I met a young lady whom is near my age (mid 20's) this evening. It was kinda weird at first because she was with her boyfriend but was giving me eyes everytime I scanned the room. (I was catering, I cater, we scan the room) I thought it was peculiar but am a mostly accepting guy so I let it slide.
When Thinlips McHotbod approached later to get a water she did strike up conversation.
I couldn't even tell you how it came to pass but at some point Thinlips McHotbod started explaining to me exactly how 'the mother' (nature/the planet) was going to swallow Los Angeles into her center and she was going to burn it to ash. 'Ash', Thinlips McHotbod explained, 'is the only substance that cannot become any other substance. it's only purpose at that point is to fertilize the next generation of living things.' This is how the mother is going to cleanse itself of our precious 'glittering cities'.
I was somewhat perturbed by how insane this concept sounds but, even moreso, perturbed by the idea that I might still be living in Los Angeles when this happens.
i am not sure what she means by this definition of ash... specifically the fertilizing part.
ReplyDeleteafter a brief internet search i came across this site:
http://whyfiles.org/shorties/205coal_ash/
it says ash is already being recycled into roofing material and a great concrete additive.
and duh, a phoenix is also born of it's own ashes and has been for centuries... didn't you read Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix page 37!?
and sure joe, keep scanning that room... and come back to lv! i'm sure the glittering city of sin will be taken over by hades before it burns itself into ash [and then back into a phoenix :)]
As i recall she did mention how the phoenix would follow these burnings. you are correct in that. For some reason, the idea of a Phoenix, composed of the ashes of Los Angeles, rising from the center of the earth, seemed as plausible as all the preceded it in the conversation.
ReplyDeleteAlso, if I cross pathes with her again I'll be sure to let her know that there are these other magnificent uses for ash! Yay for ash!!