tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639425104864128811Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:31:59 +0000kissingersolutionpirate baynewsmoviesbooksCount Dreadmelancholyhow toBlog DueltorrentsBoulderartJera ArtTwilightApple12 stepstravelPelosiiphoneman nipplesracquetballjonas brothersfamilymy tiny wangemocraigslistphoto de la semainereviewsred hotpeaceChristmasnew apartmentbulimiaGYOPschoolphilosophyobamathree-ferTom Pettyshort storyoddLoveprostitutionballsnail clippingsbloggingpovertynukesunitymemoirbikesPETAabsolute fearanimalsmediaweedcontestsMaggieAl GoreNAMBLABlog of Notegovernment bullshitWhole FoodstumblrhipstersevolutionToddlers and Tiarascreativityembarrassment2012social networkingcommunistspresentsinternetkardashiansLady GaGasandwichesgunsNPRisohuntunderwearrecoverybad actingwomennew enlightenmentLongmontislampersonalphotographyragephotoshoppoliticsculturetoiletsnicotineguest blogmusickaganspiritualityfashionworld peacefoodsmokingscarvesreligionpoetryStar WarsidiotshatstrafficJera Photoswritingfictiondrugsmoralityhttp://arealgoodblog.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Charles)Blogger123125charlesemersonhttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639425104864128811.post-7704911575775094902Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:44:00 +00002011-12-21T11:44:51.988-07:00presentsweedpeacephilosophyschoolreligionfamilymoralityChristmasLove <!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/charlesemerson/~3/tYeO9AKR1cw/problem-of-evil-or-bing-crosby-puffed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)6<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/charlesemerson/~4/tYeO9AKR1cw" height="1" width="1"/>http://arealgoodblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/problem-of-evil-or-bing-crosby-puffed.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639425104864128811.post-7867791842857023023Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:33:00 +00002011-12-06T21:16:24.539-07:00artcreativityphotographytumblrpeacephotoshopiphoneGYOPwritingLove Hello all you beautiful people! Sorry I haven't written here in a bit.  I have been completely enthralled with tumblr as far as blogging goes.  You can visit my tumblr here and see what I have been up to.  There are philosophical writings, some poetry, and some animated pictures and stuff I made there.  The tone of that blog has been generally more serious and more revolutionary than my http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/charlesemerson/~3/dPNspyuurK4/photo-dump.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)10<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/charlesemerson/~4/dPNspyuurK4" height="1" width="1"/>http://arealgoodblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/photo-dump.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639425104864128811.post-4645078995424823832Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:11:00 +00002011-11-14T19:13:42.451-07:00Hello beautiful, beautiful people! A brief update today.  I'll have something cooking for you soon though.  Promise. Guest Blog Let me start off this blog post by referring you to The Tsaritsa's blog.  Click here to see my recent guest blog there.  It's a video blog, which is unfortunate for you all, 'cause that means you have to hear my weird voice and look at my weird face.  Well, I guess http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/charlesemerson/~3/hbrIoXO2nQg/guest-blog-writing-and-donations.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)4<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/charlesemerson/~4/hbrIoXO2nQg" height="1" width="1"/>http://arealgoodblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/guest-blog-writing-and-donations.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639425104864128811.post-983057982712518003Sun, 06 Nov 2011 02:46:00 +00002011-11-05T21:14:26.850-06:00HELLO BEAUTIFUL PERSONS! I say "persons" because I was talking to a friend the other day about the nature of language and how it can be restricting in so many ways.  My friend is taking a feminist studies class, and they have been discussing the propensity of English to impose masculinity onto our species with words like "MANkind" and "huMAN" and the like.  I find this concept to be fascinating.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/charlesemerson/~3/hpThRIDmjlE/fasting-love-and-girl-from-india.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)7<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/charlesemerson/~4/hpThRIDmjlE" height="1" width="1"/>http://arealgoodblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/fasting-love-and-girl-from-india.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639425104864128811.post-661667565711375798Wed, 02 Nov 2011 07:10:00 +00002011-11-02T01:10:30.097-06:00Hi guys! :-) I had to write a piece of fiction for a class.  It's due tomorrow.  I'll give it to you all tonight.  Take it with a grain of salt.  It was written in haste and the subject matter is dark, but the flesh of the story hides things that are very meaningful to me.  Also, I copy/pasted this and some of the paragraph formatting looks a little screwy for some reason but it shouldn't http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/charlesemerson/~3/vmtiyQuqoUM/short-fiction.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)5<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/charlesemerson/~4/vmtiyQuqoUM" height="1" width="1"/>http://arealgoodblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/short-fiction.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639425104864128811.post-5384889060289307303Wed, 26 Oct 2011 07:14:00 +00002011-10-26T01:14:38.065-06:00unityculturepeacenukeskardashianssolutioninternetkissingerevolutionLoveHello beautiful wonderful humans! :-) I love you. Yes, you.  Specifically.  You reading this.  