My bizarre take on a strange holiday tradition has produced magical dancing light.
p.s. may all of yours be merry and bright.
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Yes, I am aware.
Art by: Toujours
No Contest
even if no one gets me, if i'm the only one laughing at my jokes, i won't hide myself away from life. it's uncertain and it's dirty and it's fucking exciting, and i want to be a part of all of it.
it's too good to waste in hiding.
toujours
February, 21, 2009 1:27 AM
it's too good to waste in hiding.
toujours
February, 21, 2009 1:27 AM
heart full
Today on my way home from class, I stopped off at the petrol station for some petrol. I paid on my card which wasn’t a lot, and then as I was getting into my car, I saw an old man walking past the building. He had a red and green stripy jumper which was frayed at the ends. He was also wearing some jeans that were dirty and had holes all over.
I sat there and became intrigued by him because I didn’t know what he was doing, so as I sat there and watched him, he continued doing what he set out to do.
He walked past the trash cans and first picked out a cup with some drink still in it (one of the cups that you get from burger king that has coke in it). He then walked over to the next trash can and pulled out the end of a half eaten sandwich. In my shock horror, he ate it and then went to sit on the wall to drink the drink he had found.
I felt sad, I wanted to give him my last $4 that I had but I was told when I was younger that you should never give people money, you should give them something they need or can use because that way, if they had an addiction, they would not be able to use the money for their addiction. So I went into the shop and bought a chicken sandwich from their deli counter and then walked out of the building.
The guy was still sat at the wall drinking his drink so I walked up to him and asked him if he would like this sandwich. He thanked me and said that he was hungry.
I should of felt good after that, doing something for someone else but all I could think of is where his next meal will come from or where in fact he will sleep tonight.
Fimble Star
September 30, 2008 8:08 PM
(Tonight, although I am cold and my feet are sore, my belly is full.)
I sat there and became intrigued by him because I didn’t know what he was doing, so as I sat there and watched him, he continued doing what he set out to do.
He walked past the trash cans and first picked out a cup with some drink still in it (one of the cups that you get from burger king that has coke in it). He then walked over to the next trash can and pulled out the end of a half eaten sandwich. In my shock horror, he ate it and then went to sit on the wall to drink the drink he had found.
I felt sad, I wanted to give him my last $4 that I had but I was told when I was younger that you should never give people money, you should give them something they need or can use because that way, if they had an addiction, they would not be able to use the money for their addiction. So I went into the shop and bought a chicken sandwich from their deli counter and then walked out of the building.
The guy was still sat at the wall drinking his drink so I walked up to him and asked him if he would like this sandwich. He thanked me and said that he was hungry.
I should of felt good after that, doing something for someone else but all I could think of is where his next meal will come from or where in fact he will sleep tonight.
Fimble Star
September 30, 2008 8:08 PM
(Tonight, although I am cold and my feet are sore, my belly is full.)
It helped.
Jennicula,
Thank you for sharing your story. Although it only appeared briefly, I was lucky enough to have caught it.
Once upon a time, for me, that was the best part of this place...having my words related back to me from another's perspective.
And it never mattered to me who said it, just that it meant something to the writer.
Thank you for sharing your story. Although it only appeared briefly, I was lucky enough to have caught it.
Once upon a time, for me, that was the best part of this place...having my words related back to me from another's perspective.
And it never mattered to me who said it, just that it meant something to the writer.
Blog header image by: Anima
I would like to credit the photographer and thank her for sharing her work.
something
Don't let anyone tell you how to live your life. Hold your head up high and be proud of who you are. If you've had a shitty day and you feel like people just don't want you to be happy, and when you find yourself struggling to make it through the day, just keep on believing and keep the faith. Also, from personal experience, don't push people away. When they say they want to help and that they are there for you, let them in. Believe me, I know how fucking scary that thought is, but don't shut others out.
paperheartxx
September 22, 2008 11:07 PM
paperheartxx
September 22, 2008 11:07 PM
Retro-spectacled
Sometimes, when you look back on stuff in your life, you know, the crap that makes you shake your head and say, "Holy shit, what the Hell was I thinking?" it's part of what makes you - you.
