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| 03:26pm 19/12/2008 |
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Hey there.
Gonna be at valley fair mall all day tomorrow, so if you're in the area keep an eye out for me in book shops and food courts.
Christmas is almost here and I'm kinda freaking out. Got alot of gifsts for people, but i'm also really low on money as a result.
Go ahead and comment if you read this post, I'd like to know who's reading my lj.
Two more poems on the way, January SJ slam is gonna kick mad assery.
Assery is now a word. Good day. |
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| 01:48pm 15/12/2008 |
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mood:  amused
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Nothing really new to update about, but I wanted to keep with the consistant postings.
Played WoD on Sunday, alot of fun. My character showed up with a ruck sack full of guns and ammo, he is now called Santa. Not sure how I feel about it, but awesome is definately on the list.
Played some DnD 4e on Saturday, also much fun. 7 level 4 PC's vs. 15 level 1 Kobolds = almost a threat. I need to up the antee here.
still looking for writing prompts, so don't be afraid to shoot some at me.
Finally a Haiku-ish thing:
I am such a geek
that kids with scotch tape glasses
won't hang out with me
I began to write
haiku with grace like rhino
but the last line is always way to long so I always screw it up.
Laugh twice today, once because it's good for you and once because making you laugh is good for me. |
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| 04:13pm 12/12/2008 |
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on break again so lets make this another quickie. two in one day, you lucky dogs.
Jeana, my fiance, is performing tonight. Can't wait to hear her sing, but need to make sure to eat more than left over oreo's on the way there from work.
Still playing DnD more often than is probably healthy but loving every session of it.
Trying to write more poetry that other poets can relate to, any ideas/prompts?
Life is good right now and complaining about it is like being a guy who shits bricks, but complains that he doesn't also piss diamonds.
Damn that'd be painful, but the analogy stands.
Thanks QC. |
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| of fights and men. |
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| 11:11am 12/12/2008 |
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Hey, on break so I'll make it snappy.
Reading Mike's postings about iwps and really wishing I was there. Not that I'm any where near the caliber to compete, but that much awesome could really help me get my momentum back in my writing.
Trying to write more, but since I don't fit the 'mold' it's hard to come up with good competition pieces. Definately not willing to let last monday repeat itself, I sucked hard core.
I'd like to officially change my title to "competition poet" since I did, am, and will continue to be into slam for the competition. I got lousy scores because I gave a lousy performance.
Poem concept:
I'm a pacifist activist enthusiastic performer.
I'm not a pacifist, but if all of you wish to act for peace than someone will need to fight for you.
I know that peace is great, but so long as two people exist on this world, there will be conflict.
If you disagree with me then you've just proven my point.
Still in the works, but I think I can do something with it. |
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| The wall. |
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| 01:45pm 11/12/2008 |
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Hey just some quick scribbles I'm working on and though I'd share with you. Comment if you'd like to.
Abortion is a tricky subject, giving the parent the right to choose.
But a child never gets a decision about where they're born, or who these genes incline them to be.
Those who look in my eyes and see my soul will note two thing: I'm strong and I'm broken.
I was once a wall, a fortress, and unbreakable barrier who guarded all who would stand behind me.
In time I saved a few, but I learned that at times my walls were not high enough,
my foundations not deep enough,
my shoulders not broad enough to stop assaults that would fly at those I longed to protect.
So I shattered, becoming a juggernaut
Indomitable
Indestructible
Unstoppable
From my roots I pulled fists of granite
My tongue became a blade forged from steel that once reinforced my resolve,
now made to cut down others.
I've saved more, but I've fought so many battles and crushed so many beneath me that my hands of stone are forever tainted with the blood that only comes in a loss of innocence.
The blood runs so thick that at times I wish I was color blind so that then I'd
be able to believe that my hands were merely giving me culture in their color,
for white hands can only take culture I've been told.
I didn't choose who I'd be born too, or what my genetic disposition would be,
but I've held the hands of monsters and I've stood against them,
and in the end I've become one of their own.
To those who've seen into my eyes they know two things: I'm strong and I'm broken,
but today I'm rebuilding my walls,
I'm becoming a castle,
not with pure white washed walls which can only belong to innocence and tombs
but with foundations deeper and shoulders broader,
and if anyone ever dares to hurt my queen,
may the granite spiked parapets spiked with blood sink deeply into their assault,
and may God have mercy on their souls. |
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| 12:06am 03/12/2008 |
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but I am.
I'm engaged, have been for a few months, but haven't really told the world for fear that I might lose her.
but I haven't.
I'm writing, mostly stuff that I'll never spit since while it is me I know it isn't what the judges want to hear.
but I probably will anyway.
I'm a lot less angry and sad than I was two years ago and I believe that the love of another person and deciding to get over myself has helped.
but I still grieve at night.
