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soul-forge.

August 19th, 2001 · by John · No Comments

the monitor sits solidly in front of me, thin blue and grey bars across the top, another grey bar across the bottom. a field of perfect whiteness fills the expanse in between, marred only by lines of black courier text which grow across the page in rapid spurts between long pauses. the electron gun hidden […]

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divinity.

August 16th, 2001 · by John · No Comments

i am a contradiction, a hypocrisy, a paradox. maybe i deserve to be thrown into an institution and drugged up for schizophrenia. i am a spiritual, intuitive, emotional being that is capable of reasoning. or perhaps i am an intelligent, rational, thinking being who is also capable of faith. or both.
i’m still trying to figure […]

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coming-out.

August 15th, 2001 · by John · No Comments

i am on a quest for content. i am climbing the everest of internet pages and peering into the cracks and crevices, seeking for those rare golden nuggets of well-written personal narratives, essays, and journal entries. if you know of any sites that publish quality content on a regular basis, please let me know, or […]

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ordinary.

August 5th, 2001 · by John · No Comments

i wrote this piece a few months ago, after my first visit to the museum of tolerance in los angeles:
i finally had the chance to go to the simon wiesenthal museum of tolerance today. i was surprised that it didnít have the impact on me that visiting the atomic bomb museum in nagasaki, watching schindlerís […]

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