AN INTERVIEW WITH THE LIVING


"Sorry, Microphone issue. Couldn't get it going for a second there."

I just stared at him. "My mic wasn't working either."

"Yeah, it's a studio issue. Don't worry about it. A few of my poltergeists, my friends -- the meaner ones must be here."

"SO, I've always told people. There is this ONE GUY who I've always wanted to interview." He broke out, saying.

Larry King's ghost was in the room -- as I wrote, with the black figurine under a lamp, and him sitting beside me on my bed in his astral image.

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"SO, your name is Brendan S."

He shuffles some strange invisible papers.

"....people say you can Time Travel."

"I can astral project, I guess."

"What do you mean..? Are you trying to make it sound more scientific, or validate yourself in some way with a spiritual type of reference..? Is it a spiritual thing to time travel..? What does it feel like..?"

"Well."

"I've gotten stoned with Ice Cube."

"Okay."

"It's always Friday when I experience the movie Friday. The first one."

"There are a lot of layers to some things."

"What do you mean..?"

"Well, when you re-watch something, it changes each time, with new ideas, and new interpolations."

"Or, you can just change a layer with a new parallel altogether."

"So, you believe in PARALLEL Realities..?"

"I'm kind of forced to."

"I see."

"So how does it feel, with or without drugs..? And by the way are you high now."

"No. I can time travel on just coffee. I always feel good. AND no I wouldn't do an interview while high."

"Okay. So I see some Time Travelers have a few ethics...."

The ghosts all laugh.

"So how do you feel..?"

"Being ready for life again, or do you interview ghosts too..?"

"Do you know many ghosts..?"

"Only the bad ones."

"How's that..?"

"Maybe I read a certain version of the Malleus, or King James Bible one too many times. I just choose to deal with them."

"So you're a ghostbuster, too."

"Sort of."

"I've confessed to demons, and they've confessed to me, but guess who's more powerful..?"

"The demon." He said.

"No, me."

"Have you ever seen the movie The Crow..?"

"Brandon Lee is in that. Your name also, so what's up with that..?"

"And your face ..... you look .... like Bruce Lee."

"I laughed."

"I'm not though."

"Okay."

"I'm actually the total opposite of Bruce Lee."

"I think karma goes in a straight line though."

"If I were Bruce Lee, I'd be the meaner version."

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Interview continues backstage, in secret meeting, as NSA shows up to shut down the interview.


- BLS