poppy

it's frickin
awesome
to have
poppy
in
town

my mind has a sign

my mind has a sign
my mind
my mind is assigned
my mind has a sigh
my mind has a sight

starting

starting to get the hang of things
starting to get this
startingto

gary snyder quote

GARY SNYDER is quoted as saying
"true affluence is not needing anything"

microphone history/2nd incarnation

today is the 23rd of may friday at
about 3:24
just strumming first off the c and then the g
these young starlets
okay the title
what i'm working on is
these young starlets have no microphone knowledge
these young starlets have no microphone knowledge
and we call this progress
these young starlets have no microphone knowledge
and we call this progress
i could argue to make a point
'til kingdom come
i could say to you anything i wanted
these young starlets have no microphone knowledge
and we call this progress
i'm neither here nor there
i got so many points runnin' 'round my head
but i got this to say to you today
relax
take sip of fresh air
it's the last free commidity
that i see
take a fresh breath of air
and breathe
relax relax relax
not gonna tell you who to vote for
i'm just here to tell you to
relax relax relax
take a sip of air
it's the last free commodity
these young starlets have no microphone knowledge
and we call this progress
sometimes i wanna scream
don't you know your microphone history
go up go down
here's a couple tips
when you touch your fingertips
to a bi-directional microphone
and there's no feedback
here's a hint
we know you're lip synching
these young starlets have absolutely
no microphone knowledge
and this is progress
these young starlets have absolutely no microphone knowledge
and this is progress
and this is why
we send the elevator down
as much as we please
and this is the deal my friend
the newborns are comin'
i could list off bunch of digits
for you numbers people
but i don't really care
i don't really care
i don't really care
i don't really care
the charts the numbers the rejection
i don't really care
i don''t really care
i don't really care
i believe in a few simple concepts
every single human being
is
get this
equal
from here from there
i've been there
from here from there
i've been there
these young starlets have no microphone knowledge
i see this as progress
just one a minor between the c and g

everybody in morocco

everybody
with the same dna
will meet
our gorgeous
promise from God
our sign
our proof
proof
good movie
streams of consiousness

shking off

shaking off the negativity
of my other half
this is my goal
i realize i can be controlling
the other half realizes
this in themself
are we mirroring
are we reflecting
projecting
our controllingness
onto one another
too much to think about
searching for my sense
of humor
finding
my sense of self
finding
that
glorious shinging
self
inside
outside
within
shining
the light that shines brightly
within me

weird

free quote
"everybody is weird"
anonymous

how to download video from youtube

go to youtube
find your file
copy/past url
go to http://savevid.com
change file to file extension ending in mp4

heidz manz band

heidz manz band is good
really
really
good
dig
like it
jazz
fusion
jam
hip hop
band
cool

lots

lotsofsongstowritelotsofsoulstoheallotsoffilmstowriteliketheoneaboutthathomelessgivewhounfortuantelytookhisownlifemrs.patriciabennettwassosadthedayhetookhisownlifesomebodyiscallingonthelandlineeriniscallingrecipehomemadebabycallingwowmadeherownbabyfoodwillshoother aneomail

you commited to me

commited to me
when i wasn't willing to sign a contract with myself
honored me
when couldn't just couldn't sigh
and be
discovered beauty
when
this treasure chest
was shining
shining
right inside
shining
shining
crying
believing
tears are healing agent
saline
salt
truth
hurt
pain
love
all of the above
things that rhyme
things that
simply
won't
perfect iambic pentameter
the kind
that david e. kelley writes

rock star

i have that pop song in my head
party like a what http://hamidlazim.blogspot.com
party like a what
party like a rock star
i remember singin that to my nieces and nephews
in the car
party like a what
hiccup
baby sleeps
it's awesome being a domestic engineer
let me tellya
LOVING it.
humdeleellah

