And some cool new map tacks!
Watch as we update it to show what parts of the world we've visited!
Viscountess of Affairs, '12-13
Friday, October 26, 2012
Maps maps maps maps maps
We got a new map!
And some cool new map tacks!
Watch as we update it to show what parts of the world we've visited!
Viscountess of Affairs, '12-13
And some cool new map tacks!
Watch as we update it to show what parts of the world we've visited!
Viscountess of Affairs, '12-13
Previously, in LEP . . .
We had a super top secret meeting earlier this week that we invited the whole world too. And the whole world showed up and drank some secret punch.
Speaking of secret punch. Yeah, we'll be getting the rooms set up for our future meetings, but this time we kind of just decided to go into this one seemingly empty room in the Science Building and use it as our secret meeting headquarters.
I guess it would've been okay if there wasn't going to be a class going on in there five minutes after we finally got ourselves settled and poured the punch.
Fortunately, the professor (I think he's a physics guy) was pretty cool about the whole thing, and was even brave enough to try our punch. I mean, a professor has to be brave to say yes when a random student he's never met before asks "would you like to try some of our secret punch?" He said it was good. I think he was just trying to be nice though.
(I had to tell him what the ingredients were though after he tasted, kinda felt obligated to answer his question. Professors just have that effect on you.)
Meeting minutes are on CTools, so you can see what we talked about there. I wanted to say though, that I'm kinda hoping we do more with these cute little journals. Take it around with you wherever you go - it can slip into your pocket or purse or fanny pack really easily. Jot down things that inspire you. Write a poem from the point of view of the rock behind the UC. Anything really. Just write.
This time, our Princess of Rhymes gave us a prompt - to write a limerick. I wish I had Sara M.'s or Erich's written down so I could share them. You'll just have to bear with me here and read mine instead:
One day on the way to Manila
I stopped at a shop for vanilla
to add to a cake
I was planning to bake
for the 1st birthday of my chinchilla.
No idea why, but my default limerick rhymes are Manila or Nantucket. Go figure.
Viscountess of Affairs, '12-13
Speaking of secret punch. Yeah, we'll be getting the rooms set up for our future meetings, but this time we kind of just decided to go into this one seemingly empty room in the Science Building and use it as our secret meeting headquarters.
I guess it would've been okay if there wasn't going to be a class going on in there five minutes after we finally got ourselves settled and poured the punch.
Fortunately, the professor (I think he's a physics guy) was pretty cool about the whole thing, and was even brave enough to try our punch. I mean, a professor has to be brave to say yes when a random student he's never met before asks "would you like to try some of our secret punch?" He said it was good. I think he was just trying to be nice though.
(I had to tell him what the ingredients were though after he tasted, kinda felt obligated to answer his question. Professors just have that effect on you.)
Meeting minutes are on CTools, so you can see what we talked about there. I wanted to say though, that I'm kinda hoping we do more with these cute little journals. Take it around with you wherever you go - it can slip into your pocket or purse or fanny pack really easily. Jot down things that inspire you. Write a poem from the point of view of the rock behind the UC. Anything really. Just write.
This time, our Princess of Rhymes gave us a prompt - to write a limerick. I wish I had Sara M.'s or Erich's written down so I could share them. You'll just have to bear with me here and read mine instead:
One day on the way to Manila
I stopped at a shop for vanilla
to add to a cake
I was planning to bake
for the 1st birthday of my chinchilla.
No idea why, but my default limerick rhymes are Manila or Nantucket. Go figure.
Viscountess of Affairs, '12-13
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Pasta, Pears, and Poetry
I don't know how many people use Google Reader or even know what that is.
If you have a Google account, you need to try it out. It's definitely not a new thing; Wikipedia says that it was introduced in 2005. But if you have a Google account, you like to follow a lot of different websites and blogs, and you're not using Reader, then you're doing it wrong. Go check it out!
I use Google Reader to stay updated on:
- my friends' Tumblr blogs (here and here)
- The Onion: America's Finest News Source (my favorite one!)
- Neil Gaiman's journal
- my friends' updates on Goodreads
- A Cartoon Guide to Becoming a Doctor
- Inkygirl: an illustrated guide for those who write and draw for young people
- the Makes Me Think site
- new book releases on Amazon
- xkcd, a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language
- Bakerella (the lady who came up with cake pops!)
