Sunday, July 31, 2005
and there were pockets all along
I got this skirt at the Gap for 12 bucks, and I always thought that pockets on it were fake, until last night at Gooski's with Crystal, and I was a little drunk, when I found these little pockets are actually pockets. They'd been sewn up all this time, and I just realized all I had to do was push on through and Bam I had pockets.
Saturday, July 30, 2005
(SEAN)
When I don't care that gross food is gross I make myself believe that it will make me strong, like superhero stronger. Such as the various treats I pick up on my Saturday morning break from work. The sausage biscuits from 7-11, the 49 cent cheeseburgers from McDonald's. They're not real food, so they must have such a high amount of preservatives and radioactive fillers that someday I will just start glowing bright green and be able to shoot lightening bolts at moving cars.
Tuesday, July 19, 2005
Tuesday, July 12, 2005
My favorite email of the moment
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 09:42:40 -0400
From: Molly F Prosser
To: Angela Bayout
Subject: RE: Tropico?
ps. Yams rule.
From: Molly F Prosser
To: Angela Bayout
Subject: RE: Tropico?
ps. Yams rule.
Friday, July 08, 2005
PART 2. (see below-)
The "(1)" are meant to be superscripts.
The Electric Birds
The creamy slips of
the Sunday ads
spilling from the dollar
Gazette remind me
of Bisquick pancakes
and raw alkaline
cores
of peaches forced
passed the tongue
like cold cough
syrup spoons.
Wires grid air
into new Enumeration
Districts, electric
birds
trapeze singers
welcome me home(1)
-where in the closet behind the stale wool coat is still that plastic bag stretched out like a faded tank top. Tentacles spill from the hems of scrap plaid cotton the same starch texture as the first time I wore a strapless dress in the mirror behind the door and then in the reflection of his red hatchback that could have been stolen from a funhouse, and he liked that dress so much it ripped under his snarky foaming smirk I misunderstood for a smile.
(1)The first summer I
lived alone in the
city I wore nothing
but old tank tops
and underpants on
the hottest weekends
of July while the oven
heated for Bisquick
biscuits I kneaded
with my own
agile fingers made
for pens. Peaches
were a commodity
then that I didn’t
have to swallow
with the charcoal
biscuits and tablespoons
of dollar
marmalade
while watching cars
parallel park
from the sitting sill
of my bedroom window.
I’d listen to the electric
birds on wires strung
parallel from each
other, cutting the air
in shallow slits
and the birds take
steep plunges, spilling
into the street
below.
The Electric Birds
The creamy slips of
the Sunday ads
spilling from the dollar
Gazette remind me
of Bisquick pancakes
and raw alkaline
cores
of peaches forced
passed the tongue
like cold cough
syrup spoons.
Wires grid air
into new Enumeration
Districts, electric
birds
trapeze singers
welcome me home(1)
-where in the closet behind the stale wool coat is still that plastic bag stretched out like a faded tank top. Tentacles spill from the hems of scrap plaid cotton the same starch texture as the first time I wore a strapless dress in the mirror behind the door and then in the reflection of his red hatchback that could have been stolen from a funhouse, and he liked that dress so much it ripped under his snarky foaming smirk I misunderstood for a smile.
(1)The first summer I
lived alone in the
city I wore nothing
but old tank tops
and underpants on
the hottest weekends
of July while the oven
heated for Bisquick
biscuits I kneaded
with my own
agile fingers made
for pens. Peaches
were a commodity
then that I didn’t
have to swallow
with the charcoal
biscuits and tablespoons
of dollar
marmalade
while watching cars
parallel park
from the sitting sill
of my bedroom window.
I’d listen to the electric
birds on wires strung
parallel from each
other, cutting the air
in shallow slits
and the birds take
steep plunges, spilling
into the street
below.
Help Angela get something done this summer, Part 1
The following posts, assuming I do not slack off, will be poems that I think are good, but, hell, they may be trash, this is embarassing to show my little kids off to the world, or at least to people outside my writer friends, but in honor of sucking it up, have a look and feel free to say whatever you like, (Shontae).
Also, blogger is a nerf herder, so the complete formatting will not be as I like, I cannot do tabs or spacing really, so focus on the meaning, just like some people don't do when they think about life. But, maybe there is no meaning to life.
possible submission #1
"body was found by a moose hunter"
-and how dissonant it would be for her to die in a snow patch like bad cabbage and escorted by the Northern angels with their purple and turquoise ribbons. Helium penetration.
