| Sunday, March 22, 2009 |
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Note: These are not good.
abuse
ice blue caps of little shadows
lick one finger
and the next will be bitten
bloody rivers drown scrawny trees
that wave
like hidden spider webs
footsteps trod on feet
repeat step two,
but only once
crack walls with your knuckles
and hang your red eyes on the wall
for they must not be forgotten
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1plus1makes2
but for me
it makes one
- Marina Petrovic
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| Wednesday, March 18, 2009 |
| Snowflake |
Sitting at the window,
I viewed…
A sporadic snow shower,
Slowly weaving from Heaven to Earth,
Most landed together,
In a lumped pile on the ground…
Save for one, gleaming crystal,
Gliding up, down, and up…
Molded,
Buffeted by the winds of Fate,
Set apart at its very creation…
Spirited by Destiny,
Brought to rest on a high, unreachable branch of the old Pine.
And there it sat, alone, gazing at its amassed brothers,
Until the sun rose and melted it,
Carrying it home to the Sky…
Ben |
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| Saturday, March 14, 2009 |
| Picture/Poem when we feel like it #3 |
My November Guest
by Robert Frost
My Sorrow, when she's here with me,
Thinks these dark days of autumn rain
Are beautiful as days can be;
She loves the bare, the withered tree;
She walks the sodden pasture lane.
Her pleasure will not let me stay.
She talks and I am fain to list:
She's glad the birds are gone away,
She's glad her simple worsted grady
Is silver now with clinging mist.
The desolate, deserted trees,
The faded earth, the heavy sky,
The beauties she so ryly sees,
She thinks I have no eye for these,
And vexes me for reason why.
Not yesterday I learned to know
The love of bare November days
Before the coming of the snow,
But it were vain to tell he so,
And they are better for her praise.Labels: http://media.photobucket.com/image/photography/Bellavita818/Photography/tree.jpg?o=67 |
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| Monday, March 9, 2009 |
| Poem/Picture when we feel like it #2 (the picture might not fit well) |
Cinderella
The prince leans to the girl in scarlet heels,
Her green eyes slant, hair flaring in a fan
Of silver as the rondo slows; now reels
Begin on tilted violins to span
The whole revolving tall glass palace hall
Where guests slide gliding into light like wine;
Rose candles flicker on the lilac wall
Reflecting in a million flagons' shine,
And glided couples all in whirling trance
Follow holiday revel begun long since,
Until near twelve the strange girl all at once
Guilt-stricken halts, pales, clings to the prince
As amid the hectic music and cocktail talk
She hears the caustic ticking of the clock.
-Sylvia Plath Labels: http://media.photobucket.com/image/photography/vavral2/photography/city5.jpg?o=127 |
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| Sunday, March 8, 2009 |
| Marina's Mood |
Barren Woman
by Sylvia Plath
Empty, I echo to the least footfall,
Museum without statues, grand with pillars, porticoes, rotundas.
In my courtyard a fountain leaps and sinks back into itself,
Nun-hearted and blind to the world. Marble lilies
Exhale their pallor like scent.
I imagine myself with a great public,
Mother of a white Nike and several bald-eyed Apollos.
Instead, the dead injure me attentions, and nothing can happen.
Blank-faced and mum as a nurse. |
| posted by Sailing Hippos @ 9:26 PM |
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| Let's Make Some Lists |
Okay, I'm going to try to make a list of, first, my ten favorite albums ever. This is subject to change, of course.
10. Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not-Arctic Monkeys
The Arctic Monkeys have a great distorted, garage sound and feel. They have pretty good lyrics, and discuss (though not particularly subtly) the prostitution problem in their hometown of Sheffield. Standout tracks are "I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor," and "When the Sun Goes Down."
9. Elephant-The White Stripes
Let's continue with the modern garage rock theme. Elephant is a stellar album. Jack and Meg White combine simple riffs and throbbing percussion into a superb product from start to finish. Jack's witty and clever lyrics add another dimension to the catchy sound. A couple of my favorites on the album are "Ball and Biscuit," and "Little Acorns."
8. Nevermind-Nirvana
Behold the springboard of grunge rock. I play bass, so I'm naturally drawn to Nirvana's spectacularly easy and enrapturing bass riffs. Cobain's vulnerable vocals make the musical experience that much more personal. Get "Polly" and "Lithium," if you haven't already.
7. Forwards-The Egg
Most likely you've never heard of this band. They are phenomenal. Their haunting, electronic sound are emotionally evocative and stirring. I honestly have no idea what they're singing, but the vocals layered with the techno makes for a relaxing and awesome listen. Download "Wall" and "Forwards."
6. Goldfly-Guster
This was a tossup between Lost and Gone Forever, but Goldfly is a little more consistent throughout. Guster's folky, live sounding vocals and guitars are very bare and accessible. The percussion is what really stands out on Goldfly, though. Excellent drumming, especially in "Bury Me." Get "Grin" and "Demons."