I'm not perfect by any stretch of the imagination. I have made small mistakes and really big, fucking scary mistakes. Would I change those mistakes and blunders?
No. Wanna know why?
Because they make me - me. They help make up the person that I am, what I've learned the hard way. Hopefully I've learned from my mistakes and have become a better person for it. And, hopefully I don't repeat those same mistakes. Although, sometimes I repeat variations of certain ones, but I'm working on that. :)
Jennicula
June 11, 2008 11:19 AM
I'm not perfect by any stretch of the imagination. I have made small mistakes and really big, fucking scary mistakes. Would I change those mistakes and blunders?
No. Wanna know why?
Because they make me - me. They help make up the person that I am, what I've learned the hard way. Hopefully I've learned from my mistakes and have become a better person for it. And, hopefully I don't repeat those same mistakes. Although, sometimes I repeat variations of certain ones, but I'm working on that. :)
Jennicula
June 11, 2008 11:19 AM
aloft
Blazing against the sun
like locusts,
samaras swarm the sky
and skitter to an earthly end,
dry
like clever words.
I want to make them fly up,
flip heaven upside down
and dance across the top of hell
and sing your thoughts
to the sound of thunder
that you love so well,
rip open the littered sky
and bathe in the light
or draw across the firmament
the blanket of the night.
In only a day they have
covered the ground,
their brief flight
yielding nothing permanent
on infertile land,
a fleeting moment of swarming glory
that calls to mind our own
short story:
Diamonds and petals,
the loom and the light,
the inkdark moon, foxfire marsh,
an open, waiting hand.
Clever winged seeds
of childhood reminiscent--
and like the idiot grown-up heart,
as stubbornly indehiscent.
Weaver Girl
May 26, 2008 11:27 PM
like locusts,
samaras swarm the sky
and skitter to an earthly end,
dry
like clever words.
I want to make them fly up,
flip heaven upside down
and dance across the top of hell
and sing your thoughts
to the sound of thunder
that you love so well,
rip open the littered sky
and bathe in the light
or draw across the firmament
the blanket of the night.
In only a day they have
covered the ground,
their brief flight
yielding nothing permanent
on infertile land,
a fleeting moment of swarming glory
that calls to mind our own
short story:
Diamonds and petals,
the loom and the light,
the inkdark moon, foxfire marsh,
an open, waiting hand.
Clever winged seeds
of childhood reminiscent--
and like the idiot grown-up heart,
as stubbornly indehiscent.
Weaver Girl
May 26, 2008 11:27 PM
Electric Blue
…today I saw a ulysses butterfly it was in our yard and settled to feed on our hibiscus. They really are fantastically beautiful things, the electric blue is amazing, however as they sit with their wings closed they are rather nondescript and dull. Sometimes people are like that, from the outside they seem unappealing but within there hides an amazing beauty for those lucky enough to see it. I hope you appreciate beauty in all things, and look for it perhaps where others miss it.
ergoproxy
April 29, 2008 4:45 AM
ergoproxy
April 29, 2008 4:45 AM
LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL.
I read your post again and suddenly without warning memories of construction paper filled my head. I remembered all the lop-sided flowers my girls made when they were young. Bright blue, yellow and pink flowers that were cut out with blunt end scissors would fill the windows to decorate for Easter. An occasional bunny was attempted but those usually ended up looking like creatures from a horror movie. Flowers were so much easier. I can close my eyes and hear the paper being cut into petals. I can smell the Elmer’s glue squirted on in huge blobs to attach each misshapen petal to form the flowers. We had a huge arts and crafts box full of wonderful items just waiting for their imaginations to turn into something wonderful. In my mind I see my daughters, as they once were, small, blond little girls sitting on the floor surrounded by scraps of paper and other art supplies. They would create their masterpieces then proudly show each other. Oh and Lord the messes that would ensue if the glitter made an appearance. Now, the box is forgotten. I’m not really sure where it even is anymore. The few flowers so lovingly created that survived are faded and dusty and high on a shelf they sit. Time marches on, so many things get left behind.
