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From the Archives: Tornado in Chapman, Kansas

by Seraphine Khorana on June 23rd, 2011
Posted In: Comics
From the Archives: Tornado in Chapman, Kansas

For the next couple of weeks, I am re-releasing some old comics from a few years ago at the rate of one-a-day until July 1st.

1. Kansas. In 2008, I went to Kansas to visit my husband’s family.
2. The Sunflower State. I didn’t know what to expect. It was everything I had expected and more– including a tornado! Stay tuned.
3. What’s in Kansas? Kansas was a complete unknown to me.
4. Tornado Alley. I knew Kansas was famous for tornados, I just didn’t really expect to be in one.
5. Cawker City: Home to the World’s Largest Ball of Sisal Twine. The day started out, um, normally…
6. Rain Tornado. A rain tornado is one you can’t see, because of rain and darkness, until it hits you.
7. Tornado Shelter. The more doors you can put between yourself and the tornado, the better.
8. Tornado in Manhattan Kansas. It destroyed the True Value Hardware store. The K-State campus nuclear reactor wasn’t damaged.
9. Tornado in Chapman, Kansas. Everything you know can change in a matter of minutes.

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Out of Order

by Seraphine Khorana on December 6th, 2010
Posted In: Comics
Out of Order

I am working from a new laptop. It’s strange using a smaller screen; everything displays differently. Even the colors are different.
This is also my first attempt at using PhotoShop CS5. I miss the shapes, fonts and brushes that I collected and installed in CS4. I’ll eventually migrate most of them to this laptop.

The sky is changed— and such a change! O’ night
And storm and darkness! Ye are wondrous strong,
Yet lovely in your strength, as is the light
Of a dark eye in woman! Far along,
From peak to peak, the rattling crags among,
Leaps the live thunder.
Poem from Lord Byron, Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage

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Silly Goose

by Seraphine Khorana on May 12th, 2010
Posted In: Comics
Silly Goose

Too often, I judge my worth by how others see me. It’s a social thing, not unique to women. I think I could be happier if I was different. I wish I was either [choose one] taller, older, younger, thinner, prettier, more athletic; I want longer hair, shorter hair, shinier hair, highlights, boobs, better complexion, smaller feet, longer fingers. I wish I didn’t wear glasses. I eat well and exercise regularly. I don’t rest enough. Do you like yourself?

No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.
Quotation from Oscar Wilde

It is better to be beautiful than to be good, but it is better to be good than to be ugly.
Another quotation from Oscar Wilde

Anniversaire heureux, Northie!

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On Being Blonde

by Seraphine Khorana on May 2nd, 2010
Posted In: Comics
On Being Blonde

April 28th marked the third anniversary of EncoreSeraphine.com. 793 comics. Much love. Thank you. ~Sera

You treated me like a goddess
When we were around everyone else
Now how come you couldn’t notice me
When I was standing by myself
Lyric from Meiko, Sleep

If every angel’s terrible
Then why do you welcome them
You said you’d provide the birdbath
If I’d provide the skin
Lyric from CocoRosie, Terrible Angels “It’s perfectly flawed imho”

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Kick Boxing

by Seraphine Khorana on March 4th, 2010
Posted In: Comics
Kick Boxing

It’s like being in high school and knowing I’ll graduate in six months. The real world is out there and I’m wondering what I’m going to do. People tell me: “Some day you’ll look back at this and think how wonderful it was.” Ha!

Richard Vernon: What did you want to be when you were young?
Carl: When I was a kid, I wanted to be John Lennon.
Richard Vernon: Carl, don’t be a goof. I’m making a serious point here.
Quotation from the movie The Breakfast Club

Andrew Clark: You don’t have any goals.
John Bender: Oh but I do.
Andrew Clark: Yeah?
John Bender: I wanna be just like you. I figure all I need is a lobotomy and some tights.
Another quotation from the movie The Breakfast Club

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Gerascophobia: Fear of the Mad-Fall

by Seraphine Khorana on November 25th, 2009
Posted In: Comics
Gerascophobia: Fear of the Mad-Fall

I’m not afraid of growing old; I’m afraid of *being* old. But I’m not aged yet– and tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day– so I’m thankful for having the opportunity to grow a bit older.
I’m also thankful for having love in my life, and I’m thankful for YOU, dear readers.

Worried you will die alone,
You expect the crucifix
Around your neck to save your soul.
A hint of growing old, and losing beauty.
Fear of impaired mobility.
Your face deteriorates
as your insides decompose.
Lyrics from Burning the Masses, Gerascophobia (Gerascophobia is the fear of growing old)

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Taller in Comparison to Time

by Seraphine Khorana on September 15th, 2009
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Taller in Comparison to Time

As the days get shorter, I resolve to be taller.

Time drops in decay,
Like a candle burnt out,
And the mountains and woods
Have their day, have their day.
Poem by W.B. Yeats, The Moods

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I didn’t change. I became more who I am.

by Seraphine Khorana on March 2nd, 2009
Posted In: Comics
I didn’t change. I became more who I am.

I hate Gwyneth Paltrow. I just saw her in the film Two Lovers. She gets more beautiful with each passing year. It isn’t fair. She mustn’t have a worry in the world.

Gwyneth Paltrow Has No Real Friends (Gawker.com)

I have worn steep heels
and a dress too tight
I have pressed my life
against sharpened things
and bled sentences
and shed innocence
like unwanted skin
Lyrics from Noe Venable, Woods Part of When

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