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FYI...

In December I'm going to be daily releasing stanza's from my poem 25 Days Of Christmas. As you may have guessed, i will start Dec 1, 2009, and finish on Dec 25, 2009.

Please feel free to relate to what is written, comment as much as you can, add suggestions or ideas as the poem progresses, make requests, or anything else you can think of.

If you can, try and read daily and i will try and post daily. If everything meets my goals and aspirations, this might be my best poem ever.

To give you a little preview, the poem is about what Christmas is really about. Original, i know, but it's still going to be hard to properly communicate what i want. Wish me luck world!

Winter Park

See a spark

Track and tree

In the dark

Feeling free

Secret spots

Much to see

Nothing rots

Keep the old

And the aughts

All are told

Leave a mark

Joyful gold

Haste to hark

Winter Park

Car Thoughts

I THINK I'VE BITTEN OFF MORE THAN I CAN CHEW

I'M DOING THINGS THAT I NEVER THOUGHT I'D DO

NOW I'M RIPPING OFF THIS DEATH LIKE I'M RIPPING OFF SOD

I DON'T NEED A GIRL. I NEED A GOD

- I came up with that on Goldenrod

Ma Musica

I'm not really sure why i care, but i pay a lot of attention to how many times i listen to songs (aka: their Play Count on iTunes). So i'm often checking my Top25 list to make sure that the proper songs are climbing the list to accurately reflect my favorite songs. At this point in my iTunes' life, songs have been played enough times to make it difficult for songs to climb the list, especially if i still like the songs that are at the top. However, i do listen to music in phases, so my top 25 is mixed up every so often. In the last month, my two most recent discoveries (i'm not crediting myself to finding them, but liking them) are Between the Trees, and Owl City, specifically the albums Spain (Between the Trees) and Ocean Eyes (Owl City).

My iTunes Top25 list:

1. Lisa Marie - Artist Vs Poet
2. Fireflies - Owl City
3. Loser - Cute Is What We Aim For
4. Changed By You - Between The Trees
5. The Curse of Curves - Cute Is What We Aim For
6. Runaway - Artist Vs Poet
7. I Must Be Dreaming - The Maine
8. About A Girl - The Academy Is
9. Two Is Better Than One - Boys Like Girls (Ft. Taylor Swift)
10. Electric Hearts - Cash Cash
11. Spain - Between The Trees
12. Into Your Arms - The Maine
13. Meteor Shower - Owl City
14. Heartbeat! - Stereo Skyline
15. Breathe - Taylor Swift
16. We Can Try - Between The Trees
17. Miss You - Between The Trees
18. On The Wing - Owl City
19. Dakota - A Rocket To The Moon
20. You're Not Sorry - Taylor Swift
21. Stay Beautiful - Taylor Swift
22. Party In Your Bedroom - Cash Cash
23. Count 'Em One, Two, Three - The Maine
24. I'm So Paid - Akon (Ft. Lil' Wayne and Young Jeezy)
25. I Wanna Love You (Cover) - The Maine

However... this list doesn't include stuff that i've listened to all my life before this version of my iTunes. For example

• Copeland (Beneath Medicine Tree)
• Yellowcard (Ocean Avenue)
• Emery (The Question, I'm Only A Man)
• Relient K (ALL, esp the Christmas Album)
• Rookie Of The Year (The Goodnight Year)
• Linkin Park (Hybrid Theory, Meteora)
• Josh Groban & Michael Buble

JameSamueLind

James is one of those guys that makes you say, "boy am i lucky to know him." He and his fellow city-citizen Thomas were my best buddies up at NGU, and i miss him to point of considering moving back up to NGU so i can spend a few more years of life with him. I wrote this poem on the second day on the job at the bowling alley as the summer was starting and my freshman year was fresh on my mind. [James, if you're reading this, know that i am planning on coming up and visiting you in the spring... so clear one weekend. iLOVE you bro!]

JameSamueLind

James was the best friend a guy could ask for

We met in college early and he never was a bore

Us and Thomas too, we were three musketeers

Friendships, hopefully, that I’ll keep throughout the years

But James was the spiritual leader of us

He never complained, never made a fuss

He kept us together by wisdom of life

And with that wisdom he’ll find a great wife

James was a runner in more ways than one

Both life and cross-country, he never was done

He always pushed himself as far as he could

Training day after day and living for the good

A great competitor, always passing the test

For at being a friend, James was the best.

That's James (I'm in the background). We are

in the middle of pulling the prank of the year.

Stella!!! Who would've thought newspapers could

get all over your hands (that's Thomas and his hand).

This is at an NGU game after James's cross-country race.

He got 1st!

Life (Here and There)

Here and there

Scent and sight

It’s not fair

Black and white

Looking back

Fall or fight

Find a crack

Take a chance

Pin a tack

Do a dance

Love and care

Shirts and pants

Breathing air

But to dare