Prudential Center: Late July

Haiku of the Day:

In the fountain mist

Children run unencumbered

Under skyscrapers 

Tin Can Turmoil

Haiku of the Day:

Supreme train tension

Overloads the nervous grid

My head is all bees

Cocina de Payasadas

Haiku of the Day:

Barefoot and boozy

we flit about the kitchen

Culinary pros

FOOOOOOOOD!

Haiku of the Day:

Biscuits and chili

with a coleslaw so crunchy

summer meal delight

Talking Heads Reference

Haiku of the Day:

Some days you wake up

and realize you have a wife

"How did I get here?"

Fan Fan

Haiku of the Day:

Remote controlled fan

Technological marvel

The future is now

Looking

Haiku of the Day:

A job search flurry
kicks off this stressful weekend
much gnashing of teeth

Case Closed

Haiku of the Day:

I finally found

the strength and fortitude to

put in my two weeks

Diving Lessons

Haiku of the Day:

At the water's edge

I plug my nose and leap in

change leads by trauma 

SNAKES!

Haiku of the Day:

Please stop dumping snakes

in my head. There are plenty

in there already.

Vitriol

Toxic struggles - manically scrambling at the surface - a roiling dance of grasping limbs and gaping mouths.

Haiku of the Day:
Poison in the lips
I spit burning mist at my
grim adversaries

Baked

Managed a second day in a row of 50 push-ups! It's invigorating to dig into oneself and continue to find water when the well appears dry.

Haiku of the Day:

The soft of this heat

lulls one to a slow death; baked

in a clay oven

Coming Out Veg

Made another 'bout of 50 push-ups and did some work around the house in preparation for a visit from Emily's mom.

We've draped a blanket over the TV in hopes that we do not remove it for the rest of the month.

We've also gone vegetarian after reading the wonderful and enlightening book, Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer. We're making this shift in a move to combat, in what little way we can, the unethical and vastly ecologically destructive effects of the meat industry. I have no qualms with the act of actually eating meat if it comes for a sustainable and mindful source, though I'm finding it harder to track down any valid arguments. I know this is unpopular and tough, and we have only "came out" about this to a few people for that reason. Often vegetarianism all on its own is perceived as an attack to other's lifestyles and the few people I have told have responded with defensiveness of their own eating habits and mild ridicule. I'm excited to develop some tactics to respond to these reactions. Any suggestions would be helpful!!

Haiku of the Day:

 In a Harvard lab

I listen in repose to

Charlie Wilson's War

Droves

Haiku of  the Day:

On and on we go

clinking in glassy columns

Salient as sin

Happy Day

Haiku of the Day:

Though we are distant

I can feel my family's joy

from across the plains

Pushing On Up!

I managed my first 50 push-ups in a row today! Wooo! Only 49 more instances to go...

Haiku of the Day:

The machinations

fire across pink neural chasms

The journey of thought

Fancy

Haiku of the Day:

By the Elvis lamp
we mull over bleak futures
wearing ermine pelts

It Speaks!

Time to break radio silence.

I've been enjoying some time away from the often oppressive responsibility of this space with mixed results. Some days I feel it was too much and other days I feel it was a necessary valve; a place to release those pesky savages that grate and gnash away from my city gates.

I've also been working up some projects: I've got a couple shows now that I'm working on where I have a role in creating both written and devised content and am currently hashing out ideas for a humble comic with my younger brother Will. To top that of, I've started the seriously daunting task of finding new employment.

Also here are a few of the things I've completed so far:

Date #1:

Campfire on the beach with hot dogs!

Date #2:

Chinese food outside!

Home Improvement #1:

-Made our oven level!

-Cut shelves for the TV/Kitchen Island!

In the future I'll try to provide pictures for these because pictures are pretty and provide more solid evidence.

Haiku of the Day:
Swallowing poison
puts the liver through hell fire
such slick alchemy

Witch's Brew

Haiku of the Day:

In searching for terms

to describe my disorder

I find cauldronous

Air Thickness

Haiku of the Day:

This oppressive heat

cakes on in our attic space

like molten jelly

Creature Feature

Haiku of the Day:

In shadow and light

we scramble in the corners

grasping at monsters

Drink like a Fish

Haiku of the Day:

In a darkened pub

we exchange secrets over

the aquarium glow

No Soy Normal

Haiku of the Day:

Spanish Learning App

insisting "Yo soy normal"

but I'm not so sure

Regularity

Haiku of the Day:

These coffee flushings 

clear the flesh pipes and basins

a bitter Drain-O

Fumes

Haiku of the Day:

Applying wood stain

I find solace in wiping

it could be the fumes

Octopus?

Haiku of the Day:

Fractured and diminished

the modern mind drowns in tasks

like an octopus

Shopping Day

Haiku of the Day:

Through the neighborhood

we walk slowly with broad smiles

Laden with groceries 

Nixed

Haiku of the Day:

Nixed on the fireworks

and instead opted for games

set in a space realm

Her High Holy Magicalness

Haiku of the Day:

A prolonged visit
from the sorceress herself
She leaves with a plant  

Brainstorm

Haiku of the Day:

Breakthrough on the board

we light up in white scribbles

and discover land

Modern Writing

Haiku of the Day:

Here, I clack away

on a black and tarnished board

of alphabet keys