Author: Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

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An arm with a tattoo: "I was made for the library, not the classroom."

from Astronet: Leo is Fire to the core! Fire brings a desire to create, innovate, and lead. The sign radiates mega-confidence. Of course, the Lion must have an audience. Without applause, what else is there? The fixed motivation adds self-reliance, a characteristic that works well in leadership positions. Leo is a formative energy, with the ability to consolidate and stabilize. Fire can rage out of control, so it helps to balance self-confidence with humility! Leo needs to become a humble but lovable lion. The playfulness associated with Leo can regress to childish demands for attention, as opposed to healthy recognition…

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An arm with a tattoo: "I was made for the library, not the classroom."

(Who's watching) (Tell me who's watching) (Who's watching me) I'm just an average man with an average life I work from nine to five, hey hell, I pay the price All I want is to be left alone in my average home But why do I always feel like I'm in the Twilight Zone, and I always feel like somebody's watching me And I have no privacy (oh oh oh) I always feel like somebody's watching me Tell me, is it just a dream... Somebody's Watching Me, Rockwell, 1984 So I installed this Site Meter thing a couple of days…

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An arm with a tattoo: "I was made for the library, not the classroom."

Smallville is the best dramatic adaptation of a comic book to ever appear on TV. Don't hate, appreciate. Just started watching it again a few weeks ago after missing the latter half of the first season and the first half of this season and what they've managed to develop over that time makes for one of the most engaging shows out there. The overlay of teen angst and trials of adolescence breathes a life into the Superman mythos that has never been present in its other incarnations. I'd always found him one of the most boring comic book characters out…

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An arm with a tattoo: "I was made for the library, not the classroom."

What Famous literary Work Are You? brought to you by Quizilla You are The Sound and The Fury by William Faulkner. Confusing, complicated, but interesting after you've been deciphered.

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An arm with a tattoo: "I was made for the library, not the classroom."

So last night was the rather inauspicious relaunch of louderJAM. Light turnout, low energy and some of the most random MFs on the open mic. WTF?!?! The Impossible Home excerpt was interesting if a little sloppy in its adaptation to a different space. Reminded me somewhat of the erotica reading a few years back at Spy, though not as polished. Curious what the whole production looked like. All in all, it bodes well for future collaborative projects. (Side note: Why is Sabrina so ridiculously talented? Beyond the poetry, she sings, dances and speaks Spanish like it was her native tongue!…

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An arm with a tattoo: "I was made for the library, not the classroom."

There are days you just want to walk away from it all. Not in a suicidal sense. More like Bill Bixby hitting the road at the end of an episode of the Incredible Hulk. Do-doo-doo-do. Do-doo-doo-do-do. Just drop everything, step out of the picture and start from scratch. I get that feeling every now and then, generally in times of stress. It's that fight or flight thing. Some days, you just don't feel like fighting.

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An arm with a tattoo: "I was made for the library, not the classroom."

The Great Debate, #632: Is Freestyle Poetry?

Many say it isn't. I say, it depends. One of the arguments against it that I hear the most is that it's unfair to pit a freestyle against a poem that's been crafted over time, edited and revised, etc. If you picked up some slam bias from the "unfair," you nailed the issue. Freestyle is impressive to an audience, generally scores high and, therefore, e=mc2 and freestyle is not poetry! There's also the question of how much of the freestyle is actually improvised, with the inference that the prefacing of a piece that may incorporate pre-existing work as a freestyle…

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