And so is this!!!
I'll be posting soon. It's been too long...
-MiddleMan
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Serial Sunday Slipping Again...
Between working from home and Facebook I forgot to do this week, dammit!
Many apologies...
MiddleMan
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Did You Know...?
An oldie, but a goodie from xplanevisualthinking:
Did You Know 2.0
If this doesn't make you think, then you're probably the type that looks for porn on YouTube...
MiddleMan
Monday, August 3, 2009
Retro Monday... Age of Steam!
One of my favorite new obsessions is the genre of Steampunk. I love the old Victorian look, combined with the mad dreams of Jules Verne and H.G.Wells, combined with the adventure of all of the writers of that time, as well as the romance.
It's such a romantic thing, I decided to dress up as a Steampunk "gentleman inventor" for my Halloween wedding:
Yes, that dork is me. The beautiful princess is the Mid-Wife. Be jealous.
I'm trying to work on some other genre items for this coming Halloween, but I haven't finished them yet. I will post when I do.
In the meantime if you're interested in some Steampunk livin', check these site out:
http://www.gentlemansemporium.com/gentlemans.php - Where I got my suit, top hat and spats.
Goggles - You can't work in the Aether without your goggles!
http://www.clockworkcouture.com/ - Lady's things.
More in another post,
MiddleMan
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Serial Sunday Part 6...
Finally starting to figure out a schedule and where this thing is going...
Enjoy!
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You Lost Me...
A serial story
By MiddleMan
Part Six
The corner drugstore was not much different when he spent long afternoons standing around when he was younger. He remembered not having too much of a reason to be standing in front of this store aside from being where most of his friends hung out. It was also owned by the Bitch's family.
He looked around and at his watch. It showed 6:23. He was torn between feeling bad at cutting his visit with Linda on the pretense of needing more rest and kicking himself for being so damn curious as to what the Bitch wanted to talk about. Hell, he needed to get away from the craziness that Linda was going on about. She had definitely threw him for a loop by letting all of her dreams of going to college go out the window for no better reason than... Well, she really didn't have a real reason, if he thought about it...
"Crap, I bet she left," he said into the air. The Bitch was crazy as well, but not the kind he found himself hanging out if he could help it. He started to remember the girl he used to know, but he couldn't get past the abrupt change she went through all of a sudden when they were younger.
A sound came from the alley behind the store, stopping any train of thought. He walked towards it and was surprised by the sudden appearance of the Bitch. "Hey!" he gasped, "Where did you come from?"
She gave him a look of disbelief, "Uh, from the side entrance, Stupid." Again, he forgot that she would have the keys.
He was about to defend his intelligence when she grabbed his arm and said, "Come on! Let's get inside so we can talk!" He followed with the reluctance of a chastised dog on a leash.
The side door led into the storage area behind the shop.The lights were still on, so he managed to miss tripping on the empty boxes left to be broken up for recycling. The place had a claustrophobic effect on him, with the shelves of medicine so close together to save space. He stifled a sneeze as dust was blown into his face as he knocked an old box of alcohol wipes in trying to avoid it. If the Bitch wanted to do something crazy to him, this would be the best place to do it, he thought to himself. He wouldn't make it to the door before...
And then she did the crazy thing...
She stopped suddenly, in front of him, spun around, grabbed his arms and kissed him so quick on the lips he worried that she might have chipped a tooth!
"What the hell, Carrie!?!" He pushed her away and felt his mouth for any blood he was sure she was trying to feed off from him.
"NOTHING!!!" She screamed,"Nothing! That was weird!"
"Really!?!" He rubbed his lip, "I would've called it fucking crazy! Bloody bonkers! ANYTHING but weird!"
She gave him the same dismissive look she'd given him many times before. "No, I meant that kiss had nothing to it! It was like we had nothing between us."
He started to speak, but found himself stuck trying to figure out what he was mad at. "Were... Were you expecting something?"
Now it was her turn to stop and think about what to say. She looked at him, then at her feet, finally looking back up to meet his eyes. "Well, uh, the other night. I mean that kiss... There was something different about it..." Her words dropped off as she looked down at her hands. Craig hoped that she wasn't going to cry.
"Look, Carr," again, he went to the old nickname, "If you had wanted to talk to me about that, you didn't have to drag me across town to play 'Seven minutes in Heaven' in your father's store."
She looked up with a combination of anger and indignation. "Don't be an arrogant ass! I mean, the last time we kissed, it was like it was... All right, or something like that." She acted like she was trying to conceal something in her actions as she said that last part. "But this time, it was like kissing just for kissing sake."
Still feeling his sore lip, Craig found himself feeling sorry for her oily little boyfriend. Using that last thought, he decided to change the subject, "Where's your 'other half'?"
"Oh, yeah," She looked like now she was coming back to reality, "I think I know where he is. That's why I need you to help me. There are more things going on around here. Mr. Pearson attacking you and Jeffery missing are both a part of it."
He found himself biting his already sore lip upon hearing that last part. "What? What do need me to do?"
"I need you to borrow a car," said the Bitch as plainly as you please, "We need to make a road trip."
Craig grabbed his much-abused head. This was not good...
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More next week...
Later,
MiddleMan
PS - Hit the "publish post" button before going to bed.
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