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LIFE

&

TIMES


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WRITTEN BY

Greg Troy

           

θετός γιος του Πρίαμος,

     ασιλιάς της Τροίας

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'So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.'

                               —  F. Scott Fitzgerald

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RANT!

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A Troubled Soul in a Suicidal World

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How a Hindu Mormon

Set Off the Bomb

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I wake up this morning with a hangover.
A serious hangover.
The serious sort of hangover which makes my brain feel like scrambled eggs rapidly burning on a frying pan.

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I slowly pull back my bed comforter.
Then, with equal slowness, I partially ease myself out of bed.
I sit on my butt on the side.
I then place the palm of my hands against the sides of my head.
My purpose is to apply pressure.
Intense pressure.
Praying the pressure would drive the intense head pain away.
I can’t remember why I got drunk last night.
Was it because I couldn't find someone to fuck?
Fuck anyone?
Fuck anything?
Was my sock drawer locked last night?
Who knows?!
But I have things to do that morning.
No serious problems.
But serious enough that I’m seated in the TTC subway heading towards the serious problem that isn’t serious at all.
Perhaps it is seeing me hunched over, my hands still pushing against the side of my head, that catches her attention.
That’s right. Catches her attention.
She sits down beside me and introduces me as Sri Yashoda Mai. With a Hindi – I think Hindi – accent she asks me if I am okay.
I look sideways at her.
Then frown.
Squint then frown again.
She appears to be dressed in a चोली along with ರವಿಕೆ) attire and a concerned look on her face.
It’s a plain face.
No lipstick.
No eyelash.
Not even the slight brush of facial powder.
I swear to God my mother would’ve had a nervous breakdown if she didn’t brush her face with false youth.
I can’t remember what I say to her.
Maybe it is a grunt.
Maybe two.
She then digs into her Potli bag and produces what looks to be a book.
It isn’t Henry Miller’s Tropic of Cancer, I guess.
Nor James Joyce’s Ulysses.
And certainly not Les 120 Journées de Sodome by Marquis de Sade.
Hindi culture does not permit such crasseux books.
Almost everything.
Personally, I love them.
Stimulated, I suppose, by their naughtiness.
She gently pats the book and looks deeply into my eyes.
Compassionately, I suppose.
I nod towards the book resting on her lap.
“What’s that book you have?”
“It’s the Bible.”
“Huh?”
“The word of God.”
“One of the Hindu gods, eh?”
“No. It is the witness for God and Jesus Christ.”
“Jesus Christ?”
“We Mormons believe, and as I quote, ‘that Jesus Christ lived a perfect mortal life to set the ultimate example for us to follow. He became the Messiah, the promised Savior of God's people whose coming prophets had long foretold’.”

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I shake my head.
Big mistake.
A thousand fission bombs suddenly explode between my ears.
I immediate grunt, followed by a relieving groan. ....

Deep Inside the Intestines


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>>> Le Vraiment Big Bang!

        >> Arc. Rough Version of the                       Big Bang!

>>> Pagan (novel)

        >> Arch. Rough Draft

>>> J D .... with a twist (novel)

        >> Hello

        >> Influences

        >> The Au'dor

               > (video The Audor)

        >> Extreme Exclusive

        >> השניים בציור המפורסם דומים מאוד י

               > (video) שניים בציור המפורסם 

        >> Synopsis

              > (video)

        >> Acknowledgements

        >> The Story's Skeletons

        >> Arch. Rough Draft

        >> Arch. Screenplay Version

>>> Rodney the Rat - BOOK I

       (reality-fiction)

>>> Rodney the Rat - BOOK II                       (reality-fiction)

               > (video) BOOK II

>>> Rodney the Rat - BOOK III                     (reality-fiction)

               > (video) BOOK III

>>> Rodney the Rat - BOOK IV                    (reality-fiction)

               > (video) BOOK IV

>>> Rodney the Rat - BOOK V                      (reality-fiction)

               > (video) BOOK  V

>>> Rodney the Rat - BOOK VI                    (reality - fiction)

               > (video) BOOK VI

>>> The Life & Times of Matthew

        Brownfield - Part I (pictorial                  images)

               > Arch. (video) The Life &                         Times of Matthew                                     Brownfield (pictorial                                 images)

>>> The Life & Times of Matthew

       Brownfield - Part II (pictorial                  images)

>>> The Life & Times of Matthew

       Brownfield - Part III (pictorial               images)

>>> Excerpts From Brownfields Books         (reality-fiction)

      >> Old Spice

      >> evilsperm.com

      >> Wobbly-Pops

       >> Hallelujah! Hallelujah!                            Hallelujah!

        >> 10 Downing Street

        >> Angels Only

        >> Bullies, Racists ....

        >> Ain't No Rose

        >> F**k My Life

>>> "Don't Ever Forget" .... Matthew

        Brownfield's Pictorial Images

>>> Rage (reality-fiction)

        >> pidzaweasel.net

        >> MEDIUM II (UofT)

             Mississauga

        >> F**k

        >> It's a Mad Mad Mad World

        >> Little Fat Penguin

        >> dead.

        >> LCBO Creep>>>

         >> Grotesque Family

        >> Lettre Ouverte à Ms. M.P.P.  

        >> Lest We Forget

>>> Short Stories (fiction)

         >> Why I Became Kingsley

               Kingsley-Kingsley

          >> The Taxidermist

          >> On a Beautiful Warm Day I

               Skipped School and Found                     Myself Seated Beside                               Ms. White Legs

               > (video) On a Beautiful                              Warm Day I Skipped                                School and Found Myself                        Seated Beside Ms. White                        Legs

        >> The Red Rose

        >> Drones

        >> (video) Drones

        >> COVID D-19

        >> How I Became Dirty Rich ....

        >> Nurse Snap-Snap

        >> Dead Reckoning

        >> Mr. Fitz's Final Move 

>>> Arch. Rough Novels, 1975 ....

        >> Alger Amorous

        >> Crowded Beginning, Barren                    Ends

        >> Dystopia

        >> Echoes From Pompeii

        >> Emerge the Third Angel

        >> Gumptions' the Point

        >> Lost Faith

        >> Most Remarkable Man

        >> Mumbles

        >> On Extened Wings

        >> One Day in October

        >> Prometheus Bound

        >> Sorefish Day

        >> The Reluctant Star

        >> The Many Lives of Mr.                              Anthony  Arnott 

        >> The Minatare Worlds of                           Thomas

        >> H. McIntyre 

        >> Totem

        >> Travels of ....

        >> Young Tantalus

 >>> Memorial Day, Chicago, 1996                (videos)

        >> Unedited Version |GIF                           Toronto #10

        >> Unedited Version | Toronto                   #20

        >> Unedited Version | Toronto                   & Chicago #30

        >> Unedited Version | GIF                           Chicago #40

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        >> Unedited Version | GIF                           Chicago #100

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        >> Unedited Version | Chicago                   #120

        >> Unedited Version | Toronto                   #130

>>> Old Houses, 1997 | Unedited                 Version

        >> GIF Old House  #1

        >> GIF Old House #2

        >> Old House Complete 

>>> Arc. Greg Troy: A Diary in                     Continuance – YouTube

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>>> Five Cents

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