Wednesday, August 20, 2003
The Joy of Wi-Fi
I'm listening to Tupac on a Vh1 online music station on a laptop. I am not yet living the life I want to live. My dream is to create art(music, poetry, films, & more). This 9 to 5 life is not status quo for me. There has to be another alternative and I am pushing myself to find it. Some days it seems too easy to slip on complacency. Also the older I get the more I seem to desire comfort...stability. But in order for me to succeed I must continually move beyond my comfort zone. Must not let fear keep me boxed in.
Friday, August 15, 2003
Powerless in Brooklyn (Blackout 2003)
Where were you when the lights went out?
Blackout 2003. Fortunately, I was not underground when the lights went out. I walked out of my job at 4:15pm yesterday when the power went out. I thought it was just my place of work, but after walking across 5 avenues I realized something was seriously wrong. People gathered around car radios and boomboxes. When I heard that New York, Detroit, Cleveland, & Toronto had no power, my first thought was, "Oh no terrorists have struck again". Just like 911 my first thought was to get home and track down my family. Cell phones were shot. The cellular networks suck. We, as a society, have become so heavily reliant on our doodads it is scary. I feel like a hyprocrite typing that statement on a wireless Wi-Fi laptop. I take so much for granted. I thank God the power is back on.
Blackout 2003. Fortunately, I was not underground when the lights went out. I walked out of my job at 4:15pm yesterday when the power went out. I thought it was just my place of work, but after walking across 5 avenues I realized something was seriously wrong. People gathered around car radios and boomboxes. When I heard that New York, Detroit, Cleveland, & Toronto had no power, my first thought was, "Oh no terrorists have struck again". Just like 911 my first thought was to get home and track down my family. Cell phones were shot. The cellular networks suck. We, as a society, have become so heavily reliant on our doodads it is scary. I feel like a hyprocrite typing that statement on a wireless Wi-Fi laptop. I take so much for granted. I thank God the power is back on.
Thursday, August 14, 2003
Initial Words
Wordgazer
Weary eyes wander
sleepless like the city
consuming the streets of the information superhighway
canvasing pages as late night infomercials blare in the background noise
of my insomniac dreams.
Draining my brain
in a refrain of song I've not yet written.
Been bitten by the bug that writes without biting.
-SAR2003
My first time at the National Poetry Slam was a great experience for me personally.
I heard poetry that rocked my world and managed to sidestep slam politics and negative energy. My team rocked! Postmidnight, Celena Glenn, & Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz performed wonderfully and inspired me.
Chicago is the only city that I can see myself livin' besides New York. I look forward to going to St. Louis with a team or maybe if I'm brave enough...on my own. This is going to be a tough year competing against some of the finest poets in the country. I want the opportunity to work with a group of artists to create poetry and music to share in Nellyville.
Weary eyes wander
sleepless like the city
consuming the streets of the information superhighway
canvasing pages as late night infomercials blare in the background noise
of my insomniac dreams.
Draining my brain
in a refrain of song I've not yet written.
Been bitten by the bug that writes without biting.
-SAR2003
My first time at the National Poetry Slam was a great experience for me personally.
I heard poetry that rocked my world and managed to sidestep slam politics and negative energy. My team rocked! Postmidnight, Celena Glenn, & Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz performed wonderfully and inspired me.
Chicago is the only city that I can see myself livin' besides New York. I look forward to going to St. Louis with a team or maybe if I'm brave enough...on my own. This is going to be a tough year competing against some of the finest poets in the country. I want the opportunity to work with a group of artists to create poetry and music to share in Nellyville.
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