1/28/2010
1/25/2010
Frameworks
Should you find it necessary to understand someone by putting them into the framework of your own experience...
Don't.
Don't.
1/23/2010
Where It's At...
Consistency (not instability), Kindness (not ego-centrism), and Empathy (not apathy) are the merit badges of the Awesome Possum.
Show and Tell....
To tell someone who you are is to boast about who you are. And to boast about who you are is usually a sign that a contradiction is about to slap your audience in the face.
The Detriment of Fear
Fear is neither skilled nor qualified to instruct or counsel. Its sole purpose (its only purpose) is to simply motivate--nothing more.
Remember this.
Remember this.
1/17/2010
Fancy Pants, Kittens, Sunshine, and Robots.
I have never had a woman look so intently at me, and yet been so oblivious to the man standing in front of her.
1/16/2010
Again...
Admittedly, I had seen the chimp. I had. With a smile on his face and a lump of brown goo dripping from his hand.
What I did not see, not two feet above me, was the swirling, whirling motion of the room's only fan....
What I did not see, not two feet above me, was the swirling, whirling motion of the room's only fan....
1/04/2010
1/02/2010
Life
Sobriety is the mechanism that fools--an otherwise intelligent--man into believing he is living a valuable life.
12/30/2009
Puzzles and things...
It's not so much that she no longer cares; it's that she no longer cares to show you that she does.
8/21/2009
Down by the Mill
A rumour had chased her today, but unequipped to gain any real ground...it simply caught up and licked the heels of those around her.
8/08/2009
The Facts of Life...
Life--being in the business of teaching--has afforded me two valuable lessons:
The first (and unfortunately the harder of the two lessons to accept) is that humility and kindness are not as advantageous as one would imagine.
The second? Well, the second is that you ought never universalize the perception another human being has made of you. Ever. Period.
The first (and unfortunately the harder of the two lessons to accept) is that humility and kindness are not as advantageous as one would imagine.
The second? Well, the second is that you ought never universalize the perception another human being has made of you. Ever. Period.
8/04/2009
Regrets
My biggest regret (were it necessary to make one) is the continual belief that those who not to like me are justified in doing so....
6/18/2009
Power V. Corruption
Power will always corrupt...because, like any living organism, it has no long-term inherent sustainability. Change is inevitable and is power's greatest foe...
Yet...at the root of power (again, no different than any other living organism) is a want to sustain its existence--by whatever means necessary. But the only way to do this (because by its nature no living organism can do so naturally) is through corruption.
Yet...at the root of power (again, no different than any other living organism) is a want to sustain its existence--by whatever means necessary. But the only way to do this (because by its nature no living organism can do so naturally) is through corruption.
5/14/2009
The Flaw of Cynicism.
To verbalize your cynicism is to misguide yourself into believing your opinion matters. On this front, the verbal cynic (without realizing it) has naively contradicting his (supposedly profound) negative view of the world.
To this end, verbalized cynicism is not an intellectually rites of passage. Rather, it is an illustration of one's inability to understand just what it means to be a hypocrite....
To this end, verbalized cynicism is not an intellectually rites of passage. Rather, it is an illustration of one's inability to understand just what it means to be a hypocrite....
Tread These Paths Cautiously
The wise will always go two steps beyond what they believe to be the answer.
5/07/2009
In all of history....
Let it be known, now and in the days to come....
Whimpering is achievement's greatest foe.
Whimpering is achievement's greatest foe.
5/06/2009
5/03/2009
Subjectivity V. Objectivity
How do you cope with knowing that all you believe is little more than an element to an arbitrary argument?
4/23/2009
The Issue...
Were it discovered that human beings actually have purpose, it will be of the kind that has been given the least amount of consideration.
4/03/2009
3/30/2009
3/02/2009
Often Times....
There are many in this world who confused Intimidation for Leadership.
Run from this people. And run fast.
Run from this people. And run fast.
2/10/2009
12/02/2008
10/08/2008
Evil V. Man
Evil, however hard it may strive to, cannot become man; for man is far more sinister and resourceful....
Simply put, Evil's evolution has not reached that stage of development yet....
Simply put, Evil's evolution has not reached that stage of development yet....
9/22/2008
8/22/2008
Feminism and the Feminist
There is a notable difference between Feminism and a feminist.
Feminism is a doctrine that demands equality.
A feminist is a person (male or female) who interprets said doctrine.
Like a bible pastor, a feminist's interpretation might be flawed, but the doctrine is irrefutable.
Feminism is a doctrine that demands equality.
A feminist is a person (male or female) who interprets said doctrine.
Like a bible pastor, a feminist's interpretation might be flawed, but the doctrine is irrefutable.
8/19/2008
The Nature of it....
The chip on your shoulder betrays your insecurities far more dramatically than your funny bone ever could.
8/18/2008
The Problem with Geography
A chorus had been sung today--a few neighborhoods over and in a city or two to the north.
