Wow...from high school teenage angst to post-college scribblings...it's quite a leap but I'm back with fresh stuff. I keep thinking I've quit writing poetry but like a good habit it just keeps coming back. I've posted four or five of my best recent work--I'll dig through my files and probably put up more later. Most of these were written in the last year, and some have sat almost written and only lacking a line or two before I've finally sat down and finished them. I hope whomever's still watching enjoys the new reads, but really I'm just using this as a place to post. Comments welcome!

Everyone can now check out my new website (made for my BIOL H103 class) at [link] . It's going to involve the poetry I'm also going to have to write for that class (no problem, that's what I do) as well as samples of my work and reflections on my experiences in the class, etc. I intend to make it somewhat self-expressive, as well. It's a realy cool assignment, so check it out. You might even learn something.

This summer I've become many things I never thought I'd be--one of which being an avid reader. Here's an ongoing list of the books I've read this summer:

Harry Potter and the...
--Sorcerer's Stone
--Chamber of Secrets
--Prisoner of Azkaban
--Goblet of Fire
--Order of the Phoenix
--Half-Blood Prince
...by J.K. Rowling

The Purpose-Driven Life by Rick Warren
Women of Genesis: Sarah by Orson Scott Card
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlen
On Bullshit by Harry G. Frankfurt
Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
Dark Dreams by Roy Hazelwood and Stephen G. Michaud
The Unknown Darkness by Gregg O. McCrary w/Katherine Ramsland, PH.D
The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett
A Taste of Crimson by Marjorie M. Liu
Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach
The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett

And in the Bible:

The Book of...
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Acts
Romans
1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
Galatians
Ephesians
Philippians
Colossians

She emerges from the waters shaking, naked...a gasping Aphrodite, learning once more to breathe the elusive, cold air that is inherent to the above-ground...Her breath slows; she murmurs the name of her distant lover, and gazes upon the shores on which she was born as though they are new and strange to her...she takes a step toward them, water dripping from every curve of a body that--although beautiful--appears as though it has been taken apart and put back together again, and not in exactly the right way...

I have returned. College was educational, although the greatest thing it has taught me is that there are even fewer people in this part of the world that think the way that I do than even in P-town high school. Non-conformity for me has ceased to be a buzzword for taunting the other half with a new set of clothing and a seperate sheep-herd all your own, and instead has become a desperate thrashing of survival. I've learned that men can be crueler than I had previously dreamed, and that it only takes one to treat you the way you deserve. I have learned that I have been quite deceived about certain things my entire life, and that this world...particularly this country...more particularly this area, is seriously screwed up. I have learned that there are great things that are more than worth making one's way through this warzone to find, but I have learned to be truly afraid. Things are hardly what they at first seemed to be...

Ask me what you wish. I continue to move on.

To keep you little urchins entertained, quiz yourselves on my distinctiveness:

[link]

And just so you know, my Zenis is a black amorphous bean bag blob, nothing more. Yes, I am indeed insane.

Btw, comment and leave your score. The scoreboard on the quiz doesn't seem to be working. Thanx.

<rockin' to: "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" by Green Day. Great song. Yes, I know I'm a sheep, leave me alone.>