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David From The Blackwood Lagoon

@ghostforest.bsky.social

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Whimsical nihilist. Passionately apathetic. Mentally ill, but saving up to be "eccentric."

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David From The Blackwood Lagoon @ghostforest.bsky.social · Dec 4

While yet a boy I sought for ghosts, and sped
Thro’ many a listening chamber, cave and ruin,
And starlight wood, with fearful steps pursuing
Hopes of high talk with the departed dead.
—Percy Bysshe Shelley

David From The Blackwood Lagoon @ghostforest.bsky.social · 34m

An underrated thing about Portland is that if you're into almost any kind of niche hobby, there's a good chance that Portland has stores that cater to it. For instance there are no less than three antique typewriter shops there.

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David From The Blackwood Lagoon @ghostforest.bsky.social · 1h

Damn, I didn't even know it was John's birthday until after I posted this.

David From The Blackwood Lagoon @ghostforest.bsky.social · 1h

"On my very first job, I said thank you and please
They made me scrub a parking lot down on my knees
Then I got fired for being scared of bees
And they only give me fifty cents an hour"

#johnprine

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David From The Blackwood Lagoon @ghostforest.bsky.social · 2h

I respect the Reese's people because they've experimented and tried new things, but they've always kept the focus on the thing that made them great: the peanut butter. I think all artists can take a lesson from this.

David From The Blackwood Lagoon @ghostforest.bsky.social · 2h

Guy who's been in a coma for forty years: "A lot has changed, but at least I know that Bill Cosby is still America's most beloved entertainer and his character is spotless, right?"

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David From The Blackwood Lagoon @ghostforest.bsky.social · 22h

Guy who's been in a coma for forty years: "Is 'Manimal' still on?"

David From The Blackwood Lagoon @ghostforest.bsky.social · 22h

Which is to say that I thought I could condition myself to be a people person, but I couldn't. And no matter how much of an effort I put into being pleasant and genial, people could still tell that I was an alien and they always preferred the ones to whom that sort of thing comes naturally.

David From The Blackwood Lagoon @ghostforest.bsky.social · 22h

I tried that for a decade. Didn't work.

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David From The Blackwood Lagoon @ghostforest.bsky.social · 23h

And you go home and you cry and you want to diiiiiieee...

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David From The Blackwood Lagoon @ghostforest.bsky.social · 23h

Oh man, if you're quoting Smiths' lyrics, things must be going really well in your life.

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David From The Blackwood Lagoon @ghostforest.bsky.social · 23h

Ha ha this is certainly a funny post and not at all something that I actually obsess over on a regular basis. lol

Six is a one pound monster. @thesix.bsky.social · 2d

I wonder what someone mentally healthy could’ve done with my life.

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 1d

🎃 #Gothtober #31daysofhalloween

Vintage Halloween postcard, two green elfish, devil-like creatures carrying a witch with a broom in a pumpkin carriage against a night sky. Underneath it says, ‘Halloween Greeting’

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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 4d

This coming weekend will mark the centennial of the birth of one of the great American crime & mystery writers, Elmore Leonard. Since I grew up in a house with a wall full of Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Raymond Chandler, Erle Stanley Gardner, & many more, you best believe I'm an aficionado.

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David From The Blackwood Lagoon @ghostforest.bsky.social · 1d

Guy who's been in a coma for forty years, trying to make conversation: "So, do you guys like The Fixx?"

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David From The Blackwood Lagoon @ghostforest.bsky.social · 1d

I'm finally in the process of doing something about my carpal tunnel syndrome, after a mere fifteen years of pain. In fairness most of that inattention was due to not being able to afford to do anything about it. But luckily I'm now poor enough that I get free healthcare (thanks Oregon!)

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David From The Blackwood Lagoon @ghostforest.bsky.social · 1d

Jeez. Well, congrats on beating cancer!

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David From The Blackwood Lagoon @ghostforest.bsky.social · 1d

1919 was, as many an astute observer can attest, "a different time."

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David From The Blackwood Lagoon @ghostforest.bsky.social · 1d

I enjoyed Wodehouse's "A Damsel In Distress" but I was a bit taken aback by (spoiler alert) the heroine essentially falling out of love with her betrothed because he had gained weight. After pages of description of her disgust at his obesity it's revealed that he gained a shocking 30 lbs!

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David From The Blackwood Lagoon @ghostforest.bsky.social · 1d

Same.

David From The Blackwood Lagoon @ghostforest.bsky.social · 1d

Actual MDB lyrics:

"I can't bear all this pain
I had watched the snow all day
Falling
It never lets up
All day falling
I lifted my voice and wept out loud
'So this is life?'"

David From The Blackwood Lagoon @ghostforest.bsky.social · 1d

My fellow My Dying Bride fans are no doubt distraught by this news. I mean, we're always distraught by life in general, but this is more specific.

lambgoat.com/news/49912/m...

MY DYING BRIDE part ways with vocalist and co-founder Aaron Stainthorpe | Comments

English doom metal group My Dying Bride have announced the departure of founding vocalist Aaron Stainthorpe.The band has issued the following statement:"My Dying Bridge have decided to part ways with ...

lambgoat.com

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 2d

Book Cover of the Day:

Black book cover with spider web design, pale blue lettering, A THIN GHOST AND OTHERS
MR. JAMES

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David From The Blackwood Lagoon @ghostforest.bsky.social · 1d

In the annals of “complete bullshit that sounds clever as long as you don’t put any thought into it whatsoever” that’s an all-timer.

David From The Blackwood Lagoon @ghostforest.bsky.social · 2d

Or for the sweet release of death.

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David From The Blackwood Lagoon @ghostforest.bsky.social · 2d

My wife and I have been lucky to get a lot of stuff before it skyrocketed in price. It’s getting so that nothing is affordable any more though.