8/16/2008
8/13/2008
Reasons Against Intimidation
Intimidation works--because you have come to understand the limitations of your intellect. Because your want for power exceeds your understanding that you will never possess it--because others fear fueling your increasingly unnecessary aggressive behavior....
7/28/2008
7/23/2008
And the Night is Going to Fall....
Remember: Your constant need to illustrate your power will always make you the weakest one in the room.
7/07/2008
Prayer....
Do you know what an overly-smart and panicked child sounds like when he prays? He rationalizes, bargins, pleas, begs, hopes and expects. He sounds no different than a panicked 40 year old, just higher pitched and more hopeful.
7/03/2008
6/30/2008
6/24/2008
6/22/2008
6/16/2008
Reasons....
The attraction of alcohol is that it offers a being a
sense of enduring success w/ every minute momentary accomplishment.
sense of enduring success w/ every minute momentary accomplishment.
Stating the Obvious
It is best not to argue with gravity.
She is far more skilled than any one of us.
She is far more skilled than any one of us.
The Problems with Pockets...
I had met a beguiling story today. Even placed it in my pocket to save it for later.
Like chocolate, though, these things never quite turn out....
Like chocolate, though, these things never quite turn out....
Inebriation
Sure, she had the energy to staple the truth to his forehead...
Hell, she even tried once. Huffed and puffed too.
But it was her lack of intelligence to start the task w/ a nail...that was really her undoing.
Hell, she even tried once. Huffed and puffed too.
But it was her lack of intelligence to start the task w/ a nail...that was really her undoing.
6/15/2008
6/11/2008
The Born Again
To advance his climb towards truth, the born again builds attractive ladders and scaffolds. Never realizing, however, that the material he has used is meant more to guide him sideways, rather than up.
Where it Happens...
I had met her in the cemetery, sunbathing.
Ode the most beautiful night of them all.
Ode the most beautiful night of them all.
6/09/2008
6/08/2008
6/02/2008
To That Certain Type of Man....
Had you the inclination to gather every bar-brawling antagonist the world had to offer...to placed them in a room with their respective vices (fists, fights, addictions, and the like).
You'd have an idea of the type of room my mother found fit to socialize in....
You'd have an idea of the type of room my mother found fit to socialize in....
5/29/2008
The Supposed Evidence of Ghosts & Ghouls
I am afforded little joy in the notion that people put more faith in the supernatural than in the fallibility of modern photography.
4/22/2008
Fertilizer and Egg
A father is not a man...but an archetype that ought to be: first applauded, then surpassed.
A mother is not a woman...but the sermon that gives you the confidence to surpass the archetype....
A mother is not a woman...but the sermon that gives you the confidence to surpass the archetype....
4/13/2008
Stages...
In walks, stage left, the necessities of the conversation.
Stage right? The presence of mind to end it.
Stage right? The presence of mind to end it.
4/09/2008
Imagination Running Amuck
By its very nature: a dark space cannot explain itself
(for the mind is far too busy speaking for it);
it has no room to get in a word edgewise...
(for the mind is far too busy speaking for it);
it has no room to get in a word edgewise...
Oddly Enough
It is found sometimes...in moments of panic, fear, and passion....
that the Rational often seems a supporter of the Imagination...
rather than (as it should be) its greatest competitor....
that the Rational often seems a supporter of the Imagination...
rather than (as it should be) its greatest competitor....
To Peculiar Men
I had been sitting here for no more than ten minutes when I was approached by two men asking for money.
The first: beardless and buoyant, bowed his head and offered a practiced speech--volunteered one too many thank yous and twice as many pleases.
The second, was not so much appreciative, as he was honest...simply scowled at the amount I had given him.
It is true, by night's end...at least three men were fed today.
The first: beardless and buoyant, bowed his head and offered a practiced speech--volunteered one too many thank yous and twice as many pleases.
The second, was not so much appreciative, as he was honest...simply scowled at the amount I had given him.
It is true, by night's end...at least three men were fed today.
Grooming to Appear Appealing
I had saved the life of a lie today by telling another. And when the second lie became breathless...I created a third...
So on and so forth.
It wasn't until the seventh lie that I realize:
what I had set out to do on this occasion still had not been done. That my hair's cowlick had still not settled...and that any lie to the contrary would by no means help the cause.
So on and so forth.
It wasn't until the seventh lie that I realize:
what I had set out to do on this occasion still had not been done. That my hair's cowlick had still not settled...and that any lie to the contrary would by no means help the cause.
Awkward Moments
The burden was not so much walking into the room and seeing her in a blood soaked towel....It was more so seeing the shine of the knife my friend was holding....
Ode to those silly awkward silences...
Ode to those silly awkward silences...
Mistrials
Adam could not formulate a proper defense until long after his expulsion from the Garden (the appeal is not necessarily naivety, but a lack of knowledge and incompetence on the part of the attending counsel)....
