Comments for RJ Cresswell http://rjcresswell.com A Brief Fiction Repository Mon, 12 Sep 2011 03:20:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Aside: 9/11/11 by RJC http://rjcresswell.com/2011/09/aside-91111/#comment-99 RJC Mon, 12 Sep 2011 03:20:01 +0000 http://rjcresswell.com/?p=350#comment-99 We certainly did, but because of that distance, it never really entered the public consciousness. I recall listening to news reports from the first Gulf War as my parents had the radio on in the car, and I had no real concept of what was happening. I didn't understand. Couldn't. I feel as though life for the next generation will be different. Must be, already. If nothing else was truly lost (as you are right, peace was no more than a buzzword in reality), that distance might be the greatest casualty. But the empathy that can come from the proximity of horror, maybe there's some good in that? Who knows. We certainly did, but because of that distance, it never really entered the public consciousness. I recall listening to news reports from the first Gulf War as my parents had the radio on in the car, and I had no real concept of what was happening. I didn’t understand. Couldn’t. I feel as though life for the next generation will be different. Must be, already. If nothing else was truly lost (as you are right, peace was no more than a buzzword in reality), that distance might be the greatest casualty. But the empathy that can come from the proximity of horror, maybe there’s some good in that? Who knows.

]]> Comment on Aside: 9/11/11 by KLP http://rjcresswell.com/2011/09/aside-91111/#comment-98 KLP Mon, 12 Sep 2011 02:46:38 +0000 http://rjcresswell.com/?p=350#comment-98 To be fair, we lived with war prior to the attack: Iraq, Somalia, Bosnia, Iraq again. Ten years ago, it just happened to come home, in more than just the form of PTSD. I think someone got vilified for saying something similar once. To be fair, we lived with war prior to the attack: Iraq, Somalia, Bosnia, Iraq again. Ten years ago, it just happened to come home, in more than just the form of PTSD. I think someone got vilified for saying something similar once.

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]]> Comment on 5.10 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn by james http://rjcresswell.com/2011/08/5-10-metropolitan-avenue-brooklyn/#comment-53 james Wed, 03 Aug 2011 06:49:03 +0000 http://rjcresswell.com/?p=322#comment-53 nice.. hipster artists.. it is rewarding to look at them, and think about when they advance in life.. how the waves of mediocrity will consume them.. much like a tsunami.. and wash them away in to obscurity.. like feces in the surf.. nice.. hipster artists.. it is rewarding to look at them, and think about when they advance in life.. how the waves of mediocrity will consume them.. much like a tsunami.. and wash them away in to obscurity.. like feces in the surf..

]]> Comment on 4.3 The Concrete Child by RJC http://rjcresswell.com/2011/07/4-3-the-concrete-child/#comment-5 RJC Fri, 08 Jul 2011 03:38:07 +0000 http://rjcresswell.com/?p=253#comment-5 Interesting angle. Some sort of "shit savant"... I suppose it could be pulled off, but perhaps not with my meager narrative skills. Interesting angle. Some sort of “shit savant”… I suppose it could be pulled off, but perhaps not with my meager narrative skills.

]]> Comment on 4.3 The Concrete Child by james http://rjcresswell.com/2011/07/4-3-the-concrete-child/#comment-4 james Thu, 07 Jul 2011 04:37:40 +0000 http://rjcresswell.com/?p=253#comment-4 you forgot the part where the kid was digging in his shit-filled diapers prior to gazing at the stars.. the 20 minutes of fingerpainting the fecal equivalent of the Sistine Chapel on the walls.. whilst giving himself a roman helmet of what was formally known as stewed carrots w/roast beef.. Dad can only look in total disbelief at the scatological;y inclined jackson pollock his son has become in such a short time.. only to fall to his knees, realizing that he must erase the previous 20 minutes of his son's fantastical foray into modern art, before "the spouse" gets home in about the same time it took for his son to apply his abstract art to the walls.. this is the true worth of a father.. you forgot the part where the kid was digging in his shit-filled diapers prior to gazing at the stars.. the 20 minutes of fingerpainting the fecal equivalent of the Sistine Chapel on the walls.. whilst giving himself a roman helmet of what was formally known as stewed carrots w/roast beef..

Dad can only look in total disbelief at the scatological;y inclined jackson pollock his son has become in such a short time..

only to fall to his knees, realizing that he must erase the previous 20 minutes of his son’s fantastical foray into modern art, before “the spouse” gets home in about the same time it took for his son to apply his abstract art to the walls..

this is the true worth of a father..

]]> Comment on Right. by Ed http://rjcresswell.com/2011/06/right/#comment-3 Ed Sun, 05 Jun 2011 02:11:27 +0000 http://rjcresswell.com/?p=212#comment-3 The layout looks great! Congrats on getting it all set up. I'll probably be bugging you soon for help, 'cause I'm working on the same transition. The layout looks great! Congrats on getting it all set up. I’ll probably be bugging you soon for help, ’cause I’m working on the same transition.

]]> Comment on Right. by RJC http://rjcresswell.com/2011/06/right/#comment-2 RJC Sun, 05 Jun 2011 00:00:23 +0000 http://rjcresswell.com/?p=212#comment-2 Lookie lookie, comments field gets you a cookie. Huzzah. Lookie lookie, comments field gets you a cookie. Huzzah.

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