carolyn, tom, blog

These are pictures taken of new gardens in Mongolia.

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:54:54 -0400

These are pictures taken of new gardens in Mongolia.

Photo

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:53:44 -0400

This is my windowsill in my room of my new apartment. It feels...

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:34:03 -0400

This is my windowsill in my room of my new apartment. It feels so good to have a space of my own.

weird new email

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:29:00 -0400

so peace corps wants us to set up a yahoo email. they want it to be:

pcv (then first name) tom (then last initial) m (then country code) mg (for madagascar…

so mine is pcvtommmg@yahoo.com

fun to say strange to type.

not only does it rhyme: p c v tom m m g

also: sound like tom-ji all nepali style.. oooooh toommmmmm-ji

the only problem with this poem: i keep working on it, but it seems like it almost has to end with a...

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:08:59 -0400

the only problem with this poem: i keep working on it, but it seems like it almost has to end with a line that goes something like:

of what of has of to what they in they of.

there are always leftover words!

mark twain poem

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:07:19 -0400

i’m working on a poem composed entirely/exclusively of words from the introduction to tom sawyer.

the first part is:

Thirty or forty years ago, boys and girls

were drawn from odd superstitions.

That is to say, the individual (a combination,

a queer architecture of order) will not be real.

did you know?

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:45:46 -0400

i been reading lots of gay shit since working at the cafe. most local newspapers and magazines are gay-oriented for obvious reasons…

did you know that the red cross maintains a policy of ”indefinite ineligibility for blood donations from men who have had sex (anal or oral) with men since 1977”

so weird, our country- gay marriage legal in california, but gay blood ain’t safe? discriminatory. also, did you know the gov’t OK’d the boy scouts rule about kicking out people is they are outed as gay, agnostic or atheist? that’s just crazy.

After reading a Dan Savage article, I briefly researched...

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:24:59 -0400

After reading a Dan Savage article, I briefly researched androgenic hair and found this image. not sure why, but i think its very interesting - the hair, and the image - especially in regards to shapes (overlook that it’s a nude woman and man and just look at the shapes of the hair areas) ok.

that website is so bizarre, and that rat is absolutely terrifying.

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:15:20 -0400

that website is so bizarre, and that rat is absolutely terrifying.

this is the best thing ever

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:03:21 -0400

this is the best thing ever

apparently, the giant jumping rat can be a quite a nuisance in...

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:51:13 -0400

apparently, the giant jumping rat can be a quite a nuisance in madagascar.

i just wrote random words on this one, which i regret. but...

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:16:47 -0400

i just wrote random words on this one, which i regret. but i’m a-thinkin’ i’ll start writing poems on these old library cards…

madagascar is known for its baobab trees.

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:58:28 -0400

madagascar is known for its baobab trees.

that website is really cool… wait, so you found that list inside of an old book, and the list...

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:28:00 -0400

that website is really cool… wait, so you found that list inside of an old book, and the list is not yours? that is so weird. It’s such a strange selection of things.

On another note…

you are going to madagascar!

I am going to madagascar!

hehehehe!!

hahaha madagascar gecko.

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:27:24 -0400

hahaha madagascar gecko.

check this out

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:16:52 -0400

check this out

I have no ambitions and no desires. To be a poet is not my ambition, It’s my way of being...

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:21:34 -0400

I have no ambitions and no desires.

To be a poet is not my ambition,

It’s my way of being alone.

-Fernando Pessoa

I like thinking of ways people are alone as their natural state.

love this.

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:28:48 -0400

love this.

list poem

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 01:20:09 -0400

did i ever show you the list poem i wrote called dichotologue? i put it up on my blog just now.

also, I found a list written on a notecard inside a copy of Tom Sawyer I bought at a used booksale. the handwriting is bad, but this is what i think it says:

Hobo G

Kathe

Ruth T.

Silence

Mary Slow

Pear

Cool Region

No Port Love

Grant’s fiance

Kitetown Co-ed

Bat

Shining Legs

Chive

Photon’s daughter

Tazmania

Yeast

(in theory it’s half guest-list half grocery-list as far as i can tell…)

resistentialism: the theory that inaminate objects demonstrate hostile behavior toward us

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:48:33 -0400

resistentialism: the theory that inaminate objects demonstrate hostile behavior toward us