From this and for no other reason, the powers that be ought to declare a mistrial!
From this and for no other reason, the powers that be ought to declare a mistrial!
The Grumpy Young Man
What had been described to me today (after all my regular business had been completed) lent little support to the reasons why I woke....
The Grumpy Old Man
I had opened my window this morning...not so much because I heard a bird chirping...But rather to give my boot better aim to stop any of that nonsense from continuing!
The Artist's Opening
Should it be discovered that the artist's work is meaningless...
One ought to remind him...that so too is his audience....
One ought to remind him...that so too is his audience....
4/08/2008
4/04/2008
The Young Woman
I had noticed early on...that she'd often make odd and critical observations of the men who stood in front of her.
These criticisms weren't, by themselves, an indication of her naive youth; making a point to verbalize them, however, was....
These criticisms weren't, by themselves, an indication of her naive youth; making a point to verbalize them, however, was....
Emotional Architecture
The pleasure should ought to be attending the picnic in front of his walls....Not the clumsy world that exists behind them.
Shelves and Spaces
And there sat on her shelf two objects: her past; and any reasonable explanation of why she left it there...
Simply for the Novelty
Applaud the mistakes you have made...crisply and cleanly pat yourself on the back....
Given the constitution of the world...
Oddly enough, regret, fear, and guilt...will always outplay appreciation.
Foundations
At the root of photography is vanity and remembrance....
In other words, evidence that you (once) exist(ed).
In other words, evidence that you (once) exist(ed).
3/15/2008
I've Often Wondered...
Will there be 12 men in the room when I die? Or only two...or will it be a mirror?
If it's the first, I hope I ain't wearing the frilly underwear. If it's the second, I hope I hid my cash. If it's the third? I hope I don't sneeze.
If it's the first, I hope I ain't wearing the frilly underwear. If it's the second, I hope I hid my cash. If it's the third? I hope I don't sneeze.
The Walk Home
And it was in that moment when I finally and rudely realized what was preventing me from advancing the second step.
One can hardly be said to walk well when one is inebriated, less likely (doubly so) after one has plunged (nose first) into the solid oak floor.
One can hardly be said to walk well when one is inebriated, less likely (doubly so) after one has plunged (nose first) into the solid oak floor.
Unification of the Senses
Unifying the head, the heart, and the genitals to admire the form bent before me is the process by which I realize I am made up of at least three--forever separate--essential organs.
Ultimately
Ultimately the social milieu in which you are born is as inconsequential as the location of said birth. Both lead to false identities and diminish--feverishly--one's eventual originality.
2/11/2008
The shirt and tie gig...
I was about as comfortable as an over-zealous Hindu in a slaughter house...
A Year of Capitalism
There were a dozen changes in me that I saw coming; 12 more that I didn't...But it's the three (I haven't even mentioned) that continue to scared the shit out of me.
A Story About Quiche in Ten Minutes
Curtain opens: Act 1: Scene 1.
"I'm in the mood for quiche," she said...
"Well, I ain't so that's enough out of you...."
*SLAP*
Curtain closes....
By
James--with-9-minutes-and-28-seconds-to-spare--Majoros
"I'm in the mood for quiche," she said...
"Well, I ain't so that's enough out of you...."
*SLAP*
Curtain closes....
By
James--with-9-minutes-and-28-seconds-to-spare--Majoros
Another applause; another gift....
More often than not, I believe there exists in you (insert name here) an extremely high level of kindness and intelligence--both brought on by pain and natural wisdom--two characteristics that will forever exceed whatever superficial attraction you may possess....
The Goodness of Man
In my life:
I've ripped open my leg trying to climb a roof.
I've been hit by a car. After which I flew over said car and slid (unproductively) on the pavement fifteen feet.... I was lucky, though, for my motion was stopped by an awfully friendly curb--as it seems my head (skull) wasn't strong enough to beat concrete he took it upon himself to make sure nothing else 'bad' would happen...
I use to suffer fainting spells. As such, i've hit my head on the: floor, a bath tub, a bathroom door, a school fountain, the toilet and the pavement twice--twice!
I once jumped on my bed face first into a pillow...only to find out my mother bought me a cabbage patch kid and hid it under the blanket, just above said pillow...My nose (though more importantly, my self esteem) has been 'skewed' ever since.
I've done a lot of things and felt a lot of pain....
But nothing compares to my current inability to believe in the goodness of 'man.'
I've ripped open my leg trying to climb a roof.
I've been hit by a car. After which I flew over said car and slid (unproductively) on the pavement fifteen feet.... I was lucky, though, for my motion was stopped by an awfully friendly curb--as it seems my head (skull) wasn't strong enough to beat concrete he took it upon himself to make sure nothing else 'bad' would happen...
I use to suffer fainting spells. As such, i've hit my head on the: floor, a bath tub, a bathroom door, a school fountain, the toilet and the pavement twice--twice!
