Arts Online Writing Mixed Genre Personal Pages D Copyright 2008 Michael De Soto. All rights reserved. You've made it to a dwelling of eccentricity. http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification en-us Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:41:21 -0500 http://www.michaeldesoto.com/ Outlook So I go in and sit down. Woman mutters something about water pressure. Something about the weather. A Eucalyptus-mentholated blend and a quickie rinse. OK. http://www.michaeldesoto.com/outlook/deus-ex-machina/ http://www.michaeldesoto.com/outlook/deus-ex-machina/ Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:01:54 -0500 Outlook I feel guilty when I lock him in his crate. This guilt is why he's not on the street. Yet. That, and he's my only friend. http://www.michaeldesoto.com/outlook/the-now-distant-conflict/ http://www.michaeldesoto.com/outlook/the-now-distant-conflict/ Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:13:42 -0500 Outlook I didn't do so well checking off items on last year's edition of the life list. Aside from a few key moments, last year was pretty much a wasted year. http://www.michaeldesoto.com/outlook/have-you-ever-seen-the-rain/ http://www.michaeldesoto.com/outlook/have-you-ever-seen-the-rain/ Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:05:09 -0500 Outlook I've been doing a lot of thinking recently and I've got a couple of questions that have not found answers. http://www.michaeldesoto.com/outlook/the-rules-of-digital-engagemen/ http://www.michaeldesoto.com/outlook/the-rules-of-digital-engagemen/ Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:36:03 -0500 Outlook So, I was digging through some of my old work here, looking for some inspiration, and commiserating with memories and wallet photographs, etc., and then I remembered that I owe you folks an updated life list. http://www.michaeldesoto.com/outlook/nice-eyes-they-may-be-smilin-but-smilin-eyes-aint-always-nice/ http://www.michaeldesoto.com/outlook/nice-eyes-they-may-be-smilin-but-smilin-eyes-aint-always-nice/ Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:43:43 -0500 Outlook The first time I fell in love with Wanda Sykes was in a basement exposed to the sniper's nest of a city called Perth. Below me the lights of Perth and the wind howling through the patio pergola. I was lonely, alone, and overlooking a city that kept me captive for three years. http://www.michaeldesoto.com/outlook/you-had-me-at-ehlo/ http://www.michaeldesoto.com/outlook/you-had-me-at-ehlo/ Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:19:01 -0500 Outlook I turned 13-years-old in the emotionally empty year of 1996. Recently torn from seventh grade, my home in Vienna, and into an unwelcome adolescence, my mom was on what we all thought would be her death bed. http://www.michaeldesoto.com/outlook/my-own-way/ http://www.michaeldesoto.com/outlook/my-own-way/ Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:51:13 -0500 Outlook But being paid for overtime is not to shabby either. That must be considered. On one hand, I'm doing my company a favor. On the other I'd rather eat razors. http://www.michaeldesoto.com/outlook/when-you-sing-the-blues-i-take-all-my-clothes-off-for-you/ http://www.michaeldesoto.com/outlook/when-you-sing-the-blues-i-take-all-my-clothes-off-for-you/ Tue, 22 Jan 2008 03:22:06 -0500 Outlook The only escape from this misery is to escape creativity. This generally calls for an unhealthy helping of narcotics. Sure, in some moments I am happy to oblige that craving. But then comes the rain. http://www.michaeldesoto.com/outlook/blue-alert/ http://www.michaeldesoto.com/outlook/blue-alert/ Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:37:49 -0500 Outlook I know, I know: I keep promising a big reveal. A big "this is what I've been working on." I have so many projects I'm working on (and not completing) that my plans for a reveal are always being shelved. http://www.michaeldesoto.com/outlook/blow-wind-blow-wind/ http://www.michaeldesoto.com/outlook/blow-wind-blow-wind/ Fri, 18 Jan 2008 08:32:49 -0500