(i wrote this channeling the inner 4 year old in me... i didn't feel it fit in with my poetry book so i'm putting it here... take that you bastards)
i wear my hoodie
everyday
why must i wear it
some of you might say
it's like a blanket
knitted by mom
but mom's don't knit
where i come from
it's got a big hood
to cover my head
i always pull out the string
so i don't choke and be dead
the birds on the chest
have no need for a nest
nor do they poop
so there's never a mess
it keeps me warm when i'm cold
but if i get too hot
i just unzip the front
a little, or a lot
when i want to hide from the world
i pull up the hood
or i can put my hands in the pockets
when i'm feeling up to no good
i love my hoodie so i wear it
everyday
it holds in the good stuff
but keeps the demons away
May 3, 2007
May 2, 2007
End of the World?
Bush still president, Italy winning the World Cup, Milan beating Manchester United? Wasn't this all prophesied in Revelations?
i think some grad student needs to do an anatomy case study on Italian soccer player's because i am lead to believe that they are missing some valuable bone mass in their ankles. Randomly they seem to collapse onto themselves at the most convenient of times yet magically are perfectly fine moments later. i worry that this may be some possible genetic disease or even a decrease in bone density caused by local water contamination as some non-natives playing for Milan seem to be catching it as well.
Gattuso (or Beard-o as i affectionately call him) needs to be given an American football helmet and sent to play a sport with all the other low-brow Neanderthals so he will stop disgracing soccer with his troglodyte ways. He looks like an inbred pitbull chasing a chicken out there.
Why is it that every time an Italian team plays in a significant, deciding game there are ridiculous calls, near fights, and lots of injuries that seem to rapidly heal once play has stopped? i could get into how the lousy weather conditions actually favor Milan's boom-ball play over Man U's on the floor precision but i shaln't go there.
To be fail i must discuss problems with my boys Manchester United. Unfortunately they have never filled the hole left by Keane. Yes they have gotten some amazing talent in Rooney and Ronaldo (yes i admit it) but they are still missing two key 'Keane-doms'. First they are missing leadership. Not the kind of leadership you get from a coach but that leadership out on the field. Second, they are missing the equalizer. If someone (like let's say Beard-O) got out of line, Keane would knock them back into line (or back onto the bench). Man U is missing that now. For a second i thought Rooney would pick that up but he seems to have not.
Also, for a moment or two i think i saw Manchester's B-squad defense wearing skits. Maybe, or maybe not but Kaka was sure step-dancing around them like they were. Man United's missing defensemen left a real hole on the team's line-up. i can't help but wonder what would have happened had Man United been at full strength?
Well, at least we still have the Premier League ahead of us. Sorry Treble, not this time. Good luck boys on Saturday.
i think some grad student needs to do an anatomy case study on Italian soccer player's because i am lead to believe that they are missing some valuable bone mass in their ankles. Randomly they seem to collapse onto themselves at the most convenient of times yet magically are perfectly fine moments later. i worry that this may be some possible genetic disease or even a decrease in bone density caused by local water contamination as some non-natives playing for Milan seem to be catching it as well.
Gattuso (or Beard-o as i affectionately call him) needs to be given an American football helmet and sent to play a sport with all the other low-brow Neanderthals so he will stop disgracing soccer with his troglodyte ways. He looks like an inbred pitbull chasing a chicken out there.
Why is it that every time an Italian team plays in a significant, deciding game there are ridiculous calls, near fights, and lots of injuries that seem to rapidly heal once play has stopped? i could get into how the lousy weather conditions actually favor Milan's boom-ball play over Man U's on the floor precision but i shaln't go there.
To be fail i must discuss problems with my boys Manchester United. Unfortunately they have never filled the hole left by Keane. Yes they have gotten some amazing talent in Rooney and Ronaldo (yes i admit it) but they are still missing two key 'Keane-doms'. First they are missing leadership. Not the kind of leadership you get from a coach but that leadership out on the field. Second, they are missing the equalizer. If someone (like let's say Beard-O) got out of line, Keane would knock them back into line (or back onto the bench). Man U is missing that now. For a second i thought Rooney would pick that up but he seems to have not.
Also, for a moment or two i think i saw Manchester's B-squad defense wearing skits. Maybe, or maybe not but Kaka was sure step-dancing around them like they were. Man United's missing defensemen left a real hole on the team's line-up. i can't help but wonder what would have happened had Man United been at full strength?
Well, at least we still have the Premier League ahead of us. Sorry Treble, not this time. Good luck boys on Saturday.
Apr 30, 2007
Animal Chin Radio
Spring is such a great time for music, any music. Fall and winter require contemplative songs as you hunker down and summer screams up-beat with all that sun. Spring however dramatically fluctuates as you can go from near freezing temperatures and grey skies in the morning to mid 60's and sunshine by the time you leave work. A beautiful sunny day in the 70's can be followed by a week of rain. Because of this, any mood or genre of song seems to work.
Lately i've been listening to a lot of Animal Chin Radio (my iPod set to shuffle the 20 gigs worth of songs). Oh how fun it is, the best radio station EVER. i know that i won't hear a song i don't like. i wait with baited breath to see what is coming next. While grocery shopping Animal Chin Radio went from Kanye West to the Ramones to the Roots to the Ramones again to Moby to Gomez to Blink 182, etc. Where else are you going to have Walking Concert sandwiched between Saves The Day and Roni Size (that's indie rock 'tween emo and breakbeat). Sprinkle in a poem read by Jack Kerouac or a spoken word by Henry Rollins and you have a bit of the glorious spring samplings of Animal Chin Radio.