I once jumped on my bed face first into a pillow...only to find out my mother bought me a cabbage patch kid and hid it under the blanket, just above said pillow...My nose (though more importantly, my self esteem) has been 'skewed' ever since.
I've done a lot of things and felt a lot of pain....
But nothing compares to my current inability to believe in the goodness of 'man.'
8/25/2007
You go to my head...
Anxiety will prevent an individual from seeing beauty in him or herself.... Egotism will prevent an individual from seeing it in others....
Like Bubbles in Champagne
My eventual wife will be rather fond of pearls.
Obsessed in a sense...
And if it's not pearls then something synonymous
like turtles
or tea pots...
picnic baskets.
Either way, there will exist a necessary competition...
I shall marry her for her face and photography....
I'll shall remain faithful for she'll be much more than that...
Much more!
Obsessed in a sense...
And if it's not pearls then something synonymous
like turtles
or tea pots...
picnic baskets.
Either way, there will exist a necessary competition...
I shall marry her for her face and photography....
I'll shall remain faithful for she'll be much more than that...
Much more!
Pissing on these ancient Aztec Indian walls
Pissing on these ancient Aztec Indian walls, I'm reminded of two things: -
Southern winds still make the act difficult
Such follies still stain my trousers
Such a wonder.
Southern winds still make the act difficult
Such follies still stain my trousers
Such a wonder.
Recycled....
I am interested in anything dealing w/truth, honesty and any attempt to acquire them. Equally so, however--contradictorily perhaps--I am also interested in camaraderie, brotherhood and love....
5/18/2007
5/16/2007
Irony....
When you realize there's a potential you might be wrong, you've equipped yourself with the capabilities to eventually be right...
The Office Social Milieu
Every moment is an unoccupied stage...
wherein one is forced to act without purpose or relevance...
wherein one is forced to act without purpose or relevance...
Random Compliments to Random Readers
I could spend the better part of an eternity picking your brain...while remaining constantly enthralled by the true breadth of your wonderful character....
Socialization...
Possessing a strong sense of sensitivity to those around you is as endearing and attractive as the world's finest intellect...
Concerning things...
(Insert words here that mean something, make you feel funny in the bathing suit area, and makes you pee a little bit cause you're laughing so hard.)
Believe me there is a difference...
There is a tremendous and equally powerful difference between:
Confident and strong people and simply angry people who have convinced themselves of flawed ego-based fiction.
Confident and strong people and simply angry people who have convinced themselves of flawed ego-based fiction.
4/23/2007
These are the days of our...
I didn't see my Cuban friend fall....
But when the calvary walked in...I was all eyes....
And while my maid was pretty, endearing really, she was awfully scared...
It is true, today was a strange day....
But when the calvary walked in...I was all eyes....
And while my maid was pretty, endearing really, she was awfully scared...
It is true, today was a strange day....
4/01/2007
Advice...
Stop letting your unbruised ego make assumptions your intelligent self knows nothing about....
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3/31/2007
3/30/2007
Purifying
The individual constantly trying to affirm his/her authority is usually an individual oblivious to the reality of a situation.
3/28/2007
Condolences
The unfortunate truth about feminism is that it must include the idea of 'man' within its doctrine. It cannot fully separate itself from it.
Not only unfortunate, but also depressing...
Not only unfortunate, but also depressing...
Public Transit
I completely underestimated the level of ignorance among early morning public transit travelers.
3/26/2007
What I Wish for...
A simple request...
Simply having my wants and needs match up and shake hands...
To say hello, of course...perhaps give one another a nice big hug...
A sloppy wet kiss...
Simply having my wants and needs match up and shake hands...
To say hello, of course...perhaps give one another a nice big hug...
A sloppy wet kiss...
Or at least can...
Whether to play the victim along side the prey, or the prey along side the victim--both of which being lead by a narrow-faced preditor, misunderstanding--is what drives my character.
The road less travelled
Believe it or not...alcohol certainly takes its toll.
With that, the eventual outcome of excess is a want to change the game you initially started...With that, comes a second bout of excess; perhaps in a sense, a more healthy round of excess--sobriety...though like before, its root purpose is no different--change, escape, difference.
With that, the eventual outcome of excess is a want to change the game you initially started...With that, comes a second bout of excess; perhaps in a sense, a more healthy round of excess--sobriety...though like before, its root purpose is no different--change, escape, difference.
5 o'clock at the wine rack
You know, it wouldn't look like I had a drinking problem...
If you fuckers did shift work.
I mean, jeez.....
If you fuckers did shift work.
I mean, jeez.....
Redemption...
The alcoholic's problem is not necessarily with alcohol...rather, it's his inability to be satisfied with his sober reality.
To be sure, this is a semantic distinction...
To be doubly sure, this is a drunk conversation....
To be sure, this is a semantic distinction...
