Black Friday

Yesterday was Thanksgiving here in the US. I don't really celebrate the holiday (as I consider it and Columbus Day, as practically celebrating the killing of millions of Native Americans)but I do celebrate food...everyday. So I hope everyone was able to eat and fill up on things good and tasty. I also hope everyone is enjoying and not going crazy today. If you are out buying gifts for those you love it makes no sense to hurt people someone else loves. Speaking of "love" this song has been in my head for a few days so I thought I'd share :"Love Mode"

Clazziquai project, Pe'z and M-flo are all pretty good bands. I suggest you check them out if you never heard of them before.
My recommendation is;
Instant Pig & Color Your Soul for Clazziquai
Astromantic, Beat Space Nine, and Cosmicolor for M-flo
I haven't heard any full Pe'z CDs to recommend one.

Question of the Day

Does anyone really believe there are no such things as dumb questions?

To me there are dumb questions. They are what people ask after you have already answered their question. I'm not talking about you answered the question and they don't understand it. I mean when you answer and they would have understood if they were paying attention or too busy asking the question to just listen.

Star Wars Revisited

A friend posted this the other day and I found it interesting so want to share. It shows that the despite the perception and awards Han Solo received in Star Wars he was not the one who shot Darth Vader's spacecraft. There is really a hidden hero in the film. Yes, once again stupidity wins the day!

The TIE Fighter Pilot Who Saved The Day in 'Star Wars'

New Style of Poetry

I am working on a new style of poetry. This summer I have been inspired by poets from Rwanda and Somalia and my own relative's spoken word. The funny thing is that in some ways I'm going back to a similar way I originally wrote-without form and only occasionally noticing the rhyme.

For the last year I have been working on different form poetry styles, such as sonnets, tanka, and haikus, etc. I will still write some form poetry for mental exercise but now my attention has shifted to free verse. To put it simply instead of looking at it on paper I am examining how it sounds listening to. I'm excited to see where this will go.

Interesting

Blogger now shows me the statistics data of my blog. I'm definitely surprised by some of the results. Since I don't update much I always assumed that I wouldn't get many daily or weekly visitors but apparently I do. I guess I'll have to be more careful with what I write from now on.
Another interesting fact is that other than through Facebook, most people link to my page through Japan's Yahoo and U.K.'s Google? I wonder why it's so international. I could understand Japan a bit since I post in Japanese from time to time but I wonder what makes this blog interesting to someone in England or Ireland. I only know two people who are in the UK and another who visited during the summer.
What most surprised me was the most viewed post, which was.... おっと！ . Really?! I didn't think it was that interesting, it was practically a random rant, but I guess it was to other people. Maybe it's because I used a curse word in it. I don't know. Whatever attracts people is just one of those things I never really understood.