SUNDAY NIGHT
hello world
i would like to edit down that last post
i was reeling and just talking away -yakkety yakkety
but im too tired to read thru it, another 24 hour shift
and this project is closing down w/a whimper
im just throwing any old thing together now
cause today the last day im doing this
probably have to crash most of tomorrow, still got two criticals
fbs manuscript and rests prophetic thread (and palf)
i think ima do that thread next cause fbs manuscript
will take me out of my head, ima give thread 2 days max
which puts me up to the 9th, 2 days on felixs manuscript
makes it the 11th, (who am i kidding, lets say 3 to do a
good job of it, cannot give it 4)
3 puts me in about the 12th, thats 5 days prep for schoolhouse
thats cutting it thin rick, thats cutting it real thin
best i get back to work, closing down rootwork rebuild tonight
what i got is what i got, what i dont have is time . . .
later
rdoc
NO FOOL, ITS SATURDAY
hello world, its me, braindead flowers, doing his zombie thing
worked full 24 hour shift yesterday, havent done that in years
been bogged down w/rootwork rebuild, have reached point where im rewriting
its major texts, worked STRUGGLE segment all day yesterday
deep how much its my basic political philosophy ive done over and over
a million times, you could probably give it verbatim fearless supporter of rootsblog
and im thinking here i am investing critical time in this thing one more time
that the public has repeatedly ignored as not pertinent
why are you doing this
again
how many times are you going to hammer your head against this wall
it makes such good sense to me i just do not understand why people
keep ignoring it, i keep thinking maybe i just havent quite said it
convincingly enough maybe, this time for sure it will fire up the tribe
and feed the tribal soul, this time for sure
(one thing make it more digestable would be to cut out all that mythwork
all that destinywork you be putting in there flowers - start talking about
the stars and the destiny of the generations and all that and folks eyes
glaze over - would help if you just kept to conventional politics instead of
trying to claim the prophets mantle - but if i got to cut my vision out of the
equation whats the point, thats what makes me me . . .)
well this time im not going to just put it out there and hope folk get it
this been the most extensive rewrite to date of my political vision
ive gone into old versions and presentations and im putting it all together
and coming up with the most polished and comprehensive presentation of my vision to date
(not counting rest for the weary of course)
almost 40 pages im trying to whittle down to the bone for web purposes
then ima look at that as the nucleus of a book, a compilation of articles
about 21st century paradigms of struggle, start really pushing folk for those
trying to position rebuild of rootwork as a strategic repository
along the lines of chickenbones to place these works until they book quality
turn this into a dialogue if i can (which mean i got to be open to growing
and not assume i got the answers - keep reminding myself there are many
roads to timbuktu)
other thing ima do is use my oraltrad skilz to learn this as a presentation
and turn this into a stumpwinding sermon of a presentation
then start selling myself cheap on the college circuit - will work for souls
also maybe send it out in one big mailing on my old rootsletter list
i would get a lot of dead addresses and please take me off this list returns
but i would get my presentation out to my market win or lose
and also that would wean that list (5000 or so) down to something manageable (1000?)
of folk who really interested in what i got to say instead of think im little better than spam
im going to put it up on the nationalist lists too
and wherever else i can think of
or what i might do is just send announcement of the link
that would be more neighborly than sending whole thing unasked for
but i wouldnt get as many eyeballs
or do stripped down submissions letter for the mailing, decisions decisions
but its the presentation thats going to make that puppy
once ive learned it and start putting the hoodoo preaching on it it should rock your world
that way i dont feel so bad about the time its taking
ima give it today and whatever i dont get of it by the end of the day
dont get got, got two or three others to do
literary hoodoo, literary blues and contemporary hoodoo segments
i will schedule a day, hopefully not two, for them
got basic graphic work to do, keeping it as simple as possible, timetimetime
keep thinking simple elegance flowers, keep thinking grace
got to do fbs manuscript then and still would like to weave that enhanced prophetic thread
in rest for the weary before i have to switch to schoolhouse focus, i need to get some novelwork
done out of this kind of zombiepush to justify the wear and tear on my body
and i havent done any pan african literary forum work either
jeff caught up w/some weeklong gig in england, he been moving the ball solo, which does
not feel good to the old team player, need to start pulling my freight on that
and the schoolhouse on my trail, tick tock tick tock, 10 days and counting
i got to start shaping that course right now, not a days slack, im already behind
okay, enuf whining, a couple of commentaries and im out of here
spoke to katrina omogun the other day, she always so interesting to talk to
she has more unconventional reads on hoodoo than i do, she sending me an
unpublished manuscript she currently shopping around, ima make time for that too
okay, thats not a real commentary flowers, thats basically still me me me
what about this one, the army recently sent out re enlistment letters
to officers who had either died in iraq or been grievously wounded
i cant even put my customary ironic sneer on that one, i tried
but it felt like a cheap shot, im going back to work
tick tock tick tock
hangtough
rdoc
IS IT FRIDAY ALREADY
hello world, im reeling zonedrunk
but im really pleased w/rootwork rebuild
when i built that site in 98 it was cutting edge
but almost 10 years is a longtime between rebuilds
its coming along well, a couple of days and i
can put paid on that one - for the moment
