Sir Nathaniel Whitford's Den: August 2007

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Stealth- Metal Gear Solid

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Spinning Positions Thwarts and Shackles

While passing through a secret garden.
I saw a gumdrop toad.
He wore clothes of a dainty blue (Oh! How I love that hue!)

But then came a storm, washing away my smile.
Then in true form, I came back in style.

On a penniless day you can see the pinecone’s delirious

Caution overtook my journey.
So I kept my eyes on the road.
But a cocoon soon consumed me.
And I now hang from a tree

Oh, How’d I get here?
Not willingly that’s for sure.
My heart’s patience was waning, then the wind appeared.
It would stop for no creature, just spinning positions, thwarts, and shackles
So, why would I fear that which I can’t steer?

On a penniless day you can see the pinecone’s delirious

Then I fell from the weathered cocoon.
Lying on my back, what did I see?
BLUE………….

The Man with the Love Scythe (Super Hero I.D.)

I must be destined to fail in the realm of relationships.
I've come to the conclusion that the only commonality found within my past relationships has been ME!!!!
I liken myself to a love reaper of sorts whose very presence facilitates the death of love by the scythe.
What must that mean?
I am searching for the flaw within that I must change.
The painstaking in these relationships is too much of a burden to place upon my counterparts.
I am not without error.
There are minute things, which may have saved those helpless fruits, which we bore.
So here I am, embracing my neurosis and cultivating the poison for all who own hearts.
Wherever there exists love and promise, I will be there!
See you soon!

Virtue and the like...

Main Entry: vir·tue
Pronunciation: 'v&r-(")chü
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English vertu, virtu, from Anglo-French, from Latin virtut-, virtus strength, manliness, virtue, from vir man -- more at VIRILE

1 a : conformity to a standard of right : MORALITY b : a particular moral excellence
2 plural : an order of angels -- see CELESTIAL HIERARCHY
3 : a beneficial quality or power of a thing
4 : manly strength or courage : VALOR
5 : a commendable quality or trait : MERIT
6 : a capacity to act : POTENCY
7 : chastity especially in a woman

~taken from www.merriamwebster~

Which (if any) of the above definitions actually belong?
After making your own definition, which things do you find to be virtuous?

Black Movies...

Makes you wanna laugh, eh? As I mentioned in an earlier note, Spike Lee and Antoine Fuqua deserve respect, but the rest are pretty much suck-tastic! Now, Gordon Parks was a fantastic gentleman. As the progenitor of an art form, he deserves special praise. Yes he is noted as the first-black film director. Yes, he directed Shaft and yes, Shaft is a part of Blaxploitation, but I will give it a pass because it was the very first black directed film. On to better things. Sidney Poitier's films with Bill Cosby are deliriously entertaining. Uptown Saturday Night and Let's Do it Again (which spawned the Staple Sisters' hit song) were brilliant. A Piece of the Action is a bit much, but acceptable. These films teetered on the line between comedy and Blaxploitation. From there, we get both Keenan Ivory Wayans and Robert Townsend. Robert Townsend's Hollywood Shuffle is a brilliant satire on the state of black film in 1987. It is still relevant today, for it shows how many actors must "sell out" to even get one role, let alone reprise one. If you have never seen it, then you should check it out. Keenan Ivory Wayans has since wavered with the Scary Movie films, White Chicks, and Little Man. But his earlier contribution helps me swallow his latest pills. Shortly after Townsend's film we get the one and only Spike Lee. The fearless director that should inspire several generations to come. How is it that has already created the most important body of work in the history of black film. Yes, we must list some of them. She's Gotta Have It, Mo Better Blues,School Daze, Do the Right Thing, Jungle Fever, Malcolm X, Crooklyn, Get on the Bus, 4 Little Girls, He Got Game, the Original Kings of Comedy, Bamboozled, A Huey P. Newton Story, Inside Man, When the Levees Broke, and so much more! Purely Amazing! How can any other director live up to this body of work? More to come about this subject...

Gentle Giant

"In my way did I use you, do you think I really abused you
On reflection now it doesn't matter:
How can you say I made you need me more than anyone else
Who can say it right now it's finished over:
It's my act, it's my calling, I explained exactly the falling
Different ways of life can never even:
Be the same when you saw me, could you always take me the
same way As I came and went I tried to remember you:
Still you stay
Tied in your way
Changing times
Watching the signs"
~Gentle Giant

Newtown Neurotics

"Sexual double standards
They make me sick, they divide and rule
Well you're second class if you were born a woman
Yes, it's so different if you are a male
No man is a whore; he invented the name
No man is a slut; he feels no shame
No man is a slag; he is one of the lads
No man is a cow and she knows now
That love can be so foul
And you show no respect
Which makes me feel you're afraid of the opposite sex
You show no respect
You're afraid of the opposite sex
Try, can't you try to see behind those lies?"
-Newtown Neurotics

Self-righteous quote

"Tyranny and hatred dwell within a new realm, hidden behind an unrecognizable face filled with seeming sincerity. No one person is excluded from the path of the body (which possesses this face). Smoke and mirrors just won't do. Reflect and we may see it for what it really is!"