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An update. A story. A thought. Friday. 1.30.04 9:35 am A Day Away We often think that our affairs, great or small, must be tended continuously and in detail, or our world will disintegrate, and we will lose our places in the universe. That is not true, or if it is true, then our situations were so temporary that they would have collapsed anyway. Once a year or so I give myself a day away. On the eve of my day of absence, I begin to unwrap the bonds which hold me in harness. I inform housemates, my family and close friends that I will not be reachable for twenty-four hours; then I disengage the telephone. I turn the radio dial to an all-music station, preferably one which plays the soothing golden oldies. I sit for at least an hour in a very hot tub; then I lay out my clothes in preparation for my morning escape, and knowing that nothing will disturb me, I sleep the sleep of the just. On the morning I wake naturally, for I will have set no clock, nor informed my body timepiece when it should alarm. I dress in comfortable shoes and casual clothes and leave my house going no place. If I am living in a city, I wander streets, window-shop, or gaze at buildings. I enter and leave public parks, libraries, the lobbies of skyscrapers, and movie houses. I stay in no place for very long. On the getaway day I try for amnesia. I do not want to know my name, where I live, or how many dire responsibilities rest on my shoulders. I detest encountering even the closest friend, for then I am reminded of who I am, and the circumstances of my life, which I want to forget for a while. Every person needs to take one day away. A day in which one consciously separates the past from the future. Jobs, family, employers, and friends can exist one day without any one of us, and if our egos permit us to confess, they could exist eternally in our absence. Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for. Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us. We need hours of aimless wandering or spaces of time sitting on park benches, observing the mysterious world of ants and the canopy of treetops. If we step away for a time, we are not, as many may think and some will accuse, being irresponsible, but rather we are preparing ourselves to more ably perform our duties and discharge our obligations. When I return home, I am always surprised to find some questions I sought to evade had been answered and some entanglements I had hoped to flee had become unraveled in my absence. A day away acts as a spring tonic. It can dispel rancor, transform indecision, and renew the spirit. by Maya Angelou We got that in our CAHSEE book, and were told to read it and answer a couple of questions about it. I put it here because I like how the writer thinks. That the world doesn't revolve around any one person, it will still continue on. Comment! (0) | Recommend! What? Chicken? Tuesday. 1.27.04 8:21 pm Well. Now what. First we have this crazy mad-cow disease, so we're not allowed to eat beef of any sort so that way, we won't die or go crazy or whatever happens when you get the human version of mad-cow disease. Now we can't eat chickens, because we might get this disease, which could be worse for humans than it is for chickens and other birds. Roxanne will be happy though, she might be able to eat something other than chicken for once in her life. lol. Well, except for beef. [Article--] But look! There's a [bright side] to this story! Comment! (0) | Recommend! I Do Not Love You Except Because I Love You Tuesday. 1.27.04 5:56 pm I Do Not Love You Except Because I Love You by Pablo Neruda I do not love you except because I love you; I go from loving to not loving you, From waiting to not waiting for you My heart moves from cold to fire. I love you only because it's you the one I love; I hate you deeply, and hating you Bend to you, and the measure of my changing love for you Is that I do not see you but love you blindly. Maybe January light will consume My heart with its cruel Ray, stealing my key to true calm. In this part of the story I am the one who Dies, the only one, and I will die of love because I love you, Because I love you, Love, in fire and blood. Comment! (0) | Recommend! In Class Essay... (Robel 1st Semester Final) Tuesday. 1.27.04 9:20 pm We wrote this in class for our 1st semester final in 2 hours. I got a A-/B+ Paint Me Approvable Throughout this semester, we have read 16 different poems, short stories, and novels. Many different themes and morals have showed up in each of them, but there is only one theme that appeals to me most. In the works, This Boy's Life, We Wear the Mask, and "Harrison Bergeron", we come across characters and personalities who literally and figuratively "wear the mask". So why do people insist on painting their faces? In the poem, "We Wear the Mask" by Paul Laurence Dunbar, the voice behind the words explain deception of appearance. "This debt we pay to human guile; with torn and bleeding hearts we smile." (Lines 3-4) This illustrates figuratively how our minds work. Nobody wants to see someone down in the dumps, because emotions are contagious. So because of that reason, a given character will (try to) cover up any sorrow and misery that doesn't need to be shown. This Boy's Life, by Tobias Wolff, is a story revived through words about a boy named Toby, his need for approval, and admiration for others. "...wanting money, a certain array of merchandise, wanting at any price, the world's esteem." (251) In this story, all Toby wants is acceptance from other people. As he moves to new cities, and meets new people, his self-image changes with each of these occurrences as he searches to find out who he really is. In the short story, Harrison Bergeron, by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., it is not the emotional business we're dealing with, it is the physical traits and wits being disguised. This being, so everyone will be normal and equal. "[George] had a little mental handicap radio in his ear. He was required by law to wear it at all times." (1) This story is different from the two previous works I read, for the fact that approval is required, different is sin, and competition is a fallacy. Thankfully, a world and government such as this is considered Utopia, which would and could never happen as long as there is more than one human being on Earth. The works We Wear the Mask, This Boy's Life and Harrison Bergeron all have at least one similarity, which is expressing how and why people cover up themselves to show the world someone who they are not. Many other themes could've been produced out of these works, I chose "wearing a mask" because I felt I could make a point. Comment! (0) | Recommend! Ha. Tuesday. 1.27.04 1:23 am http://www.blurty.com/~jamiesato/ That's going to be for my daily happenings and whatnot. My nutang will be for writings, thoughts, questions, essays, poems, fave poems and fave lyrics. Comment! (0) | Recommend! Sex Quotes. Monday. 1.26.04 5:14 pm I'm too shy to express my sexual needs except over the phone to people I don't know. - Gary Shandling I tried phone sex once. I got an ear infection. - Richard Lewis Masturbation: Shaking hands with the unemployed. - George Carlin Sex at age 90 is like trying to shoot pool with a rope. - George Burns I was on stage last night talking. I said, "You know the diaphragm is a pain in the ass." Someone yelled out, "You are putting it in the wrong place." - Carole Montgomery As she lay there dozing next to me, one voice inside my head kept saying, "Relax...you are not the first doctor to sleep with one of his patients," but another kept reminding me, 'Howard, you are a veterinarian.'" - Dick Wilson Ducking for apples; change one letter and it's the story of my life. - Dorothy Parker Eighty percent of married men cheat in America. The rest cheat in Europe. - Jackie Mason She should get a divorce and settle down. - Jack Parr That woman speaks eight languages and can't say "no" in any of them. - Dorothy Parker Too fucking busy, and vice versa. - Dorothy Parker She's been on more laps than a napkin. - Walter Winchell I'd rather she'd used me for sex. Using me for my mind really bothered me. - Carl Jacobs Comment! (0) | Recommend! Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25