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Good start. Concert.

Eat some Kim Bop and Kalbi, if in a rush dried squid in a bag. Avoid the green omelet like thing they sell on the streets. It's disgusting. Bugs don't go down well either. Chicken on a stick is safe, but rather pedestrian. Go for the live Silk worms in a cup. I never worked up the nerve to try them, so you should and tell me what it's like.

Hmm, reminds me of the Vogon captain's poetry from "The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy"

what took you so long?

Thank guys. Oh Zool. Forgot to mention Honors is a two semester course during my Senior year (next academic year). ENGL 693H and 694H: a year-long two-semester Senior Honors workshop, which count as two courses, and can lead to graduation with Honors or with Highest Honors in Creative Writing). I'm supposed to create a book length manuscript of poetry during the year. So yeah, I'll still be posting exercises and what not. Hey Koolaid! rev...

Ah, to be 24 again. Happy B-day Wvy..

I got into Honor's POETRY WRITING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! **does cartwheels, head stands...gets picture taken doing headstands in Quad (really happened)** Looks like I will be applying for that MFA (Master of Fine Arts) after all! **does somersaults**

yeah, take your coat off--stay a while.

I'd say you pulled it off. Well done. Rhyme's great, but it can be shackle too. I still like internal rhyme though. Note: am assuming the First line is Title and numbering stanzas thereafter. The second stanza is brilliant. the first line of Fourth stanza is fine--dealing with age implicitly is appropriate scheme of the poem, I think. However 2nd and third lines of that stanza are pushing towards the cliche, but other than that it's fine. What have I? They just won't stop sliding away no matter how hard I attempt to hold them, Those memory fragments that make up my reality, keep blowing away like leaves in a storm. Last year it began with small things I lost, my keys or that gold ring someone gave me. Now it is the precious faces of those I love, and the names that belong to the faces. My memories were wholy(sp) mine, mine alone. They once dignified me as the person inside. Now that they are gone am I still me? Who is this person they all seem to know? I wish I had never gotten old, for without a past each day is new. Yet I cannot greet the dawn with a song and I am too frail to dance. What have I now? The faces come to greet me, so sweetly, and one of them makes me smile, the man with curly dark and silver hair. I know that voice, that million dollar smile, and (try "how" or "then") he says he loves me. Emotion swells from deep inside of my heart, reaching out with hunger to this man of deep blue eyes. With huge effort I push it out of me:"I LOVE YOU TOO" (Try lose CAPS and replace with exclamation point) and I know at last that what I stilll(sp, but I'd nix it anyway) have is eternal: Love

1. Write about having writer's block, or writing in general. 2. Read anything or watch movies (if on a deadline, read literature whether cannon or contemporary). 3. Go out and do something. Live life, that sort of thing. 4. Critique other people's work, it's a good way to get ideas.

Oh? Who did it?

