Fuffy's posterous

Fuffy's posterous

Kristina Chalke  //  Whedon fan, history geek, and starts too many projects because of ADHD

 
Jun 4 / 11:24pm

costume

"That's a pretty good costume you got there." The voice in his ear crackled through the tiny ear piece.

"Well, I can't have anyone recognizing me." He grumbled back angrily. "Our terms, remember?"

"Of course, I remember Mr. Dyer. It was in fact, I that came up with such terms." The voice chuckled. "Or do you need me to remind you."

"No, I don't need another reminder."

"If you save the city from the vermin that rule the city, I'll give you your pretty, picture-perfect family back."

"Unharmed?"

"Unharmed." The voice confirmed. "I am a man of my word."

"Sure." Mr. Dyer answered, trying not to sound sarcastic and failing.

"You did see the paper headlines this morning, right?"

Mr. Robbie Dyer chewed the inside of his lip. He had indeed seen it. It was hard not to. It was everywhere. "Gun Lord empire brought down overnight." Well, only one of the Gun Lords had been brought down. Kane Chesterson. And Mr. Dyer had been the one that brought down the Gun Lord down the night before. And now he had to bring own the rest of the Gun Lords in the city. Before an outright fight began to get Kane's territory and such.

"How the fuck did you find out about my powers?" He asked through gritted teeth.

"Language, Mr. Dyer. You don't want Mrs. Dyer to become upset and do something that would make me kill her in front of your children, do you? That could be years of psychological damage that could take years to undo."

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May 25 / 11:21pm

(untitled)

 
It came while Annie was asleep. It crawled up her bedpost and scampered across her pillow. It twitched and  then rotated around as if looking around. Which was an odd thing for this creature, as it had no eyes. Nor did it have any antennas of any form
 
How it was able to sense Annie's mouth is a mystery. This creature has never been discovered by the scientific community And the chances for its discovery are very very slim.

 
 
Filed under  //  blogger   creature feature   horror   third person  
 
May 13 / 10:09pm

bus stuck in parkade

see, this is the bus that totally got stuck at Tilicum. Clearance says 6ft 10 buddy. good job!
 

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Jan 19 / 3:48pm

This is messed up

 

The world as we know it ceased to exist at 8:34. Or at least that's what it appeared to be. There doesn't seem to be anyone here that will tell me. Anyone friendly, that is. Because there does seem to be people, shooting at me every once in a while. couldn't tell you why, on account of waking up with no memory of what happened.

 All I remember is my childhood. The last thing I remember is my 8th birthday. Then I woke up. In the hospital. With a wristband around my wrist. Ray Parks. Admitted Sept. 4, 2014.
Filed under  //  amnesia   blogger   first person   mystery   post-apocalyptic  
 
Oct 30 / 6:37pm

Olympic Torch Snow Rail Event (batch 1)

Uvic closed down one of their parking lots for the Olympic Torch event. and this was the part of it all. taken with my phone

 

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May 9 / 7:43am

Sylar theories

Despite all the bad rap the Heroes has been getting this season, I still really love Heroes. And Sylar is one of my favourite characters still. Here are some of my favourite Sylar theories:

From 9th Heroescast podcast:
The crew of the ninth had a really entertaining theories about how Sylar was able to get away at the end of "How to Stop an Exploding Man". As hardcore fans, they read a little too much into all the cockroach appearances on the show and somehow divised the following theory:

Sylar has the ability to turn into many cockroaches and scatter. This ability could also allow him to reform himself. Kinda like the people that have the ability to turn into water, would have the ability to reform themselves.
Unfortunatly (or maybe fortunatly), this turned out to not be true.

From Heroes Wiki:

Sylar will still be the father of Noah Gray. In fact, he will be both the father and his mother because he is a hermaphrodite.
Which apparently means that he gave birth to his own kid. This is as weird as the whole Angel the vampire giving birth to a teenage kid.

From TV.com Forums:

Sylar is Nathan's and Peter's father.
Except that we know about Arthur. But then again, this theory came from 2006. And we hadn't known who Sylar was at the time. But man, think about how twisty the show would have gotten if this theory was true.

And now I'm bored of looking up theories.

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Apr 19 / 6:03am

itchy itchy crazy.

Contagious

Scott Sigler

Crown Publishing

So there’s this author I like. He’s short, bald, and he wants to take over the world with his plaid tanks. His name is Scott Sigler, and I’ve been following him since the early days. Since he started podcasting his fiction. Last year, he put out a new book call Contagious. Contagious is the sequel to the first book that came out from Crown Publishing, Infected. You really should read Infected, because it was good. Like, really freaking good. But that’s for a different post.

Contagious follows Scary Perry Dawsey, who was previously infected with a disease that thinks and eventually walks; Dr. Margaret Montoya and her team, as she tries to find a cure for the disease; and a creepy little kid called Chelsea; who is leading the infected people. Oh, and the heads at the US government, of course. At the start of the book, the disease is basically the same as the one that Dawsey had fought off in the previous book. But then there’s a new strand. One that is contagious.

