07/22/04 10:40 - ID#22517

fundraising for AIDS project LA

I had fun at the buffalo bar crawl last week- nice to meet the (e:peeps). I love going home and tricking my body into believing I can still drink like I did in college!
So now I'm back in LA and very much stressing out a bit here. I've committed to raising $3000 by August 31st to benefit this organization APLA that helps people living with AIDS. (and running the marathon 26.2 miles is now the least of my worries)
Anybody have any fundraising ideas, or wealthy philanthropist family friends please email me!
Just in case anyone out there cares to make a diffence and help me help this community out please go to aidsmarathon.com and click sponser a runner. That would be me: runner 4264, Deidre Siddons, currently training in Los Angeles. THANKS SOOOOO MUCH
By the way DrChlorine: in the local library picture: that was clearly an imposter, not the real haikuster!

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Words: 153
Location: Santa Monica, CA

07/17/04 03:51 - ID#22516

buffalo visit

rainy rockstar thursday
I do indeed miss this place
and my wonderful cohorts

...I have a plethera of haikus just waiting to come out about my visit to Buffalo, however, I am still processing all of the events. More to follow

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Words: 41
Location: Santa Monica, CA

07/14/04 12:10 - ID#22515

ouch!

Sorry no haiku today. I'm feeling grumpy, uncreative and my tooth hurts. Vicodin take me away! I am anxiously awaiting the knock back of a few vodka tonics ASAP. I am very bad at ignoring pain but trying to stay positive. (I'm sure in about 20 minutes or so the Vics will very much help that)

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Words: 55
Location: Santa Monica, CA

07/13/04 12:46 - ID#22514

7.15.04

glorious reckless abandon
lusty thwarts the lazy summer
buffalo bar crawl awaits!

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Words: 12
Location: Santa Monica, CA

07/09/04 09:40 - ID#22513

now

pain, security, hope, naked frolicks, comfort,
fear, joy, contemplation, drunkeness:all imaginary
Being is all thats real

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Words: 17
Location: Santa Monica, CA

07/01/04 10:55 - ID#22512

media vomit

media vomits opinion over the uneducated
idiocy? rationality?
two heads of the same beast

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Words: 14
Location: Santa Monica, CA

07/01/04 10:51 - ID#22511

disheveled chaos: GWB effect

Absurdity gaths momentum
masses controlled by fear are
driven into disconnect

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Words: 11
Location: Santa Monica, CA

06/18/04 09:33 - ID#22510

yet to come?

Spark of cells dividing
Robs her waist, fills her life
makes me feel empty inside

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Words: 15
Location: Santa Monica, CA

06/08/04 09:40 - ID#22509

missing buffalo

Missing buffalo:
drunken thursdays in the square
and summer "naked fridays"

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Words: 11
Location: Santa Monica, CA

06/08/04 09:33 - ID#22508

"Western Haiku's"

5-7-5? No way! In case anyone is counting, let me introduce you to my form or lack thereof. Jack Kerouac and Michael McClure and the SanFrancisco Poetry renaissance started the concept of "Western Haiku." (I tend use them as they are easier to write and are still a fun way to get the point across.)
The basic 5-7-5 syllabic requirements are chucked but I try to stick with the thematic guidelines of the Japaneese haiku as mastered by Basho, Buson, and Issa, namely:
1) Seasonal references (kigo) to establish time and place
2)The moment seized and rendered purely, captured in an instant of Buddhist (or Zen) enlightenment
3)Reflections of particular consciousness, or point of view of the author, his or her lonliness, comedy or anger.

If interested check out (my inspiration) the book: the haiku year. Written by Tom Gilroy, Grant Lee Phillips, Michael Stipe, Anna Grace, Jim mcKay, Douglas A Martin, and Rick Roth.

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Words: 156
Location: Santa Monica, CA

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