She had said,
-There was an antebellum incident when telegraphs spontaneously combusted all over the world and pregnant girls in Rome with sundresses as skin saw the Aurora Borealis but I won't ever see the lights in Alaska until the moose hunter checkmates my long gone soul with his smoking rifle while the moose and I spy from the solar storms in the sky.
Also, blogger is a nerf herder, so the complete formatting will not be as I like, I cannot do tabs or spacing really, so focus on the meaning, just like some people don't do when they think about life. But, maybe there is no meaning to life.
possible submission #1
"body was found by a moose hunter"
-and how dissonant it would be for her to die in a snow patch like bad cabbage and escorted by the Northern angels with their purple and turquoise ribbons. Helium penetration.
She had said,
-There was an antebellum incident when telegraphs spontaneously combusted all over the world and pregnant girls in Rome with sundresses as skin saw the Aurora Borealis but I won't ever see the lights in Alaska until the moose hunter checkmates my long gone soul with his smoking rifle while the moose and I spy from the solar storms in the sky.
Sunday, July 03, 2005
My dreams are coming true...
September 3 @ 8:00pm September 4 @ 8:00pm
- SPECIAL EVENT -
An Evening with Crispin Hellion Glover featuring"WHAT IS IT?" (2005) and "THE BIG SLIDE SHOW" -Tickets $15.00 - NOW AVAILABLE!
WINNER - BEST NARRATIVE FILM - 2005 Ann Arbor Film Festival. Having already premiered at several renowned international film festivals (including Sundance, Ann Arbor, and the New York Underground), Crispin Hellion Glover's independently produced feature "WHAT IS IT?" along with "THE BIG SLIDE SHOW" rides a wave of audience intrigue and critical acclaim to this Pennsylvania Premiere at The Oaks Theater, presented in collaboration with The Andy Warhol Museum (http://www.warhol.org). A multi talented visionary actor, writer, director, and performance artist, Glover’s feature film credits include “Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle” (2003), “Willard” (2003), “Bartleby” (2001), “Charlie’s Angels” (2000), “Nurse Betty” (2000), “The People Vs. Larry Flynt” (1996), “Dead Man” (1995), “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape” (1993), “The Doors” (1991), “Wild At Heart” (1990), “River’s Edge” (1986), and “Back to the Future” (1985).
"THE BIG SLIDE SHOW" is a unique performance presentation wherein Glover dramatically narrates, performs, and projects slides from ten of his own books, including Rat Catching, Oak Mot, and What It Is And How It Is Done. Glover describes his ten-years-in-the-making feature film directorial debut, "WHAT IS IT?," as "the adventures of a young man whose principal interests are snails, salt, a pipe, and how to get home, as tormented by an hubristic racist inner psyche." The first piece in a trilogy that, among other things, challenges common notions of common culture, "WHAT IS IT?" features a cast of predominately Down Syndrome actors, while stirring themes and images (horrific , comic, dramatic) that defy easy summarization and evoke a range of varied and conflicting responses in the viewer.
The complete program, including both "THE BIG SLIDE SHOW" and "WHAT IS IT?" will be followed by an open question-and-answer session with Crispin Hellion Glover each night. Select books and CD will also be available for purchase and signing both evenings.PLEASE NOTE THAT ADMISSION IS RESTRICTED TO PERSONS 18 AND OLDER.Tickets ($15.00) for this special event are NOW AVAILABLE for purchase in person at The Oaks Theater box office.
- SPECIAL EVENT -
An Evening with Crispin Hellion Glover featuring"WHAT IS IT?" (2005) and "THE BIG SLIDE SHOW" -Tickets $15.00 - NOW AVAILABLE!
WINNER - BEST NARRATIVE FILM - 2005 Ann Arbor Film Festival. Having already premiered at several renowned international film festivals (including Sundance, Ann Arbor, and the New York Underground), Crispin Hellion Glover's independently produced feature "WHAT IS IT?" along with "THE BIG SLIDE SHOW" rides a wave of audience intrigue and critical acclaim to this Pennsylvania Premiere at The Oaks Theater, presented in collaboration with The Andy Warhol Museum (http://www.warhol.org). A multi talented visionary actor, writer, director, and performance artist, Glover’s feature film credits include “Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle” (2003), “Willard” (2003), “Bartleby” (2001), “Charlie’s Angels” (2000), “Nurse Betty” (2000), “The People Vs. Larry Flynt” (1996), “Dead Man” (1995), “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape” (1993), “The Doors” (1991), “Wild At Heart” (1990), “River’s Edge” (1986), and “Back to the Future” (1985).
