Poetry…Smoetry…

So, would you believe it?! I am being published by Poetry.com . Apparently some people think I have something to say when it comes to the art of prose. So be it I guess… Here is a sample…

Its your world now babe

A world rumbles with birth pains
Discomfort and exhaustion mix
with small moments of relief.
Questions abound in a moment with no answers.
“When will it end?”
is asked to the god of silence.
Skin stretches, flexes, and tears.
Screams echoed by sighs, the world trembles.
A daughter is birthed, slime removed.
A world relaxes in a moment that won’t last.
The daughter coos in the warmth of its mother.
The parents cry “Its your world now babe”

Michael Alan Combs

This was selected out of thousands of entries. I really don’t know what to say other then, I can’t believe they really like me! I always get embarrassed with this type of thing, but I thought I would share it with you all.

Snap Snap and all that beat jazz!

Another Video!

Now that I figured out how to post a video to the blog, I have become video-happy!

Anyways, you will love this one. Now, this one is a bit long but trust me…sit through the whole thing. Derek Webb is an amazing artist and doing a lot to change the complacent Christianity in this country, God bless him! So without further adu’…

I like this video…

I find it funny that this song is about a lot of the things these people in the video do on a daily basis. hmmm

A Very Sufjan Christmas

Well, I have to say that Sufjan Stevens is probably my favorite musician in the whole world. His style of music, along with the rest of asthmatic kitty records, is definitely an acquired taste but to me it sounds gorgeous.

He recently released a 5 CD (EP Length) Christmas compilation. I tell you what, you haven’t lived until you have heard some of the old favorites done by this great man. So do yourself a favor and go to www.asthmatickitty.com and pick up a copy for the Holidays.

Raising a Girl…thoughts and fears

Raising a Girl…thoughts and fears

So as some of you might know (most of you don’t) my wife and I are expecting our first child on December 14th, 2006. Her name is Merci Ann Combs and that is all I really know about her. Well actually, during an ultrasound yesterday we did see that she likes to suck her thumb quite a bit.

This whole experience has been interesting and scary at the same time. At first I was super-excited, to the point of giddyness. However, once we found out that our bundle of joy was to be a girl…I flipped. Now, one thing you have to realize about me is that I love kids (not in the MJ way) and they tend to love me back. Maybe it has something to do with me trying to be down at their level and just experiencing things like they would. I love being with kids, playing with them, and teaching them new things. I have always had more luck with the boys and that is why having a girl is a fear of mine.

My mind keeps wondering into my imagination and seeing boyfriends and driving and and and…it is quite overwhelming. So what is a dad to do? I guess I am just going to have to learn it as I go, HAVE MERCI!