A New Poem

There are magnets in your eyes, I swear.
And mine are made of metal.
The pull unsteadies me.
I rebel a little, then drag toward you
while you stand fixed
making yourself the center of your own
emotional gravitation.
You mouth the words,
“I love you”
and your inexorable influence grows
so that no repulsion occurs
and I crash into your open arms.
How you bend the laws of Science for your cause!

8:17 Haikus

I like how everyone interpreted the topic differently!

I was waiting for someone but I decided to go ahead and post. If you'd like to get yours on here go ahead and leave it as a comment.

I love them that love Me;
and those that seek me ear-
Ly shall find me. -'Verbs
--KStock

Opening Proverbs
is not "[seeking] me early"
at eight-seventeen.
--Ben C.

Title: Temple Work
Dedication, desire
Infinite promises of
Births and beginnings
--KafE

8:17 pm, August 11th, near Victor, Montana
lumbering oak tree
blacksmith, wordsmith, divine hosts
sacred travelers
--BHB

Fifty things to do
And bed time's 9:30
Something's gotta give.
--Erin D.

The train moved forward.
I tried to keep hold of his
disappearing eyes.
--STC

Haikus: Slippery Slope

Here are the haikus for this week. If you didn't get it to me before now, please still post it as a comment! I know I will read it, anyway.

Each step more pleasant
It's not going to matter
If I take one more
--Erin d.
Up and down through days:
The moguls of life surpass
the slalom of sin.

Truckers: stay in gear!
You are not down the mountain!
Steep decline 12 mi.
--Ben C.

Hiking is scary
Especially when it snows.
One misstep and --aaaah!
--KapMel

Obama sneezes
Iran shoots nuclear weapon
Annhilation
--Bardochka

Impromptu haiku from Olympus given over the phone:

Oh crap, my haiku!
I forgot to write this week.
Okay, here it is.

Haiku--Give me a Sign

Here are the haikus for last week:

Two stars to the right
go straight 'till you hit morning
Call me when you're close.
--Jesse O.

Call it in the air
Heads, okay it’s tails again
Try two out of three.
--Lauren D.

Stop, one Way, detour,
Pedestrians prohibited,
Speed limit, dead end.

You ask for one, I give you 6. GO ME!!!
--Kathy C.

Trigonometry:
Wave won't pass through origin.
Show me a cosine.
--Ben C.

Circles in the corn,
Water in the glasses too!
Swing away, my boy!
--Lisa B.

So here is your sign,
man in the lame Ford Focus.
You can't pimp your ride.
--Bird

Your wussy Hummer
will not save you in a war.
Turn off that blinker.
--Olympus

Orion's Belt won't move!
I need a shooting star, not
dumb constellations.
--Statuesqe TC.

Next week's haiku theme: Slippery Slope

Haiku time!

OK I'm in charge of the haiku ring now. Here is this week's theme:

Give me a sign!

Please, interpret it however you like. E-mail me your haiku, and they will all be posted next Sunday.
melliehenderson@gmail.com

I can't wait to read
the haiku! It is so good
to be creative.

The Five Tag

I got this from Olympus:

The Five Tag

5 years ago: (2003) I was living in Provo taking 3 dance classes and one chemistry class.


5 Months Ago: (January, effectively) Getting together with THE boyfriend, starting last half of school year.

5 Things on my to-do list:

1. pay my tithing
2. work out
3. pay bills
4. Do laundry.
5. mani/pedi

5 Snacks I enjoy:
1. those plastic cups of fresh fruit from the grocery. Pineapple, and mixed berries.
2. Pluots
3. dedushka tangerines (I'm on a fruit kick)
4. Ritter Sport Dark chocolate with whole hazlenut bars.
5. Honey Wheat braided pretzel sticks...except they get stuck in my teeth.

5 Things I would do if I were suddenly a billionaire:
1. Invest (make my money make money!)
2. Pay off all my school loans!
3. Buy an entire new wardrobe
4. Hire a personal chef and personal trainer
5. Buy a house in the Heights and fix it up.

