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What I did tonight
Jul. 6th, 2006 03:04 am1) Recorded this week's newscast with Lex. He's still having fun adding the occasional sound with his new computer, and the theme music is still bombastic, and the jokes are still ridiculous.
2) Went to a poetry slam. Came in second place, which makes sense since my second round poem was a bit too silly to be a winner. Instead of doing an impromptu poem like the first one (which was on the audience-suggested word "water", and ended up being a highly-rated cautionary tale not to drink salty ocean water), I decided to try something different. So I took notes during each other performer's reading during round one, and tried to find 2 or 3 lines or rhymes or words or concepts that represented the essence of their poem. Then I re-wrote a very long poem about fish that basically parodied the poem of every other performer. I grabbed their words, and poetic devices, and refrains, and cadences, and just made it all about fish instead. The audience (judges included) didn't seem to care for it overmuch, but one or two of the other poets were amused at how I'd nicked their stuff, so I was glad I did it anyway. If half of the audience hadn't left just before my second round poem, I'd have been even more glad. I even did a few lines in French because one of the young girls there had read a poem in French. Not that I think anyone understood it, but when it comes to nonsense like this, I am a completist.
3) Ate rice and beans. I made a VAT for the reception potluck over the weekend, and have copious amounts of leftovers. Even after eating it for a week. Well, a few more days should get me through it... thank goodness for burritos.
2) Went to a poetry slam. Came in second place, which makes sense since my second round poem was a bit too silly to be a winner. Instead of doing an impromptu poem like the first one (which was on the audience-suggested word "water", and ended up being a highly-rated cautionary tale not to drink salty ocean water), I decided to try something different. So I took notes during each other performer's reading during round one, and tried to find 2 or 3 lines or rhymes or words or concepts that represented the essence of their poem. Then I re-wrote a very long poem about fish that basically parodied the poem of every other performer. I grabbed their words, and poetic devices, and refrains, and cadences, and just made it all about fish instead. The audience (judges included) didn't seem to care for it overmuch, but one or two of the other poets were amused at how I'd nicked their stuff, so I was glad I did it anyway. If half of the audience hadn't left just before my second round poem, I'd have been even more glad. I even did a few lines in French because one of the young girls there had read a poem in French. Not that I think anyone understood it, but when it comes to nonsense like this, I am a completist.
3) Ate rice and beans. I made a VAT for the reception potluck over the weekend, and have copious amounts of leftovers. Even after eating it for a week. Well, a few more days should get me through it... thank goodness for burritos.
