From: Eric, [email-masked]<BR>
Date: 6 April 2000<P>

Hey everyone,<BR>
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I've read some great poetry on here...amazing<BR>
Makes me wonder why I keep trying to be better, when there is so much talent to be better than...<BR>
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However...no one, except my dear, dear cousin Megs has written ANY comments whatsoever to me and none to speak of about my poetry...everyone just emails me....i feel left out of your "blender world" ;-)  but...i digress<BR>
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Misti,<BR>
I'm still reeling from my "coolness", thanks again, i'm trying to re-outdo myself<BR>
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i'll talk to you all later, much sooner than that I hope<BR>
ttfn
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From: the guppy<BR>
Date: 6 April 2000<P>

debra and megs---thank you both for the compliments...glad you liked something that came out of my little whirlwind mind today<BR>
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dee---story?...what story?<BR>
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happy stuff,<BR>
gup
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From: the guppy<BR>
Date: 6 April 2000<P>

kirk---wow...i'd certainly volunteer to do a ramble for your page<BR>
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i'd even go so far as to use correct capitalization and sentence structure...and i'd even stick to the romance topic<BR>
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no guarantees about punctuation though...ha<BR>
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gup<BR>

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From: Misti<BR>
Date: 6 April 2000<P>

Eric,<BR>
  Okay, instead of an e-mail...here's this. Welcome to the Board! I just read your newest submissions and was especially wOwed by *Each Packaged Separately*! I've never been good at dissecting poems and explaining in scholarly terms why I like them...the poem just WORKS, which means it ROCKS. You have a unique voice. I like the way you word things. I just sent Megs an e-mail tellin' her I think ya'll must have the "poetry" gene. Oh, damn! The cookies are burning!!!!!<BR>
~misti, a frazzled chica loca who favors Jong and Bukowski
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From: Kirk, Blender-Keeper<BR>
Date: 6 April 2000<P>

Yeah, the Blender is pretty much an online only thing.<BR>
(Hell, I've been sadly neglecting the email notification- whoops...) <BR>
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People interested in doing a guest ramble or review should e-mail me at [email-masked] . I'm happy to hear we have three volunteers already! I can't make any promises in terms of guarantees I'll use any particular thing I'm sent of course, but given my lazy nature and the writing abilities of people here, I think people's chances are pretty good.
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From: Mike Guzman<BR>
Date: 6 April 2000<P>

I try really hard to be a some one for my lady give her the world.But it seems like I am in this world of my own trying to pull my girlfriend with me she doesnt understand me alot like the people in this world poems come to me like dreams to people I cant stop. I feel things that make me write potery. I dont know who to express my self I dont know how to pull Vicktoria into my world......
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From: Galadrial60<BR>
Date: 6 April 2000<P>

I think I was just massively complimented---by the Blender Keeper himself!   Thanks Kirk---do you want to send us a topic, or just free-form-as- it- takes- us-through -the- tulips- meandering?<BR>
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      Chomping at the bit here!<BR>
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                                         Love,   Gala
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From: Misti<BR>
Date: 6 April 2000<P>

Paul,<BR>
  Just received the box of goodies! Ramen noodles! Yay! Makes me all nostalgic for my college days! The candy bars are all melted (damn Texas springs...it's already in the mofo 90s!!!!)but that's okay! Stuck em in the freezer. I'm not gonna read the scenes til I write five new ones. Thanks for lightin' a fire under my ass! You're the best.<BR>
  Lookin' Forward to the Moet Celebration,<BR>
                         Misti
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From: kevin urenda<BR>
Date: 6 April 2000<P>

