5/18/2006

Just like that scene in Harry and the Hendersons

Filed under: — Aprille @ 4:48 pm

Do you love unicorns?  Do you want to trick people into thinking you’ve killed one?

Look no further.

Bonus:  though it’s far from certain, it’s definitely implied that you ate the missing parts of the unicorn.

Haiku

Filed under: — Aprille @ 4:14 pm

When in doubt, write haiku.

When I was in the Translation Workshop, this dude was translating haiku, and in workshopping with him, I learned that haiku does not actually have to follow the 5-7-5 syllable pattern. That’s just something that’s caught on in the west, apparently. A Japanese haiku is just a very short poem that is meant to capture a moment.

That said, half the fun of writing haiku is the 5-7-5 thing, and I don’t speak Japanese anyway, so I think I’ll go western-style here.

I smell Cheerios.
My blood sugar grows lower,
jealous of that food.

Old coffee in my
neglected old coffee mug
cultivated fur.

Iggy Pop: so thin!
Iggy Pop: he rocks me hard!
Cooler than talent.

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