your daddy

i like to see you with your daddy
i like to see you with your daddy
sing-song
like a child's song
i like to see you with your daddy
rest
i like to see you with your daddy
when she sleeps
she rests
deeply
and with peace

angels in the shower

there were angels
in the shower that day
that day in the sublet
i had a baby in the womb
water flowin on my head
and angels cheering me form behind
i could hear them
i could feel
them
it was real
there's no medical book to dissect
it's easy
some things are real
there were ancestors
cheering
jeering
you did
girl
you healed that wound
this one won't be inherited
this time
spread the lessons
you'll never stop learning
this is for
real

pennywort drink

what do you think of that? pennywort drink? nina y yo walked downed to the local thai supermarket. i swear, this is what i love about living in the city of angles. i can walk within reasonable walking distance and fee authentic thai, filipino, korean, armenian, mexican, el salvadorean, and moroccan food. this, my friends is what i love about living in the city of angels. what's strange about blogging is i'm a writer. when writing....i always write to someone or a group of people. but, i'm blogging. am i writing to myself? is the internet listening?
it's kinda bizarre and fun at the same time. i am just really embracing the digital world. the year is 2008. it's taken me awhile. i have a nina now. i wonder if that has influenced me...who knows? they say things happen when we're ready for them. this is a difficult concept for me to grasp....for MANY MANY reaons. mostly...to HONESTLY sum it up.....control issues. i'm overcoming them. not with 100 percent success. but, with modest success
la nina cries for my asisstance.
need some assitance
suing people
suing people
stop this
lititigiousness

gourmet filmmaker's middle of the month salad

this serves two
fresh herb salad blend=
organic baby lettuce (red & green romain, red & green oak leaf, red leaf, lolla rosa, tango)
organic red & green chard
organic mizuna
organic arugula
organic mache
organic frisee
organic radicchio
organic parsley
organic dill
organic cilantro
1 apple
4 slices turkey or vegan bacon
6 quarter inch slices of celery
12 thinly chopped mint leaves
parsley stems chopped
5 coin sized cucumber slices thinly chopped
1/4 cup blanched, salted, and roasted peanuts
1/8 cup raw walnuts
romano vinaigrette

cook turkey bacon on stove and let cool. start chopping ingredients. add apple last as this browns easily. drop fresh herb salad blend into two bowls. (i used a few ounces from the earthbound farm organic's fresh herb salad).

ah ah

this adorable newborn
only 2 months
old
only 2 months of personal references
2 months of love
2 months of newness
ah ah
the noises she makes
achoo
the sneezes she wheezes
ahh
how much i adore her
love i 've never dreamt of
i love her

seeds of fear

seeds of fear
stop planting them
stop sign
to the leaders
realize
your power
realize
you message
and
relinquish fear
we survived everything
already
anyway
humans adapt
period

peacefulness

david wolfe's free gift was awesome
loved it
free nutrition knowledge
i want to work on a goji berry farm for a week
just a week
long enough to just
be
around
the goji's

faces

1. 1. faces name
      places
   2. these are
      the things
   3. there is a
      song i wrote eons ago
   4. playing in
      my head
   5. i don't
      believe in finitites
   6. i don't
      believe in wise
   7. i believe
      in contradictions
   8. with
      squiggly lines
   9. i believe
      in color
   10. color with
       conviction
   11. i believe
       in ...
   12. i believe
       in .....
   13. i believe
       in ...
   14. i believe
       in the wise
   15. i
       believe
   16. i
       believe
   17. i
       believe

glitches

pay attention to the typo's
pay attention to the gliches
hiccups
and
disses
this is life
who knows what follows
so pay attention
stay focused
and
pay attention

masses

to the masses to the ho's to people to the yo
tempo's sell out
people like a tempo they can sink their teeth into
but my tempo
is my beat
it is sacred
it is me
listen
i was in the hospital
the other day
there is no reason
the saying
i don't like hospitals
is famous
hospital are for healing
i would even dare say
heightened healing
ya know
it's like
for healing
the baby cries
i must go