I'm still writing narcissistic things in my lj.
but it still makes you laugh.
A bear walks into a bar...
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Bartender says, "why the long paws?"
but you didn't laugh at that.
I decided on my future career three days ago, and today I may have changed my mind.
but that's nothing new.
I shouldn't be awake right now...
but writing is what I do.
I'm going to bed.
but you're still here. |
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| 11:02pm 23/05/2008 |
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In less than one hour...
My official age will have progressed beyond the teens.
and I will be no closer to the man I wanted to be when I woke up this morning.
In less than one day I will have heard the words happy birthday from half the people i'd like to give me a call to say so.
and it will matter to me more than world hunger.
In less than one week I will receive my first paycheck for playing video games for a living.
and my real life still won't have a reset button.
In less than one month I will be working alongside one of my closest friends, one I consider as much family as anyone with whom I share blood.
and I'll show the world what family can do for each other.
In less than one hour I'll be twenty.
and I honestly find being an adult a lot scarier than when I was a kid. |
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| Elain-O did it and so will I |
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| 08:47pm 20/05/2008 |
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THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE HAD:
1. weslink
2. wesketch
3. wesmoots
THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. my hair
2. my legs
3. my bone structure
THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. my gut
2. my arms
3. my acne
THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE:
1. Irish
2. Scottish
3. Cheroke
THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:
1. unexplainable noises
2. knives sticking out of me
3. gangsters on the light rail
THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:
1. coffee
2. conversation
3. smiles
THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:
1. jeans
2. reveal t-shirt that makes me feel like a rocker
3. blue converse
THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE BANDS OR MUSICAL ARTISTS (of the last couple days):
1. Demon Hunter
2. Dropkick Murphys
3. Aqua
THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP:
1. Honesty
2. Strength
3. Love
TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE (in no particular order):
1. This statement is false.
2. I love food.
3. late at night I just want someone to hold me and tell me I'm gonna be ok.
THREE PHYSICAL THINGS ABOUT THE PREFERRED SEX THAT APPEAL TO YOU:
1. hips
2. smile
3. strength
THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES:
1. gaming
2. movies
3. drawing.
THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW:
1. sleep
2. lose 60 lbs.
3. move out.
THREE CAREERS YOU'RE CONSIDERING/YOU'VE CONSIDERED:
1. author
2. recruiter
3. game tester.
THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION:
1. Alaska
2. the UK
3. Hawaii
THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:
1. raise at least one child
2. make a million people smile with just one action
3. get a full night's rest followed by a good breakfast.
THREE WAYS THAT YOU ARE STEREOTYPICALLY A GIRL:
1. i know about fashion
2. i love children
3. i care more about what my friends are doing than my own well being
THREE WAYS THAT YOU ARE STEREOTYPICALLY A BOY:
1. genitalia
2. i like sports
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| 11:26am 14/05/2008 |
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1. no super powers, yet.
2. skipping work today to go help senior citzens with gardening.
3. realized last night that slam was the night before and i missed it. damn.
4. Jeana liked her birthday gifts. yay!
5. my birthday is in 10 days and I have no idea what I want.
6. job start date moved to may 26th. yay! edit: now starting a week sooner on may 19th!!!
7. 4e is coming out, and I think i'm going to be running four groups to try it out since I know that many gamers. current groups include:
group 1
1. Dom
2. Andrew
3. Scott
4. Jeana
group 2
1. Tony
2. Jessica
3. Greg
4. Hannah
group 3
1. Nick
2. Mike
3. Garret
4. Rachel
group 4
1. Kevin
2. Kris
3. ?
4. ?
This means each group meets once per month most likely on sunday afternoon.
8. working on writing a new slam, but trying not to be whiny about it.
9. what happened in China bites but I don't give it much regard because there's too many who already need help in San Jose. does that make me a heartless bastard for not crying over what happens an ocean away?
10. almost done with Dead Beat. I need to get Proven Guilty and White Knight as well as Small Favor in asap.
11. if you don't get references it's because those parts of the updates aren't aiming for you so don't complain about it. |
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| 09:20pm 08/05/2008 |
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| 09:18pm 07/05/2008 |
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1. no super powers, but oh how i'd love new feet.
2. worked 21 hours out of the last 39, and will work 11 more in the next 19. kill me now please.
3. Haven't been able to spend time with Jeana since Monday. I'm not in a very good mood.
4. Jeana is the most awesome-est chick ever to walk the planet. That's all I have to say on that subject.
5. Most of my body is ok with all this work, but my feet aren't, thus I want new feet.
6. sleep beckons me to rest and so I shall keep this within single digits.
7. I'd kill right now for a cold alchoholic bevy, such as a beer. who gives a care about my age, i want to relax and to not hurt as bad. wish I had pain killers. more legal and less dehydrating.
