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Elizabeth Alexander, "Blues"
Just so y'all know, for three weeks, as of April 26th (MONDAY), I'm going to be posting shit on DW that isn't going to get crossposted to LJ for ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
three_weeks_for_dw. I haven't decided if I'm just going to stop crossposting all together for those three weeks, or if I'll just not crosspost fandom specific-type stuff, like fic and flailing and shit.
SPEAKING OF FIC. Who is writing fic right now? That is established relationship fic? That involves people watching Mythbusters? And exploding birds? THAT WOULD BE ME. What the hell I hate established relationship fic. (THE MYTHBUSTERS AND EXPLODING BIRDS MAKE UP FOR IT THOUGH.)
TOTALLY AWESOME MEME OMG.
Pick 20 movies/television shows/live performance/literary works and put their summaries from Better Than It Sounds and WITHOUT CHEATING have your friends guess.
Blues
by Elizabeth Alexander
I am lazy, the laziest
girl in the world. I sleep during
the day when I want to, 'til
my face is creased and swollen,
'til my lips are dry and hot. I
eat as I please: cookies and milk
after lunch, butter and sour cream
on my baked potato, foods that
slothful people eat, that turn
yellow and opaque beneath the skin.
Sometimes come dinnertime Sunday
I am still in my nightgown, the one
with the lace trim listing because
I have not mended it. Many days
I do not exercise, only
consider it, then rub my curdy
belly and lie down. Even
my poems are lazy. I use
syllabics instead of iambs,
prefer slant to the gong of full rhyme,
write briefly while others go
for pages. And yesterday,
for example, I did not work at all!
I got in my car and I drove
to factory outlet stores, purchased
stockings and panties and socks
with my father's money.
To think, in childhood I missed only
one day of school per year. I went
to ballet class four days a week
at four-forty-five and on
Saturdays, beginning always
with plie, ending with curtsy.
To think, I knew only industry,
the industry of my race
and of immigrants, the radio
tuned always to the station
that said, Line up your summer
job months in advance. Work hard
and do not shame your family,
who worked hard to give you what you have.
There is no sin but sloth. Burn
to a wick and keep moving.
I avoided sleep for years,
up at night replaying
evening news stories about
nearby jailbreaks, fat people
who ate fried chicken and woke up
dead. In sleep I am looking
for poems in the shape of open
V's of birds flying in formation,
or open arms saying, I forgive you, all.
three_weeks_for_dw. I haven't decided if I'm just going to stop crossposting all together for those three weeks, or if I'll just not crosspost fandom specific-type stuff, like fic and flailing and shit.SPEAKING OF FIC. Who is writing fic right now? That is established relationship fic? That involves people watching Mythbusters? And exploding birds? THAT WOULD BE ME. What the hell I hate established relationship fic. (THE MYTHBUSTERS AND EXPLODING BIRDS MAKE UP FOR IT THOUGH.)
TOTALLY AWESOME MEME OMG.
Pick 20 movies/television shows/live performance/literary works and put their summaries from Better Than It Sounds and WITHOUT CHEATING have your friends guess.
