Poem by Me

This blog has had cencorships

like frick, heck, and shite,

but now there's nudity

for that you'll thank Miche.

I don't know what he thought

when he put this in a chapel.

I wouldn't like to sit

very close to his yarbles.

What's with the fingers?

Do they think they're ET?

God has demon babies

That is kind of creepy.

Genesis 3-9

These chapters tell about too much. The serpent tricked Eve into eating from the tree of knowledge of good and evil which God commanded them to not do. She ate from the tree and gave some to Adam which opened their eyes. They realized that they were naked and God knew what they had done. God slammed the serpent into the ground making it crawl in the ground and he punished Eve by making giving birth a lot more painful. They were both kicked out of the garden and had two sons: Cain and Abel. God liked Abel's offering more so Cain simply killed him. Cain then fled because anybody could kill him and built the city of Enoch, named after his son. Generations later, God decides to flood the whole world but he let Noah and his family survive by warning him. He told him to build and arc to save his family and a male and female of every species of animals. It rained for forty days and it stayed flooded for over a hundred years before the water started to drain. Noah sent a raven to look for land but it was too stupid to do so he sent a dove that found an olive branch.

I tried my best to summarize it but probably failed miserably. This has the other story that everyone and their dog knows: Noah's arc. I mean, who in God's name wouldn't know it. It is like the first story kids learn. But I want to focus on Cain and Abel. It is the first act of jealousy in the Bible and also the first death in it. I found it as a good example of the rivalry between siblings to be the favorite son or daughter, and I found interesting how God had mercy on Cain even though he was the first to kill by protecting him even though he is hated.

Genesis 1-2

These chapters tell of the creation of the world in seven days. He made the heavens and the earth, land and sea, plants, fish and birds, ground creatures, and humans in that order. In the second chapter God rests in the seventh day and then creates Adam. He is placed in the garden of Eden and has animals and plants made for him to rule. He names the animals but is still alone so God made Eve out of Adam's rib to be of Adam's company.

This is the story that everyone and their mother knows because it's so universal. Even those who are not Christian or Catholic know this story. It is one of the many creation theories but something to note out is that all of the religious theories are basically the same. A god creates the world out of nothing or chaos and then goes on to create humans. What was strange about these chapters is that the order of the events is different which led me to the conlcusion that in the garden of Eden, there weren't creatures and flora before Adam was made.

Baucis and Philemon

These pages tell of the story of when Zeus and Hermes went down to earth to test the kindness of humans. They disguised themselves as beggars and went from house to house asking for shelter but are denied from all of them. However, this changed when they reached the house of Baucis and Philemon. They quickly brought them in and fed them which made Zeus and Hermes think they hadn't used good enough disguises. However, when Philemon started pouring wine for them, he noticed it wouldn't end and they realized they were with gods. The gods gave them a beautiful house and would grant them one wish. They wished to die at the same time because they couldn't bare having only one dead. One day, Baucis and Philemon became trees and died at the same time.

Damn trees couldn't stay away from the last story could they. When I was reading this story, I thought of how this is like one of those stories that are told to kids to make them be generous hoping for change. I also liked how they used excuses for ignoring the homeless that are still used like "I'm sorry, I'm ... um ... soooo sorry. Sorry."(78)

Phaeton and Eros

This is a story of a guy named Phaeton. He is the son of the sun, Apollo, but nobody believes him and they bully him. He then decides to embark in a journey to find his father who he found in his temple. Apollo tells him that he will grant him one wish and Phaeton asks for the sun chariot. Apollo gives him advise for when driving but Phaeton is to excited about driving too pay attention. Phaeton drives carelessly and is attacked by the constellations who make him lose control, burn the earth, and die.

This moral of this story is to pay attention and follow the instructions of parents or teachers because if you don't, there will be too much chaos for you to handle. Carefulness is a simple necessity and can't be forgotten. Even in a lot of excitement, you have to calm down and listen. This story had to be the one to be modernized the most because it is being told to a therapist and involves themes like being bothered in school and wanting to ride a vehicle.

