You thought right.

In a fitting coincidence, today was the last day of prep before my first class of students arrives on Monday. I took a job as a high school science teacher at a school for kids who have been kicked out of their zoned schools for academic and behavioral issues--students others have written off and worse. I've been watching and passing around the Taylor Mali and Rives performances all week. After years fighting what I now believe to have been my destiny all along, for the first time in a long time, I feel I am doing what I am supposed to be doing.

Thanks for the heads-up on the link.

Rive Floggera!!

Thanks for the promote...much appreciated!

In reply to this comment by RhesusMonk:
*promote

>> ^blutruth:

>> ^ctrlaltbleach:
Same action different view point.
http://videosift.com/video/Make-sure-to-secure-the-floor-before-d
riving-on-it

Huh...why didn't that show up when I was going to post it? The Mille Miglia NA tags were the same... Seems dupe-ish to me, if someone wants to do the honors...


Meh, leave it.

Twats like you that get all supercillious over my opinion on something.

If i didn't trust my own opinion, whose opinion should i trust? Would you like to compile a list so that i can do some background reading and decide what my opinions really are?

Fuck slam poetry, fuck you. Mirror analogy and irony duly noted.

In reply to this comment by RhesusMonk:
I do not have the level of bullshit acceptance that Eric has cultivated. Pompous? Look in the fucking mirror, Holmes. Anyone who trusts his own opinion with authority is, by definition, pompous. Aloofness? Like, you mean they don't know that they're performing on a stage? Like, they're just talking to a friend? You watch Rives or Saul Williams and think, "That guy's pretending like he's just talking to me like his friend"? Dude, I get that you don't like poetry, but don't bullshit me with obviously fabricated, after-the-fact reasoning. What is it that you really don't like?

See my profile conversation with eric, i fucking HATE slam poetry.

In reply to this comment by RhesusMonk:
I find it hard to believe you even gave this one a real go.

In reply to this comment by dannym3141:
Fuck slam poetry.

Thanks for taking the time to answer my question. I truly appreciate it.

In reply to this comment by dannym3141:
Totally reasonable question. I hate the aloofness and pomposity of the whole thing. Which regularly turns out to be a pretty flacid attempt at 'slamming' anything. I hate the term "slam poetry" too. There's something about that combination of words and what it refers to that makes me feel violent towards inanimate objects.

There's also something about the type of person that is drawn to write/perform "slam poetry" that turn my stomach. All of them i've seen so far remind me of the little skinny people that study philosophy and cultivate whispy little beards and put rediculous looking berets on their heads, and aim to talk over the heads of anyone that doesn't look, think and dress like they do.

People like darius daneche(sp) from the first series of pop idol (uk).

I'd rate it as one of the lowest forms of wit.

In reply to this comment by eric3579:
What is it about slam poetry you dislike so much? I'm just curious.

In reply to this comment by dannym3141:
Fuck slam poetry.

Totally reasonable question. I hate the aloofness and pomposity of the whole thing. Which regularly turns out to be a pretty flacid attempt at 'slamming' anything. I hate the term "slam poetry" too. There's something about that combination of words and what it refers to that makes me feel violent towards inanimate objects.

There's also something about the type of person that is drawn to write/perform "slam poetry" that turn my stomach. All of them i've seen so far remind me of the little skinny people that study philosophy and cultivate whispy little beards and put rediculous looking berets on their heads, and aim to talk over the heads of anyone that doesn't look, think and dress like they do.

People like darius daneche(sp) from the first series of pop idol (uk).

I'd rate it as one of the lowest forms of wit.

In reply to this comment by eric3579:
What is it about slam poetry you dislike so much? I'm just curious.

In reply to this comment by dannym3141:
Fuck slam poetry.

What is it about slam poetry you dislike so much? I'm just curious.

In reply to this comment by dannym3141:
Fuck slam poetry.

Thanks so much for this promote

In reply to this comment by E_Nygma:
*NSFW
*promote

Thanks again for promoting one of my favorite sifts


In reply to this comment by RhesusMonk:
I finally get to *promote this!!

[edit]: seriously, goosebumps and tears every time.

Glad the poem's helping you out so much. Rives is a medic for the soul. Cheers!

In reply to this comment by RhesusMonk:
Just want you to know that I've watched this at least once a day since I found it on eric3579's slam poetry playlist a few weeks ago. I'm in a 1200 mile long-distance thing with my lady, and this poem helps us a lot. This man is a hero. Thanks for the post; even a year later, it still echoes...

In reply to this comment by rembar:
I still love this, but I'll be back.

*discard

Very good call.

In reply to this comment by rottenseed:
*promote

As always, thanks. Saw that this had been posted, but discarded. This is among the three best performances I've seen on the sift. I've got me a lady who's very far away. This performance helps.

In reply to this comment by eric3579:
*promote

thanks for postin' it

In reply to this comment by eric3579:
Warms my heart that you promoted this sift. Thank you

In reply to this comment by rottenseed:
*promote