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Art and Leisure

Creative Non-Fiction
World Trader Center
WRITING: More Than Pen meeting Paper
Single & Fabulous

Fixing that Flat
The Transformation
The Melting Pot Perception
Writing Myself
Garrett KinKade
Rubber and Ice, Driving in Winter Weather

Fiction
Over the Hill
Barren Cliffs

Translation

The Portrait

Poetry
Distant Light
Once Again
You are Life
Virtue
Darkness to Light

Reviews
George Carlin

Dining:
Botana Junction
Gunther Toody's
Elephant Bar
Cy's Drive In
Caspian Café

Movies:
The Da Vinci Drama
The Prestige
300
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The Rough Barn
I woke up in darkness. Still incoherent, I felt dampness on the length of my backside. Not wet like from swimming or bathing, but musty and moist, as if sealed in a Ziploc. My bare feet felt sharp points of hay and stubble as I steadied myself to stand. I heard the squeal of a rodent to the left behind me. Thankful that my eyes were adjusting to the lack of light, I managed to jump off the pile of infested hay in a single leap. I landed in cool, dusty dirt. From below, I started to see flecks of sun peek through the rough umber boards comprising the walls of this barn that I found myself in. I looked to both sides, frantically and with thick breath, afraid of exposure...more
Tomfest
When a thousand young adults fill in a church in Anaheim, California, it’s more than likely not because of a sermon. That’s not to say that sermons aren’t fun and overly exciting, but seeing over one-hundred bands over a three day period seems more attractive. In a sweaty mess, over two-hundred people crowded around the main stage in the church parking lot where the first band was kicking off the three day event, and who better than one of the greatest live bands in modern history, Underoath...more

The Portrait
The moon beat down on the harsh glacial landscape. Peaks of ice met the colorless sky and the air burned. The shadows danced malevolently around the firmly packed snow, an occasional tree reaching its twisted limbs into the cool silver light. Fingers of tormented oak scratched deep furrows of darkness onto the ground. The full moon was so brilliant the Sea of Tranquility seemed to envelop the sky. There was a shrieking wind, and the already frigid landscape seemed to cry out in pain along with it. Ice crystals raced on the wind, stinging and cutting the gnarled trees. Through it all twisted a narrow path leading to a small cabin...more
Incessant Movement and Sound
For the better part of a month, I have traveled up and down I-25, in and out of basements and smoke-filled bars (where I can’t even have a beer) and through the lives of a few of my friends, two of whom are college graduates, the other two still attending school in two different cities. This being the case, it seems nearly impossible that these four would still make it almost two or three times a week to some frat house or a tiny music venue hidden in urban Denver just to make a few bucks and play music. But they do, and without much regard to personal well-being or finances...more
Movie Review: 300
With shields up and spears ready, 300 Spartans focus on the rushing army of the Persian Empire counting in the millions. Shields clash as the forces collide; it's the stuff that epic movies are made of. 300 is the second Frank Miller graphic novel brought to life by Zack Snyder, 300’s screen play writer and director, to be made into a movie following Sin City...more
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