Eriq’s Blag

So, apparently my poem “Exactly” was chosen to be in some high school poetry anthology. This came as a surprise to me, especially because I couldn’t remember what it was about. Turns out it’s this:

Too young.

Too young for what?

Just

Too

Young.

Oh.

We keep walking.

My friend Aaron and I were supposed to be listening to conversations around school to find a good quote on which to base a poem. I guess we looked into a middle school classroom and that’s what Arron said, “too young.”

Why the fuck did my computer pass me and go to SF?

Ok, holy shit. Today there was a comment in moderation and so I looked at it and it looked ok. Then, I noticed that Askimet apparently had caught 72 spam comments, but these aren’t the normal viagra shit. Here’s an example:

Congress have no power to disarm the militia. Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birth-right of an American… [T]he unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state governments, but, where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the people. TENCH COXE, Pennsylvania Gazette, Feb. 20, 1788.
Room service? Send up a larger room — Groucho Marx

Inanimate objects can be classified scientifically into three major categories; those that don’t work, those that break down and those that get lost — Russell Baker
A militia, when properly formed are in fact the people themselves…and include all men capable of bearing arms. RICHARD HENRY (LIGHT HORSE HARRY) LEE, Additional Letters from the Federal Farmer (1788) at 169.

They’re all similar to that, just a bunch of random quotes. I went to write this post, but then thought I’d see when they were posted. In doing so, I noticed that the askimet spam counter was not at 72, but 719…holy shit. This, I think, makes more sense. I guess I never noticed because the spam had been way down as of late, but it looks like they were all posted on the 20th, so I’m thinking that someone was trying to take down my site by using up my bandwidth (I’ll check now to see how much they used)…hmm, maybe not, my bandwidth usage is only at 128 megs, which is nothing. Maybe they were trying to use up my cpu quota, whatever it was, it looks like they failed. Odd.

We e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e!

We came down to LA for my grandfather’s 81st birthday. It’s now 11:33 and there’s a man down on one of the lower floors of the hotel, screaming unintelligibly, possibly wearing no pants, and having been tackled by a policeman. No fucking clue.