Someone helped you when you were born You understood that you could always ask No one will throw down their scorn If you ask for help with a difficult task
1I read this line in a book, I think, but didn’t take note when I saved it for use later. 2This line is from a Substack article, which, again, I forgot to take note of
This hybrid cento came together after collecting a bunch of phrases (mostly linked in the poem) and then applying them to the GloPoWriMo Day 5 prompt:write a poem inspired by musical notation and words from a provided list (found at the link). I went with the following: “gradually becoming a disaster” Death metal symphony nonsense, monument, concrete, departures
I was stuck for a title until I dug around a bit and found this from Mozart, the meaning of which is: “Galimathias“: A pseudo-Latin term derived from French galimatias (meaning nonsense or gibberish). “Musicum“: Latin for “musical.” Together: Roughly translates to “Musical Nonsense” or “A Musical Hodgepodge.“
This seemed entirely appropriate.
And though the resulting Suno AI song is very straightforward and nothing like a hodgepodge, I think that it’s quite enjoyable. Please give it a listen below.
A cento – 12 lines from 12 other poems. Each line is linked back to the original full poem.
Today I’m feeling:
A little tired this morning with aching eyes again. But it was get up and go time as we took our car to get the windscreen repaired and new tinting, which means that we’ll be out all day too.
Health:
Physical: 6 Mental: 7
Today I’m grateful for:
The Honda showroom having a really nice seating area with free coffee and muffins. I sat there whilst Amy’s mum was looking at new cars.
I personally don’t think she needs to buy one but if she does, there’s a chance that I will end up with her current one.
The best thing about today was:
Getting our windscreen fixed. It’s been cracked for about three years now! Amy also wanted all the windows tinted darker, which ended up costing almost three times as much as the windscreen.
Apparently, it will keep the car cooler but I could see that it made it much more difficult to see other cars at twilight when I was driving home.
Amy also wants to get all the dings and scratches fixed up but that will have to wait until next month.
What was out of your control today and how did you handle it?
I succumbed to another afternoon nap today and really wish I hadn’t, as I woke up again feeling tired and a little grumpy. I need to plan my day so that I’m doing something in the afternoons and not get tempted to nod off.
Something I learned today?
I saw that I had a missed call from Hayden, so I called him back and asked him where he was and what he was up to and he replied, ‘Changi’. I wasn’t sure that I heard him properly but he confirmed that he was in Singapore on his way to play a show in Germany and travel around Europe a bit to meet his friends.
Well good for him, I hope that he has a great time.
He will start his new job when he gets back and probably have to pay off some credit card debt too, I’m guessing.
I took this picture because this is Amy and her first love….. alcohol.Fatman report
I get the feeling you are Always impatient to arrive As to why lips are burning shut My space dreams a guttering flame Burning the world After the rain
To learn its secrets, get its power Needs no spotlight, no orchestra The inklings of chaos are cleverly concealed But how do I explain The shriek and howl of party boys In a dark, secluded spot
Good. I was having a crazy dream when my alarm went off but I was so deep in it that I instantly couldn’t remember it. My first thought after turning the alarm off was ‘What was I just dreaming!?’
I forced myself out to my room where I discovered that the exercise app I use can now generate an AI routine targeted at your choice of muscle groups and it was good. It pushed me a little more than normal and I was glad of it.
Hopefully, it is a feature that I can continue using for free as I’ve only ever used the free routines in the app.
Today I’m grateful for:
The random students who told me that they missed me. I don’t even know who they were but I’m assuming that I have taught them recently and am just not familiar with them yet.
The best thing about today was:
My class of grade 10s this afternoon, which also had a whole bunch of new students added that I had to quickly familiarise myself with, who quickly picked up on the activities that I was teaching and got a little competitive with each other.
By the end, it seemed everyone enjoyed it despite some students struggling with English and not really being interested.
Something I learned today?
Kru Tang now works in the high school and has been tasked with putting together the new Integrated Program. She seemed just as frustrated as everyone else with this task.
Review your acts, and then for vile deeds chide yourself, for good be glad. — Discourses 3.10
I walked around the park after classes to see who was hanging where and with who. I found Baipad in her usual place with another girl I didn’t recognise but soon learned that it was Cookie, Butter’s younger sister.
I had meant to ask Baipad to introduce me to her one morning as I knew that she would be starting here this semester but then forgotten all about it.
I’ve met so many new students already this semester that I can’t even bring Cookie’s face to mind again right now.
I gave them both a candy and Baipad asked me why I always had candy. I laughingly said that it is because I am a good person and I jokingly complained to her about why she never gives me anything.
Amy took this picture because we have new housemates staying on our balcony. The plant that they have nested on is a little too close to curious cats so we raised it up on a chair where hopefully our cats decide that they are too lazy to investigate further.
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