couple of quick observations
and im outta here
somalia: hopefully interim government will become real government
in short window of ethiopian military support
somalia will have to decide its geopolitical identification at some point
will they be africanist or islamic - the interim government strikes me as more
africanist than the other guys
not saying has to be either/or
saying the question of primary identification is pertinent here
for folk who arent clear on it i got a beef w/the coercive nature of islam
in africa - weve already lost the northern crescent, must we all submit
islam must be made to understand it is a guest in africa
and not a conqueror
my somalia commentary will reflect that perspective
probably be more strategic than progressive
my apologies beforehand
i also notice some noise about bushes latest 'signing statement'
in which he disavowed recent congressional proscriptions on reading americans mail w/o warrants
he continues to push the signing statements to historical levels of executive privilege
he continues to be a problem child
what else, there was something else i wanted to comment on
oh, the latptops microsoft gave to selected bloggers
so i got passed over again
im willing to sell
aint nobody made no offers
im outta here
couple more days and i will put
paid on rootwork.com rebuild
aint that good news
another project down
looking good
WEDNESDAY
hello world
old rootdoctor feeling apologetic on you
im so deep in the zone its just me me me
lot of stuff happening in somalia worth commentary
but its just me me me - no wonder i dont got no readership
schoolhouse crunch coming, challenging forms course
that ive explicitly designed as novel workshop
in spite of fact its almost impossible to workshop novels
in a semester format, got to figure that one out
while studying what i consider the great works of african american lit
the magical works, literature as magic, narrative as magic, spellwork
mumbo jumbo
corrigedora
the healing
texaco
mamaday
beloved
the cattlekilling
ive taught these before but everytime teach them i have to reread them
everytime i get more insight into what they do
been systematically working on my reading skilz for a couple of years now
since thats what i do for both living and avocation - and it is a skill im proud of
one i need to get better at every year
im finally seeing benefit of this effort in my critiquing and reading skilz and
looking forward to bringing new eye to these works
also looking forward to figuring out how to help people write novels
in a workshop/semester format
thats going to be an interesting challenge
apparently students thought so to, didnt get but 5
lowest forms course enrollment ive ever had but it just might
work out for the best in a novel workshop where folk have
to trust each other enuf to expose nascent dreams
but that course will take a lot out of me
im invested in doing it well
will have to hit the ground gunning
cause im squeezing this last week for leftover 2006 projects
got to lay that prophet thread in rest
got to read fbs manuscript (this weekend flowers)
got to finish rebuild of rootwork.com (check out new look, but dont try to navigate yet)
got to make panafrican lit forum contributions to remain viable member of team
got to do new ren maintenance, newren always gets priority, my slice of johns legacy
i would like to do that griotic report for 2007
and i got to strip and stain stairs, an overdue honeydo i been promising
apologies to folk i owe calls emails etc
im deep in the zone and there i plan to stay
not to worry though, old rootdoctor keeping his eye on things
bringing the sun up every morning
right on time - like the conjureman should
aint nobody had no complaints, right
sun looking good, right
im outta here
rdoc
TUESDAY
hello world (and all its generations)
musical accompaniment to this posting
still eric wainaina
it is a chastised conjureman before you today
finally started rebuilding rootwork.com
found an rootsblog archive page oct 2003
been doing this since 2003 and i get about 50 hits a day
i must be doing something wrong
too much me me me most likely
but i just talk about whatever is in my head
because im a literary man i just assume its of interest to the world
what i think and see, what i speculate, what i create - the paths i lay
apparently it isnt (hopefully future generations wont agree)
my readership so low i have to question my assumptions
wonder if i should flip the script and try to be more mainstream
but i have always loved the cutting edge
(i choose to assume low readership is because im ahead of my times -
there is of course the possibility that i have no talent but i do not
choose to go there, if that is the case id rather not know . . ,)
artist have to decide early if they going for the cutting edge
and be willing to pay the cost
so be it
i love the cutting edge
dont care if nobody reads me
i just want to exist
be the me that i am in my literary heart
the literary force i know myself to be
what i like about rootsblog is that i do what i damn well please
thats the only thing justify the time and wordage - doing what
i damn well please - and trusting my literary instinct
trusting my obsessions to pay off in the end
true wordage is literary/historical presence
so anyway i decided to finally rebuild rootwork.com and
its traumatic to see how dated my webspace is
my poor little cyber holyground
gon give this week to rootwork
been putting it off for years
rest for the weary got serious time last week/month
gon backburner it now and take care of rootwork.com
so i start moving through it,.right, to see what i got and
i am so embarrassed - that got to be done right away
man, how could i have put that off so long
hope to give rebuild some kind of online magazine effect
21st century empowerment strategies and such
im not quite sure yet but i will be by the end of the week
here we go again
another major project under impossible time constraints
gotta move on pan african lit forum too, looks like
a donedeal - jeff moving the ball, i got to pull my freight
gotta start prepping my literary hoodoo class too
gotta get on that real soon, im real invested in doing that well
tick tock tick tock
im outta here
rdoc
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