My Church Group at University recently got together to discuss books that have inspired us in a major way. After a day of discussion we came up with this list. Title/Author and a brief description by the recommender. Books that Influenced Us: Wild Swans by Jung Chang Chinese history. An autobiography of a woman showing 3 generations of a family 1890s-1970. About life and experiences in China. ~ Laurel The Massage Book by George Downing Hippy massage. Classic 70s. ~ Eli Das Engeri by Paul Williams Hippie book with random ramblings and one guy’s view of life. It was one of the first books that made me realize it’s okay to have out-there views on religion. “You are God.” (Out of print, but you can find a copy, I highly recommend it!) ~ Nicole Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates by Tom Robbins Robbins with the soul of a shaman, the wit of the Sphinx and the literary audacity of Shakespeare on speed, pimps out a story of a modern man whose talents as a CIA field agent leads him, naturally, to divine prophecies as well as deep temptations. This book did to me what Sergeant Pepper did to Brian Wilson. It’s so well written that I haven’t been able to write fiction with the same confidence that I used to have. (It’s intimidating!) Thought provoking yet, irreverent. Though it looks down both sides of a moral tightrope, every page is tremendous fun. ~ Patrick Awakening the Buddha Within by Lama Surya Das From a Jewish American turned Tibetan Buddhist Lama, a western understandable synopsis of Tibetan Buddhism with interesting and color teaching stories and examples. My intro to meditation, self-discipline and most importantly a spiritual teaching that made sense to me. ~ Michael My Teacher Flunked the Planet, by Bruce Colville ~Lisa Selected Poems by Czeslaw Milosz Milsoz was a Polish poet who lived in the US for many years but always wrote in his own language. The collection of poems spans most of his career, which lasted most of his career (his final book, Second Space, is not included). Poems about war, longing for home and lots of other longings and desires. ~Elizabeth Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard ~Laura Catch 22 by Joseph Heller A dark humor about the absurdity of war with lots symbolism. ~Ellie Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson Hiro Protagonist is a knight on the Internet, but lives in a U-Stor-It in real life. In this cyberpunk classic, Hiro and his helpful teenage sidekick, Y. T. (Yours Truly) follow up leads from Mesopotamian mythology to cure a modern data plague that threatens the net. Set in a semi-dystopic near future where the US as we know it has been replaced by autonomous corporate franchise states. ~ Catherine The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman An adventure about a young girl. ~Sarah Comfortable with Uncertainty by Pema Chodron About being comfortable with the present instead of looking to the future or past. Being present in the moment and living life in the moment. Made up of entries, one for every day for 180 days. Each entry is thought provoking. ~ Rebecca The Da vinci Code by Dan Brown Oh, you know. Got me intellectually interested in the study of religion which I’m going to minor in. ~ Sarah Marguerite, Go Wash Your Feet by Wallace Tripp. Poems and Art. ~Alex Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine Ella is a girl cursed to be obedient. In this story she must break her curse by finding the fairy Lucinda. ~Josephine Slaughter House Five by Kurt Vonnegut ~Joy The Dark is Rising (Sequence) by Susan Cooper High Fantasy. Contemporary spin on Arthurian based legend via 1960s-70s England. Think of Lion, Witch and Wardrobe but with no Lion, Witch, Wardrobe or an alternate reality/realm to travel to. ~Sean Mountains beyond Mountains by Tracey Kidder Biography of the doctor/anthropologist/humanitarian Paul Farmer. ~Marion Also recommended: Kafka Was the Rage by Anatole Broyard. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith. Enchanted Broccoli Forest by Molly Katzen Good Night Moon by Margaret Wise Brown Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C Wrede Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams Goodnight by Mr. Tom by Michelle Magorian The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood The Northern Lights Trilogy by Philip Pullman

Happy Happy, Happy Buddha. Hope college life suit you now. rev...

In MS Word, if you hit control + or - you can move cursor so you can type text slightly above or below the regular line. Discovered by accident today.

happy happy.

Revery: caught off guard while battling the an invasion from the realm of nightmares and shadows into the Dreamlost realm, a portal of fire opened up under his feet and the dreamlost fell into an unknown realm where he was promptly surrounded by his ancient nemeses the Red Wizards of Thay, who then set upon dispelling all his illusions, after which, he just faded away. Assumed dead. Commander Quest: After the death of the dreamlost, Quest assumed the Realm of Nightmares and Shadows was responsible. His counter-attack against the initial invasion turned into a bloody crusade for revenge. He died in the 20th year of the campaign from natural cause i.e. old age. Fountain: Towards the end of the seemingly endless Nightmare and Shadow war and in the same year of Commander Quest's death. Fountain captured a sorceress from Nightmare and Shadow realm. Despite amenity between the two realms, the two fell in love and where to be married at the war's end. Fearing treachery, the officers of the Dreamlost army had the sorceress poisoned. With both Commander Quest and Revery dead, a grieving Fountain found himself in charge of the Dreamlost Realm and the administration of the long and bitter war. Disgusted, Fountain negotiated an armistice's with the Realm of Nightmares and Shadows. A decade after the Armistice, Fountain finally succumbed to melancholy and died reportedly of a broken heart. Castle: Turned back into lifeless stone the day Fountain died. Decoy a.k.a. The Mighty Lawn Dart: retired to an old cottage in quiet community of the Dreamlost Realm after the War of Nightmares and Shadows. Died of natural causes. Trace Dreamlost: After Fountain's death became the de facto leader of the Dreamlost Realm. Died under mysterious circumstances in the 12 year of his reign. Died in his sleep, causes unknown.

Ozy. Thanks. Am feeling much better, but am still a little weak. Probably take another weak to get my endurance back. Brains good though. Oh and regarding the book, I'll give the same answer my other brother used to give me, "I don't have an ending yet." My life was boring by comparison. And we grew up in the same house!

