Catholic Girl
The supposed buoyancy of Jesus in water
Used to obsess me as a child
Was Mary unable to bathe her baby?
Once at the end of a Sunday
I realized I had a bit of Jesus
Caught between molars
I hadn’t felt godly all day
And had fought with my sister
In the choir balcony
I squeezed shut my anus
My vagina
To avoid fouling the air
Sweat poured off me
I grew dizzy and saw lights
At the moment of transubstantiation
Red mist poured from the priest
And a low hum like a lion’s growl
Swirled about me
I had nightmares about the church
Running between pews
After a little devil dressed
In yellow rain coat and galoshes
Like the Morton Salt Girl
When I caught her
I saw myself at five
Laughing and bewildered
At the same moment
I had nightmares
About the Cat in the Hat
Damning me to fiery hell
He was not natural
A six-foot tall cat
Wearing a hat
He was Satan
Later when my sex swelled
And I had thoughts
Of women and men
I had dreams of coupling
In the depths of the sea
Mermaid beautiful me
I came upon the shore of the bed
In waves, in spume
I dreamt I was a lime-white lady
In a brocaded gown
a scary medieval Madonna
I came to the church
And was met by knights
Wearing those silly duckbill helmets
They told me
Though I was queen of the land
I was not ruler of the church
And could not enter
I’ve even dreamt I was the
Whore of Babylon
Riding a seven-headed dragon
Who was actually quite nice
Everywhere I went
I withered crops
Unintentionally
It wasn’t my fault
There were some saints
I could kind of have
I always felt that Joan of Arc was hot
I’d go with her
I’d be in her club
And Mary Magdalene
Was almost stoned
Till a long-haired Jesus
Saved her
She was worth saving
Worth fighting a crowd for
I think I’ve found my Mary
the scared girl at the back of the class
Something god-like in her
I want to help her fight
Lucy Simpson, Seattle, 12/2009
What I believe in, what is mine, how to hang on to, self-respect and define? Once long ago the hour was late, something happened there, changing my fate, gave time in healing to apprise revenge, hate. A good friend of years back knew the plan. He saw the conspiricy, indulged greed of man. Years of planning, to and for good, ran to nothing, my blood on floors wood. Left my canine friends with girl of the time, four days spent moving her, strength to define. I left Demetrius canine friend and Zug who was my old friends friend to the end. Protect my woman safely, sleep to mend. Tired at home I lay on the floor. A knock came and I went to answer the door. He said Hey its Terry, you remember me? I said what do you want? Said open You'll see. He came in and asked whereabouts of a friend. I told him my knowledge of friend at an end. Have not seen him for months. I stuck to that song, he started his plan, speeded drunk to do wrong. A soft tap at the window in the room. Terry crossed to open the lock thoughts of gloom. A loud noise of clumsy laugh? what to do, an unknown came in to my head .32, though tired I moved to his dilated eyes just one more step he would recognize, when a hammer from about eight feet away clicked back, another gun, means what he say. They shot me in stupid, beat on me no end. I would not tell them the place or give up my friend. My friend was my honor, time in a stich, he wouldn't do good there the Son of a Bitch. Two hours later emergency room, who did this? said the doctor, they looked for your tomb. I would not tell him, not to decieve, he said tell me or no more pain I'll relieve. The deputy sherrifs said 'Oh no' that way. I slept through, nearly died early morning, next day. I opened my eyes, intensive care room to share, Man I did not know, Mother was there. Who did this he asked again and again. I do not know, just a couple of strange young men. I was relaxing, walking with my feet, two men jumped from bushes, ambush on the street, they said nothing, nothing to say, shot me, hit on the head ran away. My friend, his girl arrested my home. The friend told them who where the shooters did roam. Those who shot me, beat me just slipped away. Another mistake, just high, one more day. I went home to find everything I had packed. Put in my camper, like a big gunny sack. A long acre, pond, corral blessed home. It was to them just a coveted dome. The district attorney, he said how they did. I thought I will make sure they are rid, Of this world, the world function sublime, If I meet them God help me I'll take their time. I went to the islands, Maui for a time. I had to heal my body and mind from this crime. A cop named Abru looking around what for? Mainland brought that crime back to my door. You must come at once, no need to reply, just take the plane ticket come home testify. I ran like a rabbit, I ran like a man, I hid and tried every thing a man can. An island is a place surrounded by sea. They kicked in my friends doors looking for me. I waited for it to stop, so insane. The damage, I finally got on the plane. The story like others did not end there. People keep thinking and feeling, must share. They carry guilt useless, wherever they roam. The actions of years to come, This very poem. The story was just a foreteller for some, Of violence and honorless, faithless to come. But from Mother's arms-Till I'm laid in a hole-My shame isn't any-I claim my own soul. Lessons? Destructive-killing on the brain-The blood wind is nothing-if not that insane-to betray is evil-will mirror your soul-If damage is done-seek your control-The moral? I wonder, just sat on a log-when needed I missed--honest love of a dog. (c.DuckProd.ACXPvWPls3011090745h)
not quite clear exactly how it came about this morning, but suddenly everything is terrible. not where I want to be, or doing what I want to do. just everything. marked pattern of a distortion, and I know that although it feels utterly real, this is an illusion that will pass. keep shaking off the dark thing perched on my shoulders, stretching my back and taking a deep breath, stepping forward foot by foot, only to have it settle its heavy shadow once more. this thing has pursued me the length of conscious memory, with blessed stretches of unblemished sunlit daytimes and mornings and even bright evenings, whole weeks when it seems to have retreated to some moldy stinking grotto, only to return again and again and again.
