Today, I:

• went to Best Buy and bought two birthday gifts, and a spare USB cord for my iPod, since I left mine at home
• bought two birthday cards to go with the gifts
• colored eggs for the kids' Easter baskets
• went to a birthday party
• got a dreamwidth invite and set up shop as, unsurprisingly, musesfool. More on this anon.

This seems appropriate for Good Friday:

The Seven Last Words

1The story of the end, of the last word ( Read more... )

Today's poem:

I Am a Cowboy in the Boat of Ra

'The devil must be forced to reveal any such physical evil
(potions, charms, fetishes, etc.) still outside the body
and these must be burned.' (Rituale Romanum, published
1947, endorsed by the coat-of-arms and introductory
letter from Francis Cardinal Spellman)I am a cowboy in the boat of Ra ( Read more... )

I love this poem a lot:

Slow Dance

Some days I can go nearly an hour
without thinking of the taste
of your mouth. Right now, I'm at school
watching teenagers fidget through a test.
Outside, the sky is smoky and streets are wet
and two grackles step lightly in yellow grass.

( Two weeks ago in Atlantic City )

Today's poem:

Nearly A ValedictionYou happened to me. I was happened to ( Read more... )

I am all discombobulated. I had a committee meeting at 9am this morning, so I got in for 8:30 to make sure the room and the AV were set up and the materials laid out etc., and of course, the committee members were having a pre-meeting in there, so I couldn't get situated. And then the meeting, which was scheduled to be two hours, lasted about 45 ( Read more... )

Today's poem:

IV (If You Are an Angel)If you are an angel, I am the wind ( Read more... )

My exciting Saturday ( Read more... )

What Poetry IsIs it that last piece of chocolate ( Read more... )

Life

( spoilers )