Published by gradster1 at October 21, 2007
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A friend of mine happens to be a very good graphic artist, and also pretty funny, too. So when he gets funny ideas, unlike the rest of us, who either write them down and wish we could do something with them or just forget about them, he makes comics. Inspired by others, such as xkcd and more, he creates them in his own personal style.
I thought they were funny, and decided to share them with you. What do you think?
Hopefully I’ll be able to post them fairly regularly. Hope you like it! Comment if you have any ideas, I’m sure he’d be delighted to illustrate them if they’re funny enough.
Published by gradster1 at October 8, 2007
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Now, I haven’t the faintest what’s going on here - but I do know that as an educatee (if that’s a word) I have having a lot of fun speaking to educators all over the world waiting for the keynote of K12 online to load. Some people in the live chat are already posting comments and quotes from David Warlick’s speech. Excuse this for being a very short post, but I’m going to go chat with educators all over the world, from Bangkok to Starbucks in New York - about how they can make my school career better for me and my teachers - before I watch this video (download already!).
And P.S. - Remember when I mentioned that Arthus had given me r.ompo.us? I’ll be switching over there very soon - no matter what it looks like. Just don’t go there now, it’s got posts that are starting to reek they’re so old (they still taste good though!).
Published by gradster1 at August 15, 2007
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Reminiscent of Raven
A glittering black
reminiscent of raven
as if a flash of wings
fluttering by, blacker than night
blacker than blackest, it takes away your fear
your hunger
your desire
curiosity wells: in the tranquil gardens of your mind
a sprinkling of dew wets the green green grass
inexplicably falling to unmapped distances
Potion
Deathly cauldron
simmering whilst the witch chants
over her potion
it will not cure warts
nor a broken heart
and it doesn’t particularly seem to do anything
so the witch is disappointed
but she trudges on
through the fields of knowledge
picking a flower, once in a while
for the love of life she tries and tries again
until her ingredients, and soul, are spent.
Raindrop
The illusion of mist
a shimmering blue
walking along
staying true
to the laws of nature
that govern all
yet impossibly
the rain does not fall
touch a drop
it will implode
it’s life spent
death to you owed
Published by gradster1 at August 10, 2007
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Have you ever looked at random words and put them together in a sentence? Have you ever rearranged those sets of fridge magnets to make funny sentences? Well, recently at CVU Summer Camp, I saw the last bit of a poetry class happening and was very interested. Each of the students in the class, Arthus included, had written at least 5 random poetic phrases and drawn them on the white board.
Now, this reminded me of how I write. I am an okay writer but this is only because I memorize phrases I find interesting; for example, in the book I was reading recently, Spare Change, I found a phrase I liked: “…so recently out of law school they smelled like diploma ink.” This phrase is one of many I find interesting, along with many words, such as quagmire (from Eragon), blunderbuss, and Nebakanezer.
The whole point of this: I will be doing some poetry created from random words and phrases I see wherever I go. How this will turn out, I don’t know, but hopefully it will go well.
If you feel like it, comment with some of your favorite words and or phrases.
To be continued…
