May 2009
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what does greenvana mean to you?
This is what greenvana means to Amy Weeks & I: an ideal state of peace, harmony, happiness & environmental sensibility
wow that does sound lovely now doesn’t it? It sure does. Now how would you feel if I told you that you could wear GREENVANA? Oh yes, such a thing is true. Greenvana is a bamboo t-shirt company who states as their mission
“to provide high-quality comfortable...
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“One of the handicaps of the twentieth century is that we still have the vaguest...”
– Ruth Benedict, The Chrysanthemum and the Sword
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anorexic penguins & the way my brain thinks
everyone asks me when referring to models, why oh why em.d.stine do you think of the PENGUIN? Out of all the animals in de animal kingdom why the penguin?
Giraffes would be an obvious choice as well as the ever em. d. stine revered bo.know.bo but alas you choose the penguin.
why? i dunno penguins really get my goat. and oh man, i don’t even have a goat but if i did, it sure would be...
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Status Updates [creative writing bits] from my...
“The shutters click, the flash goes off, and they’ve stopped time—just for a blink of an eye. And if these pictures have anything to say to future generations, it’s this: I was here. I existed. I was young. I was happy, and someone cared enough about me in this world to take my picture.” –One Hour Photo
Status Update #1: Emily is TGIF.
It is Friday night and I have RSVPed to a “Food...
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poetry by em. d. stine
kalos kai agathos
[greek for the singular balance of the good and the beautiful] by emily d stine
the boy next to me he takes pictures with his eyes eyelash-click eyelash-click and when the bright eyes turn to me, I sigh, “such pretty words, but life’s not a storybook.” blink and I feel nothing. not even remorse from the fingernail bites ...
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a poemo by hojo [harry john shephard]
a service for the sun sweetness sleep (the sweatless kind) is at a premium these days. faces lining up hoping not to drip another $0.13 per [insert onomatopoeia for “work”] leather shoes trampling leathered feet as people with mouths where their eyes should be clamor and suffocate each other with their stories, bleeding stones for job stamps. these days. sometimes i stuff some...
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here's a little lit theory for you to chew on w/...
First let’s talk about a cool guy named Abelard who was very influenced by Aristotle. together with Bocaccio, he thought that philosophers RAPE lady philosophy and that the true philosophers are POETS. He posited that it is the POET’S DUTY TO OBSCURE TRUTH.
i don’t obscure truth do i?
well anyways, it’s thought that there is a TROPE OF GENIUS and that the poet presents a...
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What is Love? Baby don't add me, don't rt me, no...
Here is a post by my friend, Mr. Bes Zain . .dot dot dot. . enjoy.
Add me. RT me. Friend me. Poke me. Nudge me. Everywhere I go, someone wants something done to them online, something that will result in more attention.
Everyone has turned into a marketer now. Rarely does anyone write to express. People write to get. They get a link back. They get a follower back. They get a donation back. They...
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My Guest Blog on the Examiner, a blog by my friend... →
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“Just Like Any Other High School
When Emma Lee transferred to Dullen High...”
– a satire i wrote as a senior at mullen high school
welcome to a new writer mr. ladd or...
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a literary nerd in possession of a computer must be in want of social media. I know that’s true of me, and it’s natural that anyone fascinated by words would take to Web 2.0 like a duck to water.
If you’re reading this, you’re certainly already well-entrenched in the social media universe.Tumblr isn’t mainstream, so...
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a collection of POEMS called MEMENTOS
Agent Orange Vietnam
But they shouldn’t call it that. It’s not orange. Soft white American snow. The breath of a western god That’s what they should call it You try to get the monkey out of the tree by killing the tree.
COWARD!
Airplanes drop the snow mist flake by flake they hit the leaves one by one the leaves dropdead to the ground soon the trees die too but...
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Marijuana & Adolescence written for Drugs &...
Marijuana is a pharmacological substance that can be ingested or smoked. It relaxes and then elevates one’s mood. The leaves and flowers at the top of a female marijuana plant contain resin which is where tetra.hydro.cannibol is found. Mexico is the chief provider of marijuana to the United States, but much pot is grown on Federal Reserve lands or in private residences. Marijuana was made...
