Daily hits At my favourite morning spot; Rock ’n’ Roll utopia Killer caffeine, cranking tunes.
So, what’s up, Floyd? Is it stuck on repeat? Do I need to hear Money Every single day?
Oh, Syd – I wish you weren’t still here, Falling down and on fire.
The show must go on, I suppose. However Even madcaps have their limits.
More Money? Overplayed, this lunar cartoon; Obliged to orbit this sound; No more, no more, I say!
This was another attempt at Day 16 of GloProWriMo, though I didn’t get into the details so much as previously. Utopia is the name of my local coffee shop where I often sit and write. After a year or two, though, I had to request that they not play any post-1974 Pink Floyd while I’m there! Oh, this is an acrostic.
Just as I expected, it was I, overreactions and suspicions drew up and over all of this, regarding the realised conclusion, now, there is nothing new about energy for it’s own sake, my young imagination is my own headache.
In the undergrowth, stirring, sometimes monsters reveal themselves, to be I, preferring not to bother to think over the past again, or about you; somedays I feel better, somedays I feel the urge to get it done and dusted, to make it ready before those I once trusted start to listen more carefully, finding it to be, eventually and irrevocably disappointed.
Written for the prompt: write an Acrostic and Golden Shovel combined, found at Chimeric Poetry Scavenger Hunt. The golden shovel lines are taken from the Circus Lupus song ‘Right Turn Clyde’ from the album Solid Brass.
An acrostic poem for Momoetry April Poet Month challenge – acrostic and also a kind of erasure poem mixed with a cento as almost everything is paraphrased from sections of other poems that were posted here at Tiny Hearts
Ambivalent to the critics Recreating identities in the forge The master of one’s own image Youth that will live forever
Enthusiasm is common, endurance is rare* Make to break and embrace mistake Public gestures; look upon this fool! The larger-than-life, the clown despite Years of training to teach otherwise
An acrostic formed around a quote from *Angela Duckworth
The song always remains the same (Here we damn well go again!) Everything and nothing is gonna change
Too late and too soon to rearrange Is this even worth the saving? More or less, we’re all misbehaving Every order is rapidly falling apart Started at the end, ended at the start
To the infinite, the future and past Here stand the fallen, the first came at last Every explosion will soon shake the walls Your sons and daughters taking the falls
And we better start off along the creeks Rowing the boats and plugging the leaks Eagles turned vultures pointing their beaks
Alarmed at the words the majority speaks
Criticise the critters, blame all the birds Hold on hope and the rule of thirds Always enough was found wanting more Now comes the battle to settle the score Gone with all reason, gone with the wind In the storm of the season, everyone sinned Never again, again and again, explained Gotta live to see that the times have changed
‘Criticise the Critters’ is from a song by Phantom Tollbooth and ‘Hold on Hope’ is from Guided By Voices. Oh, I suppose I should also say that ‘The Song Remains the Same’ is by Led Zeppelin too.
Tired and bleary-eyed again. I intended to sleep long but Cap woke me up crying at the door to be fed at 8.20 and once up I decided to utilise the time and try to get myself going.
Today I’m grateful for:
Not having anything in particular to do today except hang out washing and bring it in again!
The best thing about today was:
Getting some reading in, a little writing and good coffee to start the day. I spent another three hours or so catching up on sleep at around midday. I’m still looking forward to more sleep tonight.
What was out of your control today and how did you handle it?
During my afternoon sleep, I was having a vivid dream that I was a teenager in bed, in a bedroom that was my own but not a place that I recognised. I was trying to jerk myself off but constantly conscious that my mum wouldn’t suddenly open the door and catch me and this kept interrupting the thoughts in my imagination that I was trying to get excited about.
It was so vivid that when I briefly came back into consciousness, my imagination was still trying to decide on some kind of sexy scenario and then I started questioning myself, am I actually jerking off whilst dreaming of jerking off?
I fell back into the dream but was unable to continue. Consciousness quickly came again and I turned over in bed wondering if I had been making any noise during all this!
I slept more after this but didn’t return to that dream.
Something I learned today?
I watched a video about an adult gaming company called Nutaku and, through that, learned that about 90% of porn websites (along with Nutaku) are owned by a single company.
Review your acts, Good and bad.
I helped Amy a little bit today as she is under the weather with a cold. I didn’t really interact with many other people today.
I took this picture of Aomsin because she is shy to have her picture taken. She’s an interesting student as she doesn’t usually give much away about her feelings with her facial expressions. It was nice to catch a smile before she hid herself from the camera.
Symbolism in deeper reds Canvas colour capture spreads Abstract yet educated Rhythmic patterns illustrated Leaving be the ugly things Elevate what this beauty brings The fusion of knowledge
Spiritual movement college Aims towards enlightenment Grittily honest experiment Evoking the scarlet sage
Dancing eyes across the page And so the paintings change view Now that the painting changed you Creativity in meditation Invitation to interpretation Nearer to the stormy sea Goes the light blue nursery
Animal instincts of segregation
Wisdom rises beyond illumination Hanging our pictures on these walls In the museum, how history falls Risen to rhyme and rearranged Look at me now, times have changed In search of happiness and beauty No submission to customs of duty Greedy and grim, not another one
Death and frenzy have all been done Ever since, and so it will be Raise the tools to stave off misery Vanquish fear with canvas maze Inspired to passion with its praise Spun out a web of dream delight Hanging on the deeper reds tonight
Submitted to dVerse and inspired by the attached painting by Alma Thomas and information found about her work.