Today was the first Easter I spent alone. I don’t think it really upset me until I remembered the construction paper flowers. Of course I understand that my daughters are growing up and have lives of their own. But understanding doesn’t make it any easier to accept. I miss my little girls in their frilly Easter dresses. I miss the laughter that filled the house when they found what the Easter Bunny left for them. And I miss making the damn flowers.
Elena
March 24, 2008 3:57 AM
Today was the first Easter I spent alone. I don’t think it really upset me until I remembered the construction paper flowers. Of course I understand that my daughters are growing up and have lives of their own. But understanding doesn’t make it any easier to accept. I miss my little girls in their frilly Easter dresses. I miss the laughter that filled the house when they found what the Easter Bunny left for them. And I miss making the damn flowers.
Elena
March 24, 2008 3:57 AM
From the corner.
I wonder if you noticed
all our friends playing
Some had never tried before
and the result was amazing.
Poems from the corner
from the left and right
We did our best to keep them flowing
Late into this night.
If nothing else was accomplished
I hope we made someone see
How truly beautiful and amazing
a poem can be.
Sdock10
March 13, 2008 11:36 PM
all our friends playing
Some had never tried before
and the result was amazing.
Poems from the corner
from the left and right
We did our best to keep them flowing
Late into this night.
If nothing else was accomplished
I hope we made someone see
How truly beautiful and amazing
a poem can be.
Sdock10
March 13, 2008 11:36 PM
Thank You. Truly.
"This little world has grown around us, out of nothing, and it is a remarkable thing. Even the dark and dirty parts, the violent parts. Humanity will not thrive without passion."
Redrum
March 1, 2008 3:13 AM
Redrum
March 1, 2008 3:13 AM
Uncondensed
Your words are what give value to this space.
Never do that again.
Yes, I am aware.
Character Advocacy.
"Don't ever pretend to be something you're not. You are who you are, and no one can change that. The people who don't like the real you are just gonna have to suck it. Don't take shit from anyone. Don't crumble. Throw a few birds, and walk on.
I'm still trying to do this, so maybe we can work on it together."
mustardisbetter
January 16, 2008 4:48 PM
I'm still trying to do this, so maybe we can work on it together."
mustardisbetter
January 16, 2008 4:48 PM
Art by: Toujours
“I decided to stop pitying myself. Other than my eye, two things aren't paralyzed, my imagination and my memory.”
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Ergoproxy wins the blog. What's the prize? Maybe Mayo will return and speak to her, bestowing meaning on her life?
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Good morning, Mayo, Ergo, readers and July 29, 2012 4:57 PM. =)
For your viewing amusement(maybe not, LOL) - South Korea's, Psy. Same entertainment company as Big Bang and 2NE1 (YG).
Psy - Gangnam Style
Ergo and BG will know quite a bit about what they are saying, but, for others, Korean society uses honorifics. Oppa is used when addressing an older male/ brother /boyfriend. Gangnam is a flashy suburb in Seoul.
Yoo Jae Suk, SKs most well known presenter, cameos in the fluoro yellow suit and bad hair.
Daesung and Seungri of Big Bang get blown up and they finally turned Hyuna, of 4Minute, into an official poledancer. 1:53 wins. =)
Yes, my brain is now officially infested.
Hope you are all well. =)
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Hiya PP! I'm great thanks, Hope you're well!
I saw Gangnam Style yesterday on PopAsia, it's brilliant! Miss10 & I were doing the dance, such a fun clip. I agree on the lift guy, just bizarre! And I love when the girls get so much foam on them they can't be serious anymore.
ps. I also say "Wow, fantastic baby" quite a lot lol
Hi Ergo =)
I'm super well also, thanks.
That dance is contagious haha!
And I love when the girls get so much foam on them they can't be serious anymore.
Yep, haha! Awkwards.
I also say "Wow, fantastic baby" quite a lot lol
*high five* Same here! Maybe Antipodeans are predisposed to this odd genre. Although there was an anon who knew a lot about it as well. =)
Do you get Inkigayo, Family Outing (season1), Running Man or saeguks like Sunkyunkwan Scandal? All worth a look.
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Lol might be PP!