slowing down

having trouble slowing down
listening to the signs
noticing the signs
adhering to the signs
we all get them
some more obvious than others
lately
THE UNIVERSE HAS BEEN SCREAMING at me
whispering at me
tapping me on the toosh
gently persuading me
to
SLOW the beepity beep DOWN
do i dare listen
do i really
truly
sink deep down into my
being
and slowly
breathe in the fresh los angeles
air
we are the city of angels
i believe in them
sometimes they come in the human form
sometimes they are ethereal
like that dude from
the last lecture
says
scientists can't prove there AREN'T fairies
aaaaah
remember to take
time to smell the roses
sometimes
cliches
make
sense

confessions of a teenage domestic engineer

chriselda
i didn't mean to snub you
i didn't mean to be rude
my companion
claimed
it's political
and this day
i
swear
i didn't know i was rude
i was just way
pregnant
too
tired to even say hi
i heard you
calling my name
i know i snubbed you
i just ignored you on purpose
now is the day
when i give you a thank you
card
now is the day
you receive citizenship
i know your ancestors have worked hard
for you to arrive
so today
i say
m'bruk
moroccan for congratulations
congratulation
i made cookies
in your
honor
but, i ate them for breakfast

just

just can't' get enough
aya
just can't get enough
aya
just can't get enough
of you
just can't get enough
aya
just can't get enough
of you
just can't get enough
just can't get enough
kinda like a sing-song

give it up to the masses

give it up to the masses
give it up to the ho's
give it up to the pillars
give it up to the sows
all the hard
work
it's taken for our ancestors to
create
this
american ideaology
this way
of life
this freedom of speech
this freedom
these rights
give it up to the masses
give it up

the global beat is

the global beat is free
it costs absolutely nothing
get our mothers something
clever this year
get her something she's always wanted
appreciation
tell her how hard she's been working all
of these years
and how much
we all appreciate
b/c the boundaries are blurring
the backgrounds too
check out modern cinematoraphy
the only filmmakers
without a untion
THE PAPPARAZZI
we need more female bodies
behind the camera
send the message out
to the papparazzi
send the message out to the masses
now
it's my time to rest
i have made it
i've conquered the global
beat
i'm a mama
a lover
a teacher
the high priestest of soul
i'm a mama
shout out to the masses
shout out to the peeps
no permission
now
i'm a mother
the power has changed
power to the people
legalese is a joke
nobody's signing contracts anymore
really read a contract
cross it out and change
it
but if you're an artist
take your time
before you sign a contract

listen to the music of denis bonis

shoot it out to the masses
shoot it out fo free
shoot it out to the masses
cause everything is free
i'm changing the tempo on purpose
sometimes we rebel against the
perfect
tempo
in
side
sometimes we
just want
to be a little kid and play
who cares
about
typo's
tempo's
all that jazz
we just wanna be fwee
cuz
this mattress is freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
ya know what i mean
ladeeeeez

this mattress is FREE

there's one thing
that is free
on this earth
it is sleep
breath and
fresh air
this dude needs a a one us dollar donation
http:www.prisoninfo.org
i personally
recommend
donating to this organization
i know the dude jan for reals
fo shizzles
i met him in uganda
he's a really hard worker
he's just trying to save the world
he's building a prison
in congo
PLEASE
make a donation
so he can complete the work that is required
again
donat
zakat
it's FREE
http://www.prisoninfo.org

strawberry blonde

i love of each
and every cell of your being

sell out

i'm a sell out
all this time i thought i was an indie rocker
i'm a sell out
a slave to my issues
i thought i was rejecting the conglomerations
the reason for injustice in this great nation
exercising my self expression
but
really
truly
honestly
when you
peel back the layers
i was just grieving
the wounds
and
re-living them
through these self-created dramas
hurting myself
and those closest to me
i had no clue
but
i was learning
i'm growing and
expanding
i know my soul
i know my way