exhausting.
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/978444/abbott-excites-anti-abortion-group
Abbott excites anti-abortion group
An anti-abortion group says it is excited about Tony Abbott leading the federal opposition.
Mr Abbott, a conservative Catholic, has said on the record he believes abortion is a stain on Australia's national character and should be reduced.
Right to Life Australia president Veronica Andrews said she hoped Mr Abbott would use his position to speak out against abortion and voluntary euthanasia in parliament.
"He hasn't promised us anything for sure but we're excited by the idea of Abbott," Ms Andrews told AAP on Tuesday.
"I don't think he'll have the time to devote to our issue."
Having an anti-abortion advocate such as Mr Abbott leading the Liberal Party was "quite rare", she said.
"We'd like to think we'd get one all the time from now on but I don't think it's likely."
Ms Andrews said former prime minister John Howard was not receptive to her group's concerns about allowing the morning-after drug RU486 into Australia, adding that former opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull did not share its anxieties.
In October 2006, as health minister, Mr Abbott refused to allow the abortion drug to be made available in Australia.
This led to a conscience vote in the Parliament that deprived the health minister of regulatory control of the drug.
...Conan O'Brien:
Thank you for featuring the cast of Mary Poppins on your show tonight and CONFIRMING that I do NOT want to see that play!! Double so if that was their big production number. SUCKYYYYYY!
...Stomach:
Why are you making those noises? I cooked the chicken myself and confirmed it was hot enough before I ate it. You should not be making those noises!
...Nose:
Another sinus infection? You can't be serious!
...ABC New:
Thanks for having that clip about Sleigh Bells up on the web. I hope to remember them when they finally release an album.
...Television:
Thanks for having MUTE buttons so I could stop hearing the Mary Poppins song and am currently not hearing Q&A with the cast of New Moon
...Weather
Can you knock it off with the 20+ degree temp changes between night and day? Me no likes!
...Finances
WTF happened? Where did you go?!?!
...Mojo
I miss you!!
One of Kateg's favorite label, Polyvinyl, is offering a free 16-track album at polyvinylrecords.com/mentalmath. The sampler includes a ton of bands we've previously covered: Architecture In Helsinki, Mates of State, Asobi Seksu, Headlights - just to name a few.
Incidentally, one of those band, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin are on tour:
- 12/02/09 Outland* Springfield, MO
12/06/09 Binghamton University Vestal, NY
12/07/09 Bell House Brooklyn, NY
12/08/09 Summit Columbus, OH
12/09/09 Bishop Bloomington, IN
12/12/09 Outland Ballroom Springfield, MO
01/13/10 Maxine’s Pub Hot Springs, AK
01/23/10 Gallery Sounds Collective Springfield, MO
01/28/10 Schubas EARLY ALL AGES SHOW Chicago, IL
01/29/10 Courtyard Cafe Champaign, IL
01/30/10 Mojo’s Columbia, MO
01/31/10 Jackpot Lawrence, KS
* SSLYBY 10th Anniversary show with Brian Azevedo and Lamentia
I got a download sample and press release for this band's latest "double a-side single" for Simple Pleasures/Like Dat. Generally, I am not accepting singles, remixes, or demos, but since I did enjoy their previous single for "Your Music is Killing Me" and "You've Got To" (especially the Norman Cook aka Fatboy Slim remix), I did give these two new songs a listen.