Kirk-<BR>
What a nice thing to say!  Thank you!<BR>
I intend to write something after I meet a deadline next week...<BR>
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Eric-<BR>
Don't feel left out...  Any relation to Megs is a friend of ours!  Besides, it is not a competition here...  You ought only to seek to express yourself as genuinely as you can.  Don't try to be better than anyone but yourself, that is the road to self-improvement (as a writer and as a man)...  <BR>
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Well, have to dash back off to work - UGH<BR>
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k<BR>
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From: Eric, [email-masked]<BR>
Date: 6 April 2000<P>

hey all,<BR>
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how is everyone? i kinda submitted a lot yesterday, but it'll probably be a while before the next one<BR>
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kevin,<BR>
i know it's not a competition, but it's an internal thing, i'm not trying to do better than others, i think i worded my submission wrong, sorry about that, i totally agree with you though about the growing thing and...better man....whatever you said, it was right lol<BR>
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have a great day everyone<BR>
later
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From: Jenna Holland ([email-masked])<BR>
Date: 6 April 2000<P>

Ashley-<BR>
  Front Page!  You definately deserved it!  And all the new ones... amazing!  Still wondering who the "mystery man" is.. but what can I say, you always have been good at keeping secrets!<BR>
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-Jenna-
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From: Ashley<BR>
Date: 6 April 2000<P>

Jenna-<BR>
   Thank you soo much!!  I know, and sometimes it is hard keeping the secret myself, but it's better doing that, you don't need to deal with any problems, and we are best friends, so it works out good.  Thanks for all the comliments, boy are we going to have fun in creative Writing next year!! Can't wait!!<BR>
                  Love, Ashley
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From: Braeden &lt;[email-masked]&gt;<BR>
Date: 6 April 2000<P>

Amanda-<BR>
   Hey, I like your cookies poem. You have fun with the language, which is how it should be. Take care.
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From: Ashley<BR>
Date: 6 April 2000<P>

Braeden-<BR>
   I loved the poem "It's the dreams that break me".  It is soo true, everything seems soo much better and more perfect in your dreams.<BR>
 Jenna-<BR>
     I loved "Blindly Breathing" so much!!! You are just awesome!!! I did not expect that ending at all, I didn't even know it was love you were talking about!! It was great!!  By the way, I just saw your mom and Justin, I was all excited, I haven't seen your mom in a few weeks!! Miss her and I AM going to miss working together all of us this summer.  It is not going to be the same!! Also, Justin forgot for a second that he was going on the cruise with me, when describing my dress to your mom, he asked me what it was for!!! That's Justin for you!!<BR>
Talk to you later.<BR>
                 Ashley
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From: Megs ...  [email-masked]<BR>
Date: 6 April 2000<P>

Toklas-  You compliments mean lots because I know they are not sprinkled around carelessly.  I tried my hand at a lil third person...tell me what you think but if you are going to be critical do it in an email (I am a fan of the Kinder Gentler Blender Board)<BR>
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Misti-  Poetic Gene and neither of us can do a somersault.  Eric is also the man I can thank for introducing me to Calvin so he must be a good guy.  I live on Ramens...Picante Chicken is the best.  OH and how psyched was I at the new scenes in your play?  AND the Erica Jong poem said EXACTLY what I was feeling last night and it absolutely gave me chills at the uncanniness (Megs word) I LOVE Erica Jong and one of my favorite quotes is hers:  About love being the only thing that is worth the risk...but I can't quote it at the moment.  <BR>
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Ashley-  I really liked Untitled.  The lil change in style fit you well.<BR>
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Eric-  Also yours with the "Packaged Separately" title.  I very much liked that.  Woohoo go poetic gene!!!<BR>
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All giggles and a glass of orange pop...<BR>
Megs<BR>

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Date: 6 April 2000<P>

Hey Megs<BR>
   I cannot tell you how happy I was to hear you say you liked Untitled.  I was so completely unsure about it, I regretted submitting it at first.  It was 1 o'clock in the morning and the words just came out with really no thought.  I do like the weird styles, but I wasn't sure it fit me. Thanks for reassuring me!! it's great when people you look up to give compliments, and that's how I feel about everyone here.  Thanks!!  Also, I am loving ALL of the new submissions, so many and only the 6th day of the month!!<BR>
    Have a good night everyone!!<BR>
           ~*Ashley*~
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From: Eric, [email-masked]<BR>
Date: 6 April 2000<P>

Megs,<BR>
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Seriously, Green When She Cries....absolutely beautiful...I am proud to be related to you so much right now...that almost made me cry...and that's rough...<BR>
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Love ya<BR>
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