Unequivocally and without pretense and without judgment I love you.  No matter what you've done in that past.  No matter what I think you might think about what I have done in the past. I love you and assert it bluntly and frequently in this manner for my own sake, more than for yours.  I love you http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/charlesemerson/~3/sydTjPq60cs/nukes-and-love.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/charlesemerson/~4/sydTjPq60cs" height="1" width="1"/>http://arealgoodblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/nukes-and-love.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639425104864128811.post-8172270953897091762Sun, 16 Oct 2011 02:23:00 +00002011-10-15T23:06:32.701-06:00Lady GaGaembarrassmentBlog of Notescarvesunderwearfashionballsnail clippingshatsworld peacebikesHA! Gotcha. We're not talkin' about sex today.  I totally just took advantage of your baser natural instincts.  :-)  Please forgive me, I mean no harm.  I love you.  Yes... YOU. You are thinking, maybe, "Charles means that he loves the followers of his blog, or his friends, or his family, but not me, because I am none of those things..." ...or "not me, because Charles doesn't believe in http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/charlesemerson/~3/5XR9yEJamZU/lets-talk-about-sexy-baby.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)16<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/charlesemerson/~4/5XR9yEJamZU" height="1" width="1"/>http://arealgoodblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/lets-talk-about-sexy-baby.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639425104864128811.post-7137029503709389823Fri, 07 Oct 2011 05:19:00 +00002011-10-06T23:19:24.747-06:00Hello beautiful people! (Yes, that means you.) To anyone wondering where I've been for the last few days, I opted to go on a kind of "radio silence" on the interwebs for a period of time.  I called it "cocooning."  I needed to consider some things about what has been going on in my life.  I've received some relatively cruel, if not incredibly ambiguous, criticism from a few folks about the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/charlesemerson/~3/bLbt2Yu4oXc/judgment-call.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)6<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/charlesemerson/~4/bLbt2Yu4oXc" height="1" width="1"/>http://arealgoodblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/judgment-call.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639425104864128811.post-8804184583341692585Sat, 01 Oct 2011 02:22:00 +00002011-09-30T20:22:50.756-06:00Hi everyone! Good to see your beautiful faces here!  Oh wait... I can't see your beautiful faces at all.... Hmmm..... Anywho, here ARE some beautiful faces wishing a happy birthday (which is today) to a friend and online acquaintance of mine.  This video was hard to make... but I wanted to try to do something nice for Tazer 'cause she is such a rad bitch and she keeps me laughin' on the ol' http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/charlesemerson/~3/yXMLhsP0_TY/birthday-blog-plus-more-blog-contesting.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)6<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/charlesemerson/~4/yXMLhsP0_TY" height="1" width="1"/>http://arealgoodblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/birthday-blog-plus-more-blog-contesting.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639425104864128811.post-7001592861505297531Tue, 20 Sep 2011 23:46:00 +00002011-09-20T17:46:41.827-06:00This blog is only about the audio files (really one long file chopped into smaller tracks) at the bottom.  If you need any help getting the files and listening to them in the way that you would like to, please e-mail me or Tweet me.  E-mail = alkalibloo@gmail.com Twitter = @alkalibloo.  I can walk you through anything you need, even if we have to do it by phone.  I really want this to be heard. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/charlesemerson/~3/ar1QIc0pxvU/this-is-what-i-meant-to-say.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)5<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/charlesemerson/~4/ar1QIc0pxvU" height="1" width="1"/>http://arealgoodblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/this-is-what-i-meant-to-say.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639425104864128811.post-114599395011856382Thu, 15 Sep 2011 04:40:00 +00002011-09-14T22:40:21.553-06:00(I didn't have my normal proofreader... if anyone notices a typo... give me a private heads up?) Hi! Apologies for the space between this blog post and the last one.  Rest assured that this time it wasn't because I was out drinking my face off or generally being depressed and suicidal, as I used to do between blogs in the past secretly without telling you guys.  I have just been so overwhelmedhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/charlesemerson/~3/kIWop5XAGP8/here-i-am-see.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)5<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/charlesemerson/~4/kIWop5XAGP8" height="1" width="1"/>http://arealgoodblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/here-i-am-see.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639425104864128811.post-5064703255260199763Wed, 31 Aug 2011 06:39:00 +00002011-08-31T00:39:57.008-06:00Love♫ Hello boys and girls! ♪ So I realize I haven't been writing an incredible amount since I started blogging again... I have avoided that with pictures and videos. I'm going to just use words in this post, to even things out. I'm not sure what I want to talk about. I know that the primary nature of the blog here used to be a humorous one, but I have felt less invested in humor of late, as you http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/charlesemerson/~3/1E3LJ_f2HCU/whole-lotta-love.