जुली फौर्थ इस थे बिर्थ्दय ऑफ़ ऑउर nation

blow bubbles in the face
of the dictators in your head
listen
adolf hitler doesn't have a
copyright
nobody wants to buy the rights
to that estate
now
einstein
that sells
that sells millions
but it's the hitler
in
our
head
that screams
screams
bloody murder
who has the power
hitler
or
einstein
imagination
or rage
hurt
or pain
healing
or
wisdom
his ancestors
are making millions

arabic

Arabic is one of the world's major languages, spoken in a broad belt extending from the Arabian Peninsula across the Fertile Crescent and on to the Atlantic Ocean. It is the official language of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Sudan, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco, making it the mother tongue of about 215 million people. In addition many millions of Moslems in other countries have some knowledge of Arabic, it being the language of the Moslem religion and of the sacred Koran. in 1974 Arabic was made the sixth official language of the United Nations.
Great languages spring from great empires, and Arabic is no exception. A Semitic language closely related to Hebrew, its use was confined to the Arabian Peninsula until the 7th century A.D. But the spectacular Islamic conquests of that century carried the language far beyond its original borders, and it supplanted almost all the previous languages of Iraq, Syria, Egypt, and North Africa. After further conquest in succeeding centuries Arabic was spoken as far east as Afghanistan and as far west as Spain.
The Arabic alphabet is believed to have evolved from that of an ancient people known as the Nabateans, but how, when, and where exactly it originated is still a matter of controversy. By the early Mohammedan period two scripts were in use~the Naskhi, the ordinary cursive form used in books and correspondence, and the Kufic, an angular script used mainly for decorative purposes. The present alphabet of twenty-eight letters consists basically of consonants, the vowel signs being indicated by marks above or below the letters. While these marks are generally omitted, they do appear in elementary school books and in all editions of the Koran. Like the other Semitic languages, Arabic is written from right to left. (ln the text below the numbers appear at the end, rather than the beginning, of each verse.) The script is employed in many other languages, such as Persian, Pashto, Urdu, and Sindhi.
Spoken Arabic naturally varies from country to country, but classical Arabic, the language of the Koran, has remained largely unchanged since the 7th century. It has served as a great unifying force in the development and standardization of the language. When educated Arabs from different countries meet, they generally converse in classical Arabic. On the southern coast of the Arabian Peninsula the people speak a number of dialects known collectively as South Arabic, but these differ so greatly from the Arabic of the north that South Arabic is often considered a separate language.
Arabic has contributed many words to the English language, many of them beginning with the Arabic definite article al-. These include algebra, alcohol, alchemy, alkali, alcove, alfalfa, and albatross. Others are mosque, minaret, sultan, elixir, harem, girafte, gazelle, cotton, amber, sofa, mattress, tariff, magazine, arsepial, syrup, sherbet, and artichoke. Coffee is also an Arabic word which entered Fnglish by way of Turkish and Italian. The word assassin comes from a similar Arabic word meaning "hashish addicts."
Arabic is spoken/used in the following countries:
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros (Federal Islamic Republic), Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gaza Strip, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States of America, West Bank, Western Sahara, Yemen Arab Republic. Language Family
Family: Afro-Asiatic (Hamito-Semitic) Subgroup: Semitic Branch: North Arabic
Copyright © Kenneth Katzner, The Languages of the World, Published by Routledge.
Writing Sample

Translation
1. In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.2. Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds. 3. The Beneficent, the Merciful. 4. Master of the Day of Judgment. 5. Thee (alone) do we worship, and Thee (alone) we ask for help. 6. Show us the straight path. 7. The path of those whom Thou hast favored; not (the path) of those who earn Thy anger nor of those who go astray.
Opening sura (chapter) of the Koran
Articles on Arabic
Speaking in tongues: the language her daughter - Reem Haddad White House proposes foreign language initiative to promote Arabic, Farsi & Japanese