- Savage Chickens: Cartoons on Sticky Notes
- NY Times Health
- NY Times Books
In case you were wondering, no, I'm not getting paid to advertise the wonderful thing that is Google Reader. Nor am I getting paid to advertise for any of the above sites. If only making money were that easy, I'd be singing about these guys from the rooftops.
I'm really bringing this up because I just read an article on NYT Books about a poetry anthology that just came out, called The Hungry Ear: Poems of Food & Drink." It's an anthology compiled by an editor named Kevin Young.
I've never heard of him before today, but a quick glance at his page on the Academy of American Poets site says that Young is a pretty important poet (Harvard, Stanford, AND Brown?!). He's an award-winning poet known for his poetry centered around African American culture and themes.
This article was a review about Young's latest anthology, a collection of poems related to the world of food. The NYTimes review was not entirely favorable; the author, Dwight Garner, said that there are a number of great poems included, but to find them you have to sift through a lot of the lesser ones. Garner was also critical of several omissions Young made of "canonical" food poetry. You can, of course, read the full article yourself for more details.
What made me laugh in the review, though, is Garner's suggestion that a "Best Bathroom Book" category should be added to the National Book Awards. Apparently Hungry Ear would be a sure winner for 2012.
Viscountess of Affairs, LEP
If you have a Google account, you need to try it out. It's definitely not a new thing; Wikipedia says that it was introduced in 2005. But if you have a Google account, you like to follow a lot of different websites and blogs, and you're not using Reader, then you're doing it wrong. Go check it out!
I use Google Reader to stay updated on:
- my friends' Tumblr blogs (here and here)
- The Onion: America's Finest News Source (my favorite one!)
- Neil Gaiman's journal
- my friends' updates on Goodreads
- A Cartoon Guide to Becoming a Doctor
- Inkygirl: an illustrated guide for those who write and draw for young people
- the Makes Me Think site
- new book releases on Amazon
- xkcd, a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language
- Bakerella (the lady who came up with cake pops!)
- Savage Chickens: Cartoons on Sticky Notes
- NY Times Health
- NY Times Books
In case you were wondering, no, I'm not getting paid to advertise the wonderful thing that is Google Reader. Nor am I getting paid to advertise for any of the above sites. If only making money were that easy, I'd be singing about these guys from the rooftops.
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| Kevin Young |
I've never heard of him before today, but a quick glance at his page on the Academy of American Poets site says that Young is a pretty important poet (Harvard, Stanford, AND Brown?!). He's an award-winning poet known for his poetry centered around African American culture and themes.
This article was a review about Young's latest anthology, a collection of poems related to the world of food. The NYTimes review was not entirely favorable; the author, Dwight Garner, said that there are a number of great poems included, but to find them you have to sift through a lot of the lesser ones. Garner was also critical of several omissions Young made of "canonical" food poetry. You can, of course, read the full article yourself for more details.
What made me laugh in the review, though, is Garner's suggestion that a "Best Bathroom Book" category should be added to the National Book Awards. Apparently Hungry Ear would be a sure winner for 2012.
Viscountess of Affairs, LEP
General Body Meeting Tomorrow!
Super exciting news!
Don't forget to attend our second general body meeting tomorrow! We'll be meeting somewhere in the science building, either room 216 or 217, on the second floor of the SB. If not, we'll just camp out in the halls somewhere and wreak havoc among the lab students :D
Also, in case you were wondering, here are a few pics of what our writing notebooks look like. They're about 4 x 6in in size, so compact and portable! :)
Don't forget to attend our second general body meeting tomorrow! We'll be meeting somewhere in the science building, either room 216 or 217, on the second floor of the SB. If not, we'll just camp out in the halls somewhere and wreak havoc among the lab students :D
Also, in case you were wondering, here are a few pics of what our writing notebooks look like. They're about 4 x 6in in size, so compact and portable! :)
Wow, it's been so long since we last posted...
It really has.
The last post was from . . . over a month ago. So much has happened since then. Really. I don't know where to start updating you guys about what we've been up to. Should I go in order of my favorite things that happened? Or maybe random order is more fair? How about alphabetical order? That sounds reasonable to me.