If you feel like you are going to pass out or faint. Try this. If possible and if not already outside, navigate you're way through the static field of your vision to the nearest rest room and then try to throw up. This confuses the heck out of your brain, which hopefully over-rides the impending fainting spell with a healthy acknowledgment of the gag reflex.

ditto...congrats.

Don't know about Tennyson as much as I should. I think he always wanted to write an epic about king arthur, but never really got it going coherently. King Arthur's a hard topic 'cause it was already done even back then. I mean he's more like Shakespeare reinventing stories of the past, since Thomas Malory had already covered that ground. Which there is nothing wrong with that at all. By all means tear into him. I never met anyone that could write epic poetry, and probably never will. But if you're really looking for epic poets to read, well got 10 years? Check out wikipedia's list? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_poems

**High fives Geld** oh yeah sure no problem. I'm just weird man. Life is a roller-coaster: hang on. rev...

Oh I forgot, I used to read the "Hardy boys" and the "The Bobbsey Twins," some. It was life pre-internet. Stop judging me. rev...

Actually, I used to love David and Leigh Eddings. Now their plot-lines seem hollow and cliche. At one time I had read everything they'd published, but dang does he and his wife write fast. Not so much of a fan anymore. I should have known better when I read that interview that where he said didn't read any other fantasy in the field save stuff in the canon of old english literature or Tolkien. Elitist. I'm growing weary of Robert Jordan as well, but that's probably just fatigue. Is he ever going to finish that Wheel of Time Series? I also tried reading L. Ron Hubbards' "Mission Earth" saga. 10 Volumes! I never made it past the second one. I actually felt like a worse person for having read them. Creative, but disgusting. I still love Douglas Adams, and Anne McCaffrey's still okay in my book. She doesn't know the meaning open-ended though. Piers Anthony is very good at what he'd does, but he is a dirty, dirty old man. Chronicles of an Age of Darkness by Hugh Cook. Turns out Wikipedia, claims that this series was supposed to part of a three Saga set totaling 64 books. Appears it never got past book 10. I only made to book three. It was creative, I'll give him that. what with the talking rocks, walking mountains, multiple dimensions of reality, pirates, dragons, wizards, sages, hill tribes, bottle worlds within bottle world...like you pull the cork of a bottle in you're in a new world withing that bottle--neat huh?, complicated and opposing schemes of magics/sorcery/alchemy etc. But wasn't much on character development. Very, very flat characters. But great scenery. I bet the could have made a great MMORPG based on it. In fact they still should. Tolstoy still rocks. Still haven't worked up the nerve to tackle Joyce's Ulysses, but if I ever do, that means I'll probably have to read his masterpiece "Finnegan's Wake." And I don't know if I'll ever live long enough to learn to appreciate either. Stream of conscious is tough ppl. I remember, one of my soldiers in Korea tried to read it, trying to impress me. He couldn't even get off the first page. Then he made fun of me from being from the south. So I told him try doing something else other than playing single-person shooter video games all the time, ya know 'cause he did have a wife... We didn't get a long.

Oh, I forgot to mention, the good doctor tells me that one of the side effects (although rare) of the medication that I'm currently on is confusion. What the heck is that supposed to mean? You kind of have to qualify a statement like that ya know. Oh great, starting to hallucinate. I don't know if it's the prescription meds, too much cough syrup circulating through my blood stream, or exhaustion, but things don't seem as they should be. hmm, okay pull yourself together rev, you been here before. Just don't let your eyes unfocus for more than two seconds, or close your eyes, put on sun-glasse, or walk into a dark room, or look at any wook-grain paneling and you'll be fine. That's just great. Such much for finishing that mid-term. rev... **kind of makes hard to edit too**

Ah a story teller in the guise of poet. Well, you've in good company. Looks like you want to write epic poetry or similarly long narratives poem. The epic poets speak for themselves: Homer, Virgel, Dante, Milton, even Pope. But, they're a hard act to follow. Try finding some good ballad writers from strong oral traditions to aspire too. Or folk songs. Like old old traditional ones, might help. Percy Granger symphonies!!! For a more contemporary approach try Seamus Heaney. But if you got more of romantic inclination then you can't go wrong with Coleridge's "The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner."