Birthday Blog! Plus More Blog Contesting!

Hi everyone!

Good to see your beautiful faces here!  Oh wait... I can't see your beautiful faces at all....

Hmmm.....

Anywho, here ARE some beautiful faces wishing a happy birthday (which is today) to a friend and online acquaintance of mine.  This video was hard to make... but I wanted to try to do something nice for Tazer 'cause she is such a rad bitch and she keeps me laughin' on the ol' twitter.  When we get sucked into a conversation, my phone won't stop beeping notifying me of each of her tweets.  Special thanks to @slolife82 for prompting me to do this.  He's a hell of a good guy, in my estimation.  Happy birthday Tazer!

(Tazer is @tazerwp on twitter and her awesome and hilarious blog can be found by clicking here, by the way.  Why don't you all mob up on her blog or her twitter with some birthday wishes, even if they are a little belated?)

Also, the one lady says she's from your hometown, Tazer, because initially she asked WHERE you were from in California and I was in a hurry so I just said "San Diego, or something" because I didn't remember where you are from... so she didn't know what she was talking about despite her awesome enthusiasm. :-)

Okay, next thing, here is a video blog of me.  I respond to some blog shenanigans and recite a poem in it and talk about my experience of some bigotry.  The bigotry wasn't at all that kind of "hard core Southern Style" bigotry like we see in the movies... and I am sure that some of you have suffered way way worse than this.  I've remained relatively un-harassed most of my life by bigoted cruelty because I am a white dude and because I used to dress in a "button down" fashion and stuff.  Lucky me (sarcasm).  This was an eye opening experience, innocuous though it seemed.

The outfit that got me bigoted.  Do you want to bigot me? *wink wink*

If you watch the video and are frustrated about the "blog shenanigans" regarding some of my previous poetry reading, you should write your own blog in response to The Tsaritsa's contest.  I mean... someone might as well take this dick hole's iPod, since he sent it to her apparently to make sure I couldn't win the little monsters she is offering.  See about the letter and the iPod here at her blog.  That post links back to the original contest posting.  All you have to do is post a blog about what you are passionate about and how you discovered that passion.  Half of you are always wondering "what should I write a blog about today" anyway, right?  So do this and stand a chance at a cool gadget, for fuck's sake. :-)  And if you are reading my blog, I KNOW you are passionate about SOMETHING. Even if it's something sick :-p.

Also, I have been selected to do a live poetry reading at the school which I attend.  I will be one of two student poets and one of four readers total.  I am SHOCKED and amazed and... flattered.  If you live near me, you can come listen.  October 20th.  Bring tomatos! :-)

Ok.... a couple of other things I need you to check out quick are the following:

This is my buddy Trea's SoundCloud page.  You can peep the cool music he has been making there.  He also has a blog, to which I have linked in my links page.  I have had the opportunity to get to know him while he has been producing some of these awesome beats.  He has a message of love and music for the world and you GOTSTA check it.

This is my buddy Tony Walker's music page where he posts music that he and his brother make.  Tony is... just phenomenal people.  He is hilarious and talented at writing, painting, and playing music among other things.  Check out the songs "Captivity" and "Black Holes."  And then the others!  He's @YnotWalker on twitter.  Follow him to get poetry and laughs in 140 character pieces.  Good man.

Here is a song about LOVE, baby.  I LOVE this song.

Here's another song about life and LOVE that was brought to my attention by a cousin of mine recently.  Thanks, M.  :-) *hug*

Last but not least, this is the important one... which none of you got to because my blog posts are so damn long....  FMB (fuck my blog? lol)

(I don't agree with what this woman proposes as a course of action, but that doesn't matter so much.  Her message about "the golden rule" is the way I want to live the rest of my life: treat people as I want to be treated.  Treat people as I want to be treated.  Treat people as I want to be treated!!!!!)

One more thing... if any of you think I'm wrong for wanting to love everyone, or you think you can convince me logically that it is not "good" or "feasible" or "pragmatic"... I love you... and also....

LOVE!

This IS What I Meant to Say...

This blog is only about the audio files (really one long file chopped into smaller tracks) at the bottom.  If you need any help getting the files and listening to them in the way that you would like to, please e-mail me or Tweet me.  E-mail = alkalibloo@gmail.com Twitter = @alkalibloo.  I can walk you through anything you need, even if we have to do it by phone.  I really want this to be heard.

I recorded this this morning around five o'clock.

I had not slept to that point.  I got a couple minutes of sleep before my class though, so not to worry.

I hope this will give you some idea of why I didn't sleep and why I may seem to be a completely different person than I may have seemed to be in the past.  If you have just come to know me recently, I am certain that you will dig this.  And I am digging your presence in my life.  Truly.

I worry about the people who have known me for a long time.  I feel an uncomfortable distance between myself and some of those people, but feel that I am imposing myself unduly by broaching that distance... yikes.  Anyone have advice on that?

Sharing this is very very difficult for me.  More so now that I am about to hit "publish" than it seemed last night.  Despite my confidence in life and love and in myself and in humanity, I remain afraid that I will be misunderstood, or that someone who finds themselves at a point of contention with me will continue to distance themselves from me, using this as further evidence that I have gone off of the deep end.

I am completely sane.  I see a therapist who knows what is going on with me and would verify my sanity to the fullest extent that she can professionally. I must note that I am seeing the therapist for reasons other than actually needing the attention of a therapist.

I am not using drugs or alcohol.

I am full of food today, so don't worry about that either.  The portion of the audio file where I talk about my eating habits may alarm those who care about my health.  I will eat.  I will sustain myself.  I promise.

I am healthy and prepared to move forward into this world as far as it will let me.  I feel as though I have stood where I stand now for far too long.

This audio lasts a long time.  You can download it and put it on your MP3 player, or burn it to a disc to take in your car.  You can stream it straight off the internet.  Optimally, in my mind, you would be in a comfortable chair or on a comfy couch in a blanket with your favorite quiet time indulgence nearby when you listen to it.  A glass of iced tea.  A latte.  A cigarette.  A joint.  A bottle of beer that you brewed yourself.  Whatever it is that puts you into that beautiful space where you can just... sit.

I don't actually know if I expect anyone to listen to this in its entirety.  I had no idea how long it was until I finished recording.  I speak very slowly because I felt intensely about selecting each word properly.  I am not as good at speaking as I am writing, though, and I misspeak in a couple of places.  But this thing begged to be spoken, even after I tried to write it, for some reason.

Please... if you listen to this, please respond to me.  Please tell me what you think.  I don't care about "followers" on this blog or on Twitter.  I don't care about the number of friends I have on Facebook, but only that they are my friends.  Respond via any medium except ESP.  My brain is not that awake yet.  My preference, in reality, were it possible, would be to sit face to face with each and every person who digs this enough to listen to it to the end.  And to make them a meal.

Blogger is a means to an end.  I do not particularly care about this blog as an independent concept.  It is just a tool which allows me to reach directly out to you all.

If I have missed you somehow, in any way, please contact me and tell me how.  If you have a deep or hilarious blog that I need to look at and put on my newly updated "links" list, please tell me directly.  I am no longer easily capable of following so many peoples' blogs on my own, but instead have been asking people to bring themselves directly to my attention if I am not giving enough of myself to them.  Because anyone who wants a piece of me is welcome to it.  Anyone!

If you are family... if we share blood... I need you.  I want you closest to me.  I apologize if I've done anything to force you away.  I love you infinitely.

If anyone thinks anything about anything in this... it is my deepest desire right now to hear it.  My heart and soul kinda went into this.  My balls are out.  This feels really really real.

I will reiterate this again and again and again: I do not feel as though I have arrived.  I don't feel as though I have transcended anything more than my own self-hatred.  I am just a man trying to do right by those that love him and have forgiven him for his terrible folly.  I owe everyone, in that sense.

