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Published Poetry: Hope & 7th and Close Proximity

Mused - Winter 2009 Issue

Mused - Winter 2009 Issue

Today I celebrate not only the Winter Solstice, but the first publication of my poetry.

In the Winter 2009 release of Mused (BellaOnline Literary Review), I have two poems that unintentionally have a focus on two different incidents of the holding of hands:

Hope & 7th:  A poem about helping a little boy climb up stairs at 7th/Metro Station in Los Angeles.

Close Proximity:  A poem about the moment when someone holds your hand unexpectedly.

Both are warm and fuzzy poems that hopefully are befitting of the holiday season even though they don’t directly speak to the holiday season.

La Vida de Caridad: The Paper Towel Holder

Paper Towel HolderHave you ever looked at something that you’ve seen many times before and suddenly had a double take of revelation?  But it’s more than just seeing something new, it’s about seeing something that was always there and feeling so silly that you didn’t see it before?

I will never look at my paper towel holder the same again.

I was in the hub-bub of baking – making snickerdoodles for my office holiday decorating party.  There was holiday music on my Macbook.  I was singing and dancing along to Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas is You and Destiny’s Child 8 Days of Christmas.  In the midst of sugar, cinnamon spice, and everything nice, I needed a paper towel.

La Vida de Caridad: The Glee Effort

What I do for Glee

What I do for Glee

I often wonder how much of my “techiness” is nature vs. nurture.  As the family tech geek, I am often handed hard drive problems, computer problems, computer purchase questions, camcorders, digital cameras, etc.  Wired had a recent article called “Five Ways that N00bs Annoy Geeks” that I know well.  But regardless, I do like fixing problems and figuring out things.  I like being helpful.  And given all my other “La Vida de Caridad” stories, perhaps I just have points for perseverance.

Review: Ashley Tisdale’s Guilty Pleasure

Ashley Tisdales Guilty Pleasure

Ashley Tisdale's Guilty Pleasure

Ashley Tisdale’s Guilty Pleasure is not quite a guilty pleasure.  Just as with Unlove You from her previous album (Headstrong), the only real ballad Me Without You lends me to like her ballad choice, but wish it were sung by someone else.  I’m also not sure about the songs “Delete You” and “Hair” (“I like what you do to my hair…”) as I find them failed attempts at writing songs about something not often sung about (Hair: liking how a love interest messes with one’s hair) or taking advantage of present-day terms (Delete You) in hopes that it will be catchy (they’re not). “How Do You Love Someone” also lacks a certain amount of authenticity reflected less by Tisdale’s execution of the song but more so by her mainstream persona.  The song calls to lessons never provided by parental figures and Ms. Tisdale’s Disney-fied image doesn’t quite fit the mold.

The Joy of Unfinished Business

old-stack-of-booksI have a stack of books I have yet to read. I have a stack of CDs that I have yet to listen to (and two trips to Amoeba in one week – friends wanted to go, I swear – probably didn’t help).

But casting my occasional eye on these stacks, knowing that they exist waiting to be conquered – and let’s face it folks, I’ve never not had a stack of books waiting to be read – actually makes me feel good.

There are times when business left unfinished is no good. I work in business. I have deadlines. I know the deal.

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