Tuesday, March 30, 2010

FIRE!



there's an alarm going off
that i can't stop
stop!
it starts
to form a thought
it stops
ringing again
i've lost all faith
singing again
not able to stop
this alarm
ringing again
it keeps goin on
alarming
ringing again
until the reason and source
come out of hiding

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Nobody


My birthday has now passed. it was fun, i had an awesome time due in large part to my alcohol intake, which obviously wasn't enough, otherwise i wouldn't be able to type.


last year, i was able to bring friends out of the wood work, not this time around though. last night, or tonight as it is for me, i expected this birthday to be the best, most memorable yet. how shittelly (new word) was i disappointed!?!?


i had a great time, don't get me wrong. but unlike last year, no one came this year. the inexplicable part is, last year, i barely made an effort. this year i made a HUGE effort, i invited everyone i knew. last year, i didn't get many calls or texts about what was going on. this year, i constantly got calls and texts. last year, people i hadn't seen in a long time and did not expect to show, showed. this year, a lot of people i thought were "for sures" turned "no shows" even after they called and/or text'd to confirm they're "for sure-ness"....
it's a crazy, mixed up world, i can't explain it, i just live in it.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Just An After Thought To My Last Thought

The story i'm embarking on, may very well turn into a novel one day. it has openings for further story at both beginning and ending. i've already been putting in more time thinking about the possibilities rather than thinking of the task at hand. the story i'm writing now can very easily be just a chapter or two within the big picture. i think i'm going to carry the idea through and add to it over time and see where it goes.

a friend and i once talked about how much research, dedication and time must go into writing a novel. you really have to be passionate about it. which i am, i think but i'm also lazy and as i mentioned i procrastinate a lot. i'll write it later, goes through my head all the time and i justify it by making lame excuses. i know, i'm only lying to myself and how pathetic is that?

the whole idea was inspired by a single painting and it's an original idea as far as i know. i love how a single work of art can inspire creativity and cause someone else to create something off the strength of that work in a completely different form of art. art breeds art. did i ever mention how much i love art?


(i just really wanted to use this picture. i bet it comes to bite me in the ass when i write something that could've really used it.)

Monday, March 15, 2010

On the Side of My Bed, Where No Good Ever Stayed

I've been grossly neglecting my beloved notebook ever since i started this blog. i've written in it maybe once or twice since. that's not the only reason though. i don't really like my current notebook, my third since i picked up a pen years ago. it was a gift, i guess. my friend works at pepsi and he had won it as a prize at his christmas party which consisted of other cooler things, to him anyway, so he had no qualms of parting with it. i saw it in his car and my first thought was, cool. it's gotta soft, kind of puffy blue cover and it's small enough to fit in my pocket and has a red ribbon for a bookmark, which really caught my eye because i used to hate trying to flip through pages to find the next empty one. when i'm in a hurry and want to write immediately that would really annoy me. so all these things that i love about it go out the window because if its only but huge downfall, it's bound tighter than a virgin's legs. (i just slapped myself for using that metaphor. sometimes originality has to take a back seat to corn.) this is extremely irritating when writing because i have to hold it open while i write, no good. she's like a super model, pretty on the outside and empty inside. sorry for offending any super models who might be reading, you know i love you.

my phone's another reason, i text myself ideas and lines so i don't forget by the time i get to my notebook. didn't work, just made me lazier. now i just have a phone full of drafts, one liners and single words which might have made sense when i put them in but now when i look at some, i have no fucking idea what i was thinking of. "only mississippi can feel me" is one of my favourites. let me know if you think you know what the hell i was thinking of. i'm gonna go with something to do with the blues. that's all i know about mississippi, that and the klan, which seems a good of a reason as any to have the blues.

lastly, i'm bored of writing poetry, i guess that was bound to happen after a couple of notebooks full of crappy poems revolving around three basic themes. booooring. i'll bore you with them when i have nothing else to say.

which brings me to my point. yes, i had a point and am only now getting to it. even though i really enjoy writing this blog, i really, really want to write short stories and maybe, just maybe a novel one day but let's not get ahead of ourselves. short stories are hard enough, not so much the writing but coming up with an idea with some substance and entertainment. i've got 1 on paper, 1 in my head (which wants to hide in there a bit longer. procrastination might be its demise but i promise to do whatever i can to not lose it... except for writing it) and 1 that i just started yesterday after coming up with the idea a week or two ago. (procrastination - 1000, me - 1) this story will be my biggest challenge yet. it's very different from anything i've ever written, it has some fantasy in it. i usually write very real things, they're easier, you don't have to be as creative. the biggest obstacle however, will be writing about love. i've written about the part when the boy and girl meet already and have left it at that for now. i've never been in love. i've been infatuated a million times but definitely have never been in love. so it's probably going to be a little corny. i don't really have any experience to draw from for that part of the story. we'll see how it goes. feel free to tell me anything that you might think will help me with this. so wish me luck. if it goes good, i hope to try to get it published. some of you know i tried with my last one but my professor suggested some changes to make it better, which, once again due to procrastination and a loss of care, put back on the burner.


ps. some of you had mentioned how you were unable to comment on my posts and i just recently realized there's a setting to change that and i did. so if you still can't leave a comment let me know. and email me a "hi" at bit.2@hotmail.com if you want me to send the story when i'm done unless i already have your email address of course. but don't expect it to be anytime soon.

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Vancouver 2010



Seems like it's been a long time since i've written anything, well i guess it has. hope i didn't lose any of you. i know poetry's not exactly for everyone especially my grandpa with his old school english and deep, lengthy poems. so i'm back, let's move on.

THE OLYMPICS! how much fun was that? i had a blast! for the past few days i've been reminiscing in order to have something to write about on here. it's what i usually do, let an idea marinate in my head, take mental notes and after a couple of sleeps, start typing. in this case, however, i didn't come up with much. which is unusual, especially for such a greatly entertaining couple of weeks.

i'll start with all the love and pride i noticed in everyone. i've never seen so many smiles in my life. the vancouver and canadian pride was at an all time high. i've always defended vancouver when people slam it for being lame or whatever and it felt good to have my defence not lost in vain. seemed like the whole world was here partying and enjoying. it seemed to have opened our eyes to all that we have here and which we take for granted.

not being completely loaded (with money), i didn't get to do everything i had hoped for but the beauty of that was all the free events and attractions. the downside of that was the freakin line-ups! tell you the truth they didn't bother me all that much, being drunk helped. but it also created time to socialize with strangers in anticipation for a shared experience. i saw one of my favourite rappers, buck 65. the opening acts were almost horrible and not really my cup of tea or that of my friends and a lot of the crowd started to fizzle. those not familiar with buck were itching to leave. i told my friends to go ahead. not the first time i've been to a concert alone. i ended up sitting with a group of strangers who really liked him as well. buck was nothing short of spectacular. i also got to see another favourite, damien marley. good show but very crowded and had to watch the whole thing on the big screen. i missed out on shows i wanted to see as well but you can't do everything, can you?

the gold medal hockey game was icing on the cake. things could not have gone better. the suspense after the tie-ing goal was silencing and the win in over time almost blew my ears off. pandemonium!

also, i met a photographer during the night we lost to the u.s. he took a pic of me behaving mischieviously and put it on his site. so if you want to check out some great photography, his web site is 1putts.smugmug.com and he also agreed to let me use his photography. so both pics posted here are his but i'm not in either. high-five to wu lee.

not much more i can say about it other than it was most definitely one of the funnest times in my life so far. i guess you just had to be there.