|| -------- -- -----  A E R I E   O B L I V I A N A . singular book of text wandertainment by Frank Edward Nora ------------------- ----------- OSOAWEEK--ISSUE 098--6/7/96 <-------  ||  OsoaWeek  ||  Issues  ||  Book 8  ||  -------> (Cup OWis098, Created v1 (4/27/99), Copyright 1999) = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = [[BEGIN098OW]] [[01098CV]] * * * O S O A W E E K 0 9 8 * * * June 7, 1996 "The weekly ezine of Obliviana Super Occult Amusement!" by Frank Edward Nora CONTENTS 01 098 CV--Cover 02 098 LA--Lord of Obliviana 03 098 LM--Life Mysteries 04 098 SU--Superior OsoaWeek098, June 7, 1996 Seventh issue of OsoaWeek Book Eight Written by Frank Edward Nora (except where noted) Published weekly by Obliviana Super Occult Amusement obliviana@aol.com 1-800-OBLIVIANA http://www.obliviana.com/~osoa All contents copyright 1996 Frank Edward Nora Regarding this file, you are free to make digital copies, so long as they're not altered or sold. All other forms of reproduction require permission. An Obliviana Cup containing this file will be available. Stay tuned for more details. ASCII Characters: 4610 / Words: 840 / Lines: 140 Days late: 58 *OW* [[02098LA]] Lord of Obliviana Sun 8/4/96 * 2:03 PM * home * Tarb 4432? Getting Book Eight done. Get all Obliviana. *OW* [[03098LM]] Life Mysteries LIFE MYSTERY 6 "Two Reasons to Start Smoking" by John Nora My inspiration to start smoking came from two central, airing images: 1. A guy going down a hill on a unicycle having a butt. I knew him to smoke Marlboro reds, at least two or three packs always stacked in class, in front of him. He looked carefree smoking on his unicycle. 2. I went to visit a friend I used to know from a job. He was in his boxer-shorts and came out to stand in his kitchen, lighting up a Marlboro red. He did not seem happy or eager to talk to me, or even look at me. He'd just gotten off work; he was weary and tired. So I wanted to be carefree and weary and tired, too. That's why I started smoking. I wanted to have a cig in my mouth and be alive standing looking at somebody I didn't want to be looking at. *OW* [[04098SU]] Superior SUPERIOR 544 * 6//796 He's a theorist and he can think on his feet. Thought of in shower. Combat with smoke detector. Went ballistic from shower steam, the stupid fuck. Tore the fucker apart. Anger, very agitated lately, like "you really do need a girlfriend, Frankie", like that. You know? Pressure! Stress! Insanity! Y'know? It's big! SUPERIOR 545 * 6/10/96 Turning around, waiting for numbness and chaos, but suddenly it changes, suddenly you're there, bright and amazing, and it was so simple... Events like rapids, some kind of ignition, explosion, rough around the edges, but beyond it all, a kiss, and the feeling that something is working... Then the maze, a puzzle and a task, and it's a breeding ground for darkness, and the big theme, is that the universe is fucking with me, presenting me heaven, just to have the fun of yanking it away... Now, in me, a cautious hope, and a slow removal, of rose-colored sunglasses, to see there is a rhyme and reason to this, but I know it'll be a devil of a road to travel, and worth it. But I was wrong. It was messed-up, but it all seems to be making sense now. Such a multifaceted stairway, all right anyway, no more. SUPERIOR 546 * 6/18/96 Talk... call... communicate... funny... talking to Venus, what was I thinking? Room in the basement... for family games... funny... beers and video games... years later... not my life, thoughts of a previous life? I am big. There is what is just you in through and through and we are back on the road, me and her, the one who is the one who is not going to call me and it's... back to the year... fun and getting... the... big... did I talk about big... ha... doing it again... knowing... just another thing... literature, can it be possible in this state of mind? Gotta shave... going away... the day is here... every day is here... what do you want... there is nothing... stupid to say there is nothing... being there... humanity///all about the strength to face things, lacking that strength you get mental. I am not mental, I am sane, but you might not think so looking at me? It is cool. This is just a time in my mind. It is just... I remember Mike's security job in Pequannock... have some video of it... a guy tried to steal a rock... I am Mr. the ankh the ankh... Logan's Run... playing it in the emotionally disturbed class... the game... great memories... great autobiography stuff... SUPERIOR 547 * 6/19/96 I have a mug when I brush my teeth, and it was... I was drinking from it... to rinse or whatever... and a thing landed on the rim opposite my mouth... I couldn't focus on it... and then... I saw it was a weird insect... a fat little fly... maybe a moth... and there it was, for a brief moment... just me and the thing... and then it flew away... *OW* [[END098OW]] -------> ------------------- ----------- -------- -- -----