and you are left with nothing but some sunburn.

Courting the muse is a long forgotten path. These days people don’t wait for inspiration, or even try to draw in inspiration. They just do. And so we end up with a bunch of crap that is passed for “art” or “poetry” or “fiction” or any number of other things. But when you see it, it just fucking bores you to tears.

Court your muse. Find your inspiration. Then bang out that piece of crap you’ll never be proud of. Life keeps on moving down the line. The train will not remember you, and it does not forgive. Walk out on the tracks and stare at the ground. See those are steel rails? Is this what we’ve become?

And so here I am, waxing melancholic, for no reason other than I know not what to write.

Jack
I Listen.

Fragment #7
May 06, 2008

Fable 2 has sucked the life out of me all week.  I’m on my second play through.  My friends come over to play it constantly.  It’s a pretty big deal.  hah.  I have 39 of 50 acheivements, and 800 of 1000 gamer points.  Not bad.

You would really enjoy Fable 2, no matter what kind of games you are into.  It’s been catching a lot of flack because it’s not very deep, and the story is short.  But, come on.  It’s freaking fun.  I can’t get enough.  Seriously.

Aside from that, a lot is going on.

• My depression has lifted.
• Posts every Sunday.  No exceptions.
• Posts may be even more frequent.
• Fun Stuff coming.  Including a weekly podcast.
• My Xbox 360 writes it’s own blog!
• You can now leave tips, care of TipJoy.  Check the side bar—>
• Part time day job starting soon, as well as a writing gig.
• Developmental Theology 089 eBook in the works.

Is that everything?  I doubt it, but for now it is.

-Jack

• Cyberetto – My favorite Aussie Tech-Chick.
• Tatty – The most beautiful and sweet girl I’ve never met.
• Tweet-Up LA - Greg is running a great site here, trying to connect all the Twits in LA.
• Wandering Nomad – Hunee is like the Filipina sister I always wanted.
• The Horror Strumpet – Fiz is just made of awesome.
• The Broad Brush – Tojosan is very interesting. And a new grand-niece has just entered his life!
• Tofu916 – Tofu is a Hip-Hop producer in Sacramento. Hours of laughs!
• jjprojects – JJ is social media in Australia.
• Dark Thoughts – Gracie gives a hefty dose of dark erotica.
• She Geeks – Corvida covers all you need to know to be tech savvy.

That’s all for today kids. More again soon.

-Jack.
I Listen.
I Travel.

• That Tall Dude – Quality blog, not afraid to ask tough questions, and one of the most humble guys you’ll ever meet.
• Twitter Stars – Mark Davidson is Web 2.0
• Max Gladwell – Max does some great stuff on ecological and social change.
• The Entropy Report - Scarab does a great job of gritty truth here.
• Slap/Pop – Lou has got some really cool stuff going on here, but he needs to write more.
• Chronicles of Beast – Beast is a pro-runner. Looking forward to doing the Vermont100 with him this summer.
• Evil Science Chick – So cool it hurts.
• Mellisa Maples – I just love seeing things from the Turkish bazaar!
• prp2 - Peter is one of my favorite people. Great Stuff.
• puntiglio - Again, Soren is one of my favorite people. Great stuff.
• The Musings of a Young Intellectual – Christy does some incredible poetry here.

That’s all for now. If you were not listed, please do not be offended. I’ll be doing a “Part 2″ tomorrow!

-Jack.
I Listen.
I Travel.

This used to be so easy.

Welcome everyone to my new tumblelog. I’ll be using this to document my travels across the US, and possibly other parts of the world. Right now I’m still in the getting ready process.

Within the next week or two I(and my friend Scarab) will be departing on a trip around the US. There is a very good chance that we will be hitchhiking a majority of the trip. It’s also really possible that we will be hopping trains throughout the south.

The purpose of the trip is the all-important pursuit of the American Dream. We are young and terribly aware of the Fear. We need more experiences in order to become the people we want to be.

Everyone has been super helpful so far. Here’s a couple of examples.

Dark Gracie posted this. Which has lead to several donations already.

$36 donated thus far. First to donate – BrooklynBeast

Sorenj was kind enough to post a link on his blog to the original note from Gracie.

Epiphani has graciously donated a Sony Vaio laptop for the trip.

