PRIMERA OBFUSCARA

Into the void - pronto! pronto! Build the tombstones of tomorrow

It has been said that one day // in a beautiful future no doubt // the internet will have become so ubiquitous as to seemingly disappear. <- this is the reason why I, SWARTHOS, endeavor to create a lasting social media footprint via Primera Obfuscara.

SWARTHOS w/toy Nerf Longshot

//utilizing single shot morita// 

There isn't actually a single shot Morita in existence. I'm simply wearing a mask from the movie Lost In Space and holding a Nerf Longshot toy gun. But it produces fearsome imagery //or commonplace idiocy// depending upon how serious you take yourself. People tend to view the world through a lens of self. The more important and intelligent you perceive yourself to be the less important and intelligent you see the rest of the world.

Why //Tombstones//? In the far future... the future we dream about// all who made entries into the world wide web will have passed on. Now I don’t for one minute believe that what we have currently in archived memory banks around the world will last for all eternity. I cannot be a Christian and believe that but it’s not because I choose to believe that I simply know that what God has said is true therefore the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with a fervent heat; both the earth and works that are in it will be burned up.

But if the Lord tarries and we have a future Great Repository for which Historians can examine, then I provide this. 

The mask & the gun make for an interesting visual. Enjoy.

SWARTHOS Robusto Primera

Fall is upon us and I am glad for that.  With cooler temperatures inbound we also have the Harvest festivals.  I can't remember if I've ever been to an actual Harvest festival nor am I even clear on what one would be like.  I do know that I enjoy walking around outside this time of year in the crisp cool air.  Even a late Santa Ana wind event during this season feels ok.

One of the things I enjoy this time of year is being able to purchase Dia De Los Muertos scratchers at my local Kmart.  The fact that they are only $1 American dollar and have a variety of beautifully rendered pictures on them make me feel happy and adventurous.

Yes they are colorful and fun.  I haven't yet scratched them, I just want to enjoy looking at them in a pristine form for awhile. While I am not Hispanic I must say that I do appreciate the cultural infusion we have here in the city of Angels.  Life would be a bit boring were it not for the melting pot we have here in the USA.

this corner of mine room

[the following report contains no uppercase letters]

i bought the fight club poster online, ebay i believe, for $1.99 with zero for delivery. i received it and quickly cut a piece of cardboard from a box for which to glue it to. after trimming and gluing i quickly stuck it to my wall. the entire affair lasted about 5 minutes, i was going for the gritty look like the house on soap street.

i’m not a super fan of fight club, i liked the movie but have only watched it a couple times and i’m not certain if either time was a start to finish viewing. i do however like the psychology and premis of the movie. i like how the guy loses his mind and enters into a completely delusional existance. no spoilers here, that’s all i’ll say. the same goes for movies such as total recall [the one starring arnold schwarzenegger] as the remake sucked. i enjoy how we are left to decide if he actually experienced those events or if he was hallucinating while strapped to a chair, losing his mind in the process.

i choose to go with the lost mind hypothesis. why? because i can’t board a spaceship to mars and i don’t have even one friend for me to spend any time with. but i do have a mind that can be lost in paranoid delusion therefore these type of movies and this hypothesis keeps me entertained and speaks to the core of who i am.

most of hollywood and/or movie critics, viewers in general don’t get it. try this… do a search for “movies similar to total recall” or “movies similar to fight club” and see what returns. they <you know “they” those who are not us and think differently. they will tell you a movie like total recall would be just about anything with arnold schwarzenegger or sylvester stallone starring in it. they will also tell you that movies similar to fight club will be something violent and offensive. now i will admit that they did have vanilla sky listed in there and i say bravo to that. also, a beautiful mind fits the bill as well. while there is plenty of action in fight club and total recall, these aren’t necessarily action movies because a. there may or not actually be any action taking place and b. you wouldn’t have the real or imagined action if it were not for the person losing their mind.

i really digressed there and i kinda like it. let’s add somewhere in time to the list while we are at it, shall we? ok, yes it has been added.

he made that trip in his head. i posit that he went full blown psychotic at that party. perhaps someone baked some really bad yet powerful shrooms into that cake. you know the one right? he’s at the party and says “come on, let’s go have some cake” or something like that and then all of a sudden the massive hallucination begins to take place.

consider this, he still managed to carry on for about a year after eating that really bad, hallucinogenic drug infused cake. no wonder his girlfriend broke up with him [as mentioned upon entering the elevator] he even managed to drive himself to the grand hotel! think about it, he was so whacked out of his skull but still able to operate a motor vehicle, blasting down the highway with his tongue wagging in the breeze… and they didn’t even have tesla self driving cars yet. [i haven’t even mentioned that he fell in love with a painting, nearly throttled poor arthur convincing him to help with his breaking into that room so he could read some ledgers!]

hey $#%!, was i here 67 years ago? hey, i’m talking to you, was i here 67 years ago? i have to know, show me the $#@! ledgers man. then he hallucinates seeing his name in a ledger from 1912 thereby facilitating a complete psychotic break as we get to safely monitor it all from the psycho probe console. our debts to society paid in full. [i don’t even want to speculate on his social interactions in 1912… however chicken was eaten and wine quenched his thirst] they hauled him out of there on a stretcher when it was all over. i believe he ended up somewhere on the titanic or something.

theoretically one could say that he had entered into some form of repetitive loop. perhaps it was the watch that was hallucinating? now there’s a thought for you to ponder…

my original report can be found at:  https://medium.com/@swarthos/this-corner-of-mine-room-b2194201438f

Ruiner Gameplay w/professional commentary

CHINESE MEDICINE

Just returned from my bi-annual dental appointment where two Asian women strap me into a chair, suspend me upside down and procede to torture the hell out of my teeth and gums.  I'm not able to follow their conversation as they hack away at the inside of my mouth due to the language barrier.

Strings of unrecognizeable speech interlaced with "ohs!" and "Ahhs!".  I did hear on at least two occasions the words "Chinese medicine" spoken.  As the instrument of torture sang to the tune of 250k rpm I could barely make out something like blippity blappity blippity Chinese medicine blappity blip oh! blap ahh!

I was also told "you relax, you too tense, I can't reach back of mouth if you tense".  "Blippity blappity blippity Chinese medicine blappity blip" and "Don't over shampoo your dog" [not making this up].

So I just hung there, praying that nothing would go wrong.  I figured that a slip of the hand and I stood the chance of losing a chunk of my tongue so I remained as rigid and motionless as humanly possible.  

One molar located far to the back of my mouth took me to an all new level of pain while it was being cleaned.  You're familiar with that, yes?  It feels something like a direct pipeline from your tooth to your brain and it's carrying the most unpleasant, high pitched, piercing pain imagineable.  Zing!  I had to let out an audible grunt with that one but this didn't phase the two mask & smock clad women as they continued with their conversation about, presumeably, Chinese medicine.

When all came mercifully to an end and I was set upright in my seat, a sense of euphoria overcame me as it often does.  I don't know if it's because the blood is rushing out of my head or if the amount of pain and tension I experience during such a procedure finally gives way to comfortable bliss.

I'm glad I went.  I'm glad it's over.  I'm happy to report there were no issues.

SWARTHOS - out

Swarthos Flu Vaccine 2019

390

390 //an impressive number//

SWARTHOS on a Sunday evening

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