I haven't seen any of those you mentioned on tv here, but I'll look them up. I have a cd of (mostly)K-pop I play in the car a lot. I am totally addicted to Monster, just love that song, and I have had Doradora in my head all night and in my dream Seungri and TOP had come over to act in a play I was watching, sitting on the stage, and were walking about wearing 3 piece suits during the intervals in this huge shopping complex!
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Hi =)
and in my dream Seungri and TOP had come over to act in a play I was watching, sitting on the stage, and were walking about wearing 3 piece suits during the intervals in this huge shopping complex!
LOL Ergo! what was in your dinner that night? Have you seen any of TOPs films or parodies? He's extremely fuuny. =)
Doradora is catchy isn't it? Most K-pop songs seem really good for exercising to. O_o
Do you listen to SuJu? Sexy, Free and Single (ready to Bingo!) OMG I love some of the titles they come up with, but poor SJ forever performing in boxes, and with troll hair. =D
Donghae 0:29, Kyuhyun 0:37, Sungmin 0:45, Yesung 1:44. The best. =)
Completely daring my little girl to dance PSY-style down by the Han River when she goes over to SK. Turns out her exchange school is only a few suburbs over from Gangnam. Knowing her, she'll get a teacher to join in. =P
*funny
Can't resist one more. =)
4Minute - Volume Up
Totally K-pop with a Kenny G sound alike intro; bling-tastic, over the top, OMG Why?!! styling and Hyuna as her normal rapping self in this MV (1:12). Ga-yoon And Ji-yoon killer voices for long notes. =)
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PP, I love Sexy, Free and Single! I agree the songs are so catchy, they are great to drive to as well. I have watched some of TOP's work, he's really great, plus he's a very good looking guy (as so many of them are) and has a lovely deep voice. The blue hair was - interesting lol, but he worked it!
I was watching some odd asian game show with Bigbang as guests yesterday, they had a group of older guys being a version of them all and they had to guess the price of stuff on a table. Couldn't understand a word but it was funny!
this odd show
Plus I want TOP's jacket, I saw it on the Monster clip and thought "oh gorgeous!"
I think if your girl does the PSY dance then she must film it, tell her I DARE her! I DOUBLE DARE her !!
It's just such a funny clip. I showed it to a girl I tutor, she's yr 12, and she's decided she want's to do the dance too. I keep inflicting K-Pop on her, I am slowly getting it into her head lol.
Did you see this from Beibers manager?
@scooterbraun "HOW DID I NOT SIGN THIS GUY!?!??! GANGNAM STYLE!!!! #THEGREATEST"
He's everywhere! PopAsia is now saying they should collaborate, that would be interesting!!
Discovered Yohio this afternoon on SBS's livestream, they played Skylimit, have you heard it?
He's amazing! Swedish boy who dresses like an anime girl and sings rock!
Oh and they just said PSY is going to do a version of Gangnam style from a girls perspective with Hyuna again!
Hi. =)
Discovered Yohio this afternoon
afdsgkjkldgjhdahhjkl! What did I just watch/hear/die from?!! Just WOW! He's amazing, Ergo! And he's only 16?! He reminds me of Ren from Nu'est, a little, but way cooler because of the guitar rock.
TOPs voice is caramel macchiato.
But - GDragons mushroom wig, Seungri's Spock hair, and Taeyang trying to fake his height with that mohawk? lolololol
they are great to drive to as well.
I drive too fast when listening to them! Picked up my first speeding ticket last month thanks to SuJu-M and forgetting about the hidden camera at the bottom of the hill >_<
they just said PSY is going to do a version of Gangnam style from a girls perspective
This can't be good lol
*passing on DOUBLE DARE and buying large capacity memory card* =)
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PP, caramel macchiato....perfect ^_^
I agree on the others too, that mohawk is HUGE!
Yohio is amazing isn't he, I'm glad you enjoyed seeing it. The great thing about the SBS popasia is you find so much new music.
Can you get the livestream there?
SBS Listen live
Hi. =)
Can you get the livestream there?
