I don't know if anyone at all remembers (it has been a year) but last year I competed in a Fine Arts contest and went on to Nationals after district for my short story, my poem and my sermon. Well, this year's district competition wsa this weekend and I just got back. It was very looooonnnnnnggg and tiring. I did not do as well as I did last year. Let me explain: I entered in 5 categories: Poetry (duh! ), art performance (paint in front of judges), drama solo, t-shirt ...
Ok, gonna start with the update. That way folk can avoid my rant if desired. The roof is done, looks good. I got the green shingles, makes the house stand out a bit more. Had a guy out about the fence, quoted me $2K (the roof in total was only 5 & a half) . This isnt some huge fence we're talking here, just a 45foot long 6foot tall picket fence. So I dont think I'll be hiring him. will do it myself, much cheaper. I got a whack on ...
Ok, so today mum had this amazing adventure. We went on a ferry ride from state to the other, then we drove and drove end drove and so on and then we walked for hours and I bought dad a sheriff badge that had his name on it and a pair of glass, multicolor earings that look like hummingbirds, and had tall-cake. And urring all this, we counted motorcycles. We counted grand total of 500! 500 motorcycles! imagine that!! URGH! I thought I was gonna die! Amd that was my day. I'm exaughted ...
Stomach acid and blood in between dry heaves... Jesus Chris, how the **** did I get here? I can't really even remember... When I was young I wanted to be a Junkie. I thought there was something romantic about it. The "dying poet". All of my heroes at the time. These were the early nineties I'm talking about. That's my generation, after all. Long since passed. Shannon Hoon, Lane Staley, and of course, Kurt Cobain. Later in life came others like Charles Bukowski ...
A short lean ten year old boy steps over a log covered with sweet, green moss. He steps on a slippery stones and warns the girl with him to watch her step as he takes her hand. It is a hot 4th of July and their church had gone out on a picnic by a shallow stream. The two chat happily as they trudge through the dence little gathering of trees. Another girl about sixish followes them but they tell her not to follow them, they just want to be alone. The little girl doesn't know why she wants to be ...
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