How to #59: Evolve

So, I had this theory of Blackberries, comparing them to the Nokia 3310. That at the time they are like the coolest, but then the Nokia 3410i or something came out, and it was the first colour screen. Needless to say, the 3310 died.

But I got one of my own. Like 2 months ago! Can't believe I'm only blogging this now!! The madness!
If I was on mxit all the time, then I don't know how the hell to explain me on this phone!! And it’s so pretty! Has a light, sky blue cover which goes perfectly with its shiny white complexion! And I had flowers laminated onto the back of it! And my nails are painted candy pink so it looks extra pretty! Yay me! Age of the geek baby! I <3 technology!
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How to #58: Get off your a$$ and dance!

How to #57: Cut a wine bottle with string

Tried & tested: proven 100% awesum!!

How to #56: Defy gravity

im tired of swallowing pride that i cannot justify. Something has changed within me i dont feel right. i dont feel like me. my passions, my life seems lost. Something is not the same. i dont enjoy what i used to, i dont laugh at the same jokes or in my sides where it used to tickle. I'm through with playing by the rules of someone else's game. who says that he has to carry the fridge on his own, just because he is big, barly and blonde doesnt meen that you have to stand behind him just gigling, take one end. even if you do drop it, laugh about it. Too late for second-guessing, living off regrets is so yesterday. Too late to go back to sleep, because no matter how nice you think your bed my be and how much you have to do today, is it really that bad? make it exciting for yourself, dont stand around and wait. It's time to trust my instincts; Close my eyes: and leap for something new, something meaningful.

dont you think its time to break the routine? It's time to try defying gravity break the chains, zap the rules. I think I'll try defying gravity coz some old dead guy discovered it anyway, since then we have discovered microchips and mega space ships, why not Kiss me goodbye coz i am defying gravity with or wothout you (but) you (will) bring me down! it happens every time.

I'm through accepting limits. every dream has been lived, millions of people, thousands of years, hundreds of countries, its all been done. cause someone says they're so "over it" just means that they care even more. Some things I cannot change some dreams and ideas will forever seem cliche and already done, But till I try, I'll never know what it feels like to hike accross Europe with a little back, two pairs of pants and 3 t-shirts. Too long I've been afraid of losing everything. right now i wish i had nothing to loose. everytime i try pushing away, Losing love I guess I've lost myself in the process. Well, if that's love It comes at much too high a cost!

I'd sooner buy Defying gravity than any more 'pretty things' to match up with the 'pretty girls and boys' Kiss me goodbye if you wanna. I'm defying gravity, i wanna jump and not come back down. I think I'll try something new, something outside the lines, like Defying gravity, hows that? am i aloud? And you wont bring me down! cos soon you will find another?

I'd sooner buy
Defying gravity
Kiss me goodbye
I'm defying gravity
I think I'll try
Defying gravity
And never bring me down!
bring me down!

How to #55 : Make 'Found', 'Acrostic' and 'Creative' rhyme

For our English class this week we have to hand in an annalysis of our classmates' news articles. I will recieve back crit of my own article too, and we have to hand in poetry. in our final portfoilio, we will have 4 poems. 1 found poem, 1 acrostic poem and 2 creative poems. first i will give a short explanation of each term then I'll share 2 of my creations with you. The other 2 i suppose will come later... (Hale asked for one of these to be about human rights)

Acrostic poem: Using the letters of a word as indicator to start a sentence with or even only one word. ie:

H- hi to

A- all the

L- ladies and

L- lads

O- over there

                                                    Beyond lame, I know, but you get the picture right? I'll post my propper one once I've got it figured out...

Found poem: Putting together one final product from words seen, taken or found in any form of printed media or more or less anything that you can read. Just be aware not to plagerise the work of another writer.

Creative poem: Whatever tickles your fancy



#1 - This is my found poem

I took all of these words as well as the background picture from cosmetic adverts from August and May 2011 'Glamour' magazines.

World of cosmetics

The eyes of the world read of their unique essence

and yet is inspired to contain

supreme natural confidence

Dont be smothered

"Feel Extraordinary"

is on sale

'the new you'

is under construction

told how to exhale

Everybody suffers

why can the writer

not be found?



Dont be changed
be pure you

#2: Creative, human rights inspired poem

Restricted

Imprisoned by circumstances

apples       not    asian
bark          not    bricks
chalk        not    cables
down        not    desks
everyday  not    everywhere

man,
is it not a right for every nation
to be entitled to a worldly education?

How to # 54: Build your own metaphor

In English Creative Writing class Hale showed us this neat trick.Build your own metaphor to give more depth to your poetry.  (Ps: the computer I'm at now does not have spell checker, I'm sorry!)

Step one: remember the meanings of the following terms:

Metaphor- Comparison without the use of the words ‘like’ or ‘as’.
Similie- Comparison with the use of the words ‘like’ or ‘as’.
Adjective- A describing word
Concrete noun-Something you can touch
Abstract noun- Think of it this way, its something your can give to someone, but not in a box. :)

Step two: Now, what you do, is draw a box with the last 3 word types as header of the coloumns and the make space for about 3 rows. You must fill in any word that corresponds with the heading.

My example:
               Adjective                  Concrete noun                     Abstract noun
                Shacken                        Pan                                           Love
               Bubbling                       Table                                     Frustration
                Twisted                    Accessory                                 Sadness

Step three: Connect your words to get cool short little metaphor which you can dig deeper meanings out of.
1.The Shacken pan of sadness
2. The bubbling accessory of love
3. The twisted table of frustration.

How to #53: Get out of bed on the wrong side

How to #52: Be poetry schooled!

Hale threw fuel on the growing fire of love for writing that there is in my heart again today. I am not sure if I reported about the class that we had to write an analysis of a poem (Poem for my mother – Jennifer Davids) in class for the entire hour. I suppose there is not much to write for you about that, but now I get to come back to you on that.

It seems that what Hale picked up most was that we all looked straight past the basics of poetry analysis, and dove right into the deeper underlying meaning of the poem. We completely forget the power that there is in looking at the structure, theme, tone and mere word use in a poem.

That isn't everything, you said

on the afternoon I brought a poem

to you hunched over the washtub

with your hands

the shrivelled                                         5

burnt granadilla

skin of your hands

covered by foam.

And my words

slid like a ball                                       10

of hard blue soap

into the tub

to be grabbed and used by you

to rub the clothes.

A poem isn't all                                    15

there is to life, you said

with your blue-ringed gaze

scanning the page

once looking over my shoulder

and back at the immediate                  20

dirty water

and my words

being clenched

smaller and

smaller.                                               25

See for yourself what you might learn form this poem if you like. You might learn a little about how important it is for someone with a burning passion for writing to show it to someone who they trust and love to hear their opinion.

How to #51: listen and hear

Night two at Aan De Braak theatre: Chilled vibes with interviewee no. 3. Was very comfortable and an interesting experience.

Niel McDonals is ʼn ou Maties student en is werklik skerp met sy Afrikaanse woorde. Met goeie wyn  in die hand en die mense wat hom ken in die gehoor was hierdie aand werklik ʼn belewenis. Ons elkeen het aan sy lippe gehang met elke nuwe storie wat hy liries vertel. ons het self lekker gelag. maar en daai teater kom mens voel wat dit is om Suid Afrikaans te wees. En trots.

How to: Celebrate no 50! :D