The other story is of Eros and Psyche. Psyche is very beautiful and this makes Aphrodite angry making her send Eros to kill her. What she didn't expect is that Eros fell in love with Psyche and they were able to marry with one condition: she can't see him. They are able to do this for quite a while before Psyche's curiosity makes her see him in his sleep and they are both separated. Psyche is forced to do many tedious jobs for Aphrodite with the sole reason to be with Eros again which is not in vain. Zeus stops Aphrodite and lets Eros reunite with Psyche and made Psyche a goddess.

This story actually does not have trees. Surprising. Wait, she spread seeds. Never mind. This story is the stereotypical fairy story with the happy ending which does not match with the rest of the play. Even the play says so. "Q: Like in fairy tales? A: Like in all fairy tales."(74) This story also supports the phrase curiosity killed the cat because Psyche's curiosity made her lose her love. I actually kind of enjoyed the change of pace in this story and the Q&A format.

Pamona and Vertumnus

This is the story of the god of springtime, Vertumnus, who falls in love with a wood nymph, Pamona. Vertumnus has this weird habit of dressing up for fun and uses this to see Pamona more often. He disguised himself as a farmer, soldier, and a fisherman but this didn't get him laid. So he went to the extremes: cross dressing. He dresses up as an old woman and tells Pamona that she isn't a true woman without having sex. Then, he starts telling her how awesome he is while speaking in third person trying to keep his disguise. This is all null so he decides to tell her about the story of Myrrha.

Myrrha is a girl who is in love with here father and wishes to have the freedom of animals. She tries to ignore this desire but can't. She then waits for a time where her mother is away and her father has been drinking. She tricks him into thinking that she is a normal woman who wants to sleep with him and he accepts but he had to be blindfolded to not realize he was sleeping with his daughter. He falls for this a couple of times but at the end takes of the blindfold and sees his daughter. Myrrha, ashamed, wishes to change and is dissolves. There is also another ending where she turns into a tree. When the story is over, Pamona realizes Vertumnus's true identity but accepts him.

Firs of all I'd like to remention why are trees such a reoccuring theme in these stories? Anyways, this story was really weird and brought me flashbacks of Cien Anos de Soledad with all the incest and weird acts for love. This Vertumnus must really have the hots for Pamona for him to cross dress. Something I noticed while reading is this quote: "You'd have many choices, I think. As many as Helen." I think this is referring to Helen of Troy from the Iliad who is known for her beauty and causing a war because of it. This might be just a bunch of crap but it is worth noticing. I don't understand how the story of Myrrha was supposed to help Vertumnus get laid but in some strange way it worked.

Erysichthon

This is the story of Erysichthon, and atheist that thinks he's all that for not beleiving in Zeus, and a lesson about killing trees. Erysichthon was looking for trees in the forest where he stumble upon some sacred tree or something. He commands someone to cut it down which made Ceres really pissed off. The tree threatens him and he responds with a sarcastic remark since nobody does those. Ceres then sends Oread to look for hunger who then clutches unto, rapes, Erysichthon and gives him neverending hunger. He sells his mother to buy more food who is later turned into a little girl and a leyend. He keeps on eating until he eats himself.

What? If he sees that he is going to die, why is he eating himselft inflicting much pain when he can simply kill himself in a quick and painless way. If he's atheist he doesn't really care about going to hell so why did he hold back? Maybe this guy is just a psychopath because he talks to a tree. Something I've noticed about this play is that whoever wrote this must be some sort of tree hugger because most of the stories involve a tree in one way or another. This is a message to you people. Deforestation is bad. It kills polar bears and makes psychopathic atheists eat their feet.

