From: Kirk, Blender-Keeper<BR>
Date: 12 May 2000<P>

Guppy - that's a great Jackie Brown quote.  And that is the difference I'm talking about: I trust the air, in that it will be like it always has been; I trust that this website will keep on chugging (and it's shown a remarkable ability to do just that.) I don't have faith that if I travelled to another planet, something would provide breathable air; I don't have faith that if I set up a new website people will form a community around it like they have for the loveblender.  (Which I never planned anyway; it evolved on its own from some rather different roots. Well, with some tending; kind of like gardening.)
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From: Galadrial<BR>
Date: 12 May 2000<P>

Since everyone is introducing themselves, what the heck...<BR>
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     I'm Gala---here at least. Lisa will do in real life, and I've also written in here under Poetwench until a mean person from WIsconsin decided to OUT ME---still Love you Madi---I've written poetry for 25 years---will turn 40 on October first, am married, and have a child I adore. Been with the same man for almost 20 years, work part time, do community service, and am elected official in my community---something like 10,000 people.<BR>
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      In my "spare time,"  I write....and the Blender people are very nice about my work...Nikki exaggerates...Dee is a love---and the most talented wench under the Southern Cross. I have fairy god kids everywhere---more now since I discovered the Net. I hope no one feels funny---we're a  huggy bunch---and we welcome new people---just ask my student Terry!<BR>
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      My favorite people include the wonderful Mr. Urenda, and Megs---she of the purple peeps...Toklas, and Madison, and Calypso are all awesomely talented...and Mojave and Misti have been steaming up the screen something awful. Kirk makes us all play nice---no small task! And if I forgot to mention anyone, it wasn't an intended slight---just tired from a long meeting...<BR>
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      Welcome all---and don't miss Gala's next challenge. When I sense a lull, I try to ask questions to get people thinking, or feeling, or whatever they need to get past writer's block---or just because I can be a devil...<BR>
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      Write on!<BR>
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                                          Gala
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From: the guppy<BR>
Date: 12 May 2000<P>

dee...you forgot to mention in your little introduction that you=not funny<BR>
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great...thanks sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much for the guilt trip...<BR>
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i'm just going to wander off somewhere cold and lonely and cry myself to sleep<BR>
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*sob*<BR>
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gup<BR>
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p.s.---and i didn't eat supper either...so i'll be cold and lonely and hungry and crying...and i've got a headache...and my cat nearly gnawed my arm off...and it's raining...and and...and i haven't had tater tots in years...don't worry though...i'll be *sob* fine...every*sob*thing will be just *sob* fine...
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From: Crystevin<BR>
Date: 12 May 2000<P>

Blenderites,<BR>
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*waves* I'm just a humble poet who has no choice but to write.  Some of it's worthy and some of it's crap, but write i must.  <BR>
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Thanks Kev and Nikki for the kind comments on some of my recent works.  For the newcomers...I'm sure you have already discovered what a special place this is.  <BR>
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Faith? Hmmmmmmm...just to tap in there quickly...I would have to say at times in my life, it has been faith that has gotten me through, currently, faith escapes me.  Begging the question...do we make our own faith?<BR>
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-Crystevin<BR>
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P.S.  Dee, You are a special and dear friend, and I appreciate you, Thanks for everything.<BR>
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From: Crystevin<BR>
Date: 12 May 2000<P>

Nikki,<BR>
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"I Want" is a wonderful poem.  It touches deeply into our insecurities and needs, both small and large in the wayward trek toward personal happiness.<BR>
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-Crystevin
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From: Paul B<BR>
Date: 12 May 2000<P>

Terry<BR>
   BABY I'M TIRED<BR>
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  That was a good read!  With your permission, next time my cousin calls me asking for lyrics I'd like to print that off and give it to him to see if he can put it to music!! 
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From: terry<BR>
Date: 12 May 2000<P>