Actually, chronological order makes the most sense. Yeah, let's go with that.
So, on Tuesday October 2nd we had our first event of the year! Last year we thought we'd kick off our first year with a coffee shop poetry reading. You know, the greatest, most cliched thing there is about poetry. Yeah, well this year we thought we'd be punny (ha. ha.) and have a kick off event that tied in with our "Global Diversity" theme. We called it "Global di-VERSE-i-TEA." So great, right? :D
Well, it was! It was really fun! We had plenty of people stop by and read their favorite global poems. One guest read some of her own work, which was really great. I wish I could remember what her name was because she read her poems fantastically, very animated and it drew you in to what she was saying. My favorite reading was our own Sara M's! She read "But He was Cool" by Don Lee or Haki Madhubuti.
You need to see pictures of our decorations, too! Find them on our Facebook page!
On October 11th, we went to the Homecoming Week Family Fun Night in the Fieldhouse and had a ton of fun with the kids and their alumni families. We helped them transform into princes and princesses by decorating crowns, wands, and shields. A case of missing bedazzled jewels didn't stop our station from being the most popular one at the party! UM-Dearborn has a lot of royal students in its future.
We were so busy trying to turn our guests into royalty, but we did manage to snap a few pictures in the process!
Also on Thursday October 11th, we had our first general body meeting of the semester where we talked and drank punch and had a jolly good time. Our meeting minutes are up somewhere on CTools if you missed it! Science building is where we met. Not the place you'd expect to find a group of poets, but yeah, the majority of our Royal Court consists of scientists. Who says poetry and science don't mix?
I (hopefully) surprised the gang with some brand new world-themed notebooks to write in. You're supposed to carry it around with you wherever you go, and jot down any ideas or verses that come to mind that you'd think would be part of a great poem. If you're a member of the LEP, let me know when you're coming to one of our next meetings so I can be sure to have one for you too!
Okay. that's it for this super long post. I promise to start posting more regularly!
Amal
The last post was from . . . over a month ago. So much has happened since then. Really. I don't know where to start updating you guys about what we've been up to. Should I go in order of my favorite things that happened? Or maybe random order is more fair? How about alphabetical order? That sounds reasonable to me.
Actually, chronological order makes the most sense. Yeah, let's go with that.
So, on Tuesday October 2nd we had our first event of the year! Last year we thought we'd kick off our first year with a coffee shop poetry reading. You know, the greatest, most cliched thing there is about poetry. Yeah, well this year we thought we'd be punny (ha. ha.) and have a kick off event that tied in with our "Global Diversity" theme. We called it "Global di-VERSE-i-TEA." So great, right? :D
Well, it was! It was really fun! We had plenty of people stop by and read their favorite global poems. One guest read some of her own work, which was really great. I wish I could remember what her name was because she read her poems fantastically, very animated and it drew you in to what she was saying. My favorite reading was our own Sara M's! She read "But He was Cool" by Don Lee or Haki Madhubuti.
You need to see pictures of our decorations, too! Find them on our Facebook page!
On October 11th, we went to the Homecoming Week Family Fun Night in the Fieldhouse and had a ton of fun with the kids and their alumni families. We helped them transform into princes and princesses by decorating crowns, wands, and shields. A case of missing bedazzled jewels didn't stop our station from being the most popular one at the party! UM-Dearborn has a lot of royal students in its future.
We were so busy trying to turn our guests into royalty, but we did manage to snap a few pictures in the process!
Also on Thursday October 11th, we had our first general body meeting of the semester where we talked and drank punch and had a jolly good time. Our meeting minutes are up somewhere on CTools if you missed it! Science building is where we met. Not the place you'd expect to find a group of poets, but yeah, the majority of our Royal Court consists of scientists. Who says poetry and science don't mix?
I (hopefully) surprised the gang with some brand new world-themed notebooks to write in. You're supposed to carry it around with you wherever you go, and jot down any ideas or verses that come to mind that you'd think would be part of a great poem. If you're a member of the LEP, let me know when you're coming to one of our next meetings so I can be sure to have one for you too!
Okay. that's it for this super long post. I promise to start posting more regularly!
Amal
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