P My instincts for writing are contaminated but not contaminated enough. For example, intuitively I feel that fantasy is not my cup of tea.To write the Purple prose how they call it or phantasy is not easy. There are too many writers who claim they are phantasy writers. Its is not easy to write it but it is even harder to read it at times. I opened one of the books in the bookstore. It was describing the “peeing fence”. The fence where all the UFO creatures used to take a leak once they had gotten of the plane. First, do they even pee? I know, it is hard to comprehend what is really going on in the head of the purple prose writer. This is the reason; writers of fantasy should be very descriptive and detailed. It is hard to imagine unimaginable. However, very often those characters remind me someone I know. So, fantasy writers probably write their characters of their friends and family. That’s what I would do anyway. I remember I tried to write it when my mom died. I was so angry at my relative that I described them as “having green faces” and eating their own pimples and warts for dinner. It helped tremendously. P She—say something nice! I always do! He—you don’t know what you are talking about She—I am glad you know it all He—I know it all and more. I am street smart. And well-read She –oh yeah you read two books—the Dinosaur’s encyclopedia and the red one He—haha, very fanny. I read X biography, for example. She—Congratulations. He—thank you! She—I am working on my Masters in Archeology and you barely finished High school and worked as a manager in Save-mart. He—yes, so what. She—I understand. There are different cases. My coworker’s son in law has Phd in Biology and works in McDonald’s because he likes it but God, this is an exception! He—are you saying that I am stupid? She—no. That’s not what I am saying. He—it surely does sound like this. And yes, I still think that Michael Jackson is alive. This is the theory of mine. Nd I might even write a book about that. She—do you have a proof? He—oh yes, there is a lot of proof on the Internet. She—no, like a legit proof. Like the proof sort of “I saw him shopping in Savemart yesterday!” He—oh brother! Not every finding has to have a proof. You, as archeologist should know this! P Waking is like rising from the dead. Every time after I get up in the morning I feel like zombie. Speaking about the land of the dead. Ancient Egypt rulers were fighting with the tomb robbing. Not even the strongest curse could inflict the fear on robbers. The tombs were full of treasures and gold. When Carter found his first tomb, he walked in and found the chaos and saw that the tomb was robbed. Only after he got into the third chamber, he found the artefacts. I remember we went to the cemetery in 1990s. It was in Belarus and there is a tradition up there to leave food for the dead. My relatives drink vodka everywhere so they started drinking up there to—people often flip one for the ancestor while being at the cemetery. My aunt stole a tomato from from the neighboring grave. She called it a fair exchange as she put candy up there instead. She ate the tomato after she took a shot of vodka. For me it was so creepy, I almost fainted. I guess people got used to stealing from the dead. I felt so bad for the dead person, I knew that the guy could not stand up for himself. P "All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry." I think this is very close to the truth. I just started reading a book on the Bible today. In short, the author calls the book just the collection of Jewish folk-tales. I have to agree, there is a lot of folklore in there. Some of it borrowed from Egyptian myths and Babylonians stories. He says, it’s a mish-mashed everything, plus ancient eastern erotic prose from whichmacallit I forgot book from the ancient East which describes love and was stolen and incorporated into the Bible too. I mean, I read “The Amusing Bible” by Leo Taxel in college many years ago but this one is a harsh one too. Sometimes we need to switch the mind off and just believe say Orthodox priests. And I think when we have nothing else, faith helps us. It feel good to believe. Sometimes I am skeptical too. Oh well, human nature is like that.