3:15 Experiment - Day Thirty-One--End!

wanting to pull out the good stuff
find some great words
to sound genius-like at the end
but all I really got is sleep need
waking up by self or maybe
never slept at all tonight
worrying about temporal things
at least the cats are happy

3:15 Experiment - Day Twenty-Nine

as a city dweller
I am psychologically upset
by the quiet of the early morning

reminding me of a horror film
just before the murder
when all the noise vanishes

early morning should be peaceful
but it is troublesome
all the manufactured fears

the darkness will get me
the silence will get me
the hour itself will consume

witching hour superstitions
the devil awakens as
I awaken to write poetry

but if that were so I think
that there would be the inevitability
of writers block

3:15 Experiment - Day Twenty-Eight

the pain is worst at night
awakening at 3:15
yawning loudly and stretching
clearing throat of phlegm
chewing/smacking breakfast
blow drying its many hairs
putting on its face and
brushing its teeth
before throwing a dinner party
inviting all of its friends
turned into orgy or raver
pounding motion on the neighbor’s roof
I really need to move

A Year of Books- Second Time!

So, if you'll refer to the very old Books post of September 10, 2009, which was reposted in December, you will see all the books I've read, and a very silly error which made me believe I was books away after attaining my goal weeks ago.  I am going to keep the count going until September 10 so I can see exactly how many non-required reading books I read in a year.  I am happy to see that I hit 52 books easily, even before my vacation :)

Anyway, on September 10th, I'll start up a new logging post with all the books I'm reading.  I was going to start it now, but that seems so... anticlimactic?  Kind of like logging your 51/52nd book and realizing that you'd already hit sixty O.o

Maybe I'll do some stat-y thing too.  See how many books of different genres.  Probably, I won't, because I really don't like statistics.  But I do like math.  Dilemma...

Yang Long Form

So, I finally managed to remember the name of the form we do in Tai Chi in the time between class ending and me getting home.  Success!  Apparently, we do the Yang Long Form, which is 103 "postures" long.  I think I've only gone through step 35 or so in class, but I have only gone for a year.  Here are the 103 postures (from the Wiki article):

          Chinese               English

1.	预 备	Preparation Form
2.	起式	Beginning
3.	拦雀尾	Grasp the Bird's tail
4.	单鞭	Single whip
5.	提手上势	Raise Hands and Step Forward
6.	白鹤凉翅	White Crane Spreads its Wings
7.	左搂膝拗步	Left Brush Knee and Push
8.	手挥琵琶	Hand Strums the Lute
9.	左搂膝拗步	Left Brush Knee and Push
10.	右搂膝拗步	Right Brush Knee and Push
11.	左搂膝拗步	Left Brush Knee and Push
12.	手挥琵琶	Hand Strums the Lute
13.	左搂膝拗步	Left Brush Knee and Push
14.	进步搬拦捶	Step Forward, Parry, Block, and Punch
15.	如封似闭	Apparent Close Up
16.	十字手	Cross Hands
17.	抱虎归山	Embrace the Tiger and Return to Mountain
18.	肘底捶	Fist Under Elbow
19.	左倒撵猴	Step Back and Repulse the Monkey, Left
20.	右倒撵猴	Step Back and Repulse the Monkey, Right
21.	左倒撵猴	Step Back and Repulse the Monkey, Left
22.	斜飞式	Diagonal Flying
23.	提手上势	Raise Hands and Step Forward
24.	白鹤凉翅	White Crane Spreads its Wings
25.	左搂膝拗步	Left Brush Knee and Push
26.	海底针	Needle at Sea Bottom
27.	扇通背	Fan Through the Back
28.	转身撇身捶	Turn Body and Chop with Fist
29.	进步搬拦捶	Step Forward, Parry, Block, and Punch
30.	上步拦雀尾	Step Forward and Grasp the Bird's Tail
31.	单鞭	Single whip
32.	云手	Cloud Hands (1)
33.	云手	Cloud Hands (2)
34.	云手	Cloud Hands (3)
35.	单鞭	Single whip
36.	高探马	High Pat on Horse
37.	右分脚	Right Separation Kick
38.	左分脚	Left Separation Kick
39.	转身左蹬脚	Turn Body and Left Heel Kick
40.	左搂膝拗步	Left Brush Knee and Push
41.	右搂膝拗步	Right Brush Knee and Push
42.	进步栽锤	Step Forward and Punch Down
43.	转身撇身锤	Turn Body and Chop with Fist
44.	进步搬拦锤	Step Forward, Parry, Block, and Punch
45.	右蹬脚	Right Heel Kick
46.	左打虎式	Left Strike Tiger
47.	右打虎式	Right Strike Tiger
48.	回身右蹬脚	Turn Body and Right Heel Kick
49.	双峰灌耳	Twin Fists Strike Opponents Ears
50.	左蹬脚	Left Heel Kick
51.	转身右蹬脚	Turn Body and Right Heel Kick
52.	进步搬拦锤	Step Forward, Parry, Block, and Punch
53.	如封似闭	Apparent Close Up
54.	十字手	Cross Hands
55.	抱虎归山	Embrace the Tiger and Return to Mountain
56.	斜单鞭	Diagonal Single Whip
57.	右野马分鬃	Parting Wild Horse's Mane, Right
58.	左野马分鬃	Parting Wild Horse's Mane, Left
59.	右野马分鬃	Parting Wild Horse's Mane, Right
60.	拦雀尾	Grasp the Bird's tail
61.	单鞭	Single Whip
62.	玉女穿梭	Fair Lady Works at Shuttles
63.	拦雀尾	Grasp the Bird's tail
64.	单鞭	Single Whip
65.	云手	Cloud Hands (1)
66.	云手	Cloud Hands (2)
67.	云手	Cloud Hands (3)
68.	单鞭	Single Whip
69.	下势	Snake Creeps Down
70.	左金鸡独立	Golden Rooster Stands on One Leg, Left
71.	右金鸡独立	Golden Rooster Stands on One Leg, Right
72.	左倒撵猴	Step Back and Repulse the Monkey, Left
73.	右倒撵猴	Step Back and Repulse the Monkey, Right
74.	左倒撵猴	Step Back and Repulse the Monkey, Left
75.	斜飞势	Diagonal Flying
76.	提手上势	Raise Hands and Step Forward
77.	白鹤凉翅	White Crane Spreads its Wings
78.	左搂膝拗步	Left Brush Knee and Push
79.	海底针	Needle at Sea Bottom
80.	扇通背	Fan Through the Back
81.	转身白蛇吐信	Turn Body and White Snake Spits out Tongue
82.	进步搬拦捶	Step Forward, Parry, Block, and Punch
83.	上步拦雀尾	Step Forward and Grasp the Bird's tail
84.	单鞭	Single Whip
85.	云手	Cloud Hands (1)
86.	云手	Cloud Hands (2)
87.	云手	Cloud Hands (3)
88.	单鞭	Single Whip
89.	高探马穿掌	High Pat On Horse with Palm Thrust
90.	十字腿	Cross Kick
91.	进步指裆锤	Step Forward and Punch Groin
92.	上步拦雀尾	Step Forward and Grasp the Bird's tail
93.	单鞭	Single Whip
94.	下势	Snake Creeps Down
95.	上步七星	Step Forward Seven Stars
96.	退步跨虎	Step back and Ride the Tiger
97.	转身摆莲	Turn Body and Swing Over Lotus
98.	弯弓射虎	Bend the Bow and Shoot the Tiger
99.	进步搬拦捶	Step Forward, Parry, Block, and Punch
100.	如封似闭	Apparent Close Up
101.	十字手	Cross Hands
102.	收式	Closing
103.	还原	Return to Normal

3:15 Experiment - Day Twenty-Seven

hands are fumbly
the tender aching wandering
taking rest between the shoulders
finishing journey near the temples
leaving messes in its wake

the sleep wants peace
she hides herself away
reads a brand new romance
dreams of pure solitude
a chance to pirouette for no one

but then, the cat
crying at the window
so happy with the darkness
and his freedom to creep
pronounces himself king

subjectivity breaker, that cat
so cleverly reminds me
that it is early yet for him
and creatures across the earth
are still hours away
from any chance at rest

3:15 Experiment - Day Twenty-Six

breathing lessons end
fumes of world enter and become
pure innovation

give it back, mija,
this piece of something godly
lifeblood of the wild