"THE BIG SLIDE SHOW" is a unique performance presentation wherein Glover dramatically narrates, performs, and projects slides from ten of his own books, including Rat Catching, Oak Mot, and What It Is And How It Is Done. Glover describes his ten-years-in-the-making feature film directorial debut, "WHAT IS IT?," as "the adventures of a young man whose principal interests are snails, salt, a pipe, and how to get home, as tormented by an hubristic racist inner psyche." The first piece in a trilogy that, among other things, challenges common notions of common culture, "WHAT IS IT?" features a cast of predominately Down Syndrome actors, while stirring themes and images (horrific , comic, dramatic) that defy easy summarization and evoke a range of varied and conflicting responses in the viewer.
The complete program, including both "THE BIG SLIDE SHOW" and "WHAT IS IT?" will be followed by an open question-and-answer session with Crispin Hellion Glover each night. Select books and CD will also be available for purchase and signing both evenings.PLEASE NOTE THAT ADMISSION IS RESTRICTED TO PERSONS 18 AND OLDER.Tickets ($15.00) for this special event are NOW AVAILABLE for purchase in person at The Oaks Theater box office.
Saturday, July 02, 2005
Ointment
1. We were in the know before the know became known.
2. We are cooler than water.
1. Auto response from lasanges: Soap oh I know I know.
2. If we were any cooler we'd be shivering.
3. when there is no Stella
3. did you guys leave before us?
3. he's your Mr. Tambourine Man
45and6.
and I like how she walks while eating a sausage biscuit, without a purse, and might as well be barefoot-she mentally waves to the hot dog man in the drivethru window that sits on the sidewalk he sits past the dusty screen not intending to grill anything really just wishing he could have a cigarette and it makes me laugh, too, that she could have stopped at the corner to finish biscuits and have a smoke herself, but that would have been in bad taste afterall.
2. We are cooler than water.
1. Auto response from lasanges: Soap oh I know I know.
2. If we were any cooler we'd be shivering.
3. when there is no Stella
3. did you guys leave before us?
3. he's your Mr. Tambourine Man
45and6.
and I like how she walks while eating a sausage biscuit, without a purse, and might as well be barefoot-she mentally waves to the hot dog man in the drivethru window that sits on the sidewalk he sits past the dusty screen not intending to grill anything really just wishing he could have a cigarette and it makes me laugh, too, that she could have stopped at the corner to finish biscuits and have a smoke herself, but that would have been in bad taste afterall.
Friday, July 01, 2005
alloverthe hardwoodfloor
to iron cuffs on the floor and the chargers there too but not the telephone that's been forgotten just like a radio. floss is calling me these days
Sunday, June 26, 2005
I want to be in a high school English class
I miss having English classes where we read novels at a slow pace and answer mindless questions about the things we read on a worksheet for homework. And then, Derek McBride can ask me for the answers because he never reads and then I can refuse to give him any answers unless he promises to stop scribbling dirty words on my papers and in my books, and even then I won't help him cheat on his homework. Then, at the end of the unit on American poetry or on 1984 I can work tirelessly on a project in which I make a collage concerning what we read or write a dramatization from a certain character's point of view and then present it to the class, to which Derek McBride will ask me stupid questions and Mrs. Rettger will tell him to shut up.
I miss high school English...
I miss high school English...
Saturday, June 25, 2005
Giant Popsicle Melts, Floods New York Park
June 22, 2:26 PM (ET)
NEW YORK (AP) - An attempt to erect the world's largest Popsicle in a city square ended with a scene straight out of a disaster film - but much stickier.
The 25-foot-tall, 17 1/2-ton treat of frozen Snapple juice melted faster than expected Tuesday, flooding Union Square in downtown Manhattan with kiwi-strawberry-flavored fluid that sent pedestrians scurrying for higher ground.
Firefighters closed off several streets and used hoses to wash away the sugary goo.
Snapple had been trying to promote a new line of frozen treats by setting a record for the world's largest Popsicle, but called off the stunt before it was pulled fully upright by a construction crane. Authorities said they were worried the thing would collapse in the 80-degree, first-day-of-summer heat.
"What was unsettling was that the fluid just kept coming," Stuart Claxton of the Guinness Book of World Records told the Daily News. "It was quite a lot of fluid. On a hot day like this, you have to move fast."
Snapple official Lauren Radcliffe said the company was unlikely to make a second attempt to break the record, set by a 21-foot pop in Holland in 1997.
The giant pop was supposed to have been able to withstand the heat for some time, and organizers weren't sure why it didn't. It had been made in Edison, N.J., and hauled to New York by freezer truck in the morning.
NEW YORK (AP) - An attempt to erect the world's largest Popsicle in a city square ended with a scene straight out of a disaster film - but much stickier.