OMG awesome link, Ergo, thank you! Stuff is working!! Pop Asia will now have to battle it out with The Rock, for my ear space. =D
A not too bad K-drama for tweens is Dream High (season 1) Miss A's Suzy, IU, T-ARAs Eunjung and 2PMs Taecyeon and Wooyoung are in it... and of course Kim Soo Hyun.
OST is performed by 2AMs Changmin and Jinwoon. =)
TGIF =P
Good "late afternoon"!
So glad it works for you PP, they also put the Sunday and Monday episodes of PopAsia tv show on there so you should be able to see them as well.
I stick the digital radio on during the day while I housework. It's a nice change from western music you hear all the time on local radio.
When is your girl going over for the exchange? It'd be a great place to go. I was just talking to my hairdresser the other day about where I'd go if I'd exchanged and I said Asia or Europe, like Italy or Turkey etc, as her friends daughter is going to America and we and we thought it was a dull choice, her mum said it was because she couldn't speak the language anywhere else & they'd be too different! I said "but that's the point!"
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She's off in September, Ergo. Same time last year SK had really bad weather, so we're hoping that it won't be so bad this year.
...my hairdresser the other day about where I'd go if I'd exchanged and I said Asia or Europe, like Italy or Turkey etc,
Oh snap! And Morocco, for me, also. Conversing with locals is a really great part of the travel experience. =)
Our school trips were never this exciting. =/
Hmmm. Images from SuJus S,F and S album.
Donghae, but then again he had to wear this for a TV drama he acted in. Out glamming both Messrs Flowers and Glambert lol
Sungmin - flower girl. =)
Ugh, forgot to add the 'this' link.
he had to wear this for a TV drama...
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My school trips were never that exciting either, though we did do a great trip through western Qld & the Territory to Darwin.
Those pics are hilarious, esp that last one, he looks so impressed.
I love this clip even though TOP is pretty nasty and dies
I'd love if they showed some of these on SBS over here. I watched some other clips and Iris looks great.
SBS shows a lot of foreign films but little in the way of series.
Watched PopAsia this morning and was just about to wash up when I had to stop and dance Gangnam style in the lounge. They said it's had amazing international success and has some phenomenal youtube viewing. So damn catchy!
damn didn't link Iris
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Hi there =)
damn didn't link Iris
Contagion Linking alert! Haha!
Iris. Brutal!!O_o
Ahh, you only get films? We only get series. We need some cross-pollination of our networks.
GRRM - stop looking at comics and write the next book please!!And hopefully in less than 20 years also, please!! Tyrion is my favourite too. =)
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Yeah, SBS has heaps of food shows documentaries and foreign films which are good but no asian series apart from the occasional anime and they are usually on very late. At the moment there is a french series and a german I think on. I keep a check on what they're showing. During the day it shows the news from just about everywhere in the world!
I watch a bit online but it's hard unless it's subtitled.
Oh have you ever watched any of Bigbang's parodies? Theya re so funny. One of them is usually a girl (often GD)and TOP ends up kissing someone!
There is one called Coffee Prince and another called Secret Garden & one called Boys Over Flowers and a few others. FT Island do some as well.
I honestly don't know how they keep straight faces.
Hi there =)
I looove the Big Bang parodies, Ergo. Heee, we watch the same stuff lol. The Secret Garden one was so good. I'd just watched the series when I came across the parody. So accurate!! I thought GDragon really was Gil Ra Im/Ha Ji Won at first. Fail >_<
Try Kimchidramas for on-line watching of subtitled series. Mysoju is a good site, too. =)
*Ergo's internet usage about to rocket* =P
PSY's new video is disappointing. Why does Hyuna have that ridiculous aegyo pikachu-style voice thingy going on?! *grumbles*
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PP that new Gangnam Style or "Horrid screechy words" Style is dreadful! Even the video is lame, it's just like every other 'sexy girl' clip, it only gets fun when PSY comes in at about 2mins. Wish he hadn't done it.
I shall check those sites out PP. Thanks heaps.
I agree too, that it is scary how much those guys do look like girls, the asian face shape is so perfect and their skin always so smooth. Though i loved the end when GD is in the hospital bed and over it they say "she's grown a mustache" lol
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