I am totally excited by the series option that I have with a new plugin by Darren Ethier. I was checking it out for Pastor John’s official blog, since he was mainly going to be adding to a discussion of a sermon series in real life (my words, not his, to describe whatever it is I do here).
So now, loyal readers, you have two ways to read the ravings of a barbarian. You can use the categories (located at the top of each post, in a sidebar widget, or in your overhead compartment in case of a drop in cabin pressure) to view chronologically. You can use the series (also in widget form) to view them, well, I guess chronologically, but now it starts with entry 1.
The current series are:
I’ve re-envisioned “Vanguard”. At first it was going to be short chapters in straight-up narrative form.
But on Friday I read I Heart You, You Haunt Me in one day. Verse books are very popular, and this one deserves to be, as well. But it hit me that there are some guys who like to read verse books but there’s not many out there for guys.
Now, you can’t have a book called “Vanguard” and have it be about dating troubles at the mall (but that may be a subplot). I thought, you know what? Let’s see this as an epic poem. The Haiku Project has helped me think in poetry, and as the Ohm would say, “Code is poetry”, so I thought, “Meh. Why not?”
Part of the idea sparked from the fun that I had writing scavenger hunt cards for my sister-in-law’s bachelorette party. (Which, by the way, was in San Francisco while I was at home.)
Here’s an excerpt from a challenge card:
Times grew tough one year in the castle
And carriage payments became quite a hassle
Perform on the streets to put tips in the hat
(I’m sorry I didn’t quite mean it like that)
I cracked myself up the entire time. And it flowed pretty easily late at night. (Picture a nice card with Disney font.) Writing mini-chapters for a book as a poem sounds like a fun challenge.
The Haiku
Haikus for a year
has caused my brain damage, yet
fear what comes next year.
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