The 25-foot-tall, 17 1/2-ton treat of frozen Snapple juice melted faster than expected Tuesday, flooding Union Square in downtown Manhattan with kiwi-strawberry-flavored fluid that sent pedestrians scurrying for higher ground.
Firefighters closed off several streets and used hoses to wash away the sugary goo.
Snapple had been trying to promote a new line of frozen treats by setting a record for the world's largest Popsicle, but called off the stunt before it was pulled fully upright by a construction crane. Authorities said they were worried the thing would collapse in the 80-degree, first-day-of-summer heat.
"What was unsettling was that the fluid just kept coming," Stuart Claxton of the Guinness Book of World Records told the Daily News. "It was quite a lot of fluid. On a hot day like this, you have to move fast."
Snapple official Lauren Radcliffe said the company was unlikely to make a second attempt to break the record, set by a 21-foot pop in Holland in 1997.
The giant pop was supposed to have been able to withstand the heat for some time, and organizers weren't sure why it didn't. It had been made in Edison, N.J., and hauled to New York by freezer truck in the morning.
Thursday, June 23, 2005
Man dies after lightning strikes metal cross
Jun 23, 11:59 AM (ET)
LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - A man died after lightning struck a metal cross he was holding during a funeral in a village near Ljubljana, the Slovenian news agency STA reported Thursday.
It said the 62-year-old man died in hospital Wednesday evening, several hours after the incident in the village of Brezovica. Another person at the funeral was slightly injured.
LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - A man died after lightning struck a metal cross he was holding during a funeral in a village near Ljubljana, the Slovenian news agency STA reported Thursday.
It said the 62-year-old man died in hospital Wednesday evening, several hours after the incident in the village of Brezovica. Another person at the funeral was slightly injured.
Monday, June 13, 2005
Katie Holmes digs Scientology
Katie Holmes Converting to Scientology
Jun 13, 3:57 PM (ET)
LONDON (AP) - Katie Holmes says she's embracing Scientology, the religion of her boyfriend, Tom Cruise.
Holmes, in London to promote her new film, "Batman Begins," was asked if she is taking lessons in the Church of Scientology, a religion founded by science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard.
"Yes, I am, and I'm really excited about it," she said Monday.
The 26-year-old actress and Cruise went public with their romantic relationship in April. The former star of television's "Dawson's Creek" grew up with a poster of Cruise on her bedroom wall and has said she grew up wanting to marry him.
"We all keep dreaming, and luckily, dreams come true," Holmes said.
She dismissed critics who have accused the couple of staging a relationship for publicity of their new movies.
"It doesn't hurt me at all. There are a lot of people really, really happy for us. It's really exciting.
We are so happy. I don't really care about the critics," she said.
Asked about wedding plans, Holmes replied: "There's nothing official to report."
Cruise was in Tokyo Monday for the premiere of his new film, "War of the Worlds."
In an interview in the June 17 issue of Entertainment Weekly, the 42-year-old actor was asked if Holmes is curious about Scientology.
"Yeah, absolutely. She digs it," he tells the magazine.
In response to a question about whether he'd asked Holmes not to do "Factory Girl" - about Edie Sedgwick and Andy Warhol - because of the drug use in the movie, Cruise says: "I don't even know what 'Factory Girl' is."
He adds: "Listen, the thing you've got to know about Katie is that she's an incredibly bright and self-determined woman. She makes her own decisions."
Cruise was previously married to Mimi Rogers and Nicole Kidman, and dated Penelope Cruz for several years.
Holmes and actor Chris Klein recently called off their engagement, after dating for five years
Jun 13, 3:57 PM (ET)
LONDON (AP) - Katie Holmes says she's embracing Scientology, the religion of her boyfriend, Tom Cruise.
Holmes, in London to promote her new film, "Batman Begins," was asked if she is taking lessons in the Church of Scientology, a religion founded by science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard.
"Yes, I am, and I'm really excited about it," she said Monday.
The 26-year-old actress and Cruise went public with their romantic relationship in April. The former star of television's "Dawson's Creek" grew up with a poster of Cruise on her bedroom wall and has said she grew up wanting to marry him.
"We all keep dreaming, and luckily, dreams come true," Holmes said.
She dismissed critics who have accused the couple of staging a relationship for publicity of their new movies.
"It doesn't hurt me at all. There are a lot of people really, really happy for us. It's really exciting.
We are so happy. I don't really care about the critics," she said.
Asked about wedding plans, Holmes replied: "There's nothing official to report."
Cruise was in Tokyo Monday for the premiere of his new film, "War of the Worlds."
In an interview in the June 17 issue of Entertainment Weekly, the 42-year-old actor was asked if Holmes is curious about Scientology.
