Juxt for starters

There have been two blogs before this one. Yes sir. And I've either lost the address, or I've outgrown them, or I've failed to do what was necessary to maintain my thoughts. In any case, having been in school for over ? years, I feel it necessary to state, that I'm better than that, and those. Part of this blog will be a distinct test to see if I'm capable of maintaining one and of recording my thoughts and ideas in the right (write) way.

First off, I'm James. You could say that the title "Juxtaposed James" is a better name for this blog than "Juxtaposition Collision" because i've spent most of my days juxtaposed between several subjects. Here he is, folks, place James next to a subject and see how he fares.

In high school it was Journalism. Journalism and poetry, and then it was a brief stint as an actor, due to my specific bizarre attributes amd skills, I would suppose and my ability to shift my voice and then in college it was a mixture of cartooning, and acting, writing.

Short stint as a fiction writer. Short stint as a poet which took. I went to graduate school for poetry after studying under Stephen Gardner, a beautiful talent of a man who sadly died three days from my birthday last year.


3 years in Louisiana honed by poetic ability and my use of sound, and then on to graduate school, where i had to and still have to be really academic. Indeed, being academic is a struggle, as I'd much rather watch old movies, and read graphic novels, which i did, fr a long long time.

I've written papers, and poems, and I'm just getting into my own with the writing, and now I teach several courses in writing and I try to finish my Ph.D.

I'm still placed next to many objects. At present the object of my juxtaposition is a multi-colored scarf about 14 feet long. I'm a bit of a nerd, and lately you can juxtapose me next to the love of my life, one Hollie Taylor, who I'm learning to love and who is also helping me to grow up. We're in the early stages of all this, but i hope to have good news about my growing up and what it might mean for my life and hers. Hopefully it'll end with a wedding--maybe kids.



Still, this is an intro and hopefully, this blog will juxtapose me, (James) and several aspects including learning to cook for my new family. I'm learning still learning and all of that adds up in a life juxtaposed against many subjects.

Anyway, with that in mind, welcome to my blog. I'll start the show off hard with an entry tomorrow. That's the plan for sure.

James