To be doubly sure, this is a drunk conversation....
At The Road Side Crying....
There is something innately beautiful about letting someone into your private world, what...with all the moats, solders, hedges n' all....
Yet, I'm the type who enjoys a good peeper, you know?
Rather than a guest.
You know the type, they camouflage themselves to match the hedges...
They bend branches...peer in.
Build attractive ladders....
I dig these folks, for like me, their guards are positioned at every post, armed and ready....
Yet, I'm the type who enjoys a good peeper, you know?
Rather than a guest.
You know the type, they camouflage themselves to match the hedges...
They bend branches...peer in.
Build attractive ladders....
I dig these folks, for like me, their guards are positioned at every post, armed and ready....
Thoughts...
Every boy desires to outshine his father....
In every son's mind, though....
Exists the voice of a father....
A voice that stops any of that nonsense from happening....
In every son's mind, though....
Exists the voice of a father....
A voice that stops any of that nonsense from happening....
She Drove me Crazy...
Aw, guys, come on...it's not that she's drunk...
Her problem, if anything, is more with gravity...
Her problem, if anything, is more with gravity...
The difference between Music and Love:
With music you have individuals collaborating--using talent to create a third entity.
With love, you've got two schmoes merely running into each other.
If music has taught me anything, it's that love falls short of being truly beautiful.
With love, you've got two schmoes merely running into each other.
If music has taught me anything, it's that love falls short of being truly beautiful.
Patience is a Virtue...no, no, no...
Virtue exists, not in patience, but in the attainment of experiencing what you had once not possessed...
In other words, there is beauty in negation and slow change...
In other words, there is beauty in negation and slow change...
An Exercise in Stating the Obvious
Did you know you don't pee when you're dead...and that fish swim when they're hungry?
Lost little girl...
"This is no place for a graveyard...." she said.
"This is no place for dreams neither...."
"This is no place for dreams neither...."
Perceptions
Of course it make sense to you; if you're the one looking in the mirror asking the question....
Motivation and Weakness
The Optimist fails to realize he's scarred. But the Realist is all too willing to show him the knife....
I Like to Sing
I like to sing in the shower....
My audience?
The four walls....
Beyond that?
My unfortunate neighbors....
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They're nice people, though....
So, we'll forgive 'em....
My audience?
The four walls....
Beyond that?
My unfortunate neighbors....
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They're nice people, though....
So, we'll forgive 'em....
Concerning Steak and Head day
I'd give my left pinky toe...Nay, a tub fill of talent, to be able to get it up simply because a girl had offered me steak and head...
First off, I dig cooking...
Second, one's mouth is better filled with words....
First off, I dig cooking...
Second, one's mouth is better filled with words....
Preference
I've always admired women who knew how to talk...
Rather than those who knew how to kneel...
Rather than those who knew how to kneel...
Hope V. Faith
Hope is convincing yourself that something beautiful will eventually happen.
Faith is convincing yourself that it already has...
Faith is convincing yourself that it already has...
The Benefits of an Ideology...
An ideology affords a being two things:
* The gift of believing in something
* Patterns of behavior one uses to give oneself a sense of identity.
Note, this says nothing about the truth of one's reality.
* The gift of believing in something
* Patterns of behavior one uses to give oneself a sense of identity.
Note, this says nothing about the truth of one's reality.
1/06/2007
The Arthurs of Ophelia
The Arthurs of Ophelia is a philosophical exploration of what it means to be human.
From the rational to the sublime...aphorisms coupled with spirituality...rational convictions coupled with spiritual insights. Comprehensive and unique, the Arthurs of Ophelia highlights the refinement of the senses and attempts to highlight the basic foundations of belief, value, brotherhood and love...
A Sense of Loss
A sense of loss...
Here is again born the stature of a child...
A child is again born...
Take me from this weak misery--
Strong again, like a playground bully.
Strong again, like an oblivious smart child...
Here is again born the stature of a man...
a man is again born.
Here is again born the stature of a child...
A child is again born...
Take me from this weak misery--
Strong again, like a playground bully.
Strong again, like an oblivious smart child...
Here is again born the stature of a man...
a man is again born.
Raconteur
Little Red Riding Hood's detriment wasn't the big bad wolf...
No, no, no...
Her detriment was the fact she had a grandma...
No, no, no...
Her detriment was the fact she had a grandma...
12/21/2006
12/20/2006
Potts & Pans & a Year Gone By...
Indeed, the act gloried in itself like a new-born infant,
uncouth & silently prowling its great moon-lit stage.
Majestic & wanting more, it was like Vishnu bent down and gave me a hand-job.
Indeed, I even think, though I'm not entirely sure yet, that a freckle or two just clean fell of my ass! So shocked and impressed by the experience they were.
Thank you...And sweet dreams....
James
uncouth & silently prowling its great moon-lit stage.
Majestic & wanting more, it was like Vishnu bent down and gave me a hand-job.