Alcyone and Ceyx

This story tells of a couple that is completely in love with each other but due to work, Ceyx has to go on a sea voyage. The problem is that Alcyone is Poseidon's daughter and he is not very happy with his son in law and would simply like to kill him. And in a boat in the middle of the sea, you are basically Poseidon's bitch. Alcyone tries to peruade him but her tries are null and Ceyx leaves. At sea, Ceyx encounters some strong wind and ends up having to fight Poseidon's lackey who completely destroyes him and drowns him. Meanwhile in where Alcyone lives, she gets dreams of Ceyx dying and eventually finds Morpheus in Ceyx's ghastly figure. She was in denial of Ceyx's terrible fate and ignores Morpheus's message. The other day, she sees Ceyx in the horizon and as she runs towards him, she turns into a bird.

I noticed that Morpheus calls Alcyone little bird to calm her down which is what she ends up turning into which I found rather interesting. This story also shows that strange stereotype that parents in law always hate their children in law because they are like not fit for their son or daughter. I personally think that Ceyx was a complete idiot in choosing to go by sea when he could've gone by land which even was an option Alcyone gave him. I also think that the henchman was actually a symbol of the strong waves which tore up the boat and "beat up" Ceyx because I can't imagine Mr. Fishhead with a little brainless person besides him barely reaching his hip, but that's just me.

The Creation

According to Metamorphoses, the creation started with a huge blob of everything. There was chaos where the earth is now placed and this was changed by Zeus. He lighted a cigarette and this separated land from sea and creatures started emerging but there were no words. Zeus then created words and communication which would be used by the humans he created. "Some say the god perfected the world," "others maintain that we came from the natural order of things"(7)

I noticed how this version of the creation is similar to the Christian one in that they both have a deity create everything, but in this one earth was already there but in chaos. Another thing I noticed is that Zeus lights a cigarette which is obviously a bad human habit and shows how Greek gods were like humans. I also liked how they put in the doubt of evolution which has always been present.

Bhagavad-Gita Teachings 17 and 18

With these last two teachings, this messed up story of family war and killing because of destiny is concluded. Arjuna finally gives in to Krishna and becomes his personal slave. But what I find interesting is that after Arjuna gives in, Krishna does not tell him to fight, he only tells him that he is enlightened. What I think is that Krishna used the war against family as an excuse to bring out Arjuna's humanly qualities that were holding him back. Krishna took advantage of this by telling him his teachings while what he wanted to get rid of was in Arjuna's head. This way Arjuna was able to reflect in a higher magnitude than if he was just chilling in his home. This book enden up being one of those books that don't seem to make much sence but when you finish it, it's all pulled together. After this sentence I am done with blue people.

Bhagavad-Gita Teachings 11 and 15

In these teachings, Kirshna finally shows his true form to Arjuna which appears to be some kind of deformed monster creep. I mean he has many arms and faces along with having a crap ton of swords on his back for no apparent reason. From his being everything I guess he is a hermafrodite and he somehow has many belly buttons. What kind of monster with hundreds of umbilical cords in her whomb brought this monstrousity to the world. He has human features yet he is also the universe. Does that mean that we live inside a human body? Indians are weird.

Well moving on, he tells Arjuna that fighting will not change the people who die's fate because they will eventually die anyways and the only change that war would make would be to make him king. That made me think, what kind of terrible god is Kirshna. He litteraly said, "Kill them, they will die anyways." What? Don't the soldiers have a life to live and a family to sustain. If Arjuna doesn't go to war, will he kill them just because it's destiny? I'm starting to get scared of this Kirshna. If you mess with him, he'll kick your behind.

Bhagavad-Gita Teachings 7-9

In these teachings, Kirshna reveals that he is a great deity that is ignored by many. He describes how he is not everything but everything is him and that he sustains the universe. "Know that nature's qualities come from me--lucidicy, passion, and dark inertia; I am not in them, they are in me."(74) He then continues to whine about how he is the god of everything yet nobody likes him and he is always ignored. This lasted for about three pages which made my blood boil. At times I felt like yelling at the screen, "Get to the point already!" The author somehow is able to rewrite the same point in like fifteen different ways just to fill pages. However, it did make me reflect how we have everything from God and constantly ask for something from him yet we never pray just to say thank you. It's like having a one way relationship with the person who created you. At times we end up acting like a little kid.