Let me explain how creepy this disease is. This disease is smart. It invades your body and starts growing inside of you. The first symptom is itching. Itching to the point where you bleed, but you don’t stop. Then come the voices. Yea, they start talking to you. And learning from your memories. Oh, did I mention the paranoia that comes with it as well. And the absolute fear of medical personnel, law enforcement and the military. Not to mention the fact that the disease turned you into a violent person, no matter what kind of a person you were before.

Anyhow, the book is fantastic. Yea, freaking fantastic. It’s also scary. Especially when the disease becomes contagious. But it’s also has a thriller edge. It’s kinda like at the edge- of- your- seat combined with hurtling -towards -the -sun - at - the - speed - of - light - and- holy- shit- there’s- no -way- to - stop -this - thing. Yea, it’s like that.

So, let’s recap: this disease is creepy. Check. This book isn’t the greatest book to read before going to sleep. Check. This book isn’t a good book to read while eating, especially if you don’t have a strong stomach. Check. I really hate Chelsea. Check. I can’t believe you killed one of my favourite characters, Siggy. Check. Sigler wants to take over the world, starting with publishing. Check.

If you are too lazy to go buy the book, you can subscribe to the podcast version at scottsigler.com. Don’t worry, it’s unabridged and free. And all you really need is a computer with internet access. Which clearly you have.
But you should buy the book.

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Feb 2 / 7:30am

Instinct

That morning, there was something in the air that told him not to go. Normally he followed his instincts. So, normally, he wouldn't have gone. Instincts were everything in his line of work. Everything. It was the only way you qualified for what he did. Because if you didn't qualify, you'd be dead and gone. No one would ever find you. They were good at making people disappear. All those Missing Peoples cases that you hear about on tv? Most of them didn't qualify. David qualified. And David learned even before he got the job, that instincts were everything. He had even purposfully skipped his "interview" because his instinct told him not to go. That very day, the very hour he was supposed to be sitting down and talking to the boss man, the building exploded. He read about it on the feeds, 2 minutes after it happened. Bloggers and news sites alike, all buzzing about how 8 city blocks suddenly became a crater.

But something that morning told him not to go. But David ignored it.

Remember: this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Canada license. That means you can take it, change it, sell it, eat it, throw it in someone's face. Which ever one it is, make sure you give me credit.
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Jan 5 / 12:19am

Cut Me Up Inside

"I can't see you anymore." She was standing in my doorway, dressed in a pair of yoga pants and a leather jacket. 

"What are you talking about?" I asked, after clearing away the lump in my throat.

"I can't see you anymore. You keep hurting me." She looked to her left as she spoke these words. I stick my head out of the door to try and see what she's looking at. Nothing. She starts to turn away. I reach out and grab her by the wrist and pull her back towards me.

"What's that's supposed to mean?" I ask. She's close enough to kiss. Her other hand comes up slowly and as she pulls away, I see that she's already activated her ability. Small sparks of electricity jump around between her fingers.

"Let go." She says, dangerously low. I don't need to know what she will do if I don't. I ignore that anyways, knowing the consequences.

"Seriously, what is that supposed to mean? 'You keep hurting me.' We both know that you can do more damage to me than I can to you." I continue, keeping my volume as low as her warning was.
Remember: this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Canada license. That means you can take it, change it, sell it, eat it, throw it in someone's face. Which ever one it is, make sure you give me credit.
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Dec 29 / 12:02am

Floaty thought bubbles

What Z Sees
Karen Rivers
Raincoast

So a while ago, I reviewed Karen Rivers’ other book Y in the Shadows.That book was awesome by the way. So obviously, I was excited when I saw this book on the Mini Book Expo site for grabs. Like really excited. So, I claimed it. And then school got in the way, so did the organization and running of an event called Trick or Eat. Which unfortunately meant, that reading this book got pushed to the major back burner. (and it probably means that I’ve been blacklisted from ever claiming another book from Mini Book Expo because I broke the rules)

Opps, digression. Now I un-digress (if there is such a word).

Like Y in the Shadows, What Z Sees also has 3 narrators and different point of views. After reading What Z Sees, I now know that it was the switching of narrators and point of view writing that made me dizzy in Y in the Shadows. Well, at least, I’m reasonably sure that that’s what was making my head spin. What Z Sees follows Zara, who after an accident gains the power to see people’s thoughts. Everyone’s thoughts, and not just her twin brother’s thoughts like before the accident. The other two narrators are Axel, Zara’s twin brother who has problems of his own; and Sin (short for Cynthia), who is Zara’s best friend and has a serious crush on Axel.

Zara’s narration is in 1st person; Axel’s is in third person; and Sin’s is in 2nd person. Which is like, huh? 2nd person? I haven’t read 2nd person since my childhood obsessions with those Choose your own adventure books. So it was a little weird reading in 2nd person. For a while, I would turn the page and expect there to be choices at the bottom.

Anyhow, What Z Sees was pretty good. My head did spin when I read the book this time. And there was a really good break-up scene in the book. It was awesome. I’m disappointed that we weren’t given an explanation on why she could see everyone’s thoughts all of a sudden. And why she stopped seeing everyone thoughts.

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