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Nightshade and Dark

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

I am everything that I appear to be. Of course, that is going to vary wildly depending on who I am appearing to.




My Interests

Writing, Illustration, Dancing, Theory, Thought, Stories, Tales, Yarns, Poetry, Writing, Patterns, Lies, Love, Contradiction, Conviction

Show me who you are when you're alone

Movies:

Wong Kar Wai, Terry Gilliam, Tim Burton, The Coen Brothers, Akira Kurosawa, Blade Runner, Silent Hill, Cemetary Man, City of Lost Children, Silent, old, and horror movies

Books:

TS Eliot, HP Lovecraft, Neil Gaiman, Alan Moore, Warren Ellis, The Chronicles of Prydain, The Etched City, Alice in Wonderland, Dracula, Ghost stories

Heroes:

Heroes are an excuse to not do it yourself.

My Blog

A Definition

(from dictionary.com)crush [kruhsh]-verb (used with object)1.    to press or squeeze with a force that destroys or deforms.2.    to squeeze or pound into small fragments ...
Posted by Nightshade and Dark on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:54:00 PST

Horror Day: Monday, June 16th

Marking the date of the weekend that the Shelleys and Byron conceived their horror stories and the beginning of shooting of the original "Frankenstein" for Universal- and blah blah blah.All you really...
Posted by Nightshade and Dark on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:48:00 PST

Words without action are wasted

Would you show me your sacred places?Late at night, following the same paths you have for as long as you remember, tell me of your gods, demons, rituals, taboos- or call them what you will, the terms ...
Posted by Nightshade and Dark on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:54:00 PST

Ladies and Gentlemen, once again- XKCD!

After a brief lull in its profundity, XKCD has once again begun to redefine my basic paradigms about how I view the world--I don't think I'll ever be able to fantasize the same way again....
Posted by Nightshade and Dark on Wed, 28 May 2008 12:34:00 PST

Culture War

Now, I am a naive idealist, so take it with a grain of salt when I say that I believe Ms. Grey's stated aspirations to bring something worthwhile to porn, and from what little I've seen of h...
Posted by Nightshade and Dark on Sun, 25 May 2008 01:28:00 PST

Bicycle!

Thanks to the amazing Mr. Davis I am once again amongst the wheeled. 14 miles today. It somewhat boggles my mind that I did that. 14 miles! And I don't even have my bike legs back yet. Took it down to...
Posted by Nightshade and Dark on Tue, 20 May 2008 12:58:00 PST

Dear Diary

Today was fucking awesome.Woke up and watched the tail end of Fargo. Walked down to Hard Times, got some breakfast, walked home to catch the tail end of The Departed. Went down to Town Talk Diner and ...
Posted by Nightshade and Dark on Sun, 18 May 2008 01:02:00 PST

Wine + Internet = Fury!

Wisconsin man won't buy gas for 31 days+Umm... big fucking whoopty doo! I guess this is a step in the right direction for the US, but it does seem a little insulting to those of us who have never owne...
Posted by Nightshade and Dark on Sat, 17 May 2008 10:26:00 PST

Addict

I remember back in high school, riding with some friends to a park off in some middle of nowhere place, late evening, and just laying on the hill looking at the grass or stars or whatever. A perfect a...
Posted by Nightshade and Dark on Thu, 15 May 2008 12:57:00 PST

Incoming

Payday is Friday after far too long of privation. As such, one or more of the following things will occur Friday evening/night depending when I'm off work.-Sushi at Midori-Bottle or few of red wine at...
Posted by Nightshade and Dark on Mon, 12 May 2008 12:13:00 PST