- A blind man beats up ninjas, assasins, hitmans and mobs. They cannot hurt him, so they kill his girlfriend instead. (Daredevil, haunted)
- While not pretending to be a rude and obnoxious corporate executive, a ninja detective fights a Monster Clown, and puts to rest once and for all that wiretapping really does work. (The Dark Knight, shadowkitty)
- Ninja detective fights mad scientist that wears a bag on his head. (Batman Begins, shadowkitty)
- Primitive scientist and escaped criminals use a big flying creature to run and hide from the military. (Farscape, shadowkitty)
- A directionless twentysomething takes on a second job to pay off a debt his parents incurred. His friends help. (Reaper, no one)
- A waitress, a janitor, a golden retriever, and an obsessed ex-con chase a mirror, while pursued by three idiots who love the Bee Gees. Meanwhile, the Big Bad teaches a dog how to be a man. (The Tenth Kingdom, ishie)
- People stuck in a place where weird things happen and no one has any idea what's happening. Not even the producers. Also features a soap opera set in East Asia. (Lost, dancesontrains)
- A slacker prince finds himself with a bizarre skin condition after getting his fortune told. To combat this situation, he teams up with a workaholic black chick, a reclusive jazz enthusiast, and a redneck who's in love with a star. (The Princess and the Frog, horchata)
- A DHS agent, a mad scientist, and a high-school dropout solve mysteries with dubious scientific techniques. (Fringe, everysecondtuesday)
- A Five Man Band of criminals. They Fight Crime. (Leverage, haunted)
- A spy loses his job and tries to find out why while helping the helpless. (Burn Notice, neigedens)
- A recovering addict, a neurotic in denial, and a woman with serious confidence issues share a house in Bristol. (Being Human, dancesontrains)
- A paranoid nerd and an attractive doctor (who may or may not be sleeping with each other) spend a lot of time trudging through forests and other out-of-the-way places in search of the truth whilst an elderly government employee smokes a lot. (The X-Files, neigedens)
- The world will be saved by a hot girl with weird name. With the assistance of a cab driver and a cross-dressing radio disc jockey. (The Fifth Element, shadowkitty)
- Man tries to get some money while humiliating his ex's current affair. (Ocean's Eleven, no one)
- A college professor joins forces with a bartender to fight an entire army over a box that will kill you if you try to open it. (Raiders of the Lost Ark, dancesontrains)
- Man is exasperated to breaking point by the annoying presence of numerous reptiles with acted-upon Oedipal complexes on board a flying passenger conveyance with a similiarly acted-upon Oedipal complex. (Snakes on a Plane, haunted)
- Mystery author butts into murder investigations much to annoyance of uptight police officer. UST ensues. (Castle, haunted)
- Three ex-military criminals and their insane friend help small businesses by harassing their competitors. (The A Team, green)
- Stupidity during a nuclear test causes a scientist to turn into a giant green monster that represents his repressed anger. (The Incredible Hulk, dancesontrains)
Blues
by Elizabeth Alexander
I am lazy, the laziest
girl in the world. I sleep during
the day when I want to, 'til
my face is creased and swollen,
'til my lips are dry and hot. I
eat as I please: cookies and milk
after lunch, butter and sour cream
on my baked potato, foods that
slothful people eat, that turn
yellow and opaque beneath the skin.
Sometimes come dinnertime Sunday
I am still in my nightgown, the one
with the lace trim listing because
I have not mended it. Many days
I do not exercise, only
consider it, then rub my curdy
belly and lie down. Even
my poems are lazy. I use
syllabics instead of iambs,
prefer slant to the gong of full rhyme,
write briefly while others go
for pages. And yesterday,
for example, I did not work at all!
I got in my car and I drove
to factory outlet stores, purchased
stockings and panties and socks
with my father's money.
To think, in childhood I missed only
one day of school per year. I went
to ballet class four days a week
at four-forty-five and on
Saturdays, beginning always
with plie, ending with curtsy.
To think, I knew only industry,
the industry of my race
and of immigrants, the radio
tuned always to the station
that said, Line up your summer
job months in advance. Work hard
and do not shame your family,
who worked hard to give you what you have.
There is no sin but sloth. Burn
to a wick and keep moving.
I avoided sleep for years,
up at night replaying
evening news stories about
nearby jailbreaks, fat people
who ate fried chicken and woke up
dead. In sleep I am looking
for poems in the shape of open
V's of birds flying in formation,
or open arms saying, I forgive you, all.
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12. Being Human
16. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
18. Bones
20. The Hulk, or is that too obvious?
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...until the end of the first episode, I guess.
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11. Burn Notice
13. The X-Files
18. Castle
There are a bunch that I should know but can't put my finger on. :D:
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I haven't even looked at the rest of it, lol
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THE A-TEAM!
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3) Batman Begins
4) Farscape
14) The Fifth Element
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9. Fringe
I wish I had come to play sooner. No idea if those two are anywhere near target.
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idk if you've seen five, or fifteen for that matter.
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