Hey everyone...check out the pics of Miss Charity (the poetess, raconteur and roller derby gal) at the URL below. Her nom de guerre is Dorothy Park-her...Does she rock, or what!?
http://www.northstarrollergirls.com/referees.html
GSH
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Monday, October 15, 2007
Show Me Yours And I'll Show You Mine
There are two kinds of secrets. Those we keep from others. And those we keep from ourselves. -- Frank, creator of the Post Secret blog
I've become a bit obsessed with reading this amazing blog every Sunday. It is genius in its simplicity. And profound for believing that individual weakness can be collective strength when we share our stories openly with one another.
A big shout out to Frank. -- G
I've become a bit obsessed with reading this amazing blog every Sunday. It is genius in its simplicity. And profound for believing that individual weakness can be collective strength when we share our stories openly with one another.
A big shout out to Frank. -- G
Friday, October 12, 2007
beauty
it's raining here for the first time in almost a year. like real rain,with big full juicy droplets-- not at all the meager scattered showers forecasted by the wheatherpeople. for some reason maybe not wholly unrelated to the condition of our parched soil and depleted watershed, i am filled with gladness.
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Poem that is getting published
I'm getting published in the journal "Big Muddy: A Journal of the Mississippi River Valley"
- I wrote it when I was working at a battered woman's shelter(obviously)....
In the Shelter
In the shelter
I work at
there is a woman
whose lover stabbed
her in the womb.
She cremated the child
whose heart beat for 31 minutes,
four months too early
We Fed-Exed the ashes
and cried together over how
a life could be shipped cross -country
in 24 hours
when she went into labor
with her 40 staples
she knew she was bearing
her son into
death
So now we are providing her
advocacy - someone even bought
her a plant "to get some new life going"
But the whole time
I am thinking of her running breasts
and empty, scarred stomach
wondering if those staples
are the only things
holding her
together.
- I wrote it when I was working at a battered woman's shelter(obviously)....
In the Shelter
In the shelter
I work at
there is a woman
whose lover stabbed
her in the womb.
She cremated the child
whose heart beat for 31 minutes,
four months too early
We Fed-Exed the ashes
and cried together over how
a life could be shipped cross -country
in 24 hours
when she went into labor
with her 40 staples
she knew she was bearing
her son into
death
So now we are providing her
advocacy - someone even bought
her a plant "to get some new life going"
But the whole time
I am thinking of her running breasts
and empty, scarred stomach
wondering if those staples
are the only things
holding her
together.
Fox
Everything you hear about them is true and you don't realize the extent of their entrenchment within the White House until you turn on their news channel. Holy mother of God, how can the employees of that place sleep at night knowing what they do everyday - propagating the lies of George Bush and his cadre of policy makers.
I rely on getting news from The New York Times and CNN online but recently in addition to these sources I turned on Fox News since they are the only American News Channel available on cable here provided by Foxtel Cable (figures!) and I have been starving for local news on TV. Didn't know the pit I was going to fall into. I am blessed that my political orientation is sane, thanks to my american family.
Even when I do turn it on it's to get a feel of what is happening back home but my anti-democrats filter is on big time.
The question is, are these people for real? What part of America do they breed these foxters? (they are not even worth capitalizing with a capital F) Do they go to a special school and are they members of a secret society? Is it called H.Burton? I reckon during Orientation week they are put into sweet coma and brains are surgically replaced with pre-programmed chips. If you were to check their bodies you are sure to find some leftover sign-age in a form of a tattoo that serves as a record of them being marked. Hmm a conspiracy theory!
Heather Nauert, covering the Ahmadinejad visit at Columbia University, had the chance to show her FOX(y) techniques during an interview with two representatives from the College Republicans and Democrats. Josh Lipsky, College Democrats and Chris Kuliach, College Republicans were in complete agreement that his visit was a constructive experience.
The students were pleased that they had a chance to ask the president of Iran some tough questions both agreeing that it was a positive experience for the students. They seemed unified describing the event as Americans, allowing their party affiliations to stay in the background. Then Nauert injected with the point about the ROTC being banned from campus forcing the College Republican to take her side. The College Democrat tried to clarify the ROTC distortion claiming that FOX News wasn't being fair.Nauert prevented him from making his point. When he tried to interrupt, she announced there was no more time.
Also recently the foxters went on and on about how the San Francisco Mayor's office was being unfair by not permitting the TV shoot for the marines, when they have granted permissions in the past to other productions. Well dickheads, how much clearer could the Mayor's office be - read between the lines. Guess if you could read between the lines you would know WE DON'T WANT YOU RUNNING THE COUNTRY ANYMORE. The one city in the U.S that is vociferous, why would they allow the filming of a commercial to help you recruit more young americans when the country is blue in the face asking for an end to the (staged) war. It's time to drop the curtains and no there will not be any curtain calls, thank you very much!
Every morning I wish I had the right to vote. In an environment like this every vote DOES count, or not I suppose if you are recounting in the state where your brother is a governor. It is my plea, spread the word, take the day off and go vote, lets make a change, its about fuckin' time! The future of the country depends on it, the future of the world depends on it - remember that when the U.S sneezes the world catches a cold.
I rely on getting news from The New York Times and CNN online but recently in addition to these sources I turned on Fox News since they are the only American News Channel available on cable here provided by Foxtel Cable (figures!) and I have been starving for local news on TV. Didn't know the pit I was going to fall into. I am blessed that my political orientation is sane, thanks to my american family.
Even when I do turn it on it's to get a feel of what is happening back home but my anti-democrats filter is on big time.
The question is, are these people for real? What part of America do they breed these foxters? (they are not even worth capitalizing with a capital F) Do they go to a special school and are they members of a secret society? Is it called H.Burton? I reckon during Orientation week they are put into sweet coma and brains are surgically replaced with pre-programmed chips. If you were to check their bodies you are sure to find some leftover sign-age in a form of a tattoo that serves as a record of them being marked. Hmm a conspiracy theory!
Heather Nauert, covering the Ahmadinejad visit at Columbia University, had the chance to show her FOX(y) techniques during an interview with two representatives from the College Republicans and Democrats. Josh Lipsky, College Democrats and Chris Kuliach, College Republicans were in complete agreement that his visit was a constructive experience.
The students were pleased that they had a chance to ask the president of Iran some tough questions both agreeing that it was a positive experience for the students. They seemed unified describing the event as Americans, allowing their party affiliations to stay in the background. Then Nauert injected with the point about the ROTC being banned from campus forcing the College Republican to take her side. The College Democrat tried to clarify the ROTC distortion claiming that FOX News wasn't being fair.Nauert prevented him from making his point. When he tried to interrupt, she announced there was no more time.
Also recently the foxters went on and on about how the San Francisco Mayor's office was being unfair by not permitting the TV shoot for the marines, when they have granted permissions in the past to other productions. Well dickheads, how much clearer could the Mayor's office be - read between the lines. Guess if you could read between the lines you would know WE DON'T WANT YOU RUNNING THE COUNTRY ANYMORE. The one city in the U.S that is vociferous, why would they allow the filming of a commercial to help you recruit more young americans when the country is blue in the face asking for an end to the (staged) war. It's time to drop the curtains and no there will not be any curtain calls, thank you very much!
Every morning I wish I had the right to vote. In an environment like this every vote DOES count, or not I suppose if you are recounting in the state where your brother is a governor. It is my plea, spread the word, take the day off and go vote, lets make a change, its about fuckin' time! The future of the country depends on it, the future of the world depends on it - remember that when the U.S sneezes the world catches a cold.
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