Poetry Thursday #57

A lovely Thursday to all of you!  It seems my computer isn’t quite as dead as I thought it was going to be, so a celebratory caffeinated beverage is in store!  I love CCBs (not to be confused with CBCBs, complimentary birthday caffeinated beverage, which are also awesome).  I made mine this morning, and made it all fancified (with warmed milk and foam), but alas it seems my mother has moved my cinnamon sugar – which is the ultimate topping for a CCB.  Boourns mom, boourns.  Maybe it’s a mother thing, maybe when I have kids I’ll start moving their stuff too, and I’ll understand the secret reasons why they do it.  That, or maybe I’m just blind this morning.  Meh.

Wow, that was a long ramble about CCBs, sorry bout that!  I guess it feels weird not having a post go up every day anymore.  Again, I’d like to thank Tom Baker for starting that little project, and though not many ended up doing it, I had a lot of fun.  And yes, I can take those oh so subtle hints about maybe next time someone else should write the questions.  I agree too, I just have to figure out how to trick Ryan into doing it…  I’ll have to persuade him with a SBCB (sneaky bribing caffeinated beverage).

Anywho, on with the poem for the week!  Enjoy!

Drops of Tears and Rain
Thunderous echoes, lightning sky,
the tempest’s din heard throughout
the night, waking all but I,
for I was wide awake.  My heart
ached and boomed like the thunder,
calling out in desperation, crying
out into the night sky, “All alone!”.

As our passionate storm cries on,
we grow weary from our loneliness -
for in our last act of sadness,
there was no solace to be found.
Growing silent to let the world
sleep soundly once more, the night ends
with whispered drops of tears and rain.

"Lightning Bolt" by MattTheSamurai on deviantart.com

Poll and Guest Post Reminder!

I was going to write a longer post for today, but after waking up feeling like my brain has melted, I’ve decided to relax for the day.  Sorries!  So only a quick reminder, and a poll at the bottom that I hope you answer   Thanks!

But I did want to remind everyone that the guest post I wrote for Tom Baker’s blog, Morning Erection, has gone up this morning!  It’d be really great if you could stop by his site and let us know what you think.  Also, again, I’d recommend looking at his other posts, because they are a very interesting read!  I also want to thank Tom again for allowing me to have this opportunity; it’s weird (but in a good way) that someone likes my written work (that isn’t one of my friends and has to say they like it ).  I can’t stress enough how appreciative I am!

Before I go off and make myself some coffee in an attempt to reconstruct my brain, I thought that I may try my first poll.  I’m hoping to write more frequently in the future, and now that school will never be an issue again, I should have more free time to write.  So I’m curious, what would any of you like to see more of?

Operation Pant Loss – Week 2

Before I get going on this post, I wanted to take a moment to remind everyone that a guest post of mine will be hosted on the amazing blog Morning Erection authored by Tom Baker.  It will be posted on  Saturday, September 4th; it’d be great for everyone to stop by, have a read, and give your opinion too!  Also, I’d really recommend checking out Tom’s site as well, because it’s a great read, and there’s something for everyone there. 

I’ve decided that after this week I’ll be posting updates on my Operation every other week, or whenever I feel it’s a good time to make an update.  I have a feeling for the first little bit it’ll be slow and steady, and it’s going to involve me getting used to a few things.  

One thing that I need to change about my eating habits is not eating when I’m bored at night.  Usually by 10pm I’m bored; I’m not quite tired, but pretty relaxed.  It’s the end of the day and I’m just settling in for the night.  I get bored, it happens to a lot of people.  Usually I’m very bad for making a bag of popcorn or having a bowl of ice cream.  Well, I’m saying no more to that.  My metabolism slows down by that point of the night (like most people), I’m not getting up and doing much, so I’m not burning off any of the energy I’m consuming.  So no more late night bored snacking. 

And on that matter, I know it’ll be tough to battle my occasional day-time boredom snacking, so I’m going to try very hard to reach for an apple or a piece of fruit when I’m bored during the day.  I’m also going to start taking a few almonds and carrot and celery sticks with me when I’m going out for errands.  Usually when I’m out I pick up a coffee on my way somewhere (or on the way back), and after running around and bus-hopping all day, I usually get the rumblies (that only hands can satisfy, teehee).  Often, I’ll buy more than just a coffee – whether it be a cookie, or even worse, my kryptonite – chips.  

I think overall I’ll be able to catch on pretty quickly with that, it’s not like I have a lot of money right now anyways, so my wallet will be happy too. 

Today I made something I haven’t had in a while – a fruit smoothie.  It is hotter than Hades’ butt-crack today, and our air conditioner is broken for the next few days.  I’m just trying to think positive, because lots of people don’t have air conditioning, so I’m just going to make due.  However, I am not a happy person when my clothes stick to me or when my face gets all sweaty (was that too much information?), so I thought a smoothie would be a nice way to stay cool.  Plus, I got about three-four servings of fruit in this bad boy. 

