scottdisco

rip this joint please
i think i'm right in saying all of heronbone got deleted. (though heronbore blog is still accessible. i forget what other URLs there were.)

which is a bit poo, to understate wildly.
 

padraig (u.s.)

a monkey that will go ape
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the Zapatistas whose villages I spent time in drank more Coca-Cola than any other humans I have ever seen. sometimes some Maya use it in religious sacraments, so I understand. In the most remote parts of Chiapas, in the deepest jungle & most rugged highlands, on the cruddiest of dirt roads, there was the Coca-Cola truck, chugging along.
 

padraig (u.s.)

a monkey that will go ape
this website is amazing: http://omegle.com/

utterly mad is what it is. & addictive. it's like an interactive Babelfish. a couple of highlights.

re: Iranian elections
Stranger: hi
You: hi
You: are you following the Iranian elections
Stranger: yes
Stranger: why ask?
You: to break the ice
You: who do you favor - Ahmedinajad or Mousavi?
You: or neither
Stranger: I don't known
Stranger: girl?
You: no, neither of them are girls
Your conversational partner has disconnected.

Stranger: yaah
You: it's a tough world
Stranger: age/gender/from
Stranger: /lol
You: which one are you most interested in?
Stranger: age :eek:
You: early 20s
Stranger: shiiit
Stranger: im 11
Stranger: xD
Stranger: bahahaha
Stranger: seriously
Stranger: im not messed

it needs its own thread.
 

scottdisco

rip this joint please
P you legend :D

(not in Mexico no, but in the northwest side Chicago taqueria where i first fell in love with Mexican street grub some years ago, there is this from a local review
In recent years they've classed the place up a bit, coating the menus in plastic and adding honest-to-God Coca-Cola, containing real sugar, in a 16-ounce glass bottle, imported from Mexico.
heh.)

i got stuck for ages once one of the few times i tried real-time chat on the internet (i am a Luddite) because the person kept saying "ASL" - of course for age sex location - and that was that, what did it mean, how was i to know?
 

craner

Beast of Burden
alackeys, pumice stone, dappled light from windowpanes, alooming and aleaping.
pirates abroad and the vibrant ships abrace the wave like pineapple punch.
pierce the filmic ray, sharks and honeydew pales before shocks of gold.
I tell you, the moon adrift in empty space,
miracles occur, pawnshops and fax machines, idiot lawns or puerile misadventure.
here is a truly illfated wind, furnaces, disgraced and derided in swaziland, erecting monuments to heuristic bandicoots, ablaze in borrowed glory.
puce, the tincture of saintish fleece, tingling at the edge of vision, melting into a light which tingles
gurle like
minty blown meaning- i’m wavering, changing colour blinded and binded
can it be?
a toucan, a blessed bird of parafin?
ancestor spirit with a borrowed robe of feathers?
sin here, for now we ferry forage feast fain and forego
idiotproof and forged of gossamer, farrago of heartbeats, barracuda of famished slavegirls
indigo and sapphire, tourniquet of jewels, blundered into pillars and postboxes, pushed off cliffs like pushed off cliffs
to soar
oh soar
oh soar
far too glorious like a massive bird of prey, a seal held in its beak, growl.
 

padraig (u.s.)

a monkey that will go ape
i got stuck for ages once one of the few times i tried real-time chat on the internet (i am a Luddite) because the person kept saying "ASL" - of course for age sex location - and that was that, what did it mean, how was i to know?

I thought it meant American Sign Language at first.

Stranger: asl?
You: american sign language
Stranger: no its not an amrican sign language
You: I guessed as much
Stranger: it means age sex location
You: which one intersests you most
You: age? sex? or location?
Stranger: how couldnt u know that
Stranger: sex?
You: which are you more interested in, male or female?
You: or neither?
You: or both?
Stranger: i interest on female
You: right, female then
Stranger: dont fuck with me
Stranger: if u are not female
Stranger: go
Stranger: i cant talk to u
Stranger: dont hope anything
You: what are you hoping for?
Stranger: webcam shows

I've never done chatting but this site is just perfect - distilled down to the very essence of anonymity. "You" & "Stranger". "I'm 11, shiiiit, I'm not messed" - just devastating innit.

about 80% of the people appear to be after porn, improving their English, or some mixture thereof (so, pretty much like the real world).

