Olga's Poetry & Thoughts

We like to wonder about what is to come Because the unknown is thrilling And the known is nothing but Stale coffee and broken staplers Every corner of my life has a dent in it Or a pothole or a mud stain or A dragon behind the door With great fangs and the back arched Waiting for things that haven't happened yet Worrying about things that might not happen And all these things are illusions Delusions Confusions They're a different sort of suffering Wondering what is to come Is a self injected needle filled with Blood from a dying pheasant As the bird wonders if it should Stray to the wolf's jaw or just wonder How it would be like to be brave (Or an idiot, you choose) Like a horse with blinders on And a flamethrower for a tail I speed towards uncertainty The hooves chaffed and the wings scorched And the rider gone astray Talking about the future Only my demise is certain And the rest is a brew Of good days and better days Days where I'm a

Like businessmen on their way to a funeral We had our hands crossed on our laps We had our lips zipped to a sulky slit We had our wings clipped to our backs I knew that the doom would be over soon Like a mother I shielded your fate I didn't want you to know my weakness For it showed as we opened the gates Like cowboys on the road to nirvana We had false hopes inside of our shoes We had love where our heads should've been We had red hands and we had no excuse As the gates opened I saw your face Split like a clay mug constructed by a kid The rays of sun clung to your eyelashes The spit of the gods cleansed your eyelids Like murderers we erased all we had seen We had our hands crossed behind our backs We had our lips pressed against each other We had our wings folded in our laps And our love was more futile than a clay mug And our hope was an addictive, impotent drug And our sense was forgotten on the side of the road And our love remai

I decided to watch "The To-Do List" but I had pretty low expectations for it. The reviews were very mixed and I'm not usually into raunchy "American Pie-esque" movies. I was gladly surprised that this movie is not as shallow as it seems. It is about a teenage girl exploring her sexuality and dealing with pressure from her peers and family. She is a valedictorian and an overachiever, but she realizes that she underachieved in the romantic and sexual part of her life. She writes a list of sexual fantasies to fulfill before going to college. There were a few stereotypes brought up in the movie that irked me, though. The biggest misconception that this movie triggers is that smart girls don't get action. The main character, Brandy, is also called a "bitch" and "uptight" simply for being smart and successful. In truth, it's possible for a woman to be both intelligent and sexually experienced. Also, the sex scenes get a little ridiculous