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October 26, 2008

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I?arted with my cat. I??ting?, anund a small ?s di???h her chest, abo?wo and a half in? wide. It was a ??? object--transpa? from only a? angles and milkily ???est ??ime. Then I was ?ing along a ?eline a while before a hurricane??posed to?. I was ?he east ?t of the state, and ?e were n?ous smal?land?? a m?o offsho??ere evacuating ahead of the ?m. I?ned the radio on, an? said, "Don't hang around th?ea. Get out or find some she?."

I pulled out a?, which was animated and showed the path of the ?icane along the ?e, a?ulled into a lib?, where ?e was a ?d of poeple. It had two ?ies,? the lob?as full ?eople waiting their turn to ?p to the second ?y be?e of?e regulations. I mad???ough the stacks ?he f? floor, pulling out a large sea-gree?ckram book and hauling i?en. Inside, ?e we??indows on ea?age,?ough whi?ext and ??olled, and I?, .

I went home. Home was a larg?own stone house with?mall?rtyard in the ba?ith a garden, in which I came ac??all black man and a ?le of Latino?erforming yo?o th?sic of a tel?ion visible insi?he house?ough?air of French doors. When I arrived, tal?y kicked the oth?wo out, and sat down?h me at the patio table, on which was sitting the remote? the TV, and we talked a?tle bit. I knew ?asn'?actl??his planet.
"? dying, isn't he?" I asked, referring to one of the ? of ? that had be?oga-ing with him??evio?? />
He nodded, then looked at me, and I knew th?uth. " ... A??e you."
He nodded again.
I? in the dese?ith him. He look?egretful. "What the hell?" And I realized I was ?ped ?e, and he di???ord. Suddenly the ai?ound me ?ted in a??edantic voice, and Ilized I still had the book from the ?ary with me. It seem?o have gotte?oken, and was skipping like ?oken record. Flashin?agments of black and white exploded ?nd me: leaking ink.
I?ated, I ? it and ?ed it into a bag, an?arted walkin?ulli?he g???t of my pocket a?imenting??????ely ?ical, perpen?lar ?he ground, a??????elf any other way. It was on?ith some?uggle that I managed to turn it hori?al, and the world skewed, and I ?ted it, and ?urned into a?ee-dimension??e, a??orld?n again, and?ealized ? object could be used to?ermine my position and orientation i?ace independent of local conditions, and?o re??hat I was in front o?ian ?in Green, who had also a?ed in the de? and looked like he had ? stepped? of the Sarah Connor Chronicles a?as accom?ing the tall black man from ?her world.

He? playing the role of my gard?, and I greeted him gladly and expressed reg? that he had???uck here??hen, the boo?oke up and a dim black-a?hite wom?alked past, and he jumped. I showed him the book, and he nodded ?athetically: "Ink, huh?"

? then, I?icedar-off g?????hree of ?alke???, to?cover that it was a sheet of glasslike m?ial rotating in a wi?ame box, looking? all the?ld like a piece ?nsmoothed co?er-g?ated?rain? came to me then and the?hat the ?s di?as m? to be a tool, given to me by someon?terly un?n, a?hat ?as m??sed.?ulle?? and???o a sphere again as ?rode?ard the floating glass hill, in anticipation of something ..? />
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October 17, 2008

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Th?eam ?ted on a?y park beach in the ?t of the?y where I live. ??ere gallivanting about i?imwear.

I was walking wi?omeone, and ?asse? old?ervisor.?anted to take the chance to let her ? that I ??sed her wedding because of an unavoidable circumstance, she was gone before I could say much. She was being held up ??alke??air ?ounger men. I ke?alking, and ende? in a little??hop/salon adjace?o the beach. I asked? a job, and imme?ely got it, ??? asked. After I turned out a??oman and proved ?tyli?kills were, well?ylin', I hun?ound and talked with the other barbers, one ?hom was ?ole male?orker.

A?ge, older man came in, c?ing a pair of clippers, and joki?, he managed to ?e off all the hair in a two-and-a-half-inch wide band on my righ?ist, the same size as the one worn into eft ?? my watch. &?;Sweet,&?; I said?uot;I've?ays ??o know h??e one of those,&?; and I grabbed it and kept it, turning ??o sit in my barber&#? chair, and the ? changed?o someone's livi?oom, full of deaf people who?e sittin?ound on couches up against a??? andking?ijuana. The walls had gone gray from all the smoke, and the ??as a?? tan?>
Th?ere all ???ting?sonalities, especial?his dreadlocked young woman ?e na?ign resembled bo?omeone flicking a lighter and the le?s G and A. Suddenly,?oung black man came in a?at down ?ouch?t to the recliner where I was sitting, dead ?er in the living room, and he began telling ?hat ?hought he was being followed?uot;?ho?&?; I asked. He jerked? chin to ano???ting on the couch ac? from me and a girl ? behind ?o the left. I marveled i?dly ?he fact ?s young man had ?robl?ith discussi?his so blata??t re??here?e so many co?sations ??oom ? the one occurring in th?act middle of th?bbub, the only one easily visible to everyone else in the room, was bein?terly ignored. G?mped in, and we began to tal? I l?p a small glass pipe? the?g took effec??oom ??y, and I realized there was a cat on the floor. I reache?? hand so the???niff it, which attracted?eral others, all of whom??biting my hand a?urring, rubbing against each other and m?m.

Sudd?, I was ?he f? door of my parents'??ing myself in. As I walked in, I looked under the piano bench to the right, and saw a pair o?es. ?as my old cat, Punki?ho had died a couple years b?e. Still? seemed utterly normal as she emitted one of??ical?? meows (the ? kind of meow I'm capable of hearingd began twining her fat self around my legs. In the dream, I wondered if this was a sign; I ? ever saw he?? bro? Mac in ?eam befo??hing signifi?? abo?o happen, and there was ?ign of m?rrent cat anywhere, and I kn?he just wasn'?here?>
I jerked mysel?ake at 5:39 , thought I had ??? alarm f?ome ?on (it&#?? at 5:43), and came out ??hower later, only to fin? going off. A wo?ful ?t.

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