{"id":159,"date":"2007-02-22T18:13:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-22T22:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=159"},"modified":"2007-02-22T18:13:00","modified_gmt":"2007-02-22T22:13:00","slug":"vader-on-vacation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=159","title":{"rendered":"Vader on Vacation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Vader<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

Vader on Vacation (2007)<\/em><\/p>\n

This year Tonya<\/a> will party down
at Helm’s Deep. After car rentals, tummy
tucks at the Salem Witch<\/a> Museum,
she plans for a better security<\/p>\n

video. Carrying all that bionic gear
makes the whole Lord Vader thing<\/a> look
silly. Our travel agent left bad maps
to the Death Star<\/a> Bed and Breakfast<\/p>\n

and all white plastic employees<\/a> swap masks
for bermuda shorts and sandals. So I
showed my wife an ugly prequel. She left
me for a whiny emo kid<\/a> with a raspy voice.<\/p>\n

~\/~<\/p>\n

Image light-sabered<\/a> out of QuaSZ and mind-tricked<\/a> to the max in Photoshop. Plus a found poem Yoda-levitated<\/a> from Google phrase strings imperial-walked from pod races<\/strike> search strings of “vader on vacation.”<\/p>\n

Rooms with a View<\/a>
Blog with a View<\/a><\/p>\n

~\/~<\/p>\n

Technorati Tags:<\/strong> photoblog<\/a>, fractal<\/a>, fractal art<\/a>, digital art<\/a>, computer art<\/a>, poetry<\/a>, found poetry<\/a>, darth vader<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Vader on Vacation (2007) This year Tonya will party downat Helm’s Deep. After car rentals, tummytucks at the Salem Witch Museum,she plans for a better security video. Carrying all that bionic gear makes the whole Lord Vader thing look silly. 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