DAMN BITCH, IT'S ON FIRE.

It seems as if a lot of people I know are incredibly talented poets, and I'm super jealous because poetry has always been a medium that has awed me, because generally, I'm terrible at it.
But they say practice makes perfect, and so, I gave it a whirl.

Be forewarned, it's not any sort of kind of, uhm, whatever,... And it follows no rules and it doesn't rhyme and it doesn't have a title and I'm not sure what exactly qualifies it to be a poem, but whatevsies. It's actually the first poem I've ever written by choice.




i sit here typing
in this silent black cocoon
no one near
except these walls
.
i feel
endless possibilities
no pressure
every ounce of air has escaped the tank
if i were flammable
i would be an explosion
of bright colours
dancing around
in this ever small world that i've created
.




So, all in all, pretty terrible and unoriginal, but in my defense, my dog farted just before I wrote it. Yeah...

My favourite poet as a kid (and still is, because I'm not very well acquainted with the poetry world) is Shel Silverstein. He's wicked cool and dead, and always gives me a good belly chuckle.
I was planning to make a list of cool dead people, in Shel's honor, but then changed my mind. Not because it's morbid, but because there are just too many of them!

Laughter Is Contagious

So, I found out today that I was tagged a while ago by Erin (http://seeyourvoice.blogspot.com/). Thanks Erin!

The rules: Share six things that make you happy and tag six amazing starry-eyed bloggers!

The Tagilicious List of Happiness!

1. Baking. It always puts a smile on my face, and my belly.
2. Hugs. They really are wonderful.
3. My Dogs. and Ro's dog Gor(d/g)o
4. Movies. Nothing better than curling up with a blanket and a bowl of popcorn and watching a good flick.
5. Nature. Sweet smell of fresh air, wind and sun rays make me rather ecstatic.
6. Laughter & Smiles. They're contagious you know.

So the only problem with tagging six people is that I don't read a lot of blogs, and of the ten or so that I do, I'm pretty sure they've all been tagged. So, instead, if you could comment and suggest blogs that I should read? That would be lovely.

Jenny For Short

Today was a pretty crap day. Not that anything bad actually happened, just that I didn't do anything, and kind of moped and felt shitty about myself. No particular reason. Just the regular being stressed out about 'growing up' and the fact that I'm super unorganized and have no idea what I want to do in my future. I've thought about careers quite a bit in the last few days for some reason. I want a job. Not a career. Which sounds kind of odd right? It's just that in my mind a 'career' is something you go to school for and then you do for forever. Why can't you have a bunch of odd jobs? I don't want to do the same thing my whole life. But I feel pressure to have to decide exactly what I want to do, and I just have no fucking clue.

I also am going to have a fair amount of homework to catch up on when I go back to school because of the week and a half I was gone for Suessical. And my parents are going on vacation for two weeks, and I have exams at the end of the month, and I'm turning sixteen.

I think the compilation of these things is stressing me out. I want to be Peter Pan, in that I don't want to grow up.

But I'll stop complaining now, because I want to be in a better mood, and because I really have had a great holiday.....

The Awesome Things That Occurred During My Holidays List

1. IMPROV! What better way to enjoy yourself that to get together with a bunch of funky folk and get funny?
2. FRIENDS, CHILLIN'. I got to spend some time with my lil' friends about a week ago, and we ate pizza and dressed up in David Bowie wigs and shot nerf darts a each other and watched movies and all sorts of fun things!
3. BEING FIERCE. I also chilled with my fierce crew, and we anticipated and prepared for a zombie outbreak. Yep. We also exchanged gifts. I got some amazing things, including a new cardigan, a Peter MANSBRIDGE pin, and a certificate declaring my un-official Ukrainian-ness. Oh, yes, and pink hair dye!!!
4. ACTUALLY VIEWING THE ACT OF FIERCE OCCUR. My house was subject of another of Rae's photo shoots, which was tons of fun and meant I got to spend some time with her and Bv.
5. HANGIN' W/ THE FAM. I got to see a bunch of my family, eat good food & exchange gifts & hugs & convo.
6. VIVIENNE. On Christmas Eve of 2008, Vivienne, my gorgeous, yellow iPod nano was born.
7. BOOKS. I got a bunch of books for Christmas, which usually doesn't happen. So it was awesome. I got a collection of stories for young people by various authors, A Tree Grows In Brooklyn, April Raintree, The Zombie Survival Guide and a book of 250 crochet stitches! I'm stoked.
8. SPANAKOPITA. 'nough said.

And there's more than that, I just have a bad memory. So, I had a pretty great holiday, I just don't want it to end.
Blah.

Here I come January.
(Haha - one of my imaginary friends when I was a child was named January. The other was Asia.)

Oh yes, and happy Christmas, Chanukkah, and New Year! 2009, eh?