I love you all so much.  I will post a funny blog about applying some kind of weird product to my testicles soon.  Maybe mayonnaise? 

Oh... and if you dig this... truly... would you show it to a friend?

Thank you all.

This IS What I Meant to Say by Charles Emerson III

Here I Am... See?

(I didn't have my normal proofreader... if anyone notices a typo... give me a private heads up?)

Hi!

Apologies for the space between this blog post and the last one.  Rest assured that this time it wasn't because I was out drinking my face off or generally being depressed and suicidal, as I used to do between blogs in the past secretly without telling you guys.  I have just been so overwhelmed by life lately (in a good way) that it has become difficult to center my attention in one place for too long (in a good way).

Anyway... here's a video.  And some other stuff.

(I awkwardly spend the first minute of this video trying to describe a subtle change in my eating habits... bear with me though... watch the whole thing.)  

I love you all so much and I want to talk to and get to know, as intimately as they would like, ANY person who comes to this website and sees something they like.  Or even if they see something they don't like.  I just want to talk!

(Please, link the shit out of this blog too, if you feel so compelled.  Re-Tweet my link, or tweet your own link.  Facebook my link or e-mail it.  If you see a random computer sitting with an open browser take the time to just type in my address, hit enter and walk away.  Write the address on bathroom stalls with Sharpies.  Whatever!)

Connect with me by following my Twitter account by clicking on the text below:

CLICK HERE TO CHECK OUT MY TWEETS, PLEASE! 

Connect with me on FaceBook by clicking on the text below:

CLICK HERE TO BE MY FACEBOOK BUDDY!

To E-mail me, click the text below:

CLICK HERE TO E-MAIL ME (IT WILL GET PUSHED DIRECTLY TO MY PHONE, AND I WILL RESPOND IMMEDIATELY)!

If you want to talk on the phone or like... on video chat or anything else, then simply Tweet @ me or FaceBook me or e-mail me and we will set that up immediately.

All of this goes to people I know AND people I don't.  If you are my cousin and we have rarely spoken in the last couple of years for some reason, or if you are a person living on the other side of the globe who doesn't know me from Adam, I REALLY want to talk to you.  Anyone!  ASAP.

Oh, and everyone should help me get connected to Lady Gaga.  I want to talk to her and possibly bed her. :-p

Now, some pictures and stuff!

This is a printer I got a hell of a deal on.  It's a laser printer, meaning I can print TONS with it for way way cheap (as opposed to ink jet printers, which are essentially a mechanism of indentured servitude to Hewlett Packard).

I intend on using my "Monochrome Laser Printer" to do a lot of stuff, including printing out flyers and pamphlets and zines and even small "books."  I am particularly interested in pamphleteering.  The printer was a steal at $70.  

I met a guy on Craigslist who is going to teach me how to play racquetball (for a refresher on this, click here.)  Anyway, me and racquetball guy met up in Boulder the other day for a bite.  We saw these rock structures getting built!

 

Look at all these rocks these Boulderites were stacking up in the river!  It looked... well... impossible and I am not convinced that these men and women were not Jedi.

Pretty pretty.

Love the lighting here.

I customized my phone by glossing this cool stuff onto the back of it with a clear coat... I think this probably voids my warranty.  Fuck it.  :-)

My newest desktop background.  I love wallpapers for some reason.  Do you like it?

Here's a flyer I made (with my laser printer).  Click it to see it up close.  In fact, you should print them out and put them on your favorite coffe shop wall.  Make sure to slice along the lines on the bottom so that people can easily tear away the little QR codes.

This is a song that you will dig if you: 

like hip hop;

like San Francisco;

like slang or the evolution of language;

like modern poetry;

or
smoke chronic.

I'll leave you on a somewhat sobering note.  This is the trailer for a movie that I have seen a couple of times now.  It is easily available online.  Check it out.  It motivates me a great deal.  If you live anywhere near me, I would love to sit down and watch this movie with you in person.  Anyone.  Anywhere.  I'm in Longmont Colorado.

Alright... that's all for now.  Love. :-)