Hey. First and foremost, thank you if you submitted a poem. It is in the process of being read and judged now. Soon, I will put up a page on www.thestrangestguy.com where i will announce the winner. You can still submit poems if there are some that you really like. I can't guarantee that any of them are entered into the contest, but I will put them up on the site nevertheless.

Now I continue with my regular posts. Today, however, I only give a poem as I have a special request for you. I handed my music demo to a club owner. This is a first. He said he can't even look at it if I don't have some information with it, all of which I have except a BAND NAME. He said that my real name is not very good, so I have to think of another one. If you have any ideas, please let me know. I play rock and my songs are usually of a darker tone (i.e. radiohead, nin, pearl jam, maybe coldplay).

Now check this out:

LOVE POEMS - check this place out for the previous poetry competition, i'm updating it still
XANGA ARCHIVE - so things load faster, I place the old posts on an separate site instead of displaying them here
MUSIC - the music that usually plays has been turned off, but you can find it here.
THESTRANGESTGUY - go here for more writing, cartoons, music, prose, and poetry

Here's how today's post is structured:
1. poem

What you need to do today:
1. read the poem
2. make comments, talk dirty, play nice, or just post naked pictures of yourself
3. if you can think of a band name for me, post it on here

ps: i have not been responding to any email because for some insane reason my outgoing server doesn't work.

THE CONTEST IS OVER, YOU CAN STILL SUBMIT POEMS, BUT I CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT IT WILL BE ENTERED IN THE CONTEST. TOMMOROW, I WILL CONTINUE WITH MY REGULAR POSTS, AND ALSO PROVIDE DIRECTIONS TO WHERE THE POEMS ARE BEING PUT UP. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORDS. THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL.

Now, since I'm being organized, I also would like you to do the same, and follow these steps:

1. write a poem
2. post it on here
3. include your xanga name
4. include the name you wish to be known as on my site (preferably your first and last name, or at least your first name)
5. include title of your poem
6. read the rights explanation below and say clearly that you AGREE with it by posting the following quote "ALEX, I AGREE WITH THE RIGHTS THAT I AM GIVEN ACCORDING TO YOUR RIGHTS EXPLANATION"

submit as many poems as you like. PLEASE include all the above information with the poem and place each poem in a seperate post. also, PLEASE try to make sure the poem is formatted the right way and there aren't many spelling mistakes.

PLEASE... ONE POEM PER POST...
because i wouldn't want you to copy and paste a huge personal collection. i will be reading all these, so i would like you to be partially selective of your work.

RIGHTS EXPLANATION: All the work you post on here remains your property. All the information you provide can be used by me in association with your poem, until you specify otherwise. At any time you can request that I remove your poem from my site, and I will promptly do so. Email me with any questions.

the poems will be posted in a special new section on www.thestrangestguy.com

and here is a new poem of mine...