Date: 6 July 2000<P>

hello everyone, i have to admit i think its absolutely crazy that people would comment on anything i conntribute, i get excited when someone even thanks me for a compliment, especially when coming from people like nikki or deevaa, thankyou for noticing. and thanks nikki for the adress. well im going to read some more submissions now and i thank everone for their time.<BR>
suga<BR>
lydia
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From: lydia<BR>
Date: 6 July 2000<P>

hank-- regardless of how rusty you are, its still beautiful<BR>
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ZoE--- you pull away, um pulled me in, i loved it, it grabed me on the first word and kept me there, and thats a hard thing to do. done very very well.<BR>
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deevaa---staring into my morning coffee, cute, and pleasing<BR>
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guppy--- blinded with silence was nice<BR>
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gala--- dancing on starlight--- very nice, sets my mind at ease<BR>
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suga<BR>
lydia
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From: nikki<BR>
Date: 6 July 2000<P>

Dallasgirl--Love's Ghost...wow....that one hits way closer to home than is comfortable...beautiful<BR>
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Gala--I love 'Dancing on the Starlight'...thanks FGM...you paint a wonderful picture with your words...
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From: nikki<BR>
Date: 6 July 2000<P>

Hank--you ARE sweet...but beautiful is a bit of a stretch for this lady....thanks for the sentiment, though....and you....flirt??? never  ;)
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From: Dallasgirl<BR>
Date: 6 July 2000<P>

Nikki,<BR>
I'm not sure whether to thank you or apologize? <BR>
I enjoyed "Never" - the melancholy it invokes reminds me of the rain....
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From: Dallasgirl<BR>
Date: 6 July 2000<P>

Gala,<BR>
Dancing on the starlight - would that we all be so courageous in love....great imagery.
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From: Dallasgirl<BR>
Date: 6 July 2000<P>

Gala,<BR>
Dancing on the starlight - would that we all should be so courageous in love....great imagery.
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From: Dallasgirl<BR>
Date: 6 July 2000<P>

Oops! Guess it warranted saying it twice :-)
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From: nikki<BR>
Date: 6 July 2000<P>

Dallasgirl--no need to apologize!  it was a well  written piece, and it just happened to hit me in a place where most things are bound to set me off...<BR>
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and Dee--I don't recall 3 glass walls and a coffee cup as being sad, but I am going to go back and read it again, just to make sure...  ;)
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From: nikki...again<BR>
Date: 6 July 2000<P>

Ok Dee--I thought I knew what I was talking about.  I don't think it's sad at all.  The fact that your vision has changed from one of solitude to  one which you see yourself sharing it with someone, I think, if I'm reading it right, is actually a happy thing.  Of course, my whole idea of happiness seems to be off, so what do I know anyway?<BR>
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night everyone!
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From: Riggs<BR>
Date: 6 July 2000<P>

Mitchel<BR>
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it's nothing personal man, i just got annoyed when i saw you giving yourself a huge wrap. Apologies for going off the deep end.<BR>
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From: Crystevin<BR>
Date: 6 July 2000<P>

Gala, as you've already been applauded, I'll add to the comments about "starlight".  The imagery of desire you project is the dream of every man---to be wanted that much.<BR>
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Dee-your works continue to delve deeper into the striking yet obscure emotions that impact our daily lives.  Your creativity never ceases to amaze me.<BR>
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-Crystevin
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From: Riggs<BR>
Date: 6 July 2000<P>

Gala<BR>
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Roman Candles is absolutely magnificent. The images are so beautifully sharp and crisp that i could see them for hours afterwards...
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From: Galadrial60<BR>
Date: 6 July 2000<P>

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Jeepers...one dazzled elven Queen....<BR>
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Angel, Lydia, Megs---thanks to you all...thought i was veering sentimental into icky----but i guess not.<BR>
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Dee---Three walls---girl, that made me feel it to my toenails...whiz bang! And not sad in the least---I found it hopeful, in fact---if that's not too nuts...and the other coffee poem. I have no perspective. I love coffee, and I am mad for love---and there are times when I have noticed that they taste and feel a lot alike...now stick to painting you, some of us only have ONE talent...like me....jealous!<BR>
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Enigma---aside from adoring women, you write one hell of a love letter...I should be so lucky...and while I know that your appreciation may have been hard won, at least you learned...I've watched many pay the same price you have, and still remain clueless. So a hug from me, dear sir.<BR>
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Chrystevin---your praise warms me deeply...I admire you as a writer, so it means a lot.<BR>
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And Dee?  You watching close? Riggs dear---thank you so very...I never would have thought that my writing would speak to you...but i am thrilled, and honored. A very ardent hug to you, you wonder from down under---and right back at you! And do forgive my bad manners---yank that I am...<BR>
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And Hank---please---you're killing us...poetry in French---<BR>
and don't even pretend you don't know what effect such things have on the average female blenderite heart...<BR>
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Lydia---Dallasgirl?  Welcome ladies---your stuff is lovely--you'll fit in fine! <BR>
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Megs my love?  Deep sigh...furrowed brow...my darling FGK...you sell yourself way short. Love has a way of sneaking up on you...and if you chase it, it bolts. I know all too well the private pain of pretending that heat is love...and it doesn't wash. And I'll tell you something awful---the regret you feel about kidding yourself? That won't diminish with time. When you are ancient, and almost forty you will look back on this and cringe at yourself. And so long as you settle for less, you're playing the old alchemist's game---trying to turn base metal into something precious...and take it from me love---it never works. A gentle hug from me, and six pinches of elven dust....<BR>
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                                     so says Galadrial<BR>

