Haikus!

As per my 101 list, I have written a few. They're all pretty bad and I'm not so proud of them, but once I've done 100 I plan to be a lot better. So, until then. Here are my crappy "practice" ones.

Ugly seagull squawk
Parasitic beach dweller
Swallow a rock please

Sunshine licks water
Steam rises and falls again
The sea drinks the rain

Waddle little duck
your feathers all in order
Seek rest in puddle

Smiling faces see
A sight that brings happiness
Contagious smile

Friendly stranger stops
Through my window he greets me
Awkward discussion

Sitting in silence
Alone and thoughtful I am
Ponder this my friend

Drifter

My mind has packed it's napsack
Hitched a ride somewhere
Place to place it goes
Doesn't stop here or there
Like a drifter,
not bound by time or agenda.
A freedom without purpose,
a trap in it's own regard.
Percepection has occupied the only limit.
As all around is only sight,
and image rendered by understanding.
Touch is nothing tangible,
just a sensory projection.
Drifting nomad mind,
you move in hopes of finding self
in an existential wasteland.
Nothing here but barren prose.
Drifter, you are weary.
It's time to wander home.

100 Spanish words

I haven't got all of them yet, but this is what I have so far.

Words I already knew;

Leche-milk
Crema-cream
Rapido-fast
Penguino-penguin
Loco/loca - crazy
Chistosa-Funny
Que-What

New Words;
1 Me - I
2 Quiero - Want
3 Mi - My
4 Casa - house
5 Tienes - have
6 Hermosa - Beautiful
7 dale/vamos - Go
8 Hacer - Do
9 no - not/dont (no hagas - do not)
10 entender/entiendes - understand
11 capaz - capable
12 soy - I am(noun) estoy - I am(verb)
13 Ayuda/ayudar/ayudando - help
14 necessito - I need / necessita - you need
15 trapeado - trap
16 uno - 1
17 dos - 2
18 tres - 3
19 cuatro - 4
20 cinco - 5
21 seis - 6
22 siete - 7
23 ocho - 8
24 nueve - 9
25 dies - 10
26 sangre - blood
27 embarasado - pregnant
28 pena - embarass (que pena - how embarassing)
29 matar - kill
30 muerte - death
31 espada - sword
32 maso - club
33 ach - axe
34 muchacha - girl
35 chiclo/chamo/muchacho - boy
36 hombre - man
37 mujer - woman
38 chupamela - suck my
40 verga - dick (mexico)
41 maldito - damned one (asshole)
42 cagado - scared
43 cuca/chocha/cuchara - pussy
44 chucara - spoon
45 cuchillo - knife
46 tenedor - fork
47 cabeza - head
48 hombro - shoulder
49 rodilla - knee
50 cledo - toe
51 ojo -eye
52 nariz - nose
53 oreja - ear
54 barriga - stomach
55 pecho - chest
56 brazo - arm
57 mano - hand
58 munheca - wrists
59 espalda - back
60 pierna - leg

And my sentence of the day -
-tienes un cara que es pa asustar al coco
-you have a face that would scare the boogeyman.

A weird and colourful dream

I can only remember this one in pieces.

I was dating Zach Braff (JD From Scrubs) but I got the feeling he didn't like me much. We were doing some kind of trip somewhere. A nature reserve, maybe. or some exotic island. Lots and lots of strange and colourful creatures. My favourite part was doing this walk by myself, and I stopped on the ride of a mountain, and looked out over a valley. It looked a lot like west auckland, trees everwhere etc. And this beautiful massive owl was flying around me. So I put my arm out, and it landed on it. And stayed there. Let me stroke it's breast (high five!) and was just amazing.

The dream moved on and I was swimming with my sister Amie in the harbour. It was all murkey, and everything was gross, but we were enjoying having some philosophical talk about something and watching the lonely tortoise swimming.

There was another part of the dream where me and JD were lazing about in this dinghy that was tied to a wharf, and there was a friend of his with us. An annoying asian chick. She thought I wasn't right for him and was gettin in his ear about it. So I tried to convince him by giving him a massage and telling him how amazing and "ridiculously funny" he was. He was still uninterested.

The dream was mostly interesting because of the colour scheme. I don't usually dream in colour, so when I do it's usually beautiful. The trees, and the sunshine. The blue over the water. The animals. Lizards, and birds mostly. That owl took my breath away. I want my own owl.

