I managed to order or buy six books last Friday. I picked up a complete works of Dickenson and Neruda's "Las Piedras del Cielo". I ordered three books of Victor Herndandez Cruz' poetry, none of have come in though, as well as the orignal scroll of Kerouac's "On the road".
I am starting Hamlet in my Shakespeare class, and not sure what we will start...
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I am starting Hamlet in my Shakespeare class, and not sure what we will start...
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gatsby:
heya! i applied to a couple MFA programs in hopes of getting my masters in poetry. which means i'll be jobless after i'm done, but what can you do? 
which programs are you considering?
which programs are you considering?
kowtow:
I am not writing as much as I would like to be, but what are you going to do.
I am online 
I borrowed a computer from a friend until my laptop come in. I finally ordered one, figured it would be worth it with all that is coming up in my life...
I borrowed a computer from a friend until my laptop come in. I finally ordered one, figured it would be worth it with all that is coming up in my life...
kowtow:
The internet is a better place when you are in it, Stinky. I read and article on comprehensive immigration reform and thought of you this weekend.
Hope your classes are treating you well.
Hope your classes are treating you well.
Total technology disappointment...
My college has a webpage that says they have 50-some-odd units left of the computers they sell. Dells with XP, Office 2007, AVG, flat screen all for $249.
Yeah, well, that was in the summer, they are sold out.
Really? Then why not update the page! UGH.
My college has a webpage that says they have 50-some-odd units left of the computers they sell. Dells with XP, Office 2007, AVG, flat screen all for $249.
Yeah, well, that was in the summer, they are sold out.
Really? Then why not update the page! UGH.
kowtow:
that sucks, man. Have you tried the Mac reburbished machines or maybe the Dell resales? You can usually find a good machine with a warranty that way.
As luck would have it, I am without a computer... again. This time my hard drive crashed. Toast. Gone. Blue screen of death.
I am torn. do I order a new laptop? Or buy a super cheap used desktop that is three years old from the college I go to?
Hmmmmmm
I miss the Suicide Girls when I cant log in
I am torn. do I order a new laptop? Or buy a super cheap used desktop that is three years old from the college I go to?
Hmmmmmm
I miss the Suicide Girls when I cant log in
lee:
I say buy a cheap used desktop for now.
kowtow:
cheap used desktop, then splurge on a super good 'puter later in a couple of years. Get through school, post often, read good books, keep it simple.
Hopscotch, by the way, might be the best book I have ever read.
Hopscotch, by the way, might be the best book I have ever read.
I am here at home, procrastinating kind of on the paper I have to write. It has gone pretty smoothly though. Reading about the police brutality in Denver, CO sucks! I hate this kind of shit.
My parents were living in Boulder, CO in the early '70s during the Chicano Civil Rights Movement. My mom went into labor and my dad drove her to the...
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My parents were living in Boulder, CO in the early '70s during the Chicano Civil Rights Movement. My mom went into labor and my dad drove her to the...
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niobe:
Wow, that is a crazy story. A great way to be welcomed into the world. *hugs*
niobe:
Bummer. I'm sorry.
Cool thing...
In the English class I teach every other Wednesday I have a kid that just doesn't care or take things seriously. Smart guy too, athlete, the works, he could have the world by the tail.
Anyway, so on that night I took in a lesson plan that was one half essay writing, and the second was literature. I did a brief lesson on...
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In the English class I teach every other Wednesday I have a kid that just doesn't care or take things seriously. Smart guy too, athlete, the works, he could have the world by the tail.
Anyway, so on that night I took in a lesson plan that was one half essay writing, and the second was literature. I did a brief lesson on...
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kowtow:
As soon as I get a free minute I am going to pick up Cortazar's Hopscotch.
vertebra:
i'm glad you click with your students, i have always thought that teaching must be hard, is just so easy to not be like that, and so hard probably, to really get everyones atenttion.
i think that even if we like to think that everyone of us is a unique snowflake or something, we are not, and most of the time we fit a stereotyope and that's just what we are . and girls are girls and boys are boys
i think that even if we like to think that everyone of us is a unique snowflake or something, we are not, and most of the time we fit a stereotyope and that's just what we are . and girls are girls and boys are boys
Thanks for all the comments about my thumb It wasn't as gross as it sounds.
GOOD NEWS! Well, at the end of last semester I was invited by one of my profs to read my poetry at the reading for the final of the class for Advanced Creative Writing: Fiction. The same prof, plus the head of the department, have now invited me to a...
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It wasn't as gross as it sounds.GOOD NEWS! Well, at the end of last semester I was invited by one of my profs to read my poetry at the reading for the final of the class for Advanced Creative Writing: Fiction. The same prof, plus the head of the department, have now invited me to a...
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kowtow:
Good luck with the reading that is really exciting stuff. I am happy for you.
vertebra:
congratulations !!!
I have a hole in my thumb nail, had to drill it out to let some of the blood flow to relieve the pressure. Yep, I smashed it and it was all purple and was throbbing. As soon as we did that, not so bad.
I am enjoying my writing classes, I am a little lost with my fellow students though in my poetry class....
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I am enjoying my writing classes, I am a little lost with my fellow students though in my poetry class....
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carmelita:
*OUCH* - your thumb sounds painful!
That was a VERY sweet comment you left on my new set. Thanku for that!
That was a VERY sweet comment you left on my new set. Thanku for that!
jaie:
oh my that sounds painful 
also want to say thank you for the lovin..hope your thumb heals fast!
also want to say thank you for the lovin..hope your thumb heals fast! OK, so I am finally going to vent about racism. I had an experience last night and I just read kowtow's blog and he reminded me...
First off, here in my town there is a pretty good sized Guatemalan population. They were brought here by the Catholic churches of the area and tend to work in agricultural jobs here in this region. One of my...
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First off, here in my town there is a pretty good sized Guatemalan population. They were brought here by the Catholic churches of the area and tend to work in agricultural jobs here in this region. One of my...
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kowtow:
Stinky, I am constantly amazed at the ways people can find to be cruel. That area is a tough area because the white population is new out there, but they are the ones with the power. I grew up in southern NM and lived in northern NM for 4 years; my experience was that everybody hates everybody. And yet... I talk to more and more people that seem to be able to look past the bullshit. I don't know what to think of it.
So my idea of scheduling out each day is still working. These nights of 7hrs of sleep or more are wonderful! I had to do something though, with two part time jobs, a full load at school, and being a single dad...
I will have to post about racism I have ran into lately... I hate that shit. I do not understand people. But I...
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I will have to post about racism I have ran into lately... I hate that shit. I do not understand people. But I...
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kowtow:
I am a big fan of Guernica. And I too have been contemplating a big post about racism and prejudice but I can't seem to find the right tack on it. I mean we live in a country that just elected it's first non-WASP male President but I still hear people say that they don't go into "that part of town" because of "those type of people" and I can't make heads or tails of it.
uvita:
;P
;P