A whole year

In all,
the days have gone so fast
that I did not
could not
get past the pile of duties
that I say
kept me from here
until this day.

My neck

is telling me
to stop
the thing that
ties it in a knot
nerve ball
below my brain
that keeps
my head
nodding
in
pain.

return

from hopping overseas
to asia land.
too brief a stay to comprehend
but long enough to see some friends
and that is where the world is.

hard winter

took a friend as I held his feet.

his body gave in to eternal sleep while we stood and said his name out loud
and told old story that would make him proud
to have stayed
but the breath said, "no."
"it is this man's sweet time to go."

hair, war and independence day

i cut half of my hair today and reasoned it into a messy package with the partial withdrawal of US troops from Iraqi cities. It had grown about 2 feet over the past 8 years, probably more, but 2 feet was its maximum potential due to fraying.

I don't know why I felt i needed to do something special on the 4th of July. I should have just shot a firecracker.

http://pmquinn.net/webb/mquinn-07-08/Truth-Intent.htm

ignorance accepted

I have such a hard time understanding the personal history that i have actually experienced and how it relates to the present that I wonder how in the world can one actually understand the history of a culture as presented through the viewpoints or interpretations of others?

It is still worth a shot though. I wonder if a comprehensive yet easily understood text on world history exists?

east meats west

Yes, I meant "meats", but I don't know why.

I have not written in nearly 6 months. Maybe it's the solstice that drives me to type today, but i know I have been too busy to concern myself with this hidden drivel.

I am taking an online workshop on East Asian studies. One professor seems anxious that I have not completed my written work, which is not due for another 3 weeks, and has apparently questioned my professional integrity and commitment to the program. This really, really, pisses me off, as I have purposely designated the next two weeks to focus entirely on this endeavor. I think he just wants everything turned in early so he can get on with his summer.

But what really upsets me, I think, is that my integrity would be questioned. Although I may not have that much, I do cherish what little I have.

But perhaps the past four years of Webb's administration have caused me to question professional integrity on a grand scale, and this little communication from an instructor just picks at that wound.

But today is Solstice Day, and Father's Day, and I celebrate my Parents, Family, Mother Sun and Mother Earth.