8. if you happen by oakridge mall tomorrow give me a ring and we can maybe see eachother. perhaps.
9. I got nothin' left, goodnight y'all!
huh, third post in as many days, don't get used to it. |
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| 09:55pm 06/05/2008 |
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1. No super powers, but i'd kill for the ability to heal.
2. Fucked up my knee pretty badly at work and have to wake up in roughly 6.5 hours to go back to the place to work again.
3. Didn't get to spend time with Jeana today. teh suck.
4. Sleep sounds really good but i'm compelled to write this first like somehow someone will read this and realize some great appifany about how bad things happen to bad people too and Wes isn't necessarily a good person or just that Wes can't spell appifany.
5. If anyone comments correcting my grammar/spelling you will die a gruesome lonely death. probably. maybe. hell what am i really gonna do about it just don't.
6. I've forgotten why I number my entries like this, maybe it helps me be concise.
7. I'm tired of being fat, but aside from knives I can't figure a way to make it go away. yes i've tried diet. yes i've tried and continue to do exercise. i'm not complaining i'm stating frustrations.
8. tired of lame excuses to be frustrated.
9. I'm going to bed. good night. |
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| 10:04pm 05/05/2008 |
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wow, alot has happened since 35 weeks ago and my last update. Let me update, no it's too much, let me sum up...
1. Still no super powers
2. Got my AA degree in religious studies since english would require two extra semesters. Go fig.
3. Got a job with Namco.
4. Job with Namco got postponed from march to June
5. Working with Labor Ready. Teh Suck.
6. Still dating Jeana, the love of my life in whom I take much joy.
7. Saw Iron Man, awesomeness in film format.
8. Am tired of whining/being angry at things/complaining, this combined with a complete lack of addiction to anything but coffee and a firmly intact virginity has made for a great struggle in writing Slam. Hence I hope to host soon since I don't want to leave the scene.
9. My two best friends have moved back from Federal Way, WA to San Jose. Nifty and all the better that I hadn't left when they did or else they probably would have returned without me.
10. due to 9 I am no longer moving to Seattle.
11. I have become fully aware of my calling but lack the faith to follow through with it. Should I be blessed with a large sum of money then I know what I will dedicate my life to, but barring that I don't know how I'll ever accomplish what I am meant to do.
12. With getting to know Jeana's friends I have come to realize that I have too many friends to keep track of so I ask you all to comment with what's going on with you since I am very interested but also very busy. This is not a selfish LJ thing, it's a selfish life thing since I tend to help those who ask and talk to those who call and take any extra time for sleep.
13. I turn 20 in 18 days. nifty.
14. Started to recall my dreams recently, not a good thing since I rarely have good ones and almost never remember those.
Well that sums up the jist of things so if you have any other questions about my life, just ask away and i'll do my best to answer in a timely fashion. |
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| 11:50am 01/09/2007 |
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I am a man of simple pleasures and easy amusements, but there is one thing I have found that makes me happier than just about anything. The act of physically wrapping my arms around someone while sitting, having her lean agains my chest and the rythum of our breathing just off beat of eachother while we watch a movie, and occasionally eachother, this feeling is one of pure joy for me and last night after two years, two months, and eight days of being empty handed, I finally had someone to hold and protect.
Last night the world changed more for me than it has in a long time. A good friend of mine is getting married soon, and I'm to be his best man. This makes me so giddy it becomes akward for those around me to see a man of my size become this giddy. When I first heard about it, I danced. I could not be happier for the two of them.
Shortly after this I met up with Jeana, a beautiful woman my older sister introduced me to last wednesday. We've really hit it off and have enjoyed eachothers company as in three days we had three dates. Last night was bowling, dinner, and two movies, and it was during this final stretch that my arm along the top of the couch (as I normally sit anyway) slowly drifted downward. At times she would adjust her seating to be comfortable and my arm would slide down a few inches just because of her realeasing from the back of the couch and sitting back again, but by the end of the first movie she was leaning against me, my arm around her holding her hand as her other hand held mine.
Last night I was a happier man than I have been in a very long time, and this morning I woke up smiling, which hasn't happened in a very very long time, and all of this is thnks to last night. |
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| 11:18am 11/06/2007 |
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So I'm teaching my first slam workshop today and it's goin' well. The kids are writing, though not speaking much. this is to be expected since they've never heard of spoken word before today. my car is in the shop though, so I'm walking alot these days. Well it's time for me to get back to it, this has been a quick update of who I am. |
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| 02:25pm 22/05/2007 |
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So my boss is out of town and I just got out of spending one hour plus on the roadside with Gooober (my car). Here's the numbered update I've been makin' y'all used too.