Things are looking good, but we can always use more.

You can help by linking to me in anyway, or by donating. Send all donations via PayPal to jackstravelfund at yahoo dot com.

Thanks for everything and much love!

-Jack Lhasa

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Books, books, books. I’m mad for reading. I spend untold amounts of time scraping through my library, the local library, and the web for sources of inspiration, or just a good read that can help me get out of myself for a while.

Sometimes it is important, as a writer, to lose yourself in a good book. I like to pick up things that aren’t really my style, to give a fresh perspective on what I write. I spend a lot of time waxing philosophic on my blog, and that generally comes from what I read.

I’ve been pulling my way through the works of Hunter S. Thompson these past few weeks. Fear and Loathing: on The Campaign Trail ‘72 has not only been an excellent read, but it’s made me feel closer to the elections this year. Hunter could always dig himself into any situation, completely engulfing his personality with his subject. I respect that a lot, and I think that if more writers really allowed themselves to be a little crazy, or heroic, or depressed, or manic, they would be able to make their characters more believable. Hunter knew this.

Write yourself into a story. Let it take over all that is you. See what happens.

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Loki
I’m Listening

Guest Blog #1

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Loki.
Developmental Theology 089
Lesson #41
02.02.08

Update:
Wow lesson 41!!! I’ve been doing this for 11 months now. I’ll do a very special March for the first anniversary blog post. You may also notice the “About Me” page. I took down a lot of the ads, because they didn’t generate enough to warrant damaging the viewing pleasure. I’m doing lots of freelance gigs, which I will make known here in some way. Contact me if you want me to write something for your magazine/ezine/blog(guest blogger). I’m also going to try and put together a collaborative blog/zine in the next month or so, and anyone interested needs to contact me. Think of my writing style, thrown against different news and views. That’s what I’m looking for in collaborative authors. Strong, straight edge writing a must. Dark humor is a plus, cynicism, conspiracy theories, music, movies, TechGeek, strong adult fiction, up-to-date news, just give me your pitch! Use the contact form below.

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I am based out of the South Eastern United States. I am considering all options and trying to build a portfolio. I would be happy to contribute to small magazines/ezines/blogs for free.

Quick Summary – I’ve been writing for 13 years. I wrote mostly poetry early in the life, as well as short fiction. Later I began to write non-fiction fairly often, as can be referenced in this blog. I worked as a copywriter for some time. I am a writer, photographer, and all-around writing catch-all.  My writing has a unique voice, I think that it really speaks for itself.

I have experience in many fields, including(but not limited to):

• Blogging
• Web 2.0
• Journalism
• All forms of Windows and several Linux Distributions
• Poetry
• Short Fiction
• Hiking/Trailing
• Photography
• History
• Pharmacology
• Therapy
• Psychology
• Philosophy
• Theology
• Copywriting
• XHTML
• proofreading/editing
• Entrepreneur/Small Business
• Technology; Computers, Video Games, Phones, Gadgets
• Nutrition and Health Supplements
• Politics

My writing background includes:

• 2 Years This Blog. 5 Years of web presence prior to this blog.
• Several months as co-host of the Something Kinda Techy podcast
• 4 months on the Twitter Travels team.  Co-Founder.
• 2 Poems published in the Canadian magazine, Waxing & Waning
• Several articles for The Entropy Report , Editor: Drake Frost
• Guest Blog at P.R. Seitz Books. Editor: P.R. Seitz
• Book Reviews for P.R. Seitz Books
• 2 Months Proofreading for Delegate2
• Speaking of Poetry, a self-published CD of Spoken Word
• Some articles and media at Associated Content.
• A consistent twitterer. I am often found helping people in web2.0 matters here.
• Currently a CNN iReporter in the Second Life world. If you would like to speak with me there, my SL name is Jayell Alter.

My regular work has included:

• 8 Years of Retail Management
• 1 Year of Call Center Technical Support
• 6 Months of Warehouse Shipping and Receiving
• 6 Months of Copywriting for a major eBay company
• 6 Years as an eBay Seller
• 2 Years as an entrepreneur, with my own graphic design company
• 3 Years as a Freelance Journalist

Contact me privately with job offers or comments in general. You may also reach me by phone with the widget below.

- Jack Lhasa