There is a new Poet Laureate! Yes! I also have no idea what that means! I think it has something to do with lassoing a poet. But maybe it has to do with rhyming cowboys.
Wonder Woman is cool because she has a golden laureate.
Whatever it is, W.S. Merwin is the new Poet Laureate.
I like this guy. Wanna know why? He feels that punctuation is too confining. I'm not talking about being on time. I'm talking about all these periods and question marks and apostrophes that we use. They hold him back! He says that we don't use them when we talk to somebody, so why use them in writing?
Love it. Punctuation is SO yesterday. No punc. is the new black. I don't even know why I'm still using them now.
Non-poets probably think Merwin is a loose cannon. And they'd be right. I think he's the inspiration for Jack Bauer from 24. When Jack would recite poetry. Which he did often, but it always looked like he was yelling at people. Remember: loose. cannon.
I'm off to punctuate.
Enjoy Everything.
-DJ
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Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
the dancing general
I found the greatest story. It is happening in Thailand, where I guess you do what you're told.
A military general, who used to "bomb anti-government protesters and drop snakes on them from helicopters", has been assigned a new duty.
He now has to "promote public fitness at marketplaces." He has become a public aerobics instructor. Kind of like Richard Simmons...except that he's trained to kill people.
He's pretty miffed about it. I mean, that's like sending Jack Bauer to read children's stories. That would be a pretty mellow season of "24", don't you think?
The best part of the story is what our general has ready for his first day on the job. He said, "I have prepared one dance. It is called the 'throwing-a-hand-grenade' dance."
I wonder if that's anything like the sprinkler?
I have prepared a few dances just in case I have to promote public fitness at marketplaces. The first one is called the "I-can-pretend-to-be-like-spider-man" dance. It's pretty tough, so I'll probably save it for my advanced class.
My beginner class will start with something easy like the "look-at-me-mom-I-can-walk-like-a-penguin" dance.
I will try to think of more. Who knows when the Thai government will want me to promote fitness at marketplaces.
I'm off to work on my grenade dancing.
Enjoy!
-DJ
A military general, who used to "bomb anti-government protesters and drop snakes on them from helicopters", has been assigned a new duty.
He now has to "promote public fitness at marketplaces." He has become a public aerobics instructor. Kind of like Richard Simmons...except that he's trained to kill people.
He's pretty miffed about it. I mean, that's like sending Jack Bauer to read children's stories. That would be a pretty mellow season of "24", don't you think?
The best part of the story is what our general has ready for his first day on the job. He said, "I have prepared one dance. It is called the 'throwing-a-hand-grenade' dance."
I wonder if that's anything like the sprinkler?
I have prepared a few dances just in case I have to promote public fitness at marketplaces. The first one is called the "I-can-pretend-to-be-like-spider-man" dance. It's pretty tough, so I'll probably save it for my advanced class.
My beginner class will start with something easy like the "look-at-me-mom-I-can-walk-like-a-penguin" dance.
I will try to think of more. Who knows when the Thai government will want me to promote fitness at marketplaces.
I'm off to work on my grenade dancing.
Enjoy!
-DJ
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