Round of Shape

When I was two and twenty,
I couldn’t understand.
How people got so overweight,
and blamed it on a gland.

Do they have no self respect
or care how they are seen?
Certainly never eating well,
or any food that’s lean

When I was two and thirty,
I woke one day to find.
I weighed more than I ever was,
embarrassed in my mind.

How did I become this way,
I couldn’t understand.
Would I succumb to guilt and shame
or on my fitness I demand?

Now I am two and forty,
no longer have to hide.
Through hard work and perseverance,
I’m on the winning side.

The journey isn’t easy,
took everything I got.
With eating well and exercise,
and snacking, not a lot.

If you are two and twenty,
take this warning to heart.
Don’t criticize the ‘round of shape’,
lest you become a part.

And those of two and thirty,
awake with shock and shame.
Remember I have lost it all,
and you can do the same.

J.A.Scott

A change in plan.

I'm still thinking of having a writing challenge month. I've been working on a schedule and everything. I was catching up with the Biggest Loser recaps so didn't get a story out yesterday, but I plan on doing one anyway and posting it to that day.

Speaking of Biggest Loser. Considering Tegan was originally set up for stories and or journal entries, I have decided to split off my Biggest Loser and fitness blog posts into a new blog. They can now be found at Carrot Sticks & Cottage Cheese.

This way, I can continue to post my recaps without them getting buried by other stories and entries. Hope there is no confusion but as I don't have many current followers, it shouldn't confuse too many people.

Writing Challenge

Do you remember earlier this year when I had my writing challenge? Yes, it consisted of me supplying a new and original poem from me every day. I was successful at it and have come away with a few more poems I actually like.

Well, I have been kicking around the idea again. However, this time I was thinking of doing something quite different. The poetry challenge was nice, but I have come to the conclusion that I would enjoy a more diverse challenge. With that, I have decided for October I plan on having another writing challenge. This time, there will be different categories for each day of the week.

What will all the categories be? I'm still hammering that out, as well as on what day I will do them. Some of the topics will be Biggest Loser recaps, short stories, journal entries and/or poems. Still trying to think of original things to do, something diverse. Any suggestions? Feel free to comment.

Chocolate Cake

The Bill Cosby inspired comedy skit I did for a friend and family talent show.

Point / Counterpoint - Blogging

Point - Being a writer, I've found blogging to be a great way to express my feelings to the world either through stories, poems, journal entries or just sarcastic wit. Keeping a blog helps to keep all your written material in one place, online. This way, even if you have no access to your own files at home, you can access them on the internet - as long as you have internet access. Most blogging websites are free to use, have great tools and fairly easy to learn. What better way to share with your friends and family what is going on in your life, what better way to explore what others are up to, what better way to keep your writing skills intact and honed to a sharp point.

Counterpoint - Blogging certainly isn't for everyone. Want to be discovered? Blogging is hardly the way to go unless you are already discovered. Place a drop of water in the ocean and you see what I mean. Sure, you may decide to keep a blog because you just like to write and want to share with whoever, but ask yourself - who is reading it? There's a good bet, not many of your friends give a hoot how you spent your weekend unless you are talking directly to them. Your descriptions and discoveries, as exciting as they may be to you, are typically bland or uneventful. And the occasional reader may well be someone you actually do not want to know how you spent your summer. It' so easy for a writer to put down various aspect they may not normally want to share with others, because they forget other may or may not be reading.

What are your thoughts? Which side do you mostly agree with? Do you have any ideas for future point/counterpoint entries?

Jeffrey Scott

Still More Haiku's

Brett Favre number four
A Minnesota Viking
Satan skates to work

I wish I could rhyme
It's hard as eating a lime
well, maybe next time.

My email has spam
Most in the form of a scam
You deserve KER-BLAM!!!!!

It makes me irate
angry people are angry
only all the time.

You can call me Al
But what would be the point then
I will not respond.

When people are dumb
they make me want to hit them
or become hermit.

I see dumb people
They think they are smart but no
They put others down.

Failed Book Titles

10.) A Pitcher in the Rye

9.) The Three Mouse-keters

8.) Alice - Through the Vanity Mirror

7.) Soylent People

6.) Moby Richard

5.) Frankenstein is NOT the Monster

4.) Little Hovel on the Prairie

3.) Anne of Brown Stables

2.) NASA 2042 - Probing Uranus

1.) Lord of the Blings