Here is a short video surveying my humble abode. There has been one minor change since this video, however, and that was the addition of an organizer on my desk.  I plan on filling most of the blank walls with artwork.  (in a tasteful way, not chaotically)

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I needed to use up some left-over veg's I had in my frig, so I put together this dish, which turned out to be quite awesome ( Read more... )

The small kitchen has been filled, supplemented with an island-on-wheels, and used to make epic dishes; the main room sectioned into a living-room/lounge and library/office-space; the closet into clothes and food storage; the bathroom, well, is simply a bathroom.  After many hours of assembly required's and "now how do I open this space up?"'s I've ( Read more... )

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Scratch that last post.

I am officially moving this Sunday.

This morning, or possibly last night, my mom decided to inform that I could, in fact, wait until the weekend after next to move to Charleston, specifically Aug 12th, instead of this weekend (5th).  Meaning, she wants me to stay as long as I can.  So now the official moving date is Aug 12th, and it's not going to be pushed back any further. I am ( Read more... )

No poetry this time. (cue sigh of relief).
However, I will be posting a recipe, which could potentially evoke just as much displeasure.  Let's hope not. :)

(soberirishlass, I hope you don't mind me copying you; it was a great idea.)

Black Bean Hummus

1 Can of Black Beans (drained and washed)
2 tbsp Tahini
2 Tbsp Olive Oil
1 tsp Cumin
1 or 2 Cloves of ( Read more... )

Through a field you pass, flicker, and do you sputter ( Read more... )

In a Station of the Metro by Ezra Pound

The apparition of these faces in the crowd;

Petals on a wet, black bough.

Spring is like a perhaps hand by e.e. cummings

Spring is like a perhaps hand
(which comes carefully
out of Nowhere)arranging
a window,into which people look(while
people stare
arranging and changing placing
carefully there a strange
thing ( Read more... )

If you are interested in the state of Contemporary poetry, you need to read these essays!

How Contemporary Poetry is Denaturing the Poem

There are nine essays on the subject, but it is worth reading them all. (They're rather short, too)