Today I’m feeling:
My regular weekend tired, though I got up early to drop Amy off at the airport as she heads to Udon Thani via Bangkok to meet Jess.
Then Baipad messaged me that Jan will come and meet her at The Black House this morning and wanted to arrange with me to transport her there.
No problem, though I’m looking forward to getting home later and playing some guitar, reading, writing and listening to some music.
I’m hungry already, too and it’s not quite registered yet that I have to figure out what I’m going to eat today and the rest of this week, with my regular chef being away!
Today I’m grateful for:
The drink lady at Baan Dam who complimented me on my Thai. And then Jess also complimented me when I was able to answer her questions, though usually in English. She was at least impressed that I understood her.
The best thing about today was:
Seeing the look of happiness on Baipad’s face when she saw Jan again. They haven’t seen each other since March and though they chat a bit online, I could see how happy they were to just be able to gossip with each other about their lives. One thing I really noticed was that they barely looked at their phones the whole time that they were together.
What was out of your control today and how did you handle it?
Just as I was sat comfortably in bed, Cap came to the door asking to be let in, which I did and then Amy video-called and I started talking with her, Jess and Jess’s relatives. Cap jumped up onto bed and then proceeded to piss all over it. Motherfucker!
I hung up the call grabbed the sheet off the bed and ran it to the washing machine, coming back with a cut lemon and some paper towels. After cleaning up as best I could I called Amy back and was feeling a bit annoyed, at one moment feeling relaxed and the next having to deal with this.
Amy was happily drunk and laughed it off but I wasn’t in the mood. She could feel that and we said good night. I’ve switched all the bed linen to Amy’s bed and will sleep there tonight.
I’m dog tired, but my adrenaline is up now. I’ll calm down soon.
Something I learned today?
When I asked one of my grade 12 students what they could do to practice speaking English when there was no one around they said that the practice with ChatGPT. Not a bad idea.
Review your acts, Good and bad.
I talked a little with Freya today and tried to pep her up as she is understandably still feeling down about what happened yesterday.
I took this picture at Baan Dam because these cute bugs would probably make Amy itch. They were everywhere!
Pray tell me, where it is you go Lady of this loveless moon Underneath the stars on show Could it be considered too soon? Kisses taken nice and slow Youthful daring saw this romance bloom
Exhausted (at the end of the day). I got through the morning exercise easily, hurting my legs further after two 10,000-step days.
I kept running ok throughout the day but once home in the afternoon, I flaked pretty quickly.
Today I’m grateful for:
Kru Keng and Kru Bright, who provided me with a table to store my stuff in their room in the new building, where I will generally be teaching now.
The building is a little removed from the rest of the school but if I keep parking out by the cafe it means I will have to walk through the canteen and the main playground so I will be sure to still meet many of my students.
The best thing about today was:
Meeting the new teacher in Primary. He’s an Aussie ‘activist’, obviously a weed smoker and hinted at being a conspiracy theorist. He was quite interesting to talk to for a while as he had been in China around the same time I was there and knew some of the bands.
He mentioned how much he was looking forward to teaching here but I got the feeling from his personality that he won’t last long.
12th Dec 2024 – I found out later that he didn’t even make it a full week!
What was out of your control today and how did you handle it?
Back to school, back to disorganisation. There was a message about the Songkran blessing with the school directors and I was told it would start at nine, so I got back from coffee at that time but then the word was that it would be somewhere between 10 and 11.
I contemplated going back to the cafe but instead decided to check out where I could put my things in the new building and after moving my things, the teachers there told me it was just about to start.
No sign of George or David (though I had heard he was spotted there in the morning) so I was the only representative of the high school English teachers. Hopefully, someone has noted that somewhere that I have been a good boy!
Review your acts, and then for vile deeds chide yourself, for good be glad. — Discourses 3.10
A customer at House left their charger in the wall and I alerted Ying, the latest new staff there, who ran out and gave it back.
I also dropped the word search book around to Baipad this afternoon.
After I closed the gate this evening, Amy ran out asking me to take her to the twenty-baht shop to buy a gift for Yaya, Nong Mai’s daughter, who we will meet tomorrow. A minor annoyance but at least the 200 metre ride to the shop was nice, cool and refreshing!
Did you do something difficult or challenging today?
Back in long pants and long sleeves, I was heating up quickly and easily today. I didn’t complain though and just got on with everything.
I should have been doing more lesson plans but ended up writing more poetry and updating the blog. I did scan over what I still need to update and tomorrow, I will work on the next couple of IELTS lessons and Thursday, more of the presentation lessons and then Friday figuring out what else I need to add. I just put the seed in my mind for today.
My old student from grade 7, Yaya, sent me this picture because I asked her to. I usually send her a message once a year to see how she is doing since she moved away. She was another smart kid and I’m happy to see her doing well. She appreciates my asking after her too.
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