the sloppy copy

“I’m Through” / Vic Chesnutt (2003)
This song sounds a lot different now. Rest in peace, Vic.

“Today” / Joshua Radin (2006)
Sweet, no?

“Just a Friend” / Biz Markie (1989)
as featured in ads for Heineken and Radio Shack

Enjoy!

For my online “Writer’s Creative Bullshittery Workshop” course, my next assignment is to write a two-paragraph (two paragraph!) description of “The Room in which I Write.”

And as is often my style, I can’t. I just fucking can’t write anything descriptive about this damn room.

I think perhaps the instructor should instead label the “assignments” as “mere suggestions.” I think this might cure what ails me.

For the record, the Room In Which I Write is the childhood bedroom I had for about 12 years. It is nothing if not interesting.

Sigh.

Also, heigh-ho, heigh-ho, it’s off to work I go.
(Always wondered why it was spelled phoenetically. Why not “hi-ho”?)
Also, how the hell do you spell that word? Phoenitic? Phoenetic? Phoenaetic? DAMN YOU, RED SQUIGGLE LINE!
<goes to dictionary.com >
Oh. Phonetic. Phonetically.
Too simple. I dislike.

Oh that was TOO much fun. I couldn’t resist doing another one:
“Rockin Around the Christmas Tree”

Oscillation around the tree of navidade
in the jump of the celebration of Christmas
Muérdago hung where you can see
each pair tries to stop
oscillation around the Christmas tree
it leaves the ring of the alcohol of Christmas
we’ later; ll has a little pasty of pumpkin and makes caroling certain

you will obtain a little sentimental when you hear
it express ” of the song; Let’ s is jolly”
” covered the corridors with the branches with holly”
rocking around the Christmas tree
it has a happy holiday
each happy dance
of the new old-fashioned way

Jingle Bells, as passed through English-to-Spanish then Spanish-to-English translation:

estrellazo through the snow
in a horse it abra the sleigh
on the fields we go
laughter until the end

bells in the ring of bobtails
doing drunk spirited brilliants
what diversion is to laugh and to sing
a song sleighing tonight

bells of cascabeleo of the cascabeleo bells
cascabeleo until the end
oh what diversion is to mount
in a horse it abra the sleigh

“Stockholm Syndrome” / Yo La Tengo (1997)

Another song of which I have fond memory connotations. Please enjoy.

I am weird.
I also have a new favorite game: manipulating WebMD into telling me that common symptoms are actually a sign of grave illness and/or injury.
For instance, I might or might not have been poisoned by Thalidomide.
Either that, or I slept wrong and it made my back hurt.
But I’m leaning toward the Thalidomide.
This is fun!

…snow! On my page!
What a nifty idea, WordPress! Thank you!
Gosh, I love snow.