Stranger: hi
You: hi
Stranger: u from?
You: Luxembourg
Stranger: nice
You: it is
You: it's the only duchy in Europe
Stranger: cool
You: it is!

Stranger: from?
You: the Equator
Stranger: what?countre&
Stranger: ?
You: Equatoria
You: the capital city is Centreville
Stranger: Россия
You: unfortunately we don't use the Cyrillic alphabet
 

four_five_one

Infinition
I've been laughing all day at this one on Joseph K's blog:

Connecting to server…
You’re now chatting with a random stranger. Say hi!
You: The complex advances with every advance.
Stranger: Uh. Ok
You: The Insect-God is come to Babylon!
Your conversational partner has disconnected.

Why would he disconnect then? Just when it's getting interesting. The fundamental lack of curiosity of people that want to chat with random strangers...
 

padraig (u.s.)

a monkey that will go ape
(not in Mexico no, but in the northwest side Chicago taqueria where i first fell in love with Mexican street grub some years ago, there is this from a local review heh.)

they drink more Coca-Cola per capita than water. which is unsurprising as it's cheaper. as I recall at least.

if you ever come back to Chicago hit me up & we will just destroy a bevy of Latin street food.
 

padraig (u.s.)

a monkey that will go ape
my personal favorite so far, bit long but:

Stranger: hi do you know hollyoaks
You: hi
You: hollyoaks = person or place?
You: or both?
You: or neither?
Stranger: no
You: or is it a concept?
Stranger: tele
You: or a conceptual place?
You: tele -- ?
Stranger: where are you from
You: a city
Stranger: is not UK?
You: a city in which English is the primary language
You: tho not the only language
You: there is a lake
Stranger: well
Stranger: i se
You: what is hollyoaks?
Stranger: i dont know
You: it's a riddle then?
You: is it unknowable?
You: the nature of hollyoaks I mean
You: a deeper mystery
Stranger: ......
Stranger: u k
Stranger: televison
You: the hollyoaks is a metaphor for the UK?
Stranger: TV
You: that is a form of riddle, I guess
Stranger: just TV
You: you are a fan of hollyoaks then
You: why
You: what qualities about hollyoaks interest you
Stranger: ni
Stranger: no
Stranger: just curious
You: hollyoaks doesn't interest you then?
You: we are all curious
Stranger: en
Stranger: i never watched
Stranger: lol
You: I enjoy the prospect
You: of discussing a television show
You: with another person
You: when neither of us has ever seen it
You: we could create our own version hollyoaks
Stranger: hah
You: TV is usually better when you don't watch it
Stranger: en
You: very pastoral isn't it
Stranger: i love grey's
You: English & that
You: grey's - like the color
You: what is your favorite shade of grey
Stranger: grey's anotomy
Stranger: american tv
You: I think I like all grey's equally
You: oh doctors & that
Stranger: yeah
You: what do you like about the doctors of grey
Stranger: l love GA
You: do you like their anatomy
You: or their greyness
You: or both for different reasons
Stranger: do you know the TV?
You: you might say
Stranger: no reasons is right
You: that is probably the best reason

*EDIT* - what the hell is Hollyoaks then?
 
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scottdisco

rip this joint please
my younger brother was in the same class at high school as a certain (relatively) well-known Hollyoaks actor.

apparently everybody said the actor was a prick.
 

nomadthethird

more issues than Time mag
Don't worry luka. Art's not going anywhere. And I already told you like a million times that I like your writing. I have emails to prove it.
 
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