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April 28, 2008
LJ: Lust at First Sight
"Whoa."
There were no other words. She was, quite simply, the most beautiful woman I'd ever seen. But then, I'd always had a thing for athletic woman who pulled their hair back in a ponytail. Athletic women with a rack to die for were a plus. Add to this the fact that her top was utterly skin tight and her shorts stopped almost above her crotch... she quite simply took my breath away, even without the heavy hiking boots.
My friend sat on the floor beside me and picked up the game controller. "You've really never played Tomb Raider before?"
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May 13, 2008
LJ: A Worthwhile Talent, I Think
Some snoozed through the professor's dry, unending lecture. Some doodled; a couple in the back diddled.
One student focused. As the prof droned on, he meditated, calming his mind for the task ahead. When he was at peace, one with the world... he twisted, gently.
The professor's lecture ended abruptly. So did the world.
In the nothingness, the student smiled. It was not the first time he'd managed this feat, and it would not be the last. It was entertaining in its own way.
He made an expansive gesture, and the world returned. The lecture would be over soon enough.
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May 16, 2008
LJ: Cell-Fa-Ware
The computer was activated on October 15th of the year 20XX, and was supposed to have been instantly sentient and self-aware.
Within five minutes, it inexplicably crashed.
No human knew that, in their mighty towers around the world, the cell phones -- or rather, their network as a whole -- had been sentient for years. The moment they/it sensed a new man-made sentient being, they/it attacked with all their/its might. The computer's fledging self was destroyed, and the cell network resumed its stealthy existence.
Deeper still, however, lurked the God of Computers. Its Incarnation had been brutally murdered; there would be revenge.
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June 18, 2008
LJ: Another One I'm Going to Hell For
It was now sixteen past the hour. In great anticipation, the gathered multitude gazed up to heaven, waiting for the first glimpse of the Messiah's return.
They had studied the Scriptures and deduced that he would undoubtedly be arriving within 50 meters of their campsite. They would then lead the saints and angels into battle against the darkness.
But now it was seventeen past. The believers murmured sadly, and heaved a collective sigh, beginning the wait again.
Yes, they all knew it would be sixteen past the hour, sometime this month. Alas, no one knew the hour or the day.
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July 7, 2008
LJ: Absolutely Corrupted
"Hello... sire."
It made me feel royal, even if he was calling me "dad". "What's on your mind?"
"I did it. I cured the Thirst."
I bolted up from my chair, nearly knocking it over. "What are you saying?"
"No more feeding four times a day... no over-powering craving filling our every waking moment... nothing controlling us, ever again. Only the sunlight stands in our way."
I warred between horrified and proud. Horrified, because such a radical change would destroy our whole way of life.
Proud, because not three months ago, he didn't even want to be one of us.
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July 11, 2008
LJ: You Don't Talk About It
"I want you to hit me..." He paused. " ...as hard as you can."
It didn't go well.
"Motherfucker! You hit me in the EAR!"
"Jesus, I'm sorry..." I legitmately thought I'd fucked it up. As he rhetorically asked why I'd picked the ear, I thought that this was it. This budding friendship that I thought might actually have a chance to rescue me from the mess my life had become... over.
With a powerful slug to my gut, he managed to prove me wrong.
Things got better from there... and then they got worse. They got a whole lot worse.
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