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Rajean

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About Me

I read everything and watch a lot of movies. I like chop sticks with Jasmine rice, and sometimes I use ink pens to restrain my hair.

My Interests

reading, dancing, poetry, art, and whatever else strikes my fancy.

I'd like to meet:

The Dalai Lama, a bunch of dead poets and this guy...

Music:

Jazz-Big Band, Swing, Blues, Bluegrass, Rock, Metal, etc. Sarah Vaughn, Patsy Cline, Duke Ellington, The Bird, Cake, Loretta Lynn, Jelly Roll Morton, Big Bad Voodoo Daddies, Allison Krauss, Cherry Poppin' Daddy's, System of a Down, Rage Against the Machine, Cake, Third Eye Blind, and Disturbed. And, yes I would like some more Cake, please.

Movies:

Amelie, Northfork, Dogville, Big Fish, and Under the Tuscan Sun, Clockwork Orange, Falling Down, and anything by David Lynch or Tim Burton.

Television:

not really. Except that it's used for viewing movies.

Books:

Authors, not books: Samuel Clemens, Arthur Rimbaud, Jack Kerouac, Ezra Pound, John Donne, Chaucer (of course), bell hooks, Joy Harjo, Anais Nin, and too many others to list here. I've voluntarily read the Federalist Papers. Sick, eh? But then again, subjects: Politics, biomedical ethics, anthropology, biology, genetics, race-especially relating to American culture, philosophy, feminism, art theory, art anything, poetry, greek literature,politics, medieval literature and life, religion, spirituality, mysticism, metaphysics and epistemology, etc. etc.

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Heroes:

All of my ancestors. And possibly a few of yours as well:)and the person who made this image, because they are smart.

My Blog

Be (reposting)

Apologies to all of you who have seen this one before. It's been requested that I repost a couple more of my poems. This is the third poem I wrote, circa 2005.It Takes a Long Time to Simply Be~Rajean ...
Posted by Rajean on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 02:58:00 PST

Tony Blair is speaking here at the local college tonight..

And, I have to admit that I am as interested in his speechmaking at the 'local' college as I am in the medieval dental practices of Serbo-Croatian monks and their influence on the flatulence of prehen...
Posted by Rajean on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 01:16:00 PST

Newly Edited Poetry:)

This is one I wrote about 6 months ago. I re-worked it for logical flow, which was missing in the first write. Feel free to kick its ass or love it or both. Camus, "Create Dangerously" Be wise,...
Posted by Rajean on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:08:00 PST

a tweaked villanelle

NYC after 9/11a student's villanelleby Rajean GallagherI first visited New York City after 9/11.Perched in a window, I'm remembering her as I peer out over Avenue of the Americas.The pigeons and count...
Posted by Rajean on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 04:52:00 PST

Two poems- non political:)

Before? there was no time no birth or deaths. no first born or final rest-- in Indonesia there was no gender o, us~ so they learned to dance and oh, so they danced! and then a participant was tramp...
Posted by Rajean on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 05:38:00 PST

When they call Hillary a bitch, what does that mean? (updated with new commentary)

As an amateur linguist and practicioner of English, I gotta wonder what people mean when they call Hillary Clinton a bitch?Bitch has a rich history of slapping women to their knees. It's one of the ph...
Posted by Rajean on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 07:52:00 PST

Champagne Vs. Beer Democrats and Rosie the Riveter, 2008

an interesting analysis of the political tone of the Democrats came out during one of the conversations that occur near DePauw's Political Science Department faculty.  (of note: DePauw is the alm...
Posted by Rajean on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 04:45:00 PST

Erotiki Ormi

(Le Petit Mort) The Little Death*Rajean GallagherThe question that drives usignites in our silence.whispers between us--becomes frustration & violence.Re-fusion denied usresides in fine silen...
Posted by Rajean on Thu, 06 Jul 2006 07:42:00 PST

the real reasons we havent helped new orleans

After a couple of years watching nothing getting done in New Orleans and many hours spent trying to figure out why the US has turned its back on NoLa, I think I have a few guesses as to why we don't r...
Posted by Rajean on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 04:19:00 PST

Guideline to Understanding American Politics

Guidelines to Understanding the Iowa Results:A. There is no significant difference other than rhetoric between Obama and Clinton.B. There is no significant difference other than rhetoric between Repub...
Posted by Rajean on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 05:30:00 PST