Portland is a city located in the U.S. state of Oregon, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States. Portland is Oregon's most populous city, and the third most populous city in the Pacific Northwest region, after Seattle, Washington and Vancouver, British Columbia. Approximately 2,260,000 people live in the Portland metropolitan area (MSA), the 23rd most populous in the United States.
Portland was incorporated in 1851 and is the county seat of Multnomah County. The city extends west into the Cedar Mill neighborhood in Washington County and south towards Lake Oswego in Clackamas County. With a commission-based government headed by a mayor and four other commissioners, the city and region are noted for strong land-use planning and investment in light rail, supported by Metro, a distinctive regional government. Because of its public transportation networks and efficient land use planning, Portland has been referred to as one of the most environmentally friendly, or "green", cities in the world.
Plot
Syd March is an employee at a clinic that sells injections of live viruses harvested from sick celebrities to obsessed fans. Biological communion - for a price. Syd also supplies illegal samples of these viruses to piracy groups, smuggling them from the clinic in his own body. When he becomes infected with the disease that kills super sensation Hannah Geist, Syd becomes a target for collectors and rabid fans. He must unravel the mystery surrounding her death before he suffers the same fate.
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What If You Could Feel Like They Do ...
Dr. Abendroth: I'm not a spiritual man. The belief in God has always struck me as a sign of dangerous infantilism. But you will forgive me if I tell you-that with each of these patches-my world has become more charged.
[first lines]::Lucas Clinic Receptionist: [on the phone] Yes. Yes. Wonderful, I'll transfer you to booking. [to visitor] Can I help you?::Edward Porris: Edward Porris. I have an appointment.::Lucas Clinic Receptionist: Porris... [hands him a clipboard] Just have a seat.
Dorian: Anyone who is famous deserves to be famous. Celebrity is not an accomplishment. Not at all, it's more like a collaboration that we choose to take part in. Celebrities are not people, they're group hallucinations.
Dorian: The human face is a powerful messenger. Our brains are attuned to its every nuance. The smallest shift in a musculature can translate itself into complex non-verbal information so subtle, and communicated so quickly, that we often don't even register it consciously. One could say that for human beings, face is a structure with a high information resolution.
Temperatures rising
Sapping all the life from once thriving energies
Fearing failure
Cause of the scheme to run from our enemy
Let's look at the factors
Draw upon our excuses
In the negative mindfeild
The mind convinced, it's time to run
But isn't the enemy isn't the enemy you
you see
You run, it's back again, because you never adjusted yourself
And now, you are in new surroundings
With all of the same old shit, you know
After years of this madness
It's starting to make sense but life, is so hard
Yea, life is hard
And that you have learned
Holding on to your beliefs is noble
But we are faced with reality
Sometimes, to reach that mountain top
We must learn to bleed
So now we revisit the factors
Draw upon all that we dream of
Put aside that old ill mind
And now we breathe
a knapsack now, spread out,
can make your bed.
lay down,
portland,
what i wouldn't give
to see you rest for once.
i don't miss you
oh, i'm trying to convince myself of that.
it's not working.
go sleep where your bed was
it's okay.
shared a cigaret for breakfast shared an airplane ride for lunch sitin in between a ghost and a walking bowl of punch can you play a little huntch predicting the delay im landing well i predict well have a drink lost my money on the first hand got burned on a big fat king and your ears just want to ring and your eyes just want to close nothing changing i suppose (Chours) its to late to turn back here we go portland whooa no its to late to turn back here we go ooooo portland look at the way the rain the raindrops come in for you catch cold seven boys catching nothing and it aint trusted his throne but atleast hes going home siting like a backwoods junkie cout down in a souther trust hey look at the funny monkey with silver in his cup and your silver turns to rust in oyur second hand clothes trust none i suppose (chours)
I think we've been here long enough.We've built quite a
hole here.
And I wouldn't have stayed so long,
But where would I have gone?
(This is the last time I breathe through my nose)
There's nothing like a bed for one.
I've built quite a home here
Away from the telephone, away from everyone.
So hold on. You haven't lost anything
It's not like you ever cared. So why now this face?
So you've found your way to Portland. I'm sure you feel
at home there.
But this cheap change of scenery won't change what you've
done to me.
So hold on. You haven't lost everything.
It's not like you ever cared. So why now this face?
A $50 says it'll beat you
Out from underneath you, its taking everything that you've worked for, and you know it
I see you around downtown
It never leaves you
Purchase or a "trade"-you're getting deeper
And if you can pull yourself out of this one-wow Shelly Shelly
I know you say that it never gets you down S.S.
And that you know it would never push you around S.S.
You think that you can maintain this lifestyle now S.S.?
Well, I've got news for you girl-you look like hell S.S.
Feeling souped on dope-spoon in your hand staring at the sea, staring at the sand
And I will never know how it came to this S.S.
Well-I may seem uptight to you
But I'm right because the shell of pathetic you speaks loud Shelly Shelly
A $50 says it'll beat you
Out from underneath you, its taking everything that you've worked for, and you know it
I see you around downtown
It never leaves you
Purchase or a "trade"-you're getting deeper
And if you can pull yourself out of this one-wow Shelly Shelly
I know you say that it never gets you down S.S.
And that you know it would never push you around S.S.
You think that you can maintain this lifestyle now S.S.?
Well, I've got news for you girl-you look like hell S.S.
Feeling souped on dope-spoon in your hand staring at the sea, staring at the sand
And I will never know how it came to this S.S.
Well-I may seem uptight to you
Shared a cigarette for breakfast
Shared an airplane ride for lunch
Sitting in between a ghost
And a walking bowl of punch
Can you play a little hunch?
Predicting a delay on landing
Well, I predict we'll have a drink
Lost my money on the first hand
Got burned on a big fat king
And your ears are gonna ring
And your eyes just wanna close
Nothing changes I suppose
It's too late to turn back, here we go
Portland, oh, no
It's too late to turn back, here we go
Portland
We'll wait away the raindrops
Look out boy, you'll catch cold
Serving boy can chain nothing
That ain't anchored to his throne
But at least he's going home
Sitting like a backwoods junkie
Caught down in a servant trust
Look at the funny monkey
Putting silver in his cup
And your silver turns to rust
And your secondhand clothes
Trust no one I suppose
It's too late to turn back, here we go
Portland, oh, no
It's too late to turn back, here we go
Portland
Shared a cigarette for breakfast
Shared a pack of lies for lunch
Credit card, almighty
Bringing in the next little bunch
And you owe me on a hunch
And your eyes just wanna close
'Coz nothing changin' I suppose
It's too late to turn back, here we go
Portland, oh, no
It's too late to turn back, here we go
Portland, oh, no
It's too late to turn back, it's too late I know
Temperatures rising
Sapping all the life from once thriving energies
Fearing failure
Cause of the scheme to run from our enemy
Let's look at the factors
Draw upon our excuses
In the negative mindfeild
The mind convinced, it's time to run
But isn't the enemy isn't the enemy you
you see
You run, it's back again, because you never adjusted yourself
And now, you are in new surroundings
With all of the same old shit, you know
After years of this madness
It's starting to make sense but life, is so hard
Yea, life is hard
And that you have learned
Holding on to your beliefs is noble
But we are faced with reality
Sometimes, to reach that mountain top
We must learn to bleed
So now we revisit the factors
Draw upon all that we dream of
Put aside that old ill mind
You left for Portland this morning
I didn't stay to watch your airplane fly away
I didn't know that I would feel this way
I drove and listened to nothing
I never found a song that could quite fit the mood
I slept alone in the bed I share with you
And it's amazing just how still this place can be
It's amazing just how far away you seem
When you're only in Portland
You left for Portland this morning
And I've been counting the hours since you've gone