Really love how it’s like stained glass after too much communion wine!! I have a big thing about stained glass. All my windows are filled with some little ones I find thrifting.
It’s really a masterpiece!!! What music would you listen to while watching it?
Ooooo!!! So, “Less Than Zero! On the second one! Looooove it! I wanna join you! (Starts digging out my United Colors of Benetton sweaters) Brett Easton Ellis approved. YES!!
What to talk cringe....? Do you recall those full-page ads Benetton used, featuring the Rwanda genocide skulls to sell sweaters? As if Interview magazine wasn't already a trip. Reading it was a big inspiration for writing Invisible Monsters.
Boy, that makes “Invisible Monsters” even more vivid! There isn’t a tractor trailer that goes by with half a house on it that I don’t wonder who is in there riding.
No. I came up on a car stopped on a windy road just stopped I slowed and when I got close there was a giant buck standing dead in front of my car. I couldn't go around and was trying to figure out how to scare it away when i got slammed so hard from behind that my foot pushed the gas pedal down and I was really disoriented for a second because I was sitting forward looking up at the buck, and my car was driving itself I couldn't see anything at all and I just slammed on the brakes not knowing where my car was going to stop. I tore a disc in my lower back too. That was 11/5/07. The Spyder was repaired and garaged for the winter and the next spring I had it out for 4 days and I was hit again in April and the car totaled. I will never own or willingly get into a blue vehicle ever again.
I have a very good driving record, considering...........
In the small town 60s the nearest town, Pasco, Washington, would decorate it's main drag with huge lighted candy canes and become "Candy Cane Lane." The snowflakes I collect are sold mostly to cities and shopping malls. In that way I'm Gatsby, always trying to recreate the past. But who isn't?
I like it! I think we all keep the past alive in our own ways. All us always surrounded by reflections of all of our past experiences. This one is definitely a masterpiece!
“Can’t repeat the past?…Why of course you can!” -J.G.
Thanks for adding the special holiday edition of Hindsight! And "Kingston" was great. I had read it when you posted earlier, but hearing it live brought out new levels.
I admit there was something more confrontational about your story in-person: the way that I couldn't pull away or slow down the text, especially when old Kingston comes across Leesa "without so much as a pepper spray." I don't think the reality of those details set in until you pressed through them and I couldn't not hear. So, talk about "spooked"!
I'm fascinated by what I call the "shock laugh." A good example is in Pulp Fiction when Uma Thurman gets the needle stuck in her chest. By creating shock and horror very quickly you can prompt your audience to bellow a laugh. It's not a "funny" moment, but the viewer/reader needs to release tension. It seems related to the way so many people laugh very heartily right after an orgasm.
Wow, the lucky dogs that get to stand in front of that thing and get lost in the lights.
Chuck, mind if I ask two questions?
Your name don’t look like Chuck, buddy. Matter of fact, your name looks like a misspelt version of mine.
I know all of you other Brans are just jealous cause the “a” in my name signals me as the Omega of the species. It’s tragic really.
YOU WATCH HOW YOU TALK TO YOUR KING, BOY!
Gorgeous! Always love it when people go all out with the decorations.
Really love how it’s like stained glass after too much communion wine!! I have a big thing about stained glass. All my windows are filled with some little ones I find thrifting.
It’s really a masterpiece!!! What music would you listen to while watching it?
Either:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg9g5yZbPXc
Or:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXfXTB7UcuU
Probably the second one.
Ooooo!!! So, “Less Than Zero! On the second one! Looooove it! I wanna join you! (Starts digging out my United Colors of Benetton sweaters) Brett Easton Ellis approved. YES!!
What to talk cringe....? Do you recall those full-page ads Benetton used, featuring the Rwanda genocide skulls to sell sweaters? As if Interview magazine wasn't already a trip. Reading it was a big inspiration for writing Invisible Monsters.
Had to go back and look.
https://www.vogue.co.uk/gallery/benettons-best-advertising-campaigns/amp
Boy, that makes “Invisible Monsters” even more vivid! There isn’t a tractor trailer that goes by with half a house on it that I don’t wonder who is in there riding.
Stellar craftsmanship! 🤩
Didn't you say this was cancelled?
