Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for – in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to [...]
Entries from February 2008
February 23, 2008
Road Noise
Because I love lists here’s another one. Some music that may be appropriate if you sit in a car all day, like me. If not appropriate, at least fitting.
1. King of the Road – Roger Miller. Trailers for sale or let?
2. I’ve Been Everywhere – Johnny Cash. And I have.
3. Every Day is a Winding [...]
February 19, 2008
Invasion
Invasion
was more of a delusion,
a side-stepping of a dream
of meaning,
of dire fire-building on drafty plains. The eleventh hour
contained more headlines
than a stomach could ever acid. Invasion
travelled by wire, as fast as mongrel fear
could follow. Invasion as isolation, as a Munsch of paranoia,
in the end we are alone,
we and the wonderful Id of Oz. Invasion,
at first your [...]
February 17, 2008
But I Got a Sticker
Found out within the last few weeks that my 3-Day novel didn’t place one, two or three…or any particular number before fifteen, or anywhere behind the words “Honourable Mention”. I’m chalking it up to the fact that I write far too much ahead of the trend for Them, in infamous Them, to see the beauty [...]
February 17, 2008
Beloved – Toni Morrison
Sethe was a slavegirl.
Had some kids, killed one. Turns out
the dead don’t quiet.
February 17, 2008
Franklin P. Jones
Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
February 17, 2008
#556
There is no moving on - only ignoring what once was in favour of what is to be.
February 13, 2008
Duma Key – Stephen King
I just started this so there is not much to say. So far, it’s pretty good! What’s with the title, though? I thought it was some kind of espionage book in the flavour of Dan Brown or something. Dan Brown….ewww.
February 13, 2008
Rabindranath Tagore
I’m lost in the middle of my birthday. I want my friends, their touch, with the earth’s last love. I will take life’s final offering, I will take the last human blessing.
February 10, 2008
Thank You Jarome Iginla!
Went to my first Flames game last night as a Christmas/birthday gift. Interesting! I was taken aback at the fights, even though I know that is what a lot of hockey is about. Surprised, I assume, because of the ferocity of the crowd’s backing. I guess it didn’t help that I was sitting near the [...]