Indeed, I even think, though I'm not entirely sure yet, that a freckle or two just clean fell of my ass! So shocked and impressed by the experience they were.
Thank you...And sweet dreams....
James
12/15/2006
Holes and Caves...
And the ladies are escaping the prison, gentlemen...
They're running mad, pail and soon caked w/ dirt...
And I, a witness to it, a few fences over & slightly to the left...
I merely applaud their show...
They're running mad, pail and soon caked w/ dirt...
And I, a witness to it, a few fences over & slightly to the left...
I merely applaud their show...
Ideologies...
To me, one of the great problems of feminism is that it can cause otherwise intelligent and rational beings to become wanna-be fighters. It can cause some serious conflict in people because they're trying to follow a doctrine that they are not yet fully intuned with. It will make otherwise thoughtful people angry mongrels who jump at any possible gender based infirmary--even when the infirmary doesn't exist.
Concerning my twenty something dreams...
Pow pow pow to Calculus!
Kaaabluewweeey too, with a couple of rounds of semi-automatic machine gun fire...two grenades...and a FU for good measure!
Kaaabluewweeey too, with a couple of rounds of semi-automatic machine gun fire...two grenades...and a FU for good measure!
Doctrinaire
You know, I often go out of my way to convince myself and others of their beauty.
With you, though...I simply wanted to show off that I was already able to see it.
With you, though...I simply wanted to show off that I was already able to see it.
7/16/2006
7/15/2006
7/14/2006
Could I Have Been Anyone Other Than Me?
You know, with all the immoral and sinful activity in the world--what with all the gays, the drunks and the feminists...
I am still struck by one single idea....
We all--male or female--still have to put in eight hours of work a day....
I am still struck by one single idea....
We all--male or female--still have to put in eight hours of work a day....
Buddha Sun/Buddha Moon
Noun: Buddha Sun
\Booo da sun\
1.) a semi-affectionate term used to represent the positive, beneficial, effective and adept features of a person and/or situation
2.) a genderless distinction denoting the submissive nature of a male or female's momentary behavior and /or perception
Noun: Buddha Moon
\Booo da moon\
1.) a quasi-affectionate term applied to negative, risky, and immoral situations or moments
2.) a genderless distinction denoting the authoritative power of a male or female's momentary behavior or perception
Noun: Buddha Sun/Buddha Moon
\Boo da son\Boo da moon\
1.) a binary concept illustrating the dichotomized elements found within nature and civilized mores/customs
2.) the time within a 24 hour period where both the sun and moon are at equal distances from the horizon
3.) a genderless distinction illustrating the different, but balanced, characteristics at any given moment of a two-person relationship
Usage and History: The phrase Buddha Sun/Buddha Moon was first used by the 16th century Monk Xia Cho.
Originally the term was applied to the all encompassing idea of balance (i.e. the existing opposite, but equal in value, elements of any particular situation). As usage increased, however, the term became less broad and more psychologically specific to individuals within a partnership. Both today's usage and its predecessor are still common today.
Similar terms/concepts:
Night and Day/Tough Love/Yin and Yang/Good and Bad
\Booo da sun\
1.) a semi-affectionate term used to represent the positive, beneficial, effective and adept features of a person and/or situation
2.) a genderless distinction denoting the submissive nature of a male or female's momentary behavior and /or perception
Noun: Buddha Moon
\Booo da moon\
1.) a quasi-affectionate term applied to negative, risky, and immoral situations or moments
2.) a genderless distinction denoting the authoritative power of a male or female's momentary behavior or perception
Noun: Buddha Sun/Buddha Moon
\Boo da son\Boo da moon\
1.) a binary concept illustrating the dichotomized elements found within nature and civilized mores/customs
2.) the time within a 24 hour period where both the sun and moon are at equal distances from the horizon
3.) a genderless distinction illustrating the different, but balanced, characteristics at any given moment of a two-person relationship
Usage and History: The phrase Buddha Sun/Buddha Moon was first used by the 16th century Monk Xia Cho.
Originally the term was applied to the all encompassing idea of balance (i.e. the existing opposite, but equal in value, elements of any particular situation). As usage increased, however, the term became less broad and more psychologically specific to individuals within a partnership. Both today's usage and its predecessor are still common today.
Similar terms/concepts:
Night and Day/Tough Love/Yin and Yang/Good and Bad
7/08/2006
A Fork in the Road
A fork in the road....
To my right? A monster
To my left? That monster's third second cousin twice removed...
I turn around and sigh...
7/07/2006
Everyone's Gotta Little a Sunshine...
Dusty maidens, gladly grasp your violins...
Fathers? (tap, tap) forgive them as they begin their play....
Fathers? (tap, tap) forgive them as they begin their play....
Robes and Flunkies...
We bring so much of our own desire (and design) to a situation
that the truth of a moment hardly stands a chance at revealing itself...
that the truth of a moment hardly stands a chance at revealing itself...