1. It's finals week for college (yay), but I need to ace every final in order to pass every class (eek!)
2. I have my driver's license as of last friday (yay), but my car is making weird noises and over heated this afternoon causing me to spend way too long working on it and losing alot of valuable work time (eek). Need to get it into Ron, the family mechanic.
3. My car's name is Gooober because the last four digits of the license plate is g000, and so I decided to work that into his name.
4. Dom and Nick are in Seattle this week so I am kinda bored most of the time, except for today when I spend all day working.
5. Still working onthe comic concept, but I need to talk to Dom about it more since he's complaining about not being in my imagination's loop.
6. Still no super powers, but there is a Wes-mobile.
7. Looking foreward to the next batman movie in 2008. Seen some great promo's over the last week.
8. Saw the Heroes season finale, very cool, but not enough action. Man I want to have powers.
9. Still single, and for today at least I'm ok with that. Started praying about it more and that's making a difference.
10. double digit numbers make me want to be nonsensical in my typing. refrigerator.
11. secondary summer job junked out on me. Looking for another one to replace it, but not sure where to work. Sadly can't work tues or thurs as result of my current job having me under contract. May try my hand at waiter work again. Kinda wanna do construction but my work schedule stinks for it. who knows.
12. birthday is thursday, which I have to work because my boss is out so i have to cover for him. however I should be done by 2:30 in the afternoon at which point I plan to party like it's 1699!
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| 11:15am 17/05/2007 |
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My birthday is a week from today, but the crew I'd normally celebrate with is going to a convention, or to seattle, so I'm wondering if anyone of you loverly livejournal people wanna hang out for my birthday next thursday afternoon or friday? Leave a comment if you wanna with any ideas you may have. I'll be 19 and so far my best idea is to see how many different types (read ethnic types) of food I can take in in one day. |
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| 11:05am 09/05/2007 |
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There once was a young man named Doc
Whose love life kept him up 'round the clock
The ladies revered him
And some of them feared him
Because he had a nineteen-inch ...
...scar down the side of his face, it was really terrible but he was a nice boy and he wrote his mother.
I love this one, stole it from ankhet!
wow, this is awesome! |
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| 11:23am 30/04/2007 |
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here we go:
1. no super powers, kinda, more on that later.
2. still single, damn my inability to settle.
3. got mugged by a drunk guy. No one got hurt, there was no exchange of money, but it makes a funny story. ask me some time.
4. slam finals were flippin' awesome. I loved it all night, and especially since my coaching efforts coincided with two kids making it onto the team (though it is hard for me to claim that I actually had anything to do with it). thinking about being an actual slam coach as a side thing. it'd be fun.
5. At finals I got on stage and was titled 'spiderman' by some lovely lady in the crowd (elaine-o or lucia). I blushed, smiled, and said that I couldn't think of a better compliment. It was probably the highlight of the night, aside from the mugging and the seeing Elaine-O make team. it was so cool to be the score keeper.
6. tried a new pnprpg called deadlands, and it seems cool. wanna play some more to get a feel for the system, but a western rpg is pretty awesome. only problem I've had so far: rifles only shoot twice as far as pistols. should be more.
7. June 10th I will be duct taped to a wall in order to raise money for the summer camp my jr. high kids are going to. 50 cents for 3 feet of duct tape to stick to me and the wall. no gagging allowed, but awesomeness is a must.
8. Softball game tonight. should be alot of fun, lets hope I keep my batting average up. Oh and a wind to bring us up to two of them would be nice too. call me if you wanna come out and see the game for just 2 dollas!
9. If anyone wants to write some essays for me please let me know, this school load is gonna kill me I swear.
10. Villians almost done in creation, now to finalize heroes and alter egos, followed by extras. |
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| 10:49am 19/04/2007 |
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So I'm back at work trying to sneak in yet another post beneath my boss's nose. Let's see how far I can get!
1. No superpowers or girlfriend, experimentation to see if the two are related may be ncessary!
2. School is killing me. I need to get some essays written. Such is school-dom.
3. Work is great as long as I focus on the things I'm good at and the things I enjoy about the job.
4. Working on a cool comic concept. If you have any cool superhero/villain concepts feel free to drop a comment on such (note: do not make a joke about this, I have enough of those already. Also, keep in mind saying 'the joker' is not funny. try to be original)
5. I have skin tabs and need to get them removed (they're a form of wort for those not in the know).
6. Reese's snack bars are my friends with no cholesterol or trans fat! I carry a box of them in my back pack.
7. I want to help people (especially in the slam scene) if they want help with their poetry/proes. most of you have my number, and if you want help you can call me or simply leave a comment with your number and I'll call you incessantly until I get to hear what you'd like help with!
8. incessantly is my word of the day I've decided.
9. caught! bummer, catch up on more with you guys next time!
"A lamma's momma is not a grape ape nor a masoganistic marsupial!" -me |
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