5 of my BAD habits:
1. Wasting time.
2. Not cleaning my room
3. Not cleaning the kitchen enough. (I kept your first three, Olympus)
4. Being too needy/clingy
5. Not having enough self-confidence (and that one. We are practically the same person, anyway)

5 Places I have lived:
1. Hurst, Texas
2. Provo, Utah
3. San Antonio, Texas
4. Lehi, Utah
5. Houston, Texas (I'm noticing a pattern...)

5 Jobs I have had:
1. Babysitter
2. Walgreen's Beauty Advisor (ha)
3. Biology TA
4. Chef Assistant
5. Teacher

5 things people don't know about me:
1. I can't wear boots because of my calves.
2. I love to sing show-tunes when I drive
3. I secretly want to go to Culinary school
4. I sometimes like to watch the Disney channel
5. New Mexico is my nemesis

Houston Public Library--Central branch

It's large--it's bright--it's open.

And I love it.

Located off of Smith and Lamar, the Houston Public Library central branch is only 8 blocks away from me. This summer, I believe I will be spending an inordinate amount of time there, with their multiple levels of books and their 60+ public access computers. Yesterday, I read an entire book (granted, it was short) sitting in the fairly comfortable but wholly aesthetically pleasing chairs looking out the wall of windows to the intersection of Bagby and Lamar. That may not seem like a lovely view, but the light brought in from the windows creates a very warm and inviting atmosphere. I am headed up to the children's books today--to get more ideas for my story that I'm working on. Plagiarism is not my goal, mind you. Just getting ideas for layouts, publishing companies, etc. I would spend all my days here if I didn't have other things I actually had to get taken care of.

Like my car.
I don't know what it's problem is--idling too slow. Seriously, who does it think it is?

Like listening to This American Life
I believe that this accounts for most of my problems with insomnia the past few days.

Like cleaning my apartment.
Since I put in my 60 day notice that I will be leaving, they said they will call me with 24 hours notice to show my apartment. So, now I have to keep it clean. All the time. Maybe not tough for you, and it shouldn't be for me either...we'll see.

Contradiction

We talk of hunger
Feed the world, but not our own
homeland starvation.

Freedom is not free
He bought us freedom with blood
Has it been wasted?

And on a lighter note:

No, mommy! I won't!
Cleaning is for the grown ups.
I just want to play.

Chacho's rocks!

I can't believe I've been here for 9 months now and last week was the first time I'd ever been to Chachos.
http://www.chachos.com/

This Mexican restaurant (on Westheimer just past Bering) has an immense menu with inexpensive food that is served quickly to your table.

Plus, it's very, very tasty.

Very tasty.

And it's open 24 hours; I'm not quite sure how it can get any better than this, unless they offered some sort of home delivery option. And you know what? The atmosphere is so fun and lively that you would probably enjoy going in rather than getting it delivered.

Every employee that we encountered was incredibly polite and friendly--we were very impressed with our service!

Chacho's
Food: A-
Service: A
Atmosphere: A

I crave it now!

The Edwin Story

This is a little homage I made for the lizard I freed the other day. Sometimes you have to let go of what you love the most...

Creature Creativity

"Which creature?", you ask.

"What Creativity?", you ask again.

"Why did you find this?" you may ask.

Well since you are so full of questions, Let me be full of answers.

And it all has to do with the dead frog, that looked like a mummy, that my kids found, that I put in a plastic bag, only to discover in the morning that the frog was acting as fodder for yes...you guessed it...maggots.

But did you know they could paint?

The maggots that is...and quite well actually...Take a peek.

Haiku Impromptu

Winter

Snow on the doghouse
looks like a frosted muffin.
I want to eat it.


Dawn

The sun's rays heat the
morning dew, making steam baths
for the lady bugs


September

Crunchy leaves cover
the broken sidewalk as I
trudge slowly to school



What Bardo heard as she typed this over the phone:

the phone rings eat thee

morning dew making seem baths

for the lady thugs

Pepper

raunchy leaves cover
*phone static* more phone static
fudge slowly to school

I'm back with a vengeance!

Mostly, I'm just back. But I am excited to have a blog again!