Just Like Him Tomorrow
Sir, come on...
There are two things you don't know about life:
1.) What I know...
2.) What you don't....
Assuming you know the fundamentals of the universe is your first mistake; thinking others should believe you? Your second.
Lose the ego and i'll stop peeing in your flower bed.
Deal?
Deal.
There are two things you don't know about life:
1.) What I know...
2.) What you don't....
Assuming you know the fundamentals of the universe is your first mistake; thinking others should believe you? Your second.
Lose the ego and i'll stop peeing in your flower bed.
Deal?
Deal.
7/05/2006
Would you Believe...
Believe me, if we spent half as much energy accepting people as we do in rejecting them, i'd have absolutely no reason to write this statement.
Oh...and, ummm, just so there's no confusion...yep, ummm, believe me when I also tell you...that ummm...
This Statement Just Isn't Worth it...
Oh...and, ummm, just so there's no confusion...yep, ummm, believe me when I also tell you...that ummm...
This Statement Just Isn't Worth it...
A Criticism to the Fool
And it's in those small areas where imbreeding is set to survive that I imagine you find a lovely place you've often called home....
7/03/2006
7/01/2006
21st Century Accolades ...
The great epic of he's reign will be written by a chimp, edited by a monkey and sold by a whore...
The...
The detriment of life is that you can never truly withdrawal from it without first being motivated to close your eyes...
Desires...
She's striving to make the flaccid man appreciative....
He's striving to convince her there's more to the evening than his penis...
He's striving to convince her there's more to the evening than his penis...
Man's Down fall...
Man's down fall will not be war or disease...
but his inability to realize he is no more important than the person he is standing next to....
but his inability to realize he is no more important than the person he is standing next to....
6/28/2006
Their Jobs...
The responsibility of a writer is to convince an audience that a fictional emotion not only exists but should be felt...
The task of a musician is to forever recreate a once existing achievement...
The task of a musician is to forever recreate a once existing achievement...
6/27/2006
6/24/2006
Fifth floor living without a yard....
He became a drunk to have something different to look at...
He stayed a drunk because he grew tired of the mirror....
He stayed a drunk because he grew tired of the mirror....
The real issue...
Our problem should never have been with Bush...
But with the idea that now...now anyone can become the President....
But with the idea that now...now anyone can become the President....
By the Brook
So i'm Standing by a Crystal Brook...
To my left?
There's a fish who's talking to me in jibberish...
To my right?
There's a fisherman who wants nothing more than to feed his family....
After a moments pause...
I look at them both...
Both of 'em...
Straight eyed and narrow...
and then I sigh....
To my left?
There's a fish who's talking to me in jibberish...
To my right?
There's a fisherman who wants nothing more than to feed his family....
After a moments pause...
I look at them both...
Both of 'em...
Straight eyed and narrow...
and then I sigh....
6/20/2006
The Best of You....
To be truly knowledgeable makes one vulnerable to doubt....
Thank you, knowledge...
Thank you, knowledge...
The Lesson Learned from a Myth
I saw Prometheus tonight...
And, Friend, did he ever look bad...
Real bad!
But, no, don't worry...
No, no, no....
I will see him again tomorrow...
I swear...!
And he'll be optimistic...healthy really...
Smiling....
Because this is the beauty of Prometheus....
(Kyle, this one was for you! To my eventual wife...honie, this one made me cry.)
And, Friend, did he ever look bad...
Real bad!
But, no, don't worry...
No, no, no....
I will see him again tomorrow...
I swear...!
And he'll be optimistic...healthy really...
Smiling....
Because this is the beauty of Prometheus....
(Kyle, this one was for you! To my eventual wife...honie, this one made me cry.)
Like two Joined Strangers, the one an Impostor, the Other his Shadow...
So, come on, & Assemble yourself!
caress madly this chambers' echo -
this great caged perfumed meridian!
To propagate our need for life.
To glory in self like a new-born infant
uncouth & silently prowling its great moon-lit stage
Purging the calls of history! -giving life form.
(w/ancient Indian paint)
and stroking ourselves by the shade.
we'll give life form,
prowl, and chase....
caress madly this chambers' echo -
this great caged perfumed meridian!
To propagate our need for life.
To glory in self like a new-born infant
uncouth & silently prowling its great moon-lit stage
Purging the calls of history! -giving life form.
(w/ancient Indian paint)
and stroking ourselves by the shade.
we'll give life form,
prowl, and chase....
The Perception of One' self.
The funny thing about perception is:
Regardless of the One you got
Someone always has another One for you.
The Cruelty of Death...
The cruelty of death is that it causes you to revamp your perceptions of someone you justifiably grew to hate...
We are creatures of habit; in this also lies the cruelty of death.
We are creatures of habit; in this also lies the cruelty of death.
