Other News

In other news tonight, I completed publishing my second book of poetry. They are flowing out of me right now, so I am trying to make the most out of it. I am excited about this one, I think it is better than the first and the poems are stronger. I have requested reviews from some respected poets and hope that they enjoy the book. If not, I won't give up, I will keep pluggin and trying to hone the craft until it is where it needs to be.

I am terribly behind in my NaNoWriMo challenge. I have no idea how many words I have, but it is pathetic, I promise. And my poor character Roni has been completely neglected. Organization is the key, but how does an unorganized person even get into position to organize herself. This should be interesting.

Oh yeah. Almost forgot. I started my website. I should be trying to work on it tonight, but, as usual, I am out of time. But I have gotten a general format down and am looking forward to filling in the blanks later. The url is, of course, www.discoverkai.com.

The Wire- Michael, child strength

OK - so you know what tonites post is goin got be about. The Wire fed me another dose, and I couldn't get enough. Its a good thing I am no longer with Direct TV - I would be watching it again, instead of writing, and I am desperately behind. The character Michael is phenomnal and the child playing it captures it all. The prototype for a baby being the man of the house. Unbelievable. I didn't feel sorry for him, cause I know he's going to be alright, but he sure has the world on his shoulders right now.

Tonights fodder was Marlo's henchmen running around town tryin to identify New York hustlers. Yankees? Did Snoop really call them that? Hilarious. Quote of the night, snoop tellin her partner he was going to have to cough up $800.00 for the nail gun. Classic.

I'm not sure that the separate classroom philosophy is working, other than giving the tv viewer some idea about the innerworkings of the corner kids mindset. Would it work in real life. I doubt it. But it is interesting that they took such a real approach with diagnosing the world as seen inside out by children of the streets.