Modern Lives

Well, this certainly has been a great week for John Kerry and the Democratic Party. Stirring, thought-provoking speeches from the fresh up-and-comer Barack Obama and the formidible and passionate Rev. Al Sharpton really emphasized the DNC's new strategy of unity and optimism over fear and divisiveness. Sen. John Edwards furthered this plan of action last night with his own speech of the "two Americas" needing a reunion over common goals and values. Sen. John Kerry crowned this week-long demonstration with his own stirring speech that succinctly outlined his plan for America while ascertaining his ability to lead this country to a stronger national identity as well as a restoring its credibility in the global community through hard work, integrity, and unison & pride among its own citizens. Outside respect can only occur once we can respect ourselves and each other here at home. Only when we can look our collective self in the mirror with pride and self-assuredness ca

Remember the website I created on UTA's server last spring? Apparently it's still there, and it has been generating some interesting responses. While most have been overwhelmingly supportive, three have been . . . well, lets just say less than supportive. Another fascinating facet to those three e-mails is the fact that they came from a military installation. Yes, you read that correctly, an officer of the United States Military has taken time to tell me just how sick and wrong I am. Hmmm, I wonder at this juncture, when public support of the military is so crucial regardless of one's stand on the war itself or its Commander in Chief, if the military could stand the possibly negative publicity that could be generated by the conduct of two of its officers? Well, here goes nothing . . . I decided to post the e-mails I have received concerning my website, both positive and negative. Unfortunately, the first two e-mails I received from a Defense Logisitics Agency of

Good news! I have officially completed 100 pages of my young-adult novel. I'm in the middle of chapter nine, and I am really excited with the novel's progress on a whole. Okay, enough cheese. I just wanted to share that. Ciao.

I know I haven't posted any poems in awhile, so here is one that seems befitting. Indifference in Deference When wizened men have stooped to folly, She slithers in for the conquest— Indifference, whore of ennui , Let us care naught, Let us dare not, When the whole world has all come undone. She quiets down our hearts—unloving, She stoppers our heads—unknowing, She binds up our hands—undoing, Leaving us cold and unfeeling, Contented in all our discontent. Indifference, sweet Indifference, You are the perfect addiction: Your rusting needle rips my vein, Doing nothing is such a high, Everything is your only cost. Indifference, sweet indifference, Sleep now in your bedded wasteland, Let not lament disturb your rest. Our voices grown faint in t

Okay, I've decided to start posting a little weekly segment I like to call Discrepancies , in which I will explore those obscure little things in life that just don't make sense. You know the type; those things that happen to catch your attention every now and then that make go, "hmmm, I wonder what that's all about," then you go on about your business and never really give it a second thought. Well guess what, I am going to talk about those things once a week. I may not have answers for them, but feel free to take it upon yourself to research them and leave a comment. Disclaimer : I hold no responsibility for people who take it upon themselves to find answers to my esoteric postulations. If you feel you are taking up too much of your own precious time trying to resolve one of these mysteries, that's your problem. Get a life. These posts (and by "these" I of course mean Discrepancies , the rest of my posts are of course to be held in the highes

Sorry, Dave. I guess I had remembered the wrong address for your blog, so thank you for clearing that up for me. The link to Dave's Monkey Boy blog is in the list on the right, as is Rene's My Random Mind . A big welcome to Rene!

Okay, this time I promise to wait at least a year before renovating my blog again.  But you have to admit, it's more colorful and stylish now.

I wanted to give a shout out to Angel and Dave, two good friends who have now crossed over to the blog-side: WELCOME! Although Dave has yet to give me his blog's address ( hint-hint ), I have put a link to Angel's It's All Sex, Drugs, and Butterbeer!! to the right. And a big WOW for the new post formatting options. Go Blogger! As soon as I can get Hello! to work, I think I might just add some pictures. :)

Yay! Happy day! My inability to write has lifted and I am happy to say that my young-adult novel is back in progress and almost halfway finished. I'll keep y'all posted on its development.

Ha ha! Take that Bushy! You have been DENIED! I guess everyone probably already knows that Bush's pet amendment designed to relegate gays and lesbians to permanent second-class citizenship has failed to pass in the senate by 12 votes, a lot of which were republicans who opposed the amendment from its inception. How's this for political irony: not only is Dick Cheney's daughter a lesbian (whose opinion concerning the amendment was silenced to the tune of a $100,000/year salary to run her father's re-election campaign), his wife publicly opposed the discriminatory amendment. I wonder what shameless political posture Bush will take next as he cows to the fascist, ultra-conservative, archaically religious, right-wing agenda? So much for "compassionate conservatism"... Read my lips: like father like son.

I have renovated my blog again! I added a links section and moved the counter to the column on the right>>>> I also cleaned up the title. The flags were fun, but I think less is more. Anyway, have a fun Fourth of July weekend, everyone!

It's ironic that we call even our secular government days of remembrance "holidays" when you consider the origin of the word "holiday" is the "Old English hāligdæg, 'holy day'" (OED), a day traditionally set aside for work-free, religious-themed worship or celebration. Now, I am all for religious freedom, but I don't think religion should have the freedom to enter into politics. Apparently, our forefathers felt the same way because, as we all know, while they were writing freedom of religious choice into the Constitution, they also wrote a little clause clearly defining the seperation of church and state. Afterall, we are a democracy, not a theocracy, right? So then why has our president, a man who swore an oath before the entire country, world, and whatever deity you worship, to uphold the spirit and letter of the Constitution of the United States of America, reportedly asked the Pope, leader of the Catholic Religion, to instruct his Ameri

I didn't realize how long I have been neglecting my poor blog until today. I am a bad, bad blogger. Anyway... So here's what's happened since my last entry: -Job-hunting -Tim and I celebrated our 6th anniversary -Job-hunting -Turned a whole year older and, in so doing, realized I am now closer to 30 than 20 -Job-hunting -Found an old friend (well, she found me actually) -Job-hunting -Steadily going stir crazy from a severe lack of anything constructive to do -and did I mention job-hunting? I heard the job market sucks, but jesus-christ-monkey-balls, it really sucks--especially if you have just graduated with an English degree. But I may have a good solid lead; I'll say more about that on Tuesday (I don't want to jinx it). and now a shout out to my girl Michelle... hey there. I have called you and e-mailed you now, so you better get back to me. So...um...yeah... I haven't any new poetry, so I will now post somethi