It was. Very cancelled, but Karyn said she'd already promoted it so I caved. Tonight's push is for scary Christmas stories.
Dude, my biological dad died on Christmas Eve...
I coulda delivered lol.........but it's your loss til next year......
Don't cancel on me again, I even got a killer March of Ides story........ because I probably can't get to Portland until then?
It's ok, I got somewhere to be on Christmas now.......which wouldn't have happened if I'd been in Portland.
Good luck tonight though.......
P.P.S. Is there an email distribution to get on for Portland and Midwest readings? Please add karieannewatson@gmail.com to any and all!!!!
Oh wow. Did I say March of Ides? I meant Ides of March lololol
I kinda wanna whip out a lawn chair and sit there and stare at these puppies for so long. When I shut my eyes, these will keep blinking.
For the holiday-themed stories, someone please mention Santa's warm chestnuts. Kidding, that'd be funny though.
I always wonder what the deer think...
I think the deer wonder what they think haha
A deer is a reason I don't have an ab wall.
Buck vs. Karie Anne
Wasn't even a contest
Wait what?? Did a deer ram you in the stomach?
No. I came up on a car stopped on a windy road just stopped I slowed and when I got close there was a giant buck standing dead in front of my car. I couldn't go around and was trying to figure out how to scare it away when i got slammed so hard from behind that my foot pushed the gas pedal down and I was really disoriented for a second because I was sitting forward looking up at the buck, and my car was driving itself I couldn't see anything at all and I just slammed on the brakes not knowing where my car was going to stop. I tore a disc in my lower back too. That was 11/5/07. The Spyder was repaired and garaged for the winter and the next spring I had it out for 4 days and I was hit again in April and the car totaled. I will never own or willingly get into a blue vehicle ever again.
I have a very good driving record, considering...........
Snowflakes! Simply gorgeous.. But always remember you are not special. You're not a special and unique snowflake.
(wink wink)
I got your package with the lite brite! Thank you so much. I Absolutely loved the butterfly trinket box! Is there a cool story behind it?
Glad it all arrived safely. My mother collected those boxes, so now I wrap them and find them new homes. Enjoy.
I'm bugging you, I'm sorry. So did I get the box instead of the bookmark? I'm happy either way, just curious.
These are so cool. Holiday laser light show!
In the small town 60s the nearest town, Pasco, Washington, would decorate it's main drag with huge lighted candy canes and become "Candy Cane Lane." The snowflakes I collect are sold mostly to cities and shopping malls. In that way I'm Gatsby, always trying to recreate the past. But who isn't?
I like it! I think we all keep the past alive in our own ways. All us always surrounded by reflections of all of our past experiences. This one is definitely a masterpiece!
“Can’t repeat the past?…Why of course you can!” -J.G.
Thanks for adding the special holiday edition of Hindsight! And "Kingston" was great. I had read it when you posted earlier, but hearing it live brought out new levels.
Thanks. It's a tough story to get a laugh on: mass murder, you know. But that iguana line got a solid response.
BTW, your story spooked me greatly. In particular the action of extracting the chain. Incredible!
I admit there was something more confrontational about your story in-person: the way that I couldn't pull away or slow down the text, especially when old Kingston comes across Leesa "without so much as a pepper spray." I don't think the reality of those details set in until you pressed through them and I couldn't not hear. So, talk about "spooked"!
I'm fascinated by what I call the "shock laugh." A good example is in Pulp Fiction when Uma Thurman gets the needle stuck in her chest. By creating shock and horror very quickly you can prompt your audience to bellow a laugh. It's not a "funny" moment, but the viewer/reader needs to release tension. It seems related to the way so many people laugh very heartily right after an orgasm.
Wait, 15 feet?! That’s 2 and a half Benjamin on top of each other. Didn’t realise it was that big.
No wonder people stop their cars to snap a picture. That’s awesome, Chuck.
Yeah, they're screens I built that bolt together. And with that I've officially become my grandfather.
The lights are beautiful! I’ve been obsessed with the shape of snowflakes since I was a kid and love to see them lit up. ❄️
Glorious!
The Hunger is one of my all time favorite films and I love the idea of revisiting it with you. Yes, please!
Bomb Cyclone????? Don't think about us.....just be safe!!!!!!