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)18<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/charlesemerson/~4/1E3LJ_f2HCU" height="1" width="1"/>http://arealgoodblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/whole-lotta-love.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639425104864128811.post-5665480684431400509Fri, 26 Aug 2011 14:14:00 +00002011-08-26T08:14:16.573-06:00I want you all to know me as much as you care to.  I want to seem human to you, because I am, indeed, very human, despite the fact that you can't hear me right now as I am whispering these words in your inner monologue... I want to appear disarmed.  I want this because I believe that humans go about harming each other frequently over PERCEIVED threat that is non-existence in others.  I want to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/charlesemerson/~3/qfYu1p48HCQ/photos-of-earth-w-humans.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)12<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/charlesemerson/~4/qfYu1p48HCQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://arealgoodblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/photos-of-earth-w-humans.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639425104864128811.post-565165699513975676Sun, 21 Aug 2011 16:33:00 +00002011-08-21T10:33:13.798-06:00Ok.  First off: Alexandra, I owe you big time for being so late with this.  So decide my fate.  I'm sorry. Second: This video blog was tricky because I have never read poetry aloud before (at least not enough times to feel at all comfortable with it).  So I am a little nervous showing you guys.  Since I didn't shit my pants or break down crying in the middle of reading either of these (there arehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/charlesemerson/~3/kFh7XaWK5Ls/open-mic-night-aight.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)7<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/charlesemerson/~4/kFh7XaWK5Ls" height="1" width="1"/>http://arealgoodblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/open-mic-night-aight.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639425104864128811.post-8916314925981861349Wed, 17 Aug 2011 06:28:00 +00002011-08-17T00:28:09.728-06:00artracquetballcraigslistHello, friends! What's up? Let me show you this cool drawing I did: In Decision Some of you may recall that I was going to try to start learning how to draw.  This was my first attempt at drawing a human figure since then.  This is the most effort that I have ever put into a drawing of a human, and I am really pumped up to share it with you guys!  Tell me what you think about it.  The http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/charlesemerson/~3/XFItuvTlrpM/racquetball-in-boulder-area-plus-other.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)9<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/charlesemerson/~4/XFItuvTlrpM" height="1" width="1"/>http://arealgoodblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/racquetball-in-boulder-area-plus-other.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639425104864128811.post-9022123413680627846Thu, 11 Aug 2011 06:35:00 +00002011-08-11T00:45:19.195-06:00Wow... Blogger changed while I was gone. I made a video blog.  Tell me what you think.  Also, I changed the "About Me" and stuff (the links, up top) and updated my book and music and photo.  Etc... Etc... Etc... boat races. :-) Love. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/charlesemerson/~3/tHpFoHWtEe8/wow.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)40<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/charlesemerson/~4/tHpFoHWtEe8" height="1" width="1"/>http://arealgoodblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/wow.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639425104864128811.post-8319166889058541232Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:23:00 +00002011-04-13T11:23:33.085-06:00NPRStar Warsshort storypoetryGood day to you. First, a humble opinion: This is an ewok. Ewoks live on Endor.  Endor figures prominently in the film Return of the Jedi, the third Star Wars film to be produced.   In the film, the ewoks help save the day, while being cute little big eyed cartoons.  They tested well with children and females, back in the 80's.  Makes sense, right?  But the 80's sucked balls anyway, with the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/charlesemerson/~3/5-OgWt26Kj4/in-zine-on-npr-and-short-story.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)11<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/charlesemerson/~4/5-OgWt26Kj4" height="1" width="1"/>http://arealgoodblog.blogspot.com/2011/04/in-zine-on-npr-and-short-story.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639425104864128811.post-3119285944990407465Sat, 09 Apr 2011 21:38:00 +00002011-04-09T15:38:36.869-06:00reviewsculturemoviescommunistsmediaAl GoreFirst Thing That's right.  You read correctly.  Here's a picture of me while this was going down: Notice the devilishly serious look on my face.  That is my "I'm going to molest you next" look.  Yes... that means you. I did this because April is, like, "Earth Month," featuring "Earth Day," "Earth Week," and all kinds of other communist plots, I am sure. Like, the plot to not lock Al Gore in a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/charlesemerson/~3/0VxqjapHiHI/i-molested-grown-man-plus-review-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)16<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/charlesemerson/~4/0VxqjapHiHI" height="1" width="1"/>http://arealgoodblog.blogspot.com/2011/04/i-molested-grown-man-plus-review-of.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639425104864128811.post-2873828145063789411Sat, 02 Apr 2011 22:19:00 +00002011-04-02T16:19:22.005-06:00artpersonalJera PhotosbloggingmelancholypoetryIt never ceases to amaze me how different life can get in a tiny interval of time. We ought never not be floored by how much things can change, and how quickly that change can happen. I am in a somewhat introspective mood, and have not been blogging of late for myriad reasons.  