that reminds me of that film ‘perfume’. if i recall it was sort of dull throughout the beginning but once he starts collecting females and trying to make perfume out of them, it was pretty cool.

The stare is drawn perfectly. It so seems like that when you are staring into someones eyes for too long.

You appear enthralled.
Feelings stir i smile and wink.
Hey wait what contest?

I am familiar with the awesome B movie the Re-animator but I don’t recall Lovecraft’s story…it’s been a million years since I’ve read any Lovecraft. Shame on me, I know. I’ll check out the story soon. Thanks for the recommendations!

kinda off topic, but mentioning the mutter gave me a segway.
Also, if your interested in the backward ways of old medical science, I recommend the book stiff by Mary roach. If your not, then just read h.p. Lovecraft’s story reaninimator. Best short story ever.

J – thanks for sharing the legend. i like the lore that is attached to the origins of some things. sure it’s total b.s. but i bet it’s more interesting than the way kung fu really got started.

once upon a time, there was this indian monk who wanted to bring buddhism to china. so he went north until he found this chinese temple, and there he tried to sell them on buddhism. but they weren’t buying it and kind of wished he would just go away.

so the guy goes into a nearby cave and sits himself down facing a wall. and he doesn’t come out. allegedly, he was in there for more than a year, and nobody saw him leave. eventually the chinese monks decide they should go in there and collect the body and dispose of it. so they do, and what do you know, he’s not dead. he’s just sitting there in exactly the same spot, covered in dust, and there is this big ass hole in the wall in front of him that wasn’t there before.

as you can imagine, the chinese monks were somewhat impressed and figured that if this guy was badass enough to stare a hole through a stone wall, maby they should listen to him, so they became his disciples. problem is that they were in terrible physical shape, so bad infact that they couldn’t even meditate properly, which kind of ruled out staring holes in rock walls.

so the indian monk dude sets to work developing a set of exercises to get them in shape, and teach them to focus and concentrate, and doing so he invents what would eventually evolve into kung fu.