By Katie Heffring
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Imagine
9 Decby Roxane Hudon
IMAGINE ALL THE PEOPLE
Imagine, People, imagine you lived inside Disneyworld. Imagine your address was something, like 1, Magic Kingdom, Disneyworld. Imagine you lived inside the Tower of Terror and you had to take that elevator every day, several times a day. Would you be jaded? Would it still be fun? Imagine you lived on top of Splash Mountain. Would your nemesis be the guy who lives on Space Mountain? (more…)
Fighting and Failing: A Take on Success
7 Dec
At the corner of Rue Rivard and Rue Gilford, there is the Montreal Aikikai, a dojo offering teachings in the Japanese martial art, Aikido. In the front window of this establishment, a television screen plays several demonstrations on a loop. During the day or night, through summer or winter, this cycle continues without fail: seasoned disciples karate chop wood, scissor kick wood, head-butt wood. Pine, spruce, birch, it doesn’t mean shit; it is going to get knocked the fuck out. (more…)
#OCCUPYAMAYORSINBOX: Excerpts from my email account
30 NovBy The 99% (aka, in this case, Katie Heffring)
AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, various mayors have been pressing the red button to evict my fellow occupier friends around the world. Thus, I feel the need to email these mayors. In the game, they are the joke/a-hole players…
I’m Thinking in Circles
6 Octby Katie Heffring
From Earth all I see are circles The sun, the moon, the planets, the solar system, even the stars kind of look like circles On Earth all I see are circles Coins, wheels, the Circle of Life and even fertilization (more…)
YEEEAAAAAAAAA…Ísland
4 Aug
Dip a toe. The cold chill of the Arctic Ocean wakes me up. Up up up and up along the waterfall following the river into the moss covered highlands of illuminating greens. Sun heats my face, rain soaks my back and freezing wind creeps into my every bone.
And so the furry white sheep mocks me. (more…)