Frankly, I have felt somewhat disillusioned by the whole blogging process lately, although that cannot be said to be http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/charlesemerson/~3/vX61kHRX0gg/fast-fuckin-times.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)25<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/charlesemerson/~4/vX61kHRX0gg" height="1" width="1"/>http://arealgoodblog.blogspot.com/2011/04/fast-fuckin-times.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639425104864128811.post-6069685147077294719Mon, 07 Mar 2011 21:12:00 +00002011-03-07T14:12:51.483-07:00Blog DuelartsmokingdrugspoetryHello folks. Short blog today.  Still swamped with homework and whatnots.  Just a few quick points I wanted to hit. Recall in my last blog post where I insisted that you all visit a visual arts blog by a guy named Blake Neubert? Well, Blake drew something for In Review. Check this out: Hopefully the image isn't too big for your browser (sometimes pictures that are too big long-wise don't http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/charlesemerson/~3/NzVtZ5QCEJM/oh-this-is-awesome.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)21<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/charlesemerson/~4/NzVtZ5QCEJM" height="1" width="1"/>http://arealgoodblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/oh-this-is-awesome.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639425104864128811.post-1729592363652597899Sat, 26 Feb 2011 07:51:00 +00002011-02-26T01:30:56.635-07:00womenartreviewsculturebooksbloggingWhat is up, home-boys (and home-girls)? So finally, it is Friday.  I was pretty swamped all week with homework and such, but hopefully this weekend will be slightly more relaxed.  I do plan on staying productive this weekend, though.  I have been writing a lot more, and I have some scholarship essays I need to get done, as well as a speech to finish and rehearse for my "Public Speaking" class.  Ihttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/charlesemerson/~3/ok38nIgYHnA/peep-this.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)24<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/charlesemerson/~4/ok38nIgYHnA" height="1" width="1"/>http://arealgoodblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/peep-this.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639425104864128811.post-3457947542284084993Thu, 24 Feb 2011 03:36:00 +00002011-02-23T20:36:13.450-07:00poetryGoooood morning, Vietnam!!!!!!! How is everyone in blog-land-osphere-central?  Good I hope.  I am feeling emotionally dried up and mentally strained today.  But I wanted to throw up another blog here before the previous one got too stagnant.  The previous blog was a real long one, and when combined with the blog before it, that two-part expedition into my memory really took it out of me. I was http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/charlesemerson/~3/2Mb-u_ndhJU/poetry-day-word.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)22<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/charlesemerson/~4/2Mb-u_ndhJU" height="1" width="1"/>http://arealgoodblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/poetry-day-word.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639425104864128811.post-4271125954963851475Tue, 22 Feb 2011 02:59:00 +00002011-02-21T19:59:54.710-07:00womenpersonalcultureStar WarssandwichesFor those of you who are unaware of what is going on, allow me to give you a quick run-down: I teased you all with a little story, promising information about fake nuts being busted and cults being joined.  That was a few days ago.  I insisted that I would not be able to tell you the next part of the story unless I had 30 comments by Sunday morning.  It was actually a very close call, because http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/charlesemerson/~3/ylkkq7iHLhQ/fake-orgasm-etc-part-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)28<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/charlesemerson/~4/ylkkq7iHLhQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://arealgoodblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/fake-orgasm-etc-part-2.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639425104864128811.post-1017901311098494880Fri, 18 Feb 2011 06:00:00 +00002011-02-17T23:00:23.311-07:00womenphoto de la semaineidiotsWhole FoodspersonalJera ArtNamaste! Hope everyone out there in blog land is fat and happy.  I am ok.  My pee is clear and it doesn't burn, so that's pretty much all I could ever ask for. I'm going to get into a little house keeping here first, before we hit the main topic of this post.  First off, I am going to be making a little change to the "photo de la semaine" feature of the blog.  For those of you who don't know, thehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/charlesemerson/~3/fJ26Kahwy1E/time-i-joined-cult-and-faked-orgasm.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)36<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/charlesemerson/~4/fJ26Kahwy1E" height="1" width="1"/>http://arealgoodblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/time-i-joined-cult-and-faked-orgasm.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639425104864128811.post-4880435414691830545Tue, 15 Feb 2011 20:00:00 +00002011-02-15T13:00:42.241-07:00personalpoetry Love. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/charlesemerson/~3/JqGQS7z9Cj0/speak-memory.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)10<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/charlesemerson/~4/JqGQS7z9Cj0" height="1" width="1"/>http://arealgoodblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/speak-memory.html