Wondering Outloud

I seem to have this habit, I seem to make fan art with at least a small bit of cultural slant to them.

Take for example, these three suspects.

( Large art behind the cut )

Don't ask me what I'm seeing in the rear view,
in the rear view mirror.
Ain't nothing but trouble,
Ain't nothing but trouble.

Ask me what you really what you want to know,
Ask me, "Hey, brown eyes, what you outrunnin'?"
I ain't nothing you don't want me to be,
and you want me to be everything.

Nothing but trouble.
Nothing but trouble.

Tell the truth, but tell it slant.
Play the game, but play it square.
And you, brown eyes, you get to stay on my mind,
under my skin, the heat on my boxed ears.

I can't outrun the night,
that's what I'm tellin' you.
That's all I see in the rear view.
Just ugly night, ulgy dark, and nothing but trouble.

I don't know why you had to ask,
why you climbed in with me or why I let you,
But you did, and I did, and the doings done.
But now we're outrunnin' the same thing.

Is this how it works?
Is this how you and me, how we're 'spose to be?

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This poem was satisfying. Felt good, getting it off my chest and out of my mind.
Don't get that often. Heh.

"Exhale."

A tide of cynics,
and the crush of the irregular, inconstant living things we call our fellow man,
Asphodel, stems intertwined,
floral Ouroboros, wreathed around resignation
and inevitability.
I could not stay pure forever,
and you have what you came for.

I'm an INFP and apparently that means I'm an idealist that sees the world through rose colored glasses. Who knew?

http://typelogic.com/infp.html
http://keirsey.com/handler.aspx?s=keirsey&f=fourtemps&tab=3&c=healer

But, as a small consolation, look at this list of fictional INFPs.

"Anne (Anne of Green Gables)
Calvin (Calvin and Hobbes)
Deanna Troi (Star Trek - The Next Generation)
Wesley Crusher (Star Trek - The Next Generation)
Doctor Julian Bashir (Star Trek: Deep Space 9)
Bastian (The Neverending Story)
E.T.: the ExtraTerrestrial
Doug Funny, Doug cartoons
Tommy, Rug Rats cartoons
Rocko, Rocko's Modern Life cartoons"

That's right, I'm like Rock, E.T. and Calvin all rolled into one! We'll just conveniently ignore Wesley Crusher...

that deep down, I'm just a silly kid at heart.

“Forgive me my weakness,
for I have abused my gifts.
I have strange power of stride you see.
I can walk worlds and walk back,
For what else could describe coming back to you?
In a breath, I may walk the diameter of this tiny sphere,
Cleanly bisect it to hemispheres, along the equator,
But I will always slingshot home,
To you, the North Star, upon which the night sky turns.”

IF YOU'RE ON MY FRIENDS LIST, I want to know 35 things about you. I don't care if we never talk, or if we already know everything about each other. Short and sweet is fine... You're on my list, so I want to know you better!

( Meme-tastic )

"Gladiolus"


Sword lily, the flower of gladiators.
A golden stab in the heart,
too bright, too perfect, too earnest.
Arms curved gently like the keel of a ship,
warm embrace sagging like a cradle.
No far off shores though,
and no plain stretched roads.
Just a wish and love.
And maybe even home.



I have no idea if my poetry is getting worse or better, just that it has plenty of room to grow. I also know that I still have very little external control over it. >_<

I've come to the fine, nuanced and subtley shaded conclusion that everything is batshit crazy.

(Edit: One of these days, I'm going to give my readers context to my more random entries. Really, I promise...some day...)

Stone Bird,
Unbound Eye in unspoken circle,
Give me strength,
Sand, pebble, dry earth.
Imperfect symbol and a parched throat.
Go on, throw me a world.
I need it.

from http://scrapdog.livejournal.com/67028.html if you are interested

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And that is the coolest fucking thing ever.


http://uk.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUKL2161277720071121


The only thing that could make this cooler is if it had eye lasers.

That is all. Carry on.

I think the autumn leaves are doing me some good. Watching the leaves turn these bright tawny colors and tree aflame is giving me some measure of peace I think. Mmm...very good, very good. It is terribly contrived, I know, but watching the leaves fall does make me think of divine poetry and mathematics.

I have what I need. I can stand on my own two feet, sometimes it is like the Sun and Wind and the Sky are there for me and only for me, I have friends and family who are fortunately forgiving of my foolishness and my ham-fisted, emotional clumsiness. And I have my art too sometimes.

I have all that I need.

I don't think this peace will last, I'm not that skillful yet. But I will keep trying to see with as much clarity I am seeing at this particular moment, until I can maintain it with an easy mindfulness. Perhaps I will get the hang of it, perhaps I will not. In the mean time, the leaves are falling.

Holy crap.

It's Veteran's Day.

Why does no one tell me things?!

Because it was asked of me.

( Read more... )

Yeah, I'm a dork.

Street.
Fighter.
4.

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/10/17/capcom-announces-street-fighter-4/
http://www.gamesradar.com/us/xbox360/game/news/article.jsp?sectionId=1006&articleId=2007101714511031010&releaseId=20060321132945404017
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3163721
http://digg.com/gaming_news/Capcom_Gamers_Day_Street_Fighter_4_Coming_and_Lost_Planet_for_PS3

I'm having the Nerdgasm here. Yes, with a capital 'N'. Not one of those dinky little nerdgasms that last five minutes and then you're done. I started it when I found out, I'm having it still, and will continue to do so for many hours to come.

*nerdgasms*


I was remissed not to mention this earlier. Here's the teaser trailer.
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3163721
http://www.streetfighterworld.com/retry=a0db9a9f5eaf4c7a09802
Also?

I hope you guys aren't getting sick of my attempts at poetry, lol.



-Winter's Way- (I know, used that title already, but I like it)


"Like a fool I stood in Winter's Way,
fending off the inevitable.
I came to you seeking a way past regret,
and now I die for a friend.
What do I know of regret?
Erstwhile and Erelong,
Like a friend I stand in Winter's Way,
proudly fighting the inevitable."


-The Much Finer Blade-


"And grey iron night,
and regret made honest.
Between Prometheus and Epimetheus,
Dwindle not.
Guilt: the much finer blade."

-Winter's Way-
"Winter's Way
and Summer Song.
A Dance of Storm for Storms.
The ease of my friendship with you,
All in the fullness of time."




-The Right to Shatter-
"The Broken Coefficient
And the Thousand Needling Teeth of the Issue
teach me this, and just this:
Everyone should have the right to Shatter,
and the opportunity to rise again,
If only once in a while."