Day: July 6, 2013

Flat White

After a night of nightmares in which I had to endure weeks of tortuous, life-threatening rituals in my passage to shamanism, I had my very first flat white today. It’s espresso with just the smooth center layer of frothed milk. I might be lying about this definition, but you’ll never know. The emerald volcanic hills are blanketed by dense, cold fog, but it looks like it’s gonna burn off. We’re going to eat strawberry pancakes […]

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Blind Terror

4:30 sharp: Wide awake yet again after vivid dreams of getting into a car and losing control and hitting some children, and of meeting with my high-school acquaintance Mabbie and having her turn Syd against me. 4:31: Brain circuits fully firing with anxious thoughts: how will I negotiate the wild streets of Auckland in a car in four hours? How will I find my way out? How will I avoid hitting children? 4:35: Down the […]

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