(Docket # 1929848 Reality V. Dream)
In a dream you float beside a beautiful, vague, and an aesthetically pleasing ass.
In reality, you're confronted by two hairy moles--inches shy of her
crack--a birthmark dark and menacing...
and something else, something wholly unwanted--a smell, it seems, warning you of once consumed food...
The future is quite like the former, the present too much like the latter.
In reality, you're confronted by two hairy moles--inches shy of her
crack--a birthmark dark and menacing...
and something else, something wholly unwanted--a smell, it seems, warning you of once consumed food...
The future is quite like the former, the present too much like the latter.
Value
I wish there was some moral or didactic quality to
this work, for no other reason than to put a
conventional wind to my sails, to stop a
free-drift to literary oblivion; but like a typical
atheist who, before his slaughter, will no doubt
seek the aid of God, I too, despite contrary
conviction, am forever destined to wordy, generally
incoherent and long-winded canvasses of
thought.
this work, for no other reason than to put a
conventional wind to my sails, to stop a
free-drift to literary oblivion; but like a typical
atheist who, before his slaughter, will no doubt
seek the aid of God, I too, despite contrary
conviction, am forever destined to wordy, generally
incoherent and long-winded canvasses of
thought.
Winter Spies
We were sipping the hot ashes of a dream (upon a sofa)
when all the sudden a shard of hair stained my eye.
The act--the only of its kind--caught the glare of a nearby fly
from here a majestic excitement unfolds
one of us parts...
&
And in that languid candour of loose speech there recedes the benefits of sobriety. In its wake arrives a crippled warrior...
Arbitary Values A=1, B=2, C=3,... A Scoff on Poetic Theory and Metre
Poetry should never have been written by numbers.
For painting by numbers is left to children.
Nay, poetry should pluck nature's possibilities
not restrict itself to repetitive,
overused mathematical feet and equations.
For the success of this art is nothing
more than a mask of literary achievement,
a false artistry and a basic contradiction
to the idea that art and mathematics are
separate disciplines.
If art is to progress: Gentlemen,
16, 12, 5, 1, 19, 5 + 12, 5, 20,' 19 + 6, 15, 18, 7, 5, 20 + 20, 8, 5 + 2, 15, 25, + 20, 8, 1, 20, + 12, 5, 20, + 20, 8, 5 + 6, 15, 18, 13 + 18, 21, 12, 5 + 8, 9, 1 9 + 8, 1, 14, 4
Minus
1, 14, 4, + 6, 15, 18, 7, 5, 20 + 20, 8, 5 + 13, 5, 14 + 23, 8, 15 + 7, 1, 22, 5 + 20, 8, 5 + 2, 15, 25 + 20, 8, 5, + 6, 15, 18, 13
equals
1, 14, 4 + 19, 5, 20 + "9" + 10, 1, 13, 5, 19 + 6, 18, 5, 5
For painting by numbers is left to children.
Nay, poetry should pluck nature's possibilities
not restrict itself to repetitive,
overused mathematical feet and equations.
For the success of this art is nothing
more than a mask of literary achievement,
a false artistry and a basic contradiction
to the idea that art and mathematics are
separate disciplines.
If art is to progress: Gentlemen,
16, 12, 5, 1, 19, 5 + 12, 5, 20,' 19 + 6, 15, 18, 7, 5, 20 + 20, 8, 5 + 2, 15, 25, + 20, 8, 1, 20, + 12, 5, 20, + 20, 8, 5 + 6, 15, 18, 13 + 18, 21, 12, 5 + 8, 9, 1 9 + 8, 1, 14, 4
Minus
1, 14, 4, + 6, 15, 18, 7, 5, 20 + 20, 8, 5 + 13, 5, 14 + 23, 8, 15 + 7, 1, 22, 5 + 20, 8, 5 + 2, 15, 25 + 20, 8, 5, + 6, 15, 18, 13
equals
1, 14, 4 + 19, 5, 20 + "9" + 10, 1, 13, 5, 19 + 6, 18, 5, 5
Dear (X)
Well that certainly was a nice round of sodomy. Thank you...
Thank you, kindly,
Sincerely yours,
James
To give life form
To Give Life Form
To give life form:We'll stand like smitten children building castles out of forts.
We'll stand knee-deep in the fluttering air
To watch the meager remnants of our naive youth,
dance themselves outside the bedroom door.
We'll stand by ancient rebels,
engaged in triumphs.
We'll dance
Slumber
And reign.
(w/ancient Indian paint)
and stroking ourselves by the shade.
we'll give life form,
prowl, and chase.
Let us live, Ophelia.
Not like a weary stifled witness
but like a mad starving child
wildly biking our streemers
through the city streets
So then, when all is quiet,
When all the day's fever dies,
and the blind majesty of our excitement unfolds
you will look at me and speak of your day
like you did yesterday.
burning beneath the
ambers of our
freedom fire...
let us give life-form.
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