Looking forward to 2011

I have been thinking a lot lately about my creative outlet.  It helps that there are lots of brilliant people around me that have so much talent.  So this morning I decided to embark on a haiku project.  Over the next month my goal is to write a series of Haikus that represent my 2010.  Some will be personal, some international.

Here is a start:

Haikus are for all
embark on a new journey
don't forget to write

leavingohio.blogspot.com

holy crap

http://leavingohio.blogspot.com/

pre writing

starting to write a story

i am a sestina

I slam poetry and wash away whiskey rainstorms.  Riding bikes through
vinicultural avenues.  Puppies hiking in backyard adventures.
Concerts in musical motion.  These are a few of my favorite
things...

I strive for things.  Seeing the lightning in a rainstorm.  Hearing
the thunder from distant avenues.  Meeting a friendly foreign face
while adventuring.  Touch the world as it spins in
motion...

My sickness is caused by hurt emotion.  It is not from a physical
thing. It can not be washed away by rainstorms.  The sickening is from
corporate avenues.  As they plot demise, stop their
adventure...

This is my daydream adventure.  To spin love like a record in motion.
To find that new something.  And let it be the double rainbow during
the rainstorm.  But to take your hand and walk down the ave and
view...

This is my avenue.  It cant always be adventure.  Drive slowly
emotion.  Listen and seek the something.  Dont get down by the rain or
the storm...

Life is the motion, not the rainstorm, walk the avenue, find something
in the adventure

I wish I was fired

I am torn with the possibility of being fired and at first I didn't know what to think, but now as I am counting down the hours to meet my sentence, I wish I was fired.  I don't want to have had my boss fight for my job, I don't want HR to appreciate the little things I have done.  I want them to take the side of justice and fire me, so I can finally move on with my life.  There are times when jobs are just in the way of your economic, physical, mental, social and professional growth.  It wouldn't seem like it was something I should think or feel as it is my financial livelihood, but this job has caused me more mental anguish and I think it is time for me to pass the torch.

finally working

So after a long drawn out summer, I am ready for winter to arrive.  It promises the dawning of hibernation, cold weather, lazy days, and actually for me, productivity.  If I am not inspired to go out and play then I might as well get shit done.  So here it is.  I have started the google group page for the writing group.  Its called Naked Wits.  It is a prototype.  A simple six month to a year trial run.  Lets see how it goes, and then maybe move to another site.