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  1. frugality's a

    way of life; it takes skills and

    a.m. sacifice.

     

    no warm bed for me

    nor hours of rest, when talking

    shopping, i'm the best

     

    when electronics

    shopping, watch out for products

    with obsolescence.

     

    drowning sorrows in

    cold gravy soaked turkey legs

    'cause i was too late

     

    scheduled to work fri;

    it should be holiday pay!

    man, i'm missing out.

     

    filling out these forms

    but my time is better spent

    trolling GottaDeal...

     

    don't care who wins the

    presidential election;

    too busy planning!

     

    float like a butter-

    fly, sting like a bee, ali

    can't shop better'n me

    (NOTE: ugh, ugh, I hate these fake words, oh my god.)

     

    these deals almost make

    me wish I liked my fam'ly,

    THEY DON'T DESERVE ME :tongue1:

    (NOTE: okay, this... isn't as bad, because I actually say family with 2 syllables usually. no, it's still terrible.)

     

    the pecan pie is

    growing cold, the turkey's

    gone; it's time to go.

     

    My job is really boring, guys. I am still at work. Oh, it is so boring. ...Man I hope my boss doesn't catch me. The IT guys probably think this is hilarious. Hi IT guys!!

  2. In line for pricematch

    Bought my stuff a week ago--

    Ha! Who's laughing now?!

     

    Slept all day Thursday,

    Yawning in the minivan

    the kids are here to block

     

    O Blackest of Days!

    Your cups overflow with sales on

    Moste generous gifts

     

    Night vision goggles,

    maps of the building, but

    it's no spy movie... ;)

     

    Wearing my old pads

    from football's not cheating, it's

    evening the odds.

     

    Economy's bad,

    Reselling the deals I get,

    Cash to pay the bills.

     

    Alternatively...

     

    Economy's bad,

    Gifts ahead of time '07,

    No BF this year.

     

    Third variant...

     

    Economy's bad,

    Getting the best deals 'cause we're

    Pinching our pennies!

     

    Keep the car running,

    we've got a lot of places

    to hit before 6.

     

    Circling the lines,

    "Limit one per customer";

    There are six of us...

     

    Bobsledding with carts

    Plowing our way through the crowds,

    No rainchecks today

     

    Gold, frankincense, myrrh--

    Wouldn't you prefer a Wii?

    (I've got it like that.)

     

    Practicing tackles

    and agility training--

    an Olympic Sport.

     

    This year I'm getting

    a Blu Ray even if

    I have to kill you. :eek:

     

    Deck the halls with ads

    and coupons! Fa la la la,

    Black Friday is here!

     

    Stocking up for three

    teenagers, DS Lites are

    on my shopping list

     

    I'm a Mac and I'm

    a PC this year! Savings

    from Best Buy camping.

     

    Iron Man, Batman,

    could there be more toys?! (They're

    for dad, not li'l boys)

     

    .....argh. This last one was particularly awkward. I hate using "li'l" as a legitimate word, but there you have it. I wanted to express the plight of girls and women everywhere with the one grown man everyone has in their family who wants all the little boy's toys. My family deals with my father with a kind of judgemental ironic weariness, because we have no brothers/sons for him to pretend he's buying action figures for, and thus this poem with a really nifty improvised rhyme scheme! I am proud of it despite its weaknesses.

     

    I also think that snegrif's haiku deserves a nod of appreciation, and I have responded with my own haiku:

     

    You may be there first,

    but my kung-fu is better!

    Accept challenge? Y/N

     

    The syllable count is dependent on choosing one of the options, and not reading both out loud. Curse my shaky interpretation of east-Asian poetry forms!! HUMILIATION

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