December 2011
68 posts
“Shyness is nice
and
shyness can stop you
from doing all the things
in life...”
– —“Ask,” The Smiths. Lyrics, Morrissey; music, Johnny Marr. Released in the US on “Louder Than Bombs,” 1986, Sire Records.
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Juyon boom!
14. What you wore today.
Today is December 29—last Friday of the month.
On a day like today, I would normally wear something dressy for the famous Last Friday poetry reading at Books & Books. Sadly, there’s no reading tonight.
So I’m wearing jeans, a blue-purple T-shirt from Target with a butterfly silkscreen, mismatched socks, and black Monica-heeled shoes. My nails are...
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Triskaideka...
13. Your opinion about your body, and how comfortable you are with it.
Not that you need me to reiterate, but—well, I’m a fat chick. At my heaviest, I’ve come in at near 270 lbs. At my lightest—age 14, courtesy of dieting—I think I weighed 125.
At this time, I weigh between 185 and 190, all on a 5’3” frame. And I’ve got some grey, and some lines to...
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Twelfth Day (can I get a fa la la?)
12. Five guys you find attractive.
So I’ve got to list five guys that make me melt…only five…very well. I accept the challenge. I do apologize for not including pics; I’ve still yet to learn how to create GIFs, JPEGs, avatars and the like.
Jeff Buckley. The late son of singer-songwriter Tim Buckley (himself late by nearly 40 years), he had the most enchanting voice, a...
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Jour Onze--bis.
(cont’d)
In this day and age where memoirists air every sordid detail of their childhood, family dysfunctions, lost loves, et cetera, I almost feel coquettish, disclosing what I do.
Heavens, the taboos against telling people how you really were persisted, well into my teens!
My dad never knew the horror that was my life with the stepdad. And I rationalized it: he’s working, he lives...
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Jour onze.
11. Your family
I’m still grappling with the idea of family.
Is it a Norman Rockwell portrait? The stuff that inspirational stories are made of?
If I seem skeptical about the heart-warming qualities of the family—and mine, in particular—bear in mind that my own family is scattered across the country, from Wisconsin to North Carolina. I am also, pretty much, permanently...
Happy Birthday Al.
Just wishing Alberto (my philosophy & poetry droug) a wonderful birthday.
Keep on rocking, dude.
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Il giorno dice
10. Put your music player on shuffle. Write down the first ten songs you hear.
Three years ago, I got an iPod. Not as a birthday or Christmas gift, more as a thank-you/inducement from my mom, for spending days, if not weeks, at her hospital bedside. (There was a bit of dickering about getting a laptop, but…!)
I did eventually get music uploaded on it, but later overcharged it. I have yet...
“Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner, but I feel more lonely in a crowded...”
– Henry Rollins (via callitkarma-)
So noted, so seconded!
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Ninth.
9. How important you think education is.
I’m a teacher’s daughter, since 1973.
I was present at my mom’s college commencement (Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas, where she received her Bachelor’s with a double major in English and Spanish), and recall thinking, I’d like to go to college, too.
She encouraged me to read, to study, to press on—and she did the...
“When it’s Christmas we’re all of us magi.”
– —Joseph Brodsky (1940-1996); from “December 24, 1971”; translated by J. Brodsky with Alan Myers. Taken from Joseph Brodsky: Collected Poems in English, edited by Ann Kjellberg. Published by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, New York, 2000.
Happy Christmas my dears. Peace to...
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On the eighth day...
8. What you ate today.
Saturdays are usually laze-about days for me. If I can, I fix pancakes or French toast, and take a late brekkie.
Today, I made myself a two-egg omelet and toast. I also put up a fresh batch of cold-steeped coffee.
I’ve no idea what I’ll eat this evening after Liturgy at St. George. But I’ll enjoy it just so.
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Septimus
7. Five pet peeves.
I could go on about the myriad peeves that bedevil my little black heart and mind. But most are, really, variations on themes. So, for your perusal:
The crosswalk is not a parking lot, nor is it a position berth in a race. I get the fact that Miami-Dade County is better suited for cars. I do. And I get it that rush hour (a three to four hour block, by the by) takes a toll on...
“Never mind the vicious nonsense of claiming that an embryo has a “right to...”
– Ayn Rand (via the-capitalist)
I used to be in love with Ayn Rand until I realized how black and white she really is. I was impressionable and felt comforted by her absolute and objective stance. This is probably one of the very few things that I can appreciate from her now, because she’s right.
...
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Roku...
6. Your views on mainstream music.
Oh, what a thorny one!
Before I offer my views on mainstream music, I think it fair to ask: what, exactly, is considered mainstream?
The middle classes? The majority? The lowest common denominator?
And is mainstream music what most people like? Does it reflect the mindstate of, in this instance, the American public? Is it a canny way of getting people to eat,...
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5’6” ok
5’0”
5’11 i will kill u all
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5 FOOT 7!
5’2………………………………………………………FOREVER………………………………………………………………….
5’6”
5’6” if you catch me getting out of…
5’3”, in socks.
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Cinque!
5.Things you want to say to an ex
My love life has been nigh on nonexistent.
That doesn’t mean, however, that I don’t have an ex or two.
And although I get tongue-tied when I’m anxious, sad, or both, I do have a couple of things I want to say.
To Ex Numero Uno, this: “You and your partner have turned your house into a warren crammed with clothes, figurines, and God...
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I live in a studio.
What room I have—I have to maximize. A Christmas tree, even a small one, takes up space, and therefore, is a rotten decision. (And that’s not...
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Jour trois, jour quatre.
3. A book you love.
(“Just the one, dear?”)
I’m a bibliomaniac. I cannot walk into a library without snapping up at least one or two books on any given day. And these are usually books I’ve requested; the number of things that catch my magpie gaze—oh, where to begin?
That said, I do return to many books, time and again. One book that I adore, and would love to...
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Dia dois
2. Something you feel strongly about.
Those who have followed me from day ____ (fill in the blank) know that I am bullish about poetry and poets.
“Well, you are a poet, so that’s no surprise!” True enough.
I blame my mother, really. When my parents divorced, life in the Herrera household became a scene from some opera: over the top and dramatic as hell. One of my sisters spent...
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30 Days
1. Five ways to win your heart
Use your brain! I like intelligence. Show me what you know.
Show some courtesy. I’m not the model of modern etiquette, and I’m not looking for Miss Manners. That said, “Please,” “Thank you,” and the like are quite wonderful things to experience.
Be curious. Ask questions. Peer into alleyways. Find a story in scattered items. In...
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What sorts of things do I post on the Net?
That largely depends on what sort of day it is, and/or what mood I’m in.
I have posted poetry—by writers I admire, and my own—and quotes from my favorite books. If you root around, you’ll find 30-day and 10-day...
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