Been awhile since I posted last. Been very busy. Yep.
I finished a book by Stephen Hunter entitled The 47th Samurai. Very good book. It was a great American blood-soaked thriller but also gave me a new perspective on the subjects of face, bushido, samurai, seppuku, and Japan's love of porn. I guess they really love white, blond women in a teacher-blows-Johnny porn vid. Anyway, I've got a cool little story to share with y'all.
Once upon a time, there was Uric the Unicorn who was talking to Manny Monogram who was talking about Newton's first law of motion to a one Sandy Solo. That one Sandy Solo was practicing one of her monologues in front of Uric the Unicorn and Manny Monogram who were making unique comments concerning her comic comedy.
How many references to the number one did I make?
Count and post.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Spontaneous Word Poem
He ran to a place,
any place, from elementary school
a person followed in pursuit,
that teacher from LA.
He climbed, they jumped
he slipped, the shouted with
the teacher from LA.
Cops drive, principals slip away, for
they hit, they lie
like the teacher from LA.
School House Rock destroyed him,
other kids were broken,
but he would not be broken,
by the teacher from LA.
They came across the alleyway,
he slipped by unnoticed,
beams of light grazed him as he saw walk by,
that teacher from LA.
He ran to someone, someplace,
any place,
that apartment!
In the dark of a bush
the teacher from LA.
He opens the door-
damn! it's locked!
Smells the sweet lavender
on her cheeks and knows the chase is over
he turns and faces the teacher from LA.
any place, from elementary school
a person followed in pursuit,
that teacher from LA.
He climbed, they jumped
he slipped, the shouted with
the teacher from LA.
Cops drive, principals slip away, for
they hit, they lie
like the teacher from LA.
School House Rock destroyed him,
other kids were broken,
but he would not be broken,
by the teacher from LA.
They came across the alleyway,
he slipped by unnoticed,
beams of light grazed him as he saw walk by,
that teacher from LA.
He ran to someone, someplace,
any place,
that apartment!
In the dark of a bush
the teacher from LA.
He opens the door-
damn! it's locked!
Smells the sweet lavender
on her cheeks and knows the chase is over
he turns and faces the teacher from LA.
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Spring Poems
So much depends
upon
a shiny, earth colored
noisy wrapper
upon a melty piece of heaven
layered in milky chocolate
So much depends
on
Soft, chewy peanuts with
gooey caramel
on the complexity of a single
recipe
and the happiness
inside
So much of Spring depends
upon
the song of animals
in the trees
calling out "Hello. How are you?"
"Just fine, thank you."
replies the fluffy, soft voice
of a Nuthatch
So much of Spring depends
upon
the waking of the trees from
winter's chill
upon the revival of the grass
and flowers
upon
a shiny, earth colored
noisy wrapper
upon a melty piece of heaven
layered in milky chocolate
So much depends
on
Soft, chewy peanuts with
gooey caramel
on the complexity of a single
recipe
and the happiness
inside
So much of Spring depends
upon
the song of animals
in the trees
calling out "Hello. How are you?"
"Just fine, thank you."
replies the fluffy, soft voice
of a Nuthatch
So much of Spring depends
upon
the waking of the trees from
winter's chill
upon the revival of the grass
and flowers
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Native American Persecution
George Washington thought that the Native Americans were an equal but inferior race and designed a six step plan to civilize the Native Americans. In my opinion, this occured because the Native Americans really had no central governmental figure to stop the colonization. Akin to the tribes of Umuofia in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart the Native Americans were a mottly bunch of little tribes that really had no chance against a central power like the newly formed United States of America. Here's my source: Remini, Robert. ""The Reform Begins"". Andrew Jackson. History Book Club. p. 201.
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Sunday, March 1, 2009
BOLLYWOOD!!!
Bollywood is a word that either refers to all the movies that are made in India, or it can refer to a specific genre of movies that qualify as "Bollywood" movies. Slumdog Millionaire can be a Bollywood movie as it was made in India however, it doesn't meet the requirements to be a pure and true "Bollywood Movie".
"The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the Indian film industry. Bollywood is the largest film producer in India and one of the largest in the world." (Wikipedia 1).
I think from Slumdog Millionaire that we can expect a great deal more movies that are from Bollywood coming into the American theatres.
"The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the Indian film industry. Bollywood is the largest film producer in India and one of the largest in the world." (Wikipedia 1).
I think from Slumdog Millionaire that we can expect a great deal more movies that are from Bollywood coming into the American theatres.
Monday, February 23, 2009
2 in 1
Eck. it's my sweet 16 and I'm sick. it's cheap irony. well, life goes on. I didn't do the last post so I'm rolling both hope and change into one post. I really don't have a lot of hope for getting over this sore throat and cold that i have. I stumbled across a poem of hope by Joaquin Miller entitled "Colombus"
It reads:
"Behind him lay the great Azores,
Behind the Gates of Hercules:
Before him not the ghost of shores,
Before him only shoreless seas.
The good mate said, 'Now must we pray,
For lo! The very stars are gone.
Brave Adm'r'l, speak; what shall I say?'
'Why, say: Sail on! Sail on! And on!'
Then, pale and worn, he kept his deck,
And peered through darkness. Ah, that night
Of all dark nights! And then a speck-
A light! A light! A light! A light!
It grew, a starlit flag unfurled!
It grew to be Time's burst of dawn.
He gained a world; he gave that world
Its grandest lesson: 'On! Sail on!'"
Columbus kept his faith and he gained a world, he found a hemisphere. I believe that this has significant relevance to the times now. As Obama said, we must quit bickering about the past, quarreling and playing the ever familiar, politician's favorite game: the blame game.
SAIL ON! Move on america. Wall st. Get your act together. quit spending millions in private jets and bonuses. Enough is enough.
I was looking through a book by President Gordon B. Hinckley (late President of the LDS/ Mormon Church) entitled: "Standing for Something: 10 Neglected virtues that will heal our hearts and homes."
In reading through a section focusing on learning a passage reads:
" Many events that take place around us provide constant reminders that
there is cause for alarm in our nation. It is shcoking to read, for instance,
that illiteracy is on the rise. It is almost unthinkable that, in such an
abundant society, many adults cannot read. A story in the New York
Times published under the headline 'Study Says Half of Adults in U.S. Lack
Reading and Math Abilities' offered some sobering statistics based on a study of
more than 26,000 Americans above age fifteen:
Nearly half of the nation's 191 million adult citizens are not proficient enough in English to write a letter about a billing error or to calculate the length of a bus trip from a published shcedule, according to a foru-year Federal study. The study, released yesterday by the Education Department, presented a bleak statistical protrait of the nation's literacy. . . . Businesses estimate that lose $25 billion to $30 billion a yeat nationwide in lost productivity, errors and accidents attributable to porr literacy" (Hinckley 63).
I find this quite fascinating. Later in page 63 he quotes the Chicago Tribune in its false surprise that this phenomenon has occured. A society with the manners of a rock band, the morals of a soap opera, and the decision-making ability of the Simpsons wants to pay for government on Visa and American Express? DUH!! All we want is quick zip-zap remote controlled patch-er-up solutions so that I have to deal with all this crap. At 16 years of age, I'm already confused and wondering, "Where'd all my college fund go?". We need to change our habits and work hard for the things we care about. That's what I have to say.
It reads:
"Behind him lay the great Azores,
Behind the Gates of Hercules:
Before him not the ghost of shores,
Before him only shoreless seas.
The good mate said, 'Now must we pray,
For lo! The very stars are gone.
Brave Adm'r'l, speak; what shall I say?'
'Why, say: Sail on! Sail on! And on!'
Then, pale and worn, he kept his deck,
And peered through darkness. Ah, that night
Of all dark nights! And then a speck-
A light! A light! A light! A light!
It grew, a starlit flag unfurled!
It grew to be Time's burst of dawn.
He gained a world; he gave that world
Its grandest lesson: 'On! Sail on!'"
Columbus kept his faith and he gained a world, he found a hemisphere. I believe that this has significant relevance to the times now. As Obama said, we must quit bickering about the past, quarreling and playing the ever familiar, politician's favorite game: the blame game.
SAIL ON! Move on america. Wall st. Get your act together. quit spending millions in private jets and bonuses. Enough is enough.
I was looking through a book by President Gordon B. Hinckley (late President of the LDS/ Mormon Church) entitled: "Standing for Something: 10 Neglected virtues that will heal our hearts and homes."
In reading through a section focusing on learning a passage reads:
" Many events that take place around us provide constant reminders that
there is cause for alarm in our nation. It is shcoking to read, for instance,
that illiteracy is on the rise. It is almost unthinkable that, in such an
abundant society, many adults cannot read. A story in the New York
Times published under the headline 'Study Says Half of Adults in U.S. Lack
Reading and Math Abilities' offered some sobering statistics based on a study of
more than 26,000 Americans above age fifteen:
Nearly half of the nation's 191 million adult citizens are not proficient enough in English to write a letter about a billing error or to calculate the length of a bus trip from a published shcedule, according to a foru-year Federal study. The study, released yesterday by the Education Department, presented a bleak statistical protrait of the nation's literacy. . . . Businesses estimate that lose $25 billion to $30 billion a yeat nationwide in lost productivity, errors and accidents attributable to porr literacy" (Hinckley 63).
I find this quite fascinating. Later in page 63 he quotes the Chicago Tribune in its false surprise that this phenomenon has occured. A society with the manners of a rock band, the morals of a soap opera, and the decision-making ability of the Simpsons wants to pay for government on Visa and American Express? DUH!! All we want is quick zip-zap remote controlled patch-er-up solutions so that I have to deal with all this crap. At 16 years of age, I'm already confused and wondering, "Where'd all my college fund go?". We need to change our habits and work hard for the things we care about. That's what I have to say.
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