I am taking a Creative Writing class in Poetry at UCLA on tuesday nights. This week and last week we had to write one sestina (evil!) and one villanelle (appears less evil, but really is more). I decided that I would write the sestina…
Author: Ms. Jen
Every 2nd Sunday – Trad Seisiun at the Harp
Every 2nd Sunday of the Month, between 4pm – 7pm, sometimes later, the Harp Inn in Costa Mesa hosts a traditional Irish seisium. Seisium = random musicians bring themselves and their instruments, get drinks from the bar, sit down in a rough circle/rectangle and…
Hey! I want one, too… Chicken vs. Lamb
Ok, I want to know why the average American in a city doesn’t give their sheep a ride around town? Inquiring minds want to know. Sometimes I think we here in the US are too dull, too straitjacketed living in our safe planned communities….
First Iris of May
For my birthday, my mom gave me a bunch of flowers to put into my new little garden along the driveway and fence. The iris has decided to put out two blooms in 24 hours. I guess this means that it is happy.
Norton doesn’t like Mozilla?
I have been a dedicated Netscape user since 1994 or there abouts. I use IE only to check my web design sites. I eschew Outlook, and use Netscape Mail. But there has been a bit of evil lurking underneath the silver cloud of my…
Cinco de Mau at Detroit
Dave “The Chairman” Mau left me a message on my answering machine the other day to tell me of the plans for this year’s Cinco de Mau BBQ, and he told me to tell the world. Hello World, go to the BBQ, all are…
Congrats to Manic Hispanic!
I’d like to extend a big congratulations to Steve Soto and all the gentlemen of Manic Hispanic for the release of their excellent 3rd cd today on BYO Records! Unfortunately, I was unable to attend their CD release party and Cinco de Mayo show…
Getting Feisty with Spam
Sept. 2001, when I was on a one year contract as an adjunct art professor, we attended an Art Dept. retreat where the evening entertainment was sculpting Spam (the processed meat product) into famous works of art. Yikes! I watched from the sidelines. The…