Hi everyone,<BR>
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As a relative newbie I really appreciate this chance to straighten out all the names and personalities here in my own poor brain. I am just plain  terry, from Arizona, Tucson to be exact. Heart of the Sonoran Desert. But my mom always used Terry Wayne. I'm sure you know the tone of voice she used. I am a relative newbie to poetry too. Or at least the attempted creation thereof.  My very first attempt was posted here, 'The Story of Us', and having gained a fairy God Mother as a mentor, have progressed somewhat.  Thank you all for the kind words and email.<BR>
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Oh, the personal details...I am in love with one of the most beautiful souls in the world, Sandi, my degree is in Psychology BS, MA, and I own /operate my own small insane asylum called Desert Mirage Graphic Design.  I do pro bono web design for friends and non profits, and volunteer as time allows.  And I just started my first novel ...fiction...'Digital Dancing'.... three months into it so far..
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From: deevaa<BR>
Date: 12 May 2000<P>

&lt;gasping&gt; the guppy spoke to me...  awww baby I know you love me deep down... get hard, get over it, you'll be right!<BR>
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dee
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From: crystevin<BR>
Date: 12 May 2000<P>

I just saw "American Beauty" what a great movie.  I could be that guy..*laughing at my pathetic comparison*<BR>
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My favorite line is when he buys a sports car and is explaining to the wife and he raises his fist in the air and says "I RULE"  *laughing*  Reminded me so much of me standing in front of my daughters and making them recite to me.."you are THE MAN dad"  
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From: Kirk, Blender-Keeper<BR>
Date: 12 May 2000<P>

Digital dancing is a very good title.
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From: tara<BR>
Date: 12 May 2000<P>

Terry:<BR>
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Baby I'm Tired<BR>
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Excellent piece.... i cried.  
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From: Kiwi   ( [email-masked] )<BR>
Date: 12 May 2000<P>

Hey... I'm new to the loveblender, and I was hoping to get some feedback... please feel free to be brutally honest. :-)<BR>
Thank's.
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From: terry<BR>
Date: 12 May 2000<P>

Kirk,<BR>
Thanks, Sandi came up with the title. The book started out as a retelling of Romeo & Juliet in the computer age. They meet online and fall in love using instant messaging. But it then takes a twist as they explore the meaning of their love on a deeper level and end up slaying each other's childhood dragons. Just haven't decided if it will end tragically like all epic love stories do, or end happily  like most psychological redemption stories. Guess I will have to wait and see which fits better.<BR>
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Paul, Go for it...if you can use 'Baby I'm Tired'  as lyrical inspiration then it is yours. If it ever becomes a song though I would like to hear it.. Sort of imagine something along the lines of Bonnie Raitt's classic "I CAn't Make You Love Me' soooo mature and sooo sad.<BR>
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And to everyone else who felt the emotions of 'Baby I'm Tired'  thank you for the emails and compliments. In reading a lot of the posted works here, I have found many that seem to say my secret thoughts at any given moment and I am humbled that something I wrote did the same...
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From: terry<BR>
Date: 12 May 2000<P>

Misti,<BR>
Butterfly.. is as light as my dreams and lifts my spirit just as high. But it is also as heavy as my heart and captures that serious intent beneath.<BR>
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Great work!
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From: Braeden<BR>
Date: 12 May 2000<P>

Hey, goo goo doll- really like your poem. I especially like the image of kisses as gum drops. 
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From: Angel<BR>
Date: 12 May 2000<P>

"I want to bring you a little (death)", by Terry Wayne...WOW!!! I loved the playful sexuality in this one :)))
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From: Jenna Holland ([email-masked])<BR>
Date: 12 May 2000<P>

*peeking her head above the crowd* Umm... Hey!<BR>
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I guess I'm in for an Intro.. haven't done one since about 4 years ago when I first started coming here and I was a "newbie."  Well... I'm Jenna, I'm 15 years old (yes, Im a youngin'!)and a freshman in Highschool.  I've been writing poetry for about 3 years... I guess... I surf and snowboard, I have 2 ferrets (Maui & Menace), I have completely run out of inspiration and am looking for it everywhere, if anyone finds any please tell me~ Ill make you a good offer! It's a horrible feeling wanting to write and not being able to! Well.. uh.. I'm horrible at this.. so I'll stop now.  *Running back into the corner*<BR>
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-Jenna-
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From: Angel<BR>
Date: 12 May 2000<P>

