THE SERPENT02:45 May 04 2009
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I wanted to start this journal entry with something profound; a clever allusion, a scrap of poetry, or some witty observation. Instead, I'll start off with the words that blurted out of my mouth:
Hey, snake! I like snakes!
That's just how it happened.
And that's exactly what I said when I saw him.
'cos I'm a dork like that.
And I really do like snakes.
Now let me back up, and start from the beginning.
I like to be outside on nice days. Working in an office all week with my face in front of a computer screen makes me crave the outdoors. And today, I wanted to leave off the work-gloves and
feel the work my hands were doing; the hard handle of the saw, the cold dampness of dirt and clay, the dry bark of the tree, the faint step of startled ants on my hands. (However, judging by the blisters and scrapes on my hands, I won't do this again. Probably.)
There I was; stomping around my backyard with saws and rakes, cutting up trees and heavy branches that fell down in the last storm.
I like doing yardwork because my hands keep busy while my mind oscillates between intense concentration and careless wandering.
And it was while my mind was wandering, I couldn't help but feel that I was being watched...
Among the scattered patches of light and shade on the ground, a strange, dark shape caught my eye. I think I actually said out loud:
That's a strange looking branch...
Except it wasn't a branch. And it's funny how some things can trigger such quick, primitive responses; fear, revulsion, or in my case: awe.
snake:
slither
thoth:
Hey, snake! I like snakes!
*awkward silence*
thoth:
Uh. Say, is this YOUR tree I'm chopping?
snake:
slither
thoth:
I disagree. I believe it's mine.
snake:
slither
thoth:
Property laws, dude. I have a deed.
snake:
slither
thoth:
Hmm, you don't LOOK poisonous.
snake:
slither
thoth:
Really? I think you're a garter snake.
snake:
slither
thoth:
Well, if anyone asks, I'll say you're a ferocious serpent.
snake:
slither
thoth:
Mind if I grab that rake? Thanks.
snake:
slither
Then it stopped in the shade five feet away and semi-coiled himself into a figure-8 and stared at me. So there we were, the snake and I, in the woods. Chillin'.
For two hours, I cut up the tree and he sat (sat?) and observed with his little snakey head raised.
Watching.
and watching.
and watching.
When I was finished, I left him a little pile of logs and leaves under a tree -- I'm not sure what snakes
look for in a home, but it seemed pretty good to me. Spacious. Ya know, in case he wants friends to come over. I explained to him that this was much better than the old fallen tree. He didn't seem impressed. Maybe it's just hard for snakes to show emotions to strangers.
*shrug*
I gathered my tools and the wheelbarrow, and when I looked for him again, he was gone. And I was a little disappointed that I couldn't find him again.
Did I mention that I like snakes?
COMMENTS
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AudreyMathildaTruin
21:22 May 28 2009
*laughs HARD* relieved a little.
dabbler
22:17 May 28 2009
I am confused.. not very much .. but still confused..
ThothLestat
22:40 May 28 2009
Read from the top down...
See, the pendant is shaped like a woman in a coffin.
How do we know she's a virgin?
There's only one way to know for sure, but the pendant obviously lacks that level of detail. And I suggest that it DOESN'T lack that detail at all. But first, I mock the ACTUAL virgins on MySpace who pretend to be sluts.
Oh, I SLAY me.
I really do.
Seti
23:16 May 28 2009
Na she ain't. I recognize her from a place I went while I was in ....er ...never mind...
AudreyMathildaTruin
23:43 May 28 2009
Stake me now. Just do it.
S0RVENA
00:44 May 29 2009
That's definitely not a pendant for me....
PhoenicianDream
15:42 May 29 2009
Well.. barbie lacks detail too, and we all know she's a dirty tramp whore. Besides, what kind of virgins hang out in coffins?
ThothLestat
16:34 May 29 2009
all those stories are based on hearsay, sourced entirely from a very troubled -- and mentally unstable -- Malibu Ken doll.
Leinth
00:55 May 30 2009
**laughs most at line, 'I THOUGHT I saw her hymen but didn't want to say anything'...................
Joli
03:47 May 30 2009
I want to comment on your conversation. I REALLY do. I just can't...I'm too disturbed by her tiny little head. She looks like the bride of this guy.
AudreyMathildaTruin
05:46 May 30 2009
I just looked at the pendant again. I think Joli is right. But the girl in the coffin. Not a girl. Broad shoulders, knees pinched together. ThothLestat, I don't think that is a hymen... I wonder how much augmentation like that costs.
Theban
11:40 May 30 2009
I don't care if she is a virgin or not! I have quite simply fallen in love with her...those butch shoulders and those odd looking legs.....
I want her now, all to myself...she won't be a virgin for long with me, if I could just hold her in my hand while I master......
ThothLestat
15:11 May 30 2009
But I know what I am, and I'm glad I'm a man,
And so is Lola,
L-O-L-A Lola...