What can I say ? I really dig the old-school punk intro, followed by this weird 80s pop singing, then some rasta-thing. Not really sure what to classify the whole thing, except that it's quite dancey. As for "Like Dat", I wasn't keen on this as much. Perhaps it's the rap song is such a stark contrast to the other song... but that's probably why people like Young Punx.
Currently, I think you can only get Simple Pleasures/Like Dat on iTunes. If you want to wait, I think these two songs are going to be available on their upcoming album, Mashpop & Punkstep, due out in 2010.
Anyway, since this is the "free" post, you can head over to their official website under theyoungpunx.com/../mp3, you'll find a ton of free mixes and oddities. My favorite are any remix of "Juice and Gin".
Also, some random thoughts: I survived Black Friday. I have never seen so many people out in force at 5am. The parking lot at Wal-Mart was completely full, thankfully we got news alert from other shoppers that we went to Wal-Mart at the last stop. Deals were everywhere, it was the worst at Target (which also reflected people flocking to there). One of the item I bought was the Matrix 10th Anniversary Bluray, which comes in a nice book-format, for $12.99. It's normally $29.99 suggested retail price. My impulse buy was S.T.A.L.K.E.R. PC game for $5.... it couldn't be helped.
I spent most of my vacation catching up on reading and TV shows. TV shows comes in the form of Hulu and Netflix - via the Netflix Instant Streaming disc for PS3. Compared to Xbox's "Gold Membership" which costs $50 a year, PS3's free streaming is a much better deal.
The Netflix streaming is dependent on your internet connection, I have a semi-decent connection at 5 megabit, so the video starts instantly (less than 30 seconds). Compare this to Playstation's own HD digital rental services, you have to wait at least 30 minutes to start the video, while it download the rest of the file. It's probably fast if you just drove to the video store and rent your movie.
Quality-wise, again depending on the connection, was pretty amazing for me. According to 1up.com, the streaming is in HD (however, I think some titles are only available in standard definition).
My gripe is that most of Netflix's titles are only available on DVD, the digital portion is probably less than 1% of their titles (it is only a guess since their selection is so poor). Also, there's no searching via the streaming disc. You can browse the recently added in various genres, but older titles, you will have to search and add to your "instant queue". Kind of lame, I hope they fix this problem in future updates.
If you don't have a PS3, most newer television and bluray player will come with instant Netflix, so this company is quite smart in getting their hands on all devices. Think about it, if you bought a Bluray player with Netflix, you will probably sign up for an account. Anyway, if you have a PS3 and a Netflix account already, you can request the free Bluray disc for yourself at netflix.com/ps3.
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Daughter1, the teacher, is being subjected to workplace bullying from her principal. It is a christian school and the principal does not like women in the workplace. In fact he is trying to negogiate employment contracts that exclude any rights to maternity leave. Daughter 1 is not only a member of the union but taking part in the negotiations and of course standing up for women's rights. This had meant that she, not the men who are fighting for the same things, but she as the lone woman has become his target.
Daughter1 is a little fragile, as she suffers from depression and so this is not an easy time for her. She has been called in to have a "meeting" with the little principal, but she is not going to any meeting without her union rep. I said that if she wants I will go to meetings with her - after my experiences in the Basement of Discontent last year, I know how to handle these damn bullies and liars.
I know we can't protect our children once they are grown and that they must fights their own figths, but public be warned, you take on any member of the Flamingo Dancer family and you get to fight all 5! Daughter2 has rallied with legal advice and support, Son is coming forth with HR advice and support, Mr FD is being the voice of reason and expereince, and I am just going to hone my stick to a point and go in for the kill. No on messes with us and can expect not to come out bloodied. We go into attack mode, not just defense mode. You often can't help what happens to you, but you do have control how it happens to you.
So, prepare for the storm... Flamingo Dancer is in battle mode. The stick shall reign!
It is our expereince, that christian schools that profess love and christian values are most frequently the abuser of employee rights.
I am so angry and to make it worse, that far right climate change denier, women hating, indigenous hating bigot Tony Abbot has just been voted in as the leader of the oppostion Liberal Party. I hope that The Big Whatever smites him and smites him hard. What is wrong with the universe? How can a bully boy al la Dick Cheney rise to such a level in Australia? Thank God Kevin Rudd is still in power - he better make sure he stays in power or I may have to move to Provence sooner than I expected. Rupert Murdoch must be rubbing his hands together in glee - he loves Tony Abbot.
Enough said, as GOF suggested re my twitch, I should keep busy to avoid my thoughts and anger. I am going to get the stick out of storage and sharpen it to a fine point. I has me some huntin' to do. Stay indoors if you are squeamish.