5. Neon Bible-Arcade Fire
This album is a conundrum. Every song in Neon Bible is a bleak, depressing view of humanity and the Apocalypse, but they perform them with a cheery, upbeat disposition. The juxtaposition is thrilling and intriguing to listen to. Download "Keep the Car Running" and "Intervention."
4. Ten-Pearl Jam
Ten is the "pearl" of the 90s. That was a terrible pun. Laugh. Excellent, excellent, excellent lyrics in this album. Great, soaring guitar riffs. Enough said. "Alive" and "Black" are essential for anyone who actually likes music.
3. Grace-Jeff Buckley
Jeff Buckley has one of the hugest ranges I've ever heard. He's probably my favorite vocalist. He also plays a sweet, sweet guitar. And, Grace also features some spectacular lyrics. Get "Last Goodbye" and "Lilac Wine," but preferably the whole album.
2. Rodrigo y Gabriela- Rodrigo y Gabriela
This is the most listenable album in my library. R y G are the best guitarists I've seen. Gabriela plays rhythm and also plays the drums on her guitar. It's hard to explain. Rodrigo is an incredibly skilled lead guitarist. Watch them on YouTube. Must downloads are "Diablo Rojo" and "Tamacún."
1. OK Computer- Radiohead
This was a really difficult choice. I couldn't choose between The Bends, OK Computer, and In Rainbows. OK Computer is the most innovative and emotionally touching of the three, I decided. The lyrics are the best I've heard. The guitar and the electronically produced sounds blend together perfectly. Thom's haunting vocals echo through the walls of the mind. Download the whole album.
Ben |
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| Tuesday, March 3, 2009 |
| Poetry in Chemistry? WTF |
The mouthwatering aroma of
baking bread
is unmistakable. So too,
is the scent of a newly
mowed lawn,
satly ocean air,
smoke
from a fire, and the interior
of a brand new car.
You can probably recall
each of these smells
from memory. And
specific odors-such as
cookies baking
-may trigger
powerful memories.
- Marina
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| Picture/Poem When We Feel Like It |
Merry-Go-Round
Where is the Jim Crow section
On this merry-go-round,
Mister, cause I want to ride?
Down South where I come from
White and colored
Can't sit side by side.
Down South on the train
There's a Jim Crow car.
On the bus we're put in the back—
But there ain't no back
To a merry-go-round!
Where's the horse
For a kid that's black?
-Langston Hughes Labels: http://media.photobucket.com/image/photography/jim0013/motion.jpg?o=8 |
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| Sunday, March 1, 2009 |
| The Genocide in Darfur |
It would seem, just going by standard morality, that genocide should be stopped immediately when it arises. And yet, inexplicably, there has been an extermination of an entire race of people in Darfur for six years now. Since February 2003, as many as 500,000 people have been killed. Myriad women and young girls have been raped. People’s homes and villages have been razed and burned. More than two and a half million have been displaced from their homes, and forced to move into repulsive refugee camps. These camps are sickeningly overpopulated, insufficiently supplied, and disease-ridden. What is the world’s response? It labels this catastrophe a “humanitarian crisis,” and turns its thoughts elsewhere.
How can Catholics; how can anyone, stand idly by and let this continue? Why has there been no worldwide movement to end this? Where is the Christian compassion? It cannot be that people just do not care, that is too depressing a view of humanity. It must be a lack of general awareness. Popular knowledge of this genocide must be raised.
This crisis must infiltrate people’s main channels of information. News channels need to report on the genocide. Radio advertisements need to beg for action. For once the population is made to be aware of the calamity, there is no way that they will allow it to continue. The people must come together in a united effort to stop the genocide. The governments of the world must be spurned into action by the people’s outrage at the inaction. No more can leaders simply dismiss the crisis as “a terrible, terrible tragedy that must stop,” and then leave it at that, with no active strategy to end it.
Let this day mark the end of the world’s indifference. Let the people rise in anger and disgust at our former inactivity. Let us march to the steps of our capital and demand an end to this travesty. How can any other problem come before this one? No crisis can possibly outweigh the mass murder of half a million people.
And now, with Christ as our example of unconditional compassion, we go to quell the fountain of blood that overflows in Sudan. |
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| Guggenheim Grotto |
Here is the greatest band. The Guggenheim Grotto. They are from Dublin, Ireland and they are amazing. |
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| About The Hippos |
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Sailing Hippos
Louisville, Ky, United States
Marina-
Marina is kinda cool, it depends on if she is talking or not. She likes writing, and is really good at it, especially poetry. She sees people's auras, which is pretty awesome. However, don't piss her off, because then she can put a Bosnian curse on you. She also plays soccer, and is going pro at some point in her life.
Ben-
Ben is the runt of the Hippos. He's often picked on and abused by his "larger" siblings. He is amazing at everything he does, besides being nice, because he is an arrogant son of a hippo. He has an unquenchable thirst for water, which is good, because we live in water. He doesn't know how to put on eyeliner, but it doesn't matter...because he's a guy. We hope.
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