SUNDAY
me and the african union both slipping
i didnt get but 6 pages this week
and the au considering sudan
as leader this year
last year the au deferred
the decision because of darfur
``we hope that the african leaders will stick to last
year's commitment
because nothing has changed,'' sudan foreign minister ali sadiq
duhhh, thats a problem partner
not a talking point
the au rep already shaky
big toothless lion
been stalling on somalia - well there are political
issues there but it ends the same
if somalia depending on the au, somalia going down
but darfur, darfur belong to you
choosing sudan as your leader would be a travesty
au doesnt have many ways of disciplining unruly members
this one is in your power
whatever little power you got
not to mention dignity, honor
and pride, dont forget pride
dont shame the old rootdoctor
work w/me
im too fragile to take a blow like that right now
i had a rough weekend - too many projects on my plate
did a little some of everything
not of enuf of anything
overextended again and
no rest for the weary, lord
prioritize onetimers rick
get them off your plate
in outta here
rdoc
hanging tough, loose, whatever
just hanging
SATURDAY
hello world, didnt do diddly yesterday
that mean im looking for a 9 today
comeonrickyoucandoit
papa gede nibo bey lakwa
closest i got to a hoodoo elder/mentor
him and papa ce only a few years older
but they got time in grade
nibo bey got bottletrees on his yards
got ones that sing too
that pole type dont appeal to me aesthetically
but i sure would love to hear them sing
my bottle trees all hanging ones, i like when
they sway in the wind
this the closest i got to a pole type
kinda hoped theyd sing but they didnt
nibo bey got instructions
tradition is the bottletree captures malignant spirits wander onto your property, windsong is them asking for release
assure you your grounds warded
sanctified
need to plant bottletrees at the 4 corners of the whitehouse
bush say he 'the decision maker' on iraq and thats that
i used to get good mileage from a emperor got no clothes riff
but that only work when you the only one see the trick
this link from fox news (of all places) cheneys pr director at libby trial
laying out bush admin press strategies
meanwhile over at black agenda report
glen ford stirring a new pot
resurrecting the movement in the age of obama
(full disclosure: its long and i didnt read it, i scanned it)
ima read it when i got a free moment
which is not today
but you know works that explore struggle in the 21st century
interest me and even on a scan i saw value here
maybe sometime this week
but right now im crunched
and im outta here
hangloose - rdoc
FRIDAY
hello world
new work by bob gates to entertain you
while i yakkety yakkety
class went well, i love being prepared
but 2 days no work mean today a 6 hour makeup day
still got that low readership, a good % googled from
questions that have very little to do w/rootsblog
i would really like more readership
but straight topical bore me,
wordage got to have literary value
hopefully my musings be of interest to future generations
gon post literary hoodoo classnotes for new ren workshop
been concerned that with the rise of mfa programs
folk in the tradition, mostly self taught, falling behind - again
and i would
new ren literary training (my slice of babajohns legacy)
be comparable to any training in the country
turning out folk ready to rumble
and 2nd to none
so came up w/idea to do lit hoodoo lessonnotes as posts on
the newren listserve -
folk seem to appreciate it, i decided to put it on rootwork.com
lithoodoo post 1: outlines & 1st drafts
also doing class as novel writing workshop
and 1st class was outlines and drafts rah rah
2nd class mumbo jumbo: narrative strategies
3rd class: mumbo jumbo: structural strategies
books i chose for this class books i want to intertext in rest
re read w/evolving eye & understanding
see how they do what they do
i think mumbo jumbo transformed african american lit but its mumbo jumbos narrative speculations on the nature of text that intrique me
what he be saying about the improv nature of a hoodoo sacred text
and the complications of giving it a written text, both conventional and literary
shall we say interest me
as does this final piece from trebor setag
not new but it particular speak to me today
that look like some real chilling,
some real rest for the weary
started to write look like heaven to me but dont want to give god no ideas - god funny that way
god funny and im gone,
3am and i got a 6 hour makeup day
thats how i stay ahead
how i live instead of just exist
then i got to crunch applications
just me and mary gaitskil this year
and mary crunch thru those apps like a machine
im behind already and its catchup again
as soon as i get my daily 6 -
or i just might take a rest day what the hell
a little rest for the weary
in the conquerors name
either way im gone
rdoc
THURSDAY
after all yesterdays hufty pufty
didnt get any work done
schoolhouse took it all
cannot walk into class unprepared
hopefully bushs newest voucher scheme is dead on arrival too
the trick behind no child left behind
kill off taxbased public school system
by starving it slowly
politicide wrapped in basic bush compassion rhetoric
and vouchers
when it come to your kids you do what you gotta do
but try to think of the collective too
folk over at huffington post lay out
obama trick for folk to see
rightwing politics of personal destruction
sniffing dark meat and 2 for 1 too
rightwing do politics like they do war
with a very heavy hand
im outta here
3 am and got about 10 hours i can give to classprep
whats sad is that i feel like i need every 1 of them
rdoc
WEDNESDAY
hello world,
and all my generations
well now that was interesting
putting that possessive on generations
i felt that
my generations
ima play with that
but not today - schoolhouse today
reread mumbo jumbo
prepare lessonplan
but i been strong with novel
ruthless about my morning 3
i will feel too bad if i dont do my 3
cant be unprepared for my class
bored & sneering students will never do
but most primarily got to be ruthless flowers
about getting novel done this year
most primarily
do your 3 dawg, bottomline; do your 3
want to feel good about yourself today, want to feel good about life
it take 3 hours rest for the weary
got these pics from a memphis blog
i check memphis blogs to keep current about
my homeground
whats going on behind the scenes
photos and comet text from the flypaper
like that comet cause in my longgame heart space is the place:
guide and guardian: my generations
Comet McNaught, the Great Comet of 2007, has grown a long and filamentary tail. The spectacular tail spreads across the sky and is visible to Southern Hemisphere observers just after sunset. The head of the comet remains quite bright and easily visible to even city observers without any optical aide. The amazing tail is visible on long exposures and even to the unaided eye from a dark location.
im outta here
gotta clock some pages
gotta keep my spirits up
gotta longday ahead
in the conquerors name
rdoc
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