Dream update

Had a really strange one last night. I can only remember snippets now. I met these two young guys on the side of the road. Say 16 or so. I picked them up and took them off somewhere. The dream was set in a weird place, like there was a centre circular field amongst trees. In the four corners there were certain other sets. Kind of like a movie set set up. I took them to the southern corner, which was just a piece of footpath. For some reason I was trying to seduce them. Not for any personal pleasure, because it was somehow my job or duty. I was supposed to. It was working, I had them both tangled and interested, and weird stuff was happening. Can't remember what exactly but it was definately bizarre. I took them back to the room that was in the eastern corner of the set up. And put them on two beds. One single bed each, with a small walkable gap inbetween. One was watching, and the other was laying on his back. I asked the one closest to me to open his mouth so I could begin the procedure. He did. Only the left side of his mouth I incerted a toothbrush between his cheek and his teeth. And left it there so it was sticking straight out. And put a small red vibrator on the other side in the same spot. I was about to begin the procedure. I have no idea what this procedure is. My friend Alec walks in with a toy Drs kit that I had when I was little. It's white and plastic. He has a stethescope around his neck and is wearing a white Drs coat over normal clothing. He walks over to the guy on the other bed lays him back, pulls up his shirt and pulls out a scalpel. He is preparing the abdomen of guy number two while explaining to me that Alistair, (the Dad of a close friend of his) has been teaching him unofficial medical and surgery procedures. I'm annoyed that he has take over my procedure and stolen a case from me that I had worked hard to seduce. As he cuts into guy number two I wake up.

Refresh!

This blog has a whole new purpose now. I'm considering removing all the other content because its a bunch of emo babble. I'm sure I will fill it with new more relevant emo babble. But for now, here is my 101 list. Hopefully this will help me get back on track with my life and keep me busy and inspired. I don't have 101 ideas yet, I'm trying to think of 20 more that will challenge me a little more than the rest of the list.

Here 'tis.

1. Write a complete song with Anton
2. Learn 5 new songs on Cello
3. Learn 2 new songs on Piano
4. Write 5 new songs on Cello
5. Write 2 new songs on Piano
6. Write 20 short stories
7. Write 10 poems
8. Read 20 new books.
9. Read 1 book of Eoin's choice
10. Read 1 book of Rosie's choice
11. Ride the Rainforest Express
12. Take photos at 10 new places
13. Take a photo a day and write something about it
14. Finish painting my 3 canvases to a quality I want to put on the wall
15. Organise family walk around the rocks
16. Do 5 bush walks
17. Do bush walk with Dad
18. Write letter to Dad
19. Write letter to Mum
20. Write letter to Kate
21. Write letter to Adam
22. Write letter to Amie
23. Watch all of Star Wars
24. Watch 10 movies I wouldn't usually want to see.
25. Go horse riding
26. Make 20 new pieces of jewlery.
27. Take a short course.
28. Learn to knit
29. Learn 20 new recipes (baking/cooking)
30. Learn how a car engine works and be able to explain it
31. Learn 100 new words
32. Learn 100 new animals- include lifestyle/habbitat etc
33. Become a pro at an Xbox game.
34. Visit 5 new towns.
35. Learn 100 new plants - lifestyle/location/reproduction
36. Ride 3km on a bike
37. Learn about 5 countries' political system and be able to explain
38. Read History of NZ book
39. Read brief history of nearly everything (must ask Joseph what that's actually called)
40. Finish Amphibians Map
41. Finish 3 new maps.
42. Go to a Touchy Farm
43. Use my blog to track 101 list.
44. Learn about the lives/style /works of 10 composers.
45. Learn a new computer skill. (maybe coding or something)
46. Plan a tattoo
47. Think of 5 elaborate plans to take over the world and write about them
48. Make a brief outline of a timeline of my life
49. Relearn Algebra
50. Learn the Periodic table
51. Learn 100 Spanish words.
52. Go to MOTAT
53. Glass- Photography Project
54. Wind/Tree - Photography Project.
55. Go fishing off Cornwallis Wharf
56. Do a tapestry
57. Learn 5 new songs on guitar.
58. Learn 5 origami patterns.
59. Learn proper massage techniques
60. Hang Saari in room
61. Read a philosophy book
62. Learn basic history/practice of 5 religions.
63. Write 100 haikus.
64. Plant a tree.
65. Think of and fulfil Photography idea
66. Same^
67. Same^^
68. Earth/Air/Water/Fire - Photography project
69. Create and write on a fantasy city/culture/religion/race
70. Write out 5 end of the world scenarios.
71. Write every new dream I have, no matter how brief.


That's all I have so far. Need some more ideas. Also, this made me laugh; the version I wrote on paper, I somehow wrote 50. and then 60. so I have more left to write than I thought. Oh well.