"Yeah, absolutely. She digs it," he tells the magazine.
In response to a question about whether he'd asked Holmes not to do "Factory Girl" - about Edie Sedgwick and Andy Warhol - because of the drug use in the movie, Cruise says: "I don't even know what 'Factory Girl' is."
He adds: "Listen, the thing you've got to know about Katie is that she's an incredibly bright and self-determined woman. She makes her own decisions."
Cruise was previously married to Mimi Rogers and Nicole Kidman, and dated Penelope Cruz for several years.
Holmes and actor Chris Klein recently called off their engagement, after dating for five years
Saturday, June 11, 2005
Jack White on Ashlee Simpson; two of my favorite celebrities.
from a Canadian newspaper:
He [Jack White] admitted to getting a little guilty pleasure in seeing the self-destruction of today's disposable pop stars.
"All this reality television stuff is just so disgusting to me. I think one of the greatest things that's happened in the last few years is Ashlee Simpson on Saturday Night Live," White said, referring to her embarrassing moment when it appeared she was about to lip sync and ran offstage when something went wrong.
"I thought that was just a triumph for reality," White said.
He [Jack White] admitted to getting a little guilty pleasure in seeing the self-destruction of today's disposable pop stars.
"All this reality television stuff is just so disgusting to me. I think one of the greatest things that's happened in the last few years is Ashlee Simpson on Saturday Night Live," White said, referring to her embarrassing moment when it appeared she was about to lip sync and ran offstage when something went wrong.
"I thought that was just a triumph for reality," White said.
Thursday, June 09, 2005
Monday, June 06, 2005
The Crocodylians
Hey Lady, I'm going to eat you.
Alligators and crocodiles are some of my favorite animals! Here are some cool pictures and neat information about alligators, crocodiles, and the mysterious gharials...
From Animal Planet:
Q: On Alligators vs. Crocodiles
My name is Michael. I am 8 years old. What is the difference between crocodiles, alligators and crocodilians, beside where they live and the shape of their heads?Thank you in advance for answering my question.
A: Michael, all species of crocodiles, alligators, caimans and gharials are known collectively as "crocodilians" (or more correctly "crocodylians") because they share many basic features. However, scientists have placed crocodiles and alligators in different families (crocodile in Crocodylidae, and alligators in Alligatoridae) based on key differences between all alligators and all crocodiles. Caimans incidentally are also a type of alligator, and gharials are in a family of their own called Gavialidae.
What are these key differences? They are mainly based around features of the skeleton and body, and you've already mentioned one of these — the difference in the shape of their heads. Alligators and caimans have broad U-shaped snouts, whereas crocodiles have narrower V-shaped snouts. There is some variation (for example Mugger crocodiles have a very broad snout like an alligator, and some subspecies of caimans have an almost V-shaped snout). Alligators are recognizable because the upper jaw overlaps the lower jaw, and hence all the teeth of the lower jaw are hidden from view and fit into depressions in the upper jaw. With crocodiles the teeth interlock more evenly, and those in both the upper and lower jaws are clearly visible when the mouth is shut. The large fourth upper tooth in particular is easy to spot in a crocodile, but not an alligator.
Did you know that crocodiles have salt glands on their tongue? They're actually modified salivary glands, and their purpose is to secrete excess salt from the crocodiles' bodies. Alligators and caimans have the basic structures in their tongues as well, but they are nonfunctional. This means crocodiles are — as a rule — more tolerant of saline water than alligators and caimans. At one extreme, saltwater crocodiles can spend many days or weeks in salt water if necessary. Alligators and caimans are almost totally restricted to fresh water. I don't recommend you get close enough to a crocodile's or alligator's tongue to find out whether it has salt glands!
Another difference lies on their scales. Both crocodiles and alligators have sensory organs called ISOs (integumentary sense organs) covering their head and particularly their jaws. Look carefully at them and you'll notice a myriad of black spots, almost as though they need a good shave. These are the ISOs. They enable the crocodile or alligator to orient the head toward pressure changes in the water (e.g. a water splash at the surface). Interestingly, crocodiles have similar organs covering their entire body (one on nearly every scale of the belly, the flanks, the legs and even the tail), whereas they are absent from the body scales in alligators and caimans. If you look at crocodile leather, you can clearly see a small dimple on every scale, but not on alligator leather.
There are many differences between crocodiles and alligators, but these are probably the most important ones that affect not only our ability to tell them apart, but also their ecology and behavior.
More Expert Talk
Did you know that crocs cough up hairballs like cats?Listen to our audio interview with Dr. Adam Britton.
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