Kiwi~"Mr. Eyes", was so sweet *SMILE*
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From: Angel<BR>
Date: 12 May 2000<P>

Misti~"Vanilla Yum"...GREAT....even without the sprinkles:)))
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From: Angel<BR>
Date: 12 May 2000<P>

HIYA Jenna *BIG SMILE*...(me too...)
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From: Angel<BR>
Date: 12 May 2000<P>

Ashley Skye~ "The Best Revenge"........ooooooooohhh I liked this one *SMILE*
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From: Angel<BR>
Date: 12 May 2000<P>

...and more praise to the candyman for "i love you vivid", very nice:)))
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From: Angel<BR>
Date: 12 May 2000<P>

Crystevin~ "Just Make My Day", ...just made my day *SMILE* And welcome back .<BR>
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Well....I wasn't planning on commenting on so many poems that is why my comments are not combined in one posting...there are sooo many good ones and I am just in a reading mood...so may be even more postings *SMILE*
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From: Angel<BR>
Date: 12 May 2000<P>

Terry~"A Summer Treat"...very vivid..I could taste the nectar.......Yummmmm *smile*
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From: sarah [email-masked]<BR>
Date: 12 May 2000<P>

hey blender fenders<BR>
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i have a dent on my pink t that won't go away, and it looks like dirt but its actually a dent......how dare my shirt dent!!! the nerve.....<BR>
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i am....<BR>
SARAH! hi......i'm sorta kinda a newbie of sorta kinda yeah...i was at one time..."gnomey" if that is a name to reincarnate, there ya go.  okay....ummmmmmmm......but i haven't written for a while...but lately lifes been kinda kicking my patookis so i feel the need to write about what is kicking my patookis.  hence my........angst!  i have a cheer about that, that my friends and i do on our really angst ridden days.<BR>
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but i am a 21 yr old girly who lives in wisconsin and i work. nuff said. and i drive a volkswagen quantum, named quincy. he is pretty.  as for love interest.....theres one, has only been one for a while.....but read a few of my poems and you might get the idea of where he is.  <BR>
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and dee..........<BR>
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i'm five one too......<BR>
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lets have a parade!!!!<BR>
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sarah<BR>
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From: deevaa<BR>
Date: 12 May 2000<P>

yipppeeeeee for short ass rocking poetry chicks who are buds with the guppy!!! Sarah.. we rock.<BR>
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As for the show update.... my Mother forced me to drive her to the cafe so she could see the paintings, cause she won't drive in town.... (its Saturday morning here.) So we went in and had a coffee and I noticed they'd not put the name tags up, and offered to, (they've only been up one night).<BR>
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as I was putting the name tags next to each painting, TK went up to each table and pointed the the paintings, (the cafe was packed) and said loudly "my mumma painted them... they are good aren't they" ... there was general agreement at each table, but by the time I was done I was bright red... I kept trying to pull him away and tell him that the people didn't need to know that... but he was insistant... I'm not going back!!!<BR>
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dee<BR>
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From: HMS<BR>
Date: 12 May 2000<P>

Re: Faith (lost track of who-all has been talking about it)<BR>
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There's a great section in Rilke's "Letters to a Young Poet" when the YP tells Rilke he has lost his faith, and he's panicked, totally.  And Rilke writes some advice that has carried me through many bad scenes:<BR>
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"Be patient, and without bitterness. . .[and I'm paraphrasing here, but he says something like God is searching for you just as you are searching for God]. . .  and be glad and confident."  <BR>
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I just love that 4-part exhortation.  Usually when I'm losing it, if I check myself, I find that I'm not following through with one of those four; and if I can fix that, I'll be OK.<BR>
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Maybe good advice for writer's block, too?<BR>
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