It is time for Poetry Corner again.
Just Once by Anne Sexton
Just once I knew what life was for.
In Boston, quite suddenly, I understood;
walked there along the Charles River,
watched the lights copying themselves,
all neoned and strobe-hearted, opening
their mouths as wide as opera singers;
counted the stars, my little campaigners,
my scar daisies, and knew that I walked my love...
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Just Once by Anne Sexton
Just once I knew what life was for.
In Boston, quite suddenly, I understood;
walked there along the Charles River,
watched the lights copying themselves,
all neoned and strobe-hearted, opening
their mouths as wide as opera singers;
counted the stars, my little campaigners,
my scar daisies, and knew that I walked my love...
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I like Scrumpy!!
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pihka:
And whos Scrumpy?
pihka:
Oh no. It sounds exactly like my drink. Anything with apples is good, except for the icky Finnish sweet flavoured cider, brrr. This is not fair. 
I love Chick tracts!!
Honestly, are these things meant to be tongue-in-cheek? Ok, I know that Chick Tracts are meant to be taken seriously, but they have been providing me with endless fun and laughter for longer than you would believe and I just have to mention them here in tribute to the continuing comic genius of Jack Chick.
Check out this link for...
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Honestly, are these things meant to be tongue-in-cheek? Ok, I know that Chick Tracts are meant to be taken seriously, but they have been providing me with endless fun and laughter for longer than you would believe and I just have to mention them here in tribute to the continuing comic genius of Jack Chick.
Check out this link for...
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kungfuvoodoo:
Jeeze your gonna kill me for filling your journal space, just think of the paper we save and not the electricity we waste.
One more consideration; Well, as a scientist myself, (adjust glasses and pin protector) skin pigment is a balance between predisposition of melanin production and exposure of sunlight. The skin metabolizes vitamin D with the aid of sunlight. Humans need vitamin D and sunlight. Populations at the equator natural selected greater pigment for protection from the sun, while populations at the poles naturally selected to maximize vitamin D production. Within genetic predisposition, pigment production varies with exposure. More sun the darker the skin; less sun the paler, until environmental and nutritional conditions are balanced. Slavery began when inhumanity began; white/black are simplistic labeling and divisive tools. The most recent incarnation is a reminder for it to never happen again. (Toward an egalitarian enlightened democracy) I still like the more poetic rendition.
One more consideration; Well, as a scientist myself, (adjust glasses and pin protector) skin pigment is a balance between predisposition of melanin production and exposure of sunlight. The skin metabolizes vitamin D with the aid of sunlight. Humans need vitamin D and sunlight. Populations at the equator natural selected greater pigment for protection from the sun, while populations at the poles naturally selected to maximize vitamin D production. Within genetic predisposition, pigment production varies with exposure. More sun the darker the skin; less sun the paler, until environmental and nutritional conditions are balanced. Slavery began when inhumanity began; white/black are simplistic labeling and divisive tools. The most recent incarnation is a reminder for it to never happen again. (Toward an egalitarian enlightened democracy) I still like the more poetic rendition.
blackriver:
thank you
Check out this link (thanks to my housemate for happening to find this link and for passing it on to me)...
God Hates Figs
It is a rather amusing spoof website which mocks the way in which Christian Fundmentalists love to quote The Bible to prove that Gods hates this, that or the other.
God Hates Figs
It is a rather amusing spoof website which mocks the way in which Christian Fundmentalists love to quote The Bible to prove that Gods hates this, that or the other.
gutterman:
Thank you!
Having just seen Scylla's thread about Alex Grey I have just done a search for his website.
Check out this link
His paintings are very much on keeping with my own metaphysical interests. I am soooo bowled over. What a great Bank Holiday weekend this has turned out to be!!!
Check out this link
His paintings are very much on keeping with my own metaphysical interests. I am soooo bowled over. What a great Bank Holiday weekend this has turned out to be!!!
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neyrissa:
Oh, just read your journal entry from yesterday...if you don't want those capsules, I'll take em! 
lol
lol
neyrissa:
I'm doing a Microbiology BSc at the Uni of Bristol...
Yesterday, out of the blue, I kind-of got offered a job in a health food shop!
I was doing my Saturday morning shopping and I decided to treat myself to a spending spree at the local health food shop. I piled my purchases on the counter. While I was paying for my purchases the nice elderly gentleman who was serving, commented upon how I seemed...
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I was doing my Saturday morning shopping and I decided to treat myself to a spending spree at the local health food shop. I piled my purchases on the counter. While I was paying for my purchases the nice elderly gentleman who was serving, commented upon how I seemed...
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Ok I have decided that it is time for Poetry Corner. Oh yes! I am going to type up poems which have at one time or another impressed, influenced, comforted, shocked, mused or excited me. Today's selection is...
Becoming A Nun By Erica Jong
On cold days
it is easy to be reasonable,
to button the mouth against kisses,
dust the breasts
with talcum powder...
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Becoming A Nun By Erica Jong
On cold days
it is easy to be reasonable,
to button the mouth against kisses,
dust the breasts
with talcum powder...
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fleur:
Thanks for the comment hun!!
I have been taking it easy today, just sitting around thinking, drinking and admiring the exquisite charms of the Suicide Girls.
I have just discovered that my local supermarket sells Green Chartreuse! I am sure that they have only just started selling it as I've never seen it there before. Needless to say a bottle of it found its way straight into my shopping trolley...
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I have just discovered that my local supermarket sells Green Chartreuse! I am sure that they have only just started selling it as I've never seen it there before. Needless to say a bottle of it found its way straight into my shopping trolley...
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It is forbidden to dream again;
We maim our joys or hide them:
Horses are made of chromium steel
And little fat men shall ride them.
Extract from "A Little Poem" by George Orwell.
We maim our joys or hide them:
Horses are made of chromium steel
And little fat men shall ride them.
Extract from "A Little Poem" by George Orwell.
Yay! Bank Holiday Weekend's are cool!
Lazing around in bed. Playing world domination games on my PC. Watching DVDs. Eating. Not working. Its all good.
I have spent much of my weekend watching films. On Saturday I watched, "Cypher" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". On Sunday, I watched John Carpenter's "The Thing". I am not sure why it is, but I have watched that film...
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Lazing around in bed. Playing world domination games on my PC. Watching DVDs. Eating. Not working. Its all good.
I have spent much of my weekend watching films. On Saturday I watched, "Cypher" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". On Sunday, I watched John Carpenter's "The Thing". I am not sure why it is, but I have watched that film...
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I have a bit of a cold this weekend. Its not particularly severe and it certainly isn't the dreaded 'man cold' (fortunately, I have never been susceptible to the dreaded and much whinged about 'man cold'). However, because of it, I just can't be bothered to do anything much. I am just lazing about in bed and reading books / surfing the net. The weird...
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This, for example.
sometimes it's hard for me to just listen to music anyway, i am too emotionally tied to such things.