Wherever Animal Chin, the mythical creator of skateboarding, is hiding out these days he is doing one hell of a job putting together a radio program. Thank you again Animal Chin, for once again showing us the way.
Lately i've been listening to a lot of Animal Chin Radio (my iPod set to shuffle the 20 gigs worth of songs). Oh how fun it is, the best radio station EVER. i know that i won't hear a song i don't like. i wait with baited breath to see what is coming next. While grocery shopping Animal Chin Radio went from Kanye West to the Ramones to the Roots to the Ramones again to Moby to Gomez to Blink 182, etc. Where else are you going to have Walking Concert sandwiched between Saves The Day and Roni Size (that's indie rock 'tween emo and breakbeat). Sprinkle in a poem read by Jack Kerouac or a spoken word by Henry Rollins and you have a bit of the glorious spring samplings of Animal Chin Radio.
Wherever Animal Chin, the mythical creator of skateboarding, is hiding out these days he is doing one hell of a job putting together a radio program. Thank you again Animal Chin, for once again showing us the way.
Apr 29, 2007
Climate What?
i find it oh so interesting that the local news in the northeastern US has been featuring the heavy amount of damage done to the region by the Patriot's Day Nor'easter, especially the coastline, yet a certain president's family coastal estate which most assuredly had to have been effected to some extent has managed to stay well out of the public's view.
Even as federal aid is being sent to the region he has made no public appearances or comments. Could it be that it might force comments about global climate change upon him? Would he have to admit that it might be something that should be discussed when faced with the frequency of powerful storms that this country has been seeing?
If anybody knows of a current politician in the United States with some sense of honor please comment in.
Even as federal aid is being sent to the region he has made no public appearances or comments. Could it be that it might force comments about global climate change upon him? Would he have to admit that it might be something that should be discussed when faced with the frequency of powerful storms that this country has been seeing?
If anybody knows of a current politician in the United States with some sense of honor please comment in.
The 'W' is for War
The 'W' in Jr's name stands for WAR. i seem to get angrier and angrier about this every day. i don't know if i should cry or punch someone in the face. Who would i punch? i don't get to see any of those chicken-hawks who started this war so who then?
i keep seeing programs about the injuries and deaths occurring on a daily basis in Iraq. i listen when people talk about it, i feel it's my duty. We are a country at war and we can't forget about that. We can't forget about what's happening to this country's sons and now daughters as well.
It is almost too easy to forget we are at war in this country. The news stations dryly slide the number of deaths for the day in between the most recent b-list celebrity scandal and the location of today's building fire. People drive and shop as this country is not being asked to ration anything, as it has been asked to in past wars. Think of the effects a nationwide rationing of oil would have, not just in this country but over there as well.
Don't pollute our minds with the images of what's happening 'over there', just let us be happy with our obese selves and let us continue to feel better about ourselves as we poke fun of horrible singers on television game shows and the flawed parenting skills of our celebrities. Ha, i'm not as bad as they are, so i must be all right. i've never flashed the paparazzi my shaved bush so i must still be a decent human being.
The public protests get smaller and less frequent as people are forced to realize that our government doesn't listen to us.
Iraq doesn't want us there and we don't want us there. When the House and the Senate tried to set a date to bring our children home Jr showed everyone just how little he really cares about our troops and asked for it to get to his desk as soon as possible so that he can veto it. Insult to injury.
Soldiers are put into conditions where they must fight for their lives and do what they need to in order to get through. The men in ties who make the decision to start these wars never get hurt and the soldiers who get hurt never had the opportunity to make a decision whether or not their should have been a war.
All i can do is keep myself educated in terms of what is going on and remember what is happening to this county's children. They deserve better than this, but at least i can say i will never forget.
i keep seeing programs about the injuries and deaths occurring on a daily basis in Iraq. i listen when people talk about it, i feel it's my duty. We are a country at war and we can't forget about that. We can't forget about what's happening to this country's sons and now daughters as well.
It is almost too easy to forget we are at war in this country. The news stations dryly slide the number of deaths for the day in between the most recent b-list celebrity scandal and the location of today's building fire. People drive and shop as this country is not being asked to ration anything, as it has been asked to in past wars. Think of the effects a nationwide rationing of oil would have, not just in this country but over there as well.
Don't pollute our minds with the images of what's happening 'over there', just let us be happy with our obese selves and let us continue to feel better about ourselves as we poke fun of horrible singers on television game shows and the flawed parenting skills of our celebrities. Ha, i'm not as bad as they are, so i must be all right. i've never flashed the paparazzi my shaved bush so i must still be a decent human being.
The public protests get smaller and less frequent as people are forced to realize that our government doesn't listen to us.
Iraq doesn't want us there and we don't want us there. When the House and the Senate tried to set a date to bring our children home Jr showed everyone just how little he really cares about our troops and asked for it to get to his desk as soon as possible so that he can veto it. Insult to injury.
Soldiers are put into conditions where they must fight for their lives and do what they need to in order to get through. The men in ties who make the decision to start these wars never get hurt and the soldiers who get hurt never had the opportunity to make a decision whether or not their should have been a war.
All i can do is keep myself educated in terms of what is going on and remember what is happening to this county's children. They deserve better than this, but at least i can say i will never forget.
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