A Haiku From Me, To You

I'd like to blog more
maybe this will jumpstart me
no promises though

Humpday Haiku

Me, disenchanted

slave to the slave to the grind

fruitless enterprise.

No real secret that I'm fairly disenchanted with the 9-5 (or 7-3, or 2-10, or 12-8, or 10-6...whatever I happen to be working on a given day). What ever happened to that brash kid who said he'd never "be his job"? Now he's a blowhard adult, twisting in the wind.

Flashback Friday: Humpday Haiku?

Let's flashback to the hallowed days of antiquity...namely 2 days ago, when I forgot to publish a Humpday Haiku. Allow me to rectify that oversight now.

Sliding all around

I always forget about this

My skate shoes...no traction.

Humpday Haiku: Wizards First Rule

The Wizard's First Rule:

works with modern politics

rather well, really.

For those that don't know, The Wizard's First Rule comes from the book Wizard's First Rule, the first book in the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind. It's recently been adapted (somewhat entertainingly, but still poorly) in to a TV series called Legend of the Seeker. Having starting watching it, I felt compelled to re-read the books (at least the ones I got up to before I got tired of the overall series). I'm 3/4 through Wizard's First Rule and it occurred to me that a lot of what has gone on the past 10 years or so, politics wise, applies all too well with the Wizard's First Rule, like all the policies pushed forward through from terrorism scares and the incredibly hateful lies that get spread about President Obama, hell even some of the stuff said about McCain and Palin during the last two months of the election race apply as well. There's all this stuff floating out there when it comes to politics that this easily fits in to, it's almost scary. Will people 500 years from now sort of look on Wizard's First Rule as a very long philosphical allegory, like The Stranger or The Prince? Well, who knows, we won't be around for it.

This is the entire text of the rule, but I've bolded the most important passage, both for the book AND my point. I don't completely buy in to the use of stupid in this context...unknowing or ignorant would be more fitting in my book, but it wasn't my book...it's Goodkind's. Heh.

"People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything. Because people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true. People’s heads are full of knowledge, facts, and beliefs, and most of it is false, yet they think it all true. People are stupid; they can only rarely tell the difference between a lie and the truth, and yet they are confident they can, and so are all the easier to fool."

Hey guys, don't forget I want questions. I've got a couple, but I want some more. They don't have to be personal, they can be esoteric or advice or whatever.

Humpday Haiku: The Dark Bank of Lockers

Dark Bank of Lockers

Lots of Flickr love for it

great for quick capture

Seriously, I snapped that as I was walking around the lockerroom next to my office. I barely took the time to frame the darn thing, yet it turned out so well. It's sort of amazing where the love will come from sometimes. Maybe its because I've seen that view so many times myself that it seems so unremarkable to me...who knows.

Humpday Haiku: I'm Not a Morning Person

Early morning sun

Harbinger: the day begins

the glare hurts my eyes

Christmas Eve Humpday Haiku:

Relaunch is nigh.

So new presents for you, well

the ones that remain

Humpday Haiku: Being Home Leads to No Blogging

Sorry, no updates

don't have much to say really

Jessie made me though.

Well, she did, sorta.

Humpday Haiku

Yes we did, yes we

did, yes we did, yes we did.

Yes we effin' did.

Humpday Haiku: The First of Many, Probably

My kid peed today

not really news you'd say? Wrong.

she peed right on me.

Don't ever let anyone say that you have to worry about that problem only with boys. It happens with girls too, when you're holding them and they have leaky diapers.

Humpday Haiku: This Week It's All About The Kid

Burrito Erin

all swaddled up nice and tight

not for consumption

She gets that pissed off look from her Daddy.

Humpday Haiku: Right of Way

I have right of way

that means you don't wave me out

learn to drive dumbass.

Humpday Haiku: An Anti-Haiku Haiku

I don't feel like this

Yet here is a haiku

Old habits die hard.

Humpday Haiku: I Felt Like Being a Bummer

Beautiful sunsets

They can only be enjoyed

By those with eyesight.

Humpday Haiku: Beepers?

Docs still use beepers

Kind of archaic I think

New technology?

I'm sure there's some reason why but for the life of me I can't put my finger on it.

Humpday Haiku: Again with the Back Pain

Once again, back pain

I guess its not my weight, Doc

back to drawing board.

Humpday Haiku: This is a *Real* Haiku.

Remember Wayne's World?

Wayne says "that was a haiku."

But it was not one.

Humpday Haiku: Better Day Today

Has to be better

Yesterday was terrible

Can't be any worse

Humpday Haiku: Freshman Convocation

Convocation, weird:

Two and a half days setup

For one hour event

Humpday Haiku: Pets

Elmo and Ninja

Elmo still cute, annoying

Ninja still attacks.

On another note, today marks an actual week since I weighed myself at 221.4 and decided that enough was enough...so to mark the week, I weighed myself this morning...209.8. 11.6 pounds in one week. I'm not sure if I should be happy or scared for my health. Heh.