The No-Fail Smoothie Ratio: 

• 1/2 cup – 1cup orange juice or fruit juice of your preference (I use about 1/2 cup most of the time because I usually only have one glass of it) – oh and try to make sure it’s a healthy juice, watch out for added sugar, preservatives and stuff you can’t pronounce.  I always go with orange juice, because I love it (I’m pro-pulp by the way).
• A few handfuls of frozen fruit.  Today I used two handfuls of frozen blueberries, and one handful of frozen raspberries.  Keep in mind, I have extremely small hands, so about 1 handful of a normal person sized hand is about 2 of mine.
• 1 fresh fruit.  Mostly I use bananas, because we always have them in the house, and because they just go well with most fruits in my opinion.  Kiwis are very tasty too.  I’d go with something with a lot of flavor, maybe something tropical or a berry type of fruit.  I find apples, pears, and most melons like watermelons or cantaloupes are just too watery for this smoothie.  If you want to use them, maybe only use half.
• 1/2 cup yogurt – any flavour.  I usually use fat-free vanilla, because again, that’s what we usually have.  If you have just a plain yogurt, throw in a tsp or two of honey to taste.

And then just blend them all together.  These are great if for a bit of an energy boost, getting some extra fruit into your day, and are just mighty tasty.  Normally I have a smoothie before I go for a nice long walk.  If you have any other smoothie recipes for me to try or you want to share with anyone else, feel free to leave them in the comments below! 

Doesn't that just look mighty tasty? Look at all the blueberry bits!

Poetry Thursday #21 and Good News All Around Hurray!

What a beautiful Thursday it is!  I feel the fall weather coming on a bit early (it’s rather cool for August weather here in Southern Ontario), and I couldn’t be more excited!  I love autumn – the comfortable weather, the beautiful colours, and of course, Hallowe’en is coming around the corner!  

I’m in a very good mood today which is combined with a number of good things going on in my life right now.  First off, my parents have gone on vacation!  Hurray!  I love my parents, so very, very much, and I’m exceedingly grateful for how awesome, generous, and helpful they have been.  But my house (not really a house, a condo actually) is pretty small for three above average sized people – and I get on their nerves just as much as they get on mine.  So it’s good for everyone, they get to be rid of me for a week, and I get a nice quiet house to myself, so hurray!  I have to admit though that I’m a bit jealous, because they’re up near Algonquin Park area, and it is absolutely gorgeous.  Perfect reading/writing scenery!  Oh well, I can settle for a quiet house. 

On another note, my phone broke – yes poor Bill died.  Oh, yeah, I name my electronics (computer = Charlie, Mp3 = Arthur, flash drives = Fred, George, Percy & Ginny, old phone = Bill).  Strangely it was all after the Weasely family from Harry Potter – I am such an incredible nerd it’s almost not funny anymore.  Anyways, I couldn’t get a new phone for free from my phone company because I had 15 months left on my contract, and it was going to cost me lots and lots of money that I didn’t have to get a new phone.  My parents gave me a huge I.O.U. (see, they’re awesome), and I got a new phone for about $120 (the phone is worth about $400 though, so score!).  The plan costs the same as my last one, but my new phone is sexy.  It’s an HTC Hero, and I named him Wade (he is a very purpley girly kind of phone, but meh, it’s still a “him”).  Why Wade?  Well my favourite Superhero is Deadpool aka Wade Wilson. 

The similarities are uncanny aren't the?

 

Second to last thing that’s made me excited – I have a job interview tomorrow.  So hopefully if I get the job, I’ll be able to pay back my parents.  I’m very nervous, but I think I’ll do all right.  It’s an over the phone concierge service; my one friend works there, and she says she really likes it.  So cross your fingers for me.  But because I’ve been prepping for the interview, as well as working on another project (explained in the next paragraph), I only wrote two poems this week, sorries! 

And now for the thing that’s excited me the most (I have been very excitable lately, maybe I need to cut back on the coffee…nah): I was contacted by Tom Baker, the author of the blog Morning Erection to be guest blogger for September!  The post will be going up September 4th on his website.  So mark your calendars – no seriously, do it, I’ll wait….Done?  Good!   I really recommend Morning Erection to everyone – there’s lots of variety to his posts, and they are extremely well written and exceedingly entertaining.  He’s got a lot of posts too, so it’ll keep you busy for a while.  So please, check out his blog, and I will keep everyone updated about the guest blog I’m writing.  

Did I mention how extremely excited I am?  Hmm I’ve overused that word today.  Thesaurus time: aroused, eager, enthusiastic.  I think aroused is my favourite.  Any ways, I’m sure all of you by now are yelling “Get on with it!” and throwing food at your computer screens, so on with the poems! 

“Silly Juice”
First drink, second drink, third drink;
hindering my ability to think!
Fourth drink, fifth drink – shots all around,
enough to make me feel profound!
Sixth drink, seventh drink, a visit to the loo,
for my stomach is feeling a little blue.
Eighth drink, ninth drink, tenth drink – more!
And now I seem to have hit the floor. 

*Note – my brother and I both call Vodka silly juice…because, well it makes us silly.  On that note, I don’t drink often or anything, I just wrote a little fun silly poem this week . 

"Vodka" by rachgoesRAAAAWR on deviantart.com

 

Latent Greatness
Forfeit would be fine indeed,
to let life leave me behind;
to misery I would be confined.
Or should I choose to not concede? 

 If my legs were broken beyond repair,
would I find the strength to crawl?
When darkness makes its alluring call,
will I surrender into despair? 

 A decision I shall have to make
which path is best to follow –
to be forever trapped in sorrow,
or to resolve to never break. 

 Resting in my hands is fate:
I will never be quiescent,
nor shall my life be evanescent –
because I have a chance to be great. 

"Holding On" by 2ne92 on deviantart.com