tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-15:68112 and I hear there's good cake at the end from 2012-02-06T19:37:07Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-15:68112:127742 2012-02-06T19:36:41Z 2012-02-06T19:37:07Z loved public 2 <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/7zA2Gjjm37k" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=from&ditemid=127742" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-15:68112:127360 2012-01-31T09:03:02Z 2012-01-31T09:03:55Z I am drawing the story of how hard we tried public 0 The Blue Booby<br /><a href="http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/20400">BY JAMES TATE</a><br /><br />The blue booby lives<br />on the bare rocks<br />of Galápagos<br />and fears nothing.<br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://from.dreamwidth.org/127360.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=from&ditemid=127360" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-15:68112:125193 2011-11-17T17:28:44Z 2011-11-17T17:29:31Z public 4 This essay, <a href="http://www.granta.com/Magazine/92/How-to-Write-about-Africa/Page-1">How to Write about Africa</a> by Binyavanga Wainaina, is from a 2005 Granta issue, but today is the first time I've read it. Both sad and hilarious. Worth a read.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=from&ditemid=125193" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-15:68112:124789 2011-11-03T13:12:15Z 2011-11-03T13:13:49Z sore public 6 <strong>Taboo to Boot</strong><br /><br />One bliss for which<br />There is no match<br />Is when you itch<br />To up and scratch.<br /><br /><br /><strong>The Octopus</strong><br /><br />Tell me, oh octopus, I beg.<br />Is those things arms, or is they legs?<br />I marvel at thee Octopus.<br />If I were thou, I’d call me us.<br /><br /><br /><strong>The Lama</strong><br /><br />The one-l lama,<br />He’s a priest. <br />The two-l llama,<br />He’s a beast.<br />And I will bet<br />A silk pajama<br />There isn’t any<br />Three-l lllama.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=from&ditemid=124789" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments