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I never actually thought I would have to sit down and write this out, although it shouldn't even need to be repeated: all of this is clearly stated by the ToS and Creative Commons copyright.

In other words, if Chantel Peck or anybody else is tempted to plagiarize my poetry again, be forewarned I can and I will take action against you.

]]> ~Alimari http://Alimari.deviantart.com/journal/19199253/ http://Alimari.deviantart.com/journal/19199253/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:29:24 PDT , who in turn stole it from ~Modern-Moonlight

* 1. Post these rules.
* 2. Each tagged person must post 8 things about him/herself on their journal.
* 3. At the end, you have to choose and tag 8 people and post their icons on the same journal.
* 4. Go to their pages and send a message saying you tagged them.
* 5. No tag-backs.

1. I play pretend on a regular basis with myself.
2. I detest being alone in a crowd or a party, and will easily get depressed when this happens.
3. I hate to clean up after myself, but my workspace must be exactly as I arrange it.
4. Under different circumstances I might have become a: a.angsty poet, b.videogame/anime geek, c.theatre/dance whore, d.maneater, e.class president, f.person with split-personality disorder.
5. Even though I'm fairly emotional, I tend to act selfish or apathetic if something is entirely irrelevant to me.
6. I'm honest with people because I fear being deceived and/or disappointing them. I hate being called an angel, perfect, or the best.
7. I have great writing style but have nothing of value to write about.
8. I sing to myself when I'm frightened.

I'm not tagging anyone because I would get annoyed at myself. So, do what you want.

]]> ~Alimari http://Alimari.deviantart.com/journal/15653223/ http://Alimari.deviantart.com/journal/15653223/ Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:02:37 PST
A couple of days in, I decided to show a friend over there a piece I'd written.

Lo and behold, I find my message center 'asploded, and a note saying "You have a DD." On, of all things, La Caja. [link]

I am not an easily excitable person, but I was nearly hyperventilating. No joke. I closed the browser and didn't log on the rest of the trip.

I just got back a few hours ago, and plan to eventually work through my messages and read every single one... But this might take a bit.

Thank you, truly and sincerely and effusively, for all the love.

~Alimari

]]> ~Alimari http://Alimari.deviantart.com/journal/15344090/ http://Alimari.deviantart.com/journal/15344090/ Sat, 03 Nov 2007 10:10:15 PDT [link]

Scroll down to "301-500 Words"

I... I... I think I'm having hysterics.

]]> ~Alimari http://Alimari.deviantart.com/journal/13799803/ http://Alimari.deviantart.com/journal/13799803/ Thu, 19 Jul 2007 19:48:05 PDT In order, I got to chill out and hang with my friends, Gabe visited (!), took a dance class, got a job (!!), went to Culebra with my family and sweetheart (!!!!!!!!), went to SCAD Summer Seminars, and now... just chillin', really.

So, call me crazy, but I've decided I need to write more. A lot more. I need to write until my brain goes blank and I know exactly how to say what I want, when I want, how I want. And in the spirit of getting my ass to write more, I'm posting up that annoying "100 themes" list.

Here you go;

1. Introduction
2. Love (Dreaming Things To Come; [link])
3. Light
4. Dark
5. Seeking Solace (Coping Method; [link])
6. Break Away
7. Heaven
8. Innocence
9. Drive
10. Breathe Again
11. Memory
12. Insanity
13. Misfortune
14. Smile
15. Silence
16. Questioning
17. Blood
18. Rainbow
19. Gray
20. Fortitude
21. Vacation
22. Mother Nature
23. Cat
24. No Time
25. Trouble Lurking
26. Tears
27. Foreign
28. Sorrow
29. Happiness
30. Under the Rain
31. Flowers (The Flowers In February; [link])
32. Night
33. Expectations
34. Stars
35. Hold My Hand
36. Precious Treasure
37. Eyes (Ocean Eyes; [link])
38. Abandoned (A Goodbye Note; [link])
39. Dreams (We're All Mad Here; [link])
40. Rated
41. Teamwork
42. Standing Still
43. Dying
44. Two Roads
45. Illusion
46. Family
47. Creation (Walls; [link])
48. Childhood
49. Stripes
50. Breaking the Rules (Synesthetic; [link])
51. Sport
52. Deep in Thought
53. Keeping a Secret
54. Tower
55. Waiting
56. Danger Ahead
57. Sacrifice
58. Kick in the Head
59. No Way Out
60. Rejection
61. Fairy Tale
62. Magic
63. Do Not Disturb
64. Multitasking
65. Horror
66. Traps
67. Playing the Melody
68. Hero
69. Annoyance
70. 67%
71. Obsession
72. Mischief Managed
73. I Can't (Ramble No. 4 "Self-Love" [link])
74. Are You Challenging Me?
75. Mirror (100 Words - Mirror; [link])
76. Broken Pieces
77. Test
78. Drink
79. Starvation
80. Words (Just Short Of; [link])
81. Pen and Paper (Purpose; [link])
82. Can You Hear Me?
83. Heal
84. Out Cold
85. Spiral
86. Seeing Red
87. Food
88. Pain
89. Through the Fire
90. Triangle
91. Drowning
92. All That I Have
93. Give Up
94. Last Hope
95. Advertisement
96. In the Storm
97. Safety First
98. Puzzle
99. Solitude
100. Relaxation

Of course, this is rather intimidating, so to make it easier on myself, I'm going to be using any kind of art. Photography, drawing, or writing. Though I'm thinking writing for most of them, because it'll gimme some room to explore my figurative reach.

Wish me luck, I guess. Love.

]]> ~Alimari http://Alimari.deviantart.com/journal/13180956/ http://Alimari.deviantart.com/journal/13180956/ Fri, 01 Jun 2007 19:24:51 PDT

[link]



Am I the only one slightly surprised and a bit giddy about this?

]]> ~Alimari http://Alimari.deviantart.com/journal/12795265/ http://Alimari.deviantart.com/journal/12795265/ Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:28:09 PDT
Here are the results of a conversation with Jorge, who's way too old for his age:

"Hablar fuera de turno es darse cuenta que no hay turnos."

"Acuerdate de esto: el que calla, otorga. Si callas, permites que todo pase indefinido. Hay veces que eso es lo bueno.
Hay veces, que eso es de cobardes."

While I'm at it, I will say this: read Unamuno's Adentro essay.

]]> ~Alimari http://Alimari.deviantart.com/journal/11519459/ http://Alimari.deviantart.com/journal/11519459/ Sun, 21 Jan 2007 15:16:46 PST since feeling is first

e. e. cummings

since feeling is first
who pays any attention
to the syntax of things
will never wholly kiss you;

wholly to be a fool
while Spring is in the world

my blood approves,
and kisses are a better fate
than wisdom
lady i swear by all flowers. Don't cry
—the best gesture of my brain is less than
your eyelids' flutter which says

we are for each other:then
laugh, leaning back in my arms
for life's not a paragraph

And death i think is no parenthesis


------------------> I am hoping that eventually,
------------------> I will get my thoughts of you across
----------------------------> just as well as others could.

]]> ~Alimari http://Alimari.deviantart.com/journal/10603620/ http://Alimari.deviantart.com/journal/10603620/ Fri, 03 Nov 2006 12:35:57 PST places, and names, and where it was you meant
to travel. None of these will bring disaster.

I lost my mother's watch. And look! my last, or
next-to-last, of three loved houses went.
The art of losing isn't hard to master.

I lost two cities, lovely ones. And, vaster,
some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent.
I miss them, but it wasn't a disaster.

--Even losing you (the joking voice, a gesture
I love) I shan't have lied. It's evident
the art of losing's not too hard to master
though it may look like (Write it!) like disaster.

-One Art (Elizabeth Bishop)

]]> ~Alimari http://Alimari.deviantart.com/journal/10586209/ http://Alimari.deviantart.com/journal/10586209/ Wed, 01 Nov 2006 19:04:02 PST 'Cause, you know, I can.

Rules:

*List 11 things you want to say to 11 different people.

*Don't say who they pertain to.

*Feel free to comment, but don't confirm or answer anything.

*Never discuss it again.




1. We keep having this same problem, I don't know what to do anymore. Your move.

2. I am afraid to hope. But I am so happy. Stay friends with me forever.

3. I will respect your wishes even though I don't agree. I miss you, but I see you are happy, and it makes me happy. I only wish, sometimes, that this one chance wasn't slipping away...

4. You remind me of my sister, and that is why I liked you. I see you as a superior and I admire you. But you treat me as an equal, and that is why I love you.

5. You weren't around when I needed you, but all is forgiven. Come visit... I have changed so much, and I want you to be part of it.

6. I think my heartstrings will sing when I see you again. There are so many things that need to be said. You have a place in my memory that is unique.

7. Get over here, its been too long and we should have been closer friends long ago.

8. We could have been a formidable pair if you had listened to others once in a while...

9. We've grown so different and so far away, and yet something holds us together still. I don't want to lose it. Be good, an come back soon.

10. I've watched you grow up and you're getting better. I do love you, even if you don't believe so. Stick around? I think I need you more than I know...

11. You don't consider me a friend, and probably don't think you matter much to me, but I see you struggle and it pains me. I see what a wonderfull person you are. I will miss you so terribly when you leave.

PS Most of the people here won't read it, but once its in writing you're forced to think about it. Maybe I'll tell them, now...
PPS I will hint: number ten and nine are family.

]]> ~Alimari http://Alimari.deviantart.com/journal/10029255/ http://Alimari.deviantart.com/journal/10029255/ Sun, 10 Sep 2006 14:04:41 PDT
It's just so terrible to think the next person I may lose is one of the best people in my family... someone who is sixty years older than I and probably more alive this day, sick and awaiting surgery, than I have ever been. She is so vibrant.
Makes me ashamed of myself.
Makes me want to show the world what they're taking for granted. Makes me realize how silly it is to be afraid of life, or grief, or change. Makes me accept the fact I don't hold back on saying I love someone. That by God, I shouldn't.
Adrian, Amarillys, Alejandro, Francisco, Viviana... Its useless to try and place degrees on how I care for them all.

Tía Marina...

please, please get better...

I need you to shame me some more... ]]> ~Alimari http://Alimari.deviantart.com/journal/9569367/ http://Alimari.deviantart.com/journal/9569367/ Tue, 01 Aug 2006 18:43:05 PDT Any three, no matter how personal, private, or random.
I have to answer them honestly.
In turn, you have to post this message
in your own bulletin and you have to answer
the questions that are asked to you.
So go ahead and ask me any 3 questions. ]]> ~Alimari http://Alimari.deviantart.com/journal/9131250/ http://Alimari.deviantart.com/journal/9131250/ Tue, 20 Jun 2006 21:20:07 PDT
I Work... as hard as I must.

I Talk... of shoes and ships and ceiling wax...

I Met... the woman I want to become.

I Wish... I could cut distances short.

I Enjoy... dancing without thinking.

I Look... wittier than I am.

I Find... good days are proportional to good company.

I Smell... the sea.

I Listen... without judging.

I Hide... my self-doubt.

I Walk... slower than a catalán, faster than a puertorriqueña.

I Write... palabras que se esconden.

I See... God in those I love.

I Sing... as often as I can.

I Laugh... honestly.

I Can... read emotions well by instinct.

I Watch... people so I can draw them.

I Learned... doing evil and being evil don't always coincide.

I Dream... every moment I can spare.

I Want... the benefit of the doubt.

I Cry... when no one's watching.

I Burn... incense and regrets.

I Read... things that make me think.

I Love... how he smells in the afternoon.

I Sometimes... know exactly what to say.

I Hurt... but its made me better.

I Fear... being found wanting.

I Hope... constantly.

I Break... stereotypes and the odd plate by accident.

I Eat... Yeah, that about sums it up.

I Quit... trying to be someone else's ideal.

I Drink... water, though I could use a Dr Pepper right now.

I Save... old letters, old pictures, and old books.

I Hug... often and mean it.

I Meditate... whenever I can.

I Play... fair. ...Mostly.

I Miss... him.

I Hold... whoever needs me to. no explanation required.

I Forgive... more than I should.

I Drive... Er, in my dreams.

I Have... an overactive imagination.

I Don't... want to grow cynical.

I Made... ignorant mistakes. Often.

I Believe... God is nearby if you look.

I Feel... older than I am.

I Know... beauty is everywhere.

I Wonder.... if someone in the sky's looking back down on me.

I Think.... you can speak without words.

I Am... willfully naive. ]]> ~Alimari http://Alimari.deviantart.com/journal/9081689/ http://Alimari.deviantart.com/journal/9081689/ Thu, 15 Jun 2006 21:31:56 PDT
I had no idea. (Proof of how distracted I am, but still)

To think that many people have taken a look at my drawings makes me nauseous. In a good way... I think.

*hides* ]]> ~Alimari http://Alimari.deviantart.com/journal/9012395/ http://Alimari.deviantart.com/journal/9012395/ Thu, 08 Jun 2006 19:41:05 PDT
Fuck them to pieces.

A title is nothing but a convinient word to briefly describe a more complex term, with the disadvantage of tending to carry certain emotional, social, or intellectual baggage.
a.k.a., they can be innacurate. In general terms they may be helpful, but they only have as much meaning as you give them.

I have seen people, every day, who make and break relationships without batting an eye, who's supposed boyfriends, girlfriends, and friends are just convinient personalities and bodies with which to fill their time. For them the title is proof enough that its a real relationship.

Well fuck that. I disagree with you. Your title means nothing, absolutely nothing, if you cannot give it substance.

Calling a thorn a rose does not make it so.

Hence I believe I am right when I say my words and thoughts and actions define "status" a lot more accurately than your thricedamned titles.

A rose by any other name would smell just as sweet. ]]> ~Alimari http://Alimari.deviantart.com/journal/8947975/ http://Alimari.deviantart.com/journal/8947975/ Fri, 02 Jun 2006 07:28:37 PDT I just can't think of anything that identifies me.

I feel so nondescript O.o

On another note, my cousing Viv is visiting for the whole month... It'll be a miracle if she doesn't get me killed somehow. Seriously, having her around is like trying to deal with a crazier version of myself.

On yet another note, I am actually picking up a book to learn about how to use all the friggin' Photoshop CS2 junk to my advantage. Its working too. Working on an old sketch and I'm hoping to post a real kickass bit of CG soon. Wish me luck!

Love. ]]> ~Alimari