Confession #1

Anyone would think that maybe there was a way
To ask for the things we need
Without giving ourselves over to the worst
Feelings of inadequacy.

I am a person who has felt self loathing
my whole life.
I am a person who realized she was smart,
But didn't feel like she was doing what she should

And because of that
Because I felt that way
I deprived myself of things I needed
Because I thought I didn't deserve them.

We all deserve happiness.
We all deserve to have our feelings acknowledged.
Me included
As hard as that is to accept sometimes.

Channel 5 Said

They must silence.
They must fashion
For themselves
A life of small things.

When they are not special
When nobody could have been
Then without our eyes
They must move on.

Then, you know,
Then we asked ourselves
As they showed themselves
What it is for us:

A time for many
As one of many
When all of us
Can praise each other.

Rrrrrrrip

Lou Reed was a bitch.

He was a truth teller and he didn't give a good god damn what anybody thought.  In my mind, he was the epitome of a zenchishiki.

I should be such a bitch as Lou Reed.

Voice.

I'm a fan of Bad Lip Reading in general -- the absurdist humor is to my taste. I wish they were a little less Freudian at times, but you can't have everything!

This latest video earns a posting here for a different reason, though.



Listen especially to the bit at the end where they talk in character. I think it's the same voice as in this video:



I think it's a pretty good job of making a set of testosterone-altered vocal chords sound feminine. I'm impressed, actually!

Voice Poem

I open my mouth
There's a gateway.
From the inside: out.
From the outside: in.

Way in.

I breathe in. I feel my voice engage.
I am at war with the sound
I make when I sing.
My voice fails me, but I strive to reconcile with it.
My gift.
The instrument of God, whom I also war with.

I have faith (but not in God.)
I could never open my mouth if I didn't.
My voice and I will win this war together.