Sorry for the absence of entries, the power went out in half of my room a couple days ago. Annoying and inconvient. I rigged an extention cord, a three prong converter, and a surge protector and voila! Not only am I smart, I'm handy too. Last night my sister, my dad, my aunt, and I went to Applebees to celebrate my dad's good furtune. He has a pantent on a walking device and he's been trying to market it to investors. Yesterday, he went to a meeting with some marketers and they told him that they knew some people who would be interested. So big yay on that one. Here's two poems I'm thinking of entering into a contest at school. Tell me what you think and which one I should enter. Cleaning My Room Today I cleaned my room I took the clutter and organized it I shoved it into little boxes with labels I threw it away in an old Wal-Mart bag I filed it away into my little pink expandable file I found my floor again I wish life was as easy to manage Boxes with labels, Wal-Mart bags, files It never fits If I could find a category for loneliness I would be set I’d put it away, maybe even burn it In an old Altoid tin I keep for my sister’s cigarette ashes -or- My First Next Door Neighbor You play the bongos Everyday after 10 am Until around 3 You wear African hats And what I call moo moos And you sing to the beat You see the city as an Audience for your passion, Your porch, the stage.