Memorial Day Weekend 2008

My Memorial Day Weekend in a nutshell(a link)

Ode to My throbbing Head

Ow! Sleepy time...

Meat

I am truly a carnivore, even though I don't eat a ton of pork. Hardly any besides bacon, really. And the occasional sausage. Still, given a chance to cook this meat, pork shoulder, I was delighted. It smelled heavenly, looked like a picture. So I took it. And the taste? Can't you read, I don't eat a ton of pork and this was a ton...
Hopefully someone enjoyed the effort.

Around Midnight

Maybe this is haunting hour
But it always seems
Around midnight
When I wonder
How come you won’t love me.
How come I can’t love you.
Maybe the jazz riffs bring pleasure to mind
Maybe because I’m alone one more time
But you come creeping
Close like a shadow
Slow like my buzz
Mystical like a bass solo,
But here you are
Ever so oblique like a Coltrane tune
And now that you’re here,
What?
Unlike jazz,
Where there is appreciation in chaos,
I cannot appreciate pain.

Barren Tree

As the trees bloom and the political flowers begin to show beautiful colors, I feel like taking one more casual look up to this barren sky. Nothing permanent about the lack of leaves. Sap is rising. Spring is in the air. Life in all of its beautiful variety and forms continues...

Books

How about a routine. They seem to work well for me. A monthly Top Five.

First up, Books:

TOP FIVE BOOKS

The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran

High Fidelity by Nick Hornby

By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept by Paulo Coehlo

White Boy Shuffle by Paul Beatty

Women by Charles Bukowski

Books are always a challenge. Any list really. It's a constantly evolving list. Had I tried to ponder this yesterday, I would have come up with something completely different. Ask me in few days and these may migrate. Maybe. This list has been pretty consistent for a spell, the Bukowski being the newest since I just read all I could of his stories, novel and poems this past year. Not recommended in large doses...