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From: HMS<BR>
Date: 6 July 2000<P>

I'm going to go read all these subs, I promise, but first I just wanted to second, loudly, Gala's advice.  NEVER never never settle (although sometimes, as I know from experience, you don't even know you're settling)--in the long run, a close second isn't close.<BR>
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Probably I am not making any sense.  I am disgustingly in love.  I am hoping for the same miracle for everyone on the blender who is as depressed, dispirited, miserable, and filled with feelings of inadequacy and undesirableness (is that a word?)---which was me 2 weeks ago!  Oh my God, the grammar has gone right out the window, along with a few million totally unnecessary brain cells.  I will read subs.  I will pay attention.  I will not moon about doodling his name on the furniture...<BR>
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And Lydia, thank you.  I can't be objective about "Redux", so it's great to have positive feedback.<BR>
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PS - Megs, I hope you know you CAN talk to me, and I promise not to be gooey back.  I "been there" more times than I'd care to recall...<BR>

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From: HMS (again, but I'll be brief this time)<BR>
Date: 6 July 2000<P>

Laurel--break a leg!  My show "Kilroy Was Here" (a musical set in a WWII USO club) opens next week.  Here's hoping for packed houses and rave reviews for us both!<BR>

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From: terry<BR>
Date: 6 July 2000<P>

Dee~ '...Coffee Cup' was great! And 'Untitled'-you may not know what it is, but it is sexy as all get out (if you don't speak southern, that is *real good*).<BR>
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Gala~ 'Dancing on the Starlight'-Wow, Wow, WOW!<BR>
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guppy~ 'blinded with silence'-excellent, but Very sad...<BR>
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Nikki~ 'Never' is heartbreaking. You caught that deep feeling well.<BR>
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Dallasgirl~ 'Love's Ghost' is amazing, the images feel so real. Thank you...<BR>
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HMS~ '...Redux'-there is nothing mediocre about this in my book. "...this gravel beneath my worn scuffed keds now hallowed ground." nice, I love that line. Heck, I used to love my Keds. (yes, I remember when your only choice was Keds or PF Flyers)lol<BR>
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terry<BR>

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From: laurel ahlfeld<BR>
Date: 6 July 2000<P>

*~HMS~* Thank you! You break a leg too! I don't think I've seen Kilroy was here. If you wouldn't mind, I'd like to know the storyline! I know you'll be faboo! drama_queen_ja@hotmail.com<BR>
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*~Chris W. & ZoE~* Thank you so much for your comments on Violin Symphony! That means a lot to me. It's the first time I've ever done prose before. And the first time I've written something in the midst of raging anger.<BR>
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*~kevin~* I found "The Wrong Way" very enjoyable. You have a lot of talent. Keep up the awesome work! =)
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From: HMS (frantically reading!)<BR>
Date: 6 July 2000<P>

Laurel - You've never heard of this play, trust me--it's from a student drama service (Pioneer, I think), but it's cute.  Not much story--a bunch of girls who work as riveters at the Brooklyn navy yard to help the war want to meet boys, so they sign up to be hostesses at the USO club.  There's a whole thing with spies, and the legendary "Kilroy" (of the famous drawing) is in the middle of it, saves the day, gets the girl (dammit, the wrong one!  Little does his Gladys know what he's been up to with ME ME ME!)<BR>
Oops, sorry.  I digress.  Anyway, it's full of goofy "Keep your chin up and your powder dry" ultra-sappy patriotic songs, jitterbug dancing, and some Andrews sisters type numbers (the 3 riveter girls, of whom I am one).  Silly, and a blast to do.  OOOhh, and I just LOVE Brigadoon!  Wish I could see it! 
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From: ZoE<BR>
Date: 6 July 2000<P>

LyDiA- Thanks for your compliments on "you pull away". I just thought it was pretty vulgar. I was kind of was wondering what lines or whatever it was that you liked about it.<BR>
-ZoE
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From: terry<BR>
Date: 6 July 2000<P>

sinneD~ 'for love' was beautiful and powerful and heartbreaking and THANK YOU!
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From: Megs<BR>
Date: 6 July 2000<P>

Gala-  Not mad at Megs are ya?  I know I know...everything you said is true...so true.  You are right which is why you are the FGM...*grin*  but DON'T be mad at Megs.<BR>
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HMS-  I AM going to write you a big ole email...but it is one of those things that will take time cause I want to tell the whole story right...and I have been ridiculously busy.
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From: Kiwi<BR>
Date: 6 July 2000<P>

Coda! My Love! :-) I love love love love that poem!  I melted into a big soppy puddle on the carpet when I read it.<BR>
*sniff* I am so honored! :-* Je suis morgane pour toi, mon chere petit ami! xoxoxo
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From: Kiwi<BR>
Date: 6 July 2000<P>

Dee~ I love "three glass walls and a coffee cup! Excellent! You're so talented! :-)
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From: deevaa (deevaa@paradise.net.nz)<BR>
Date: 6 July 2000<P>

OK OK -- I've read all the new comments since yesterday and saw terry comment to sinneD....<BR>
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sinneD babe -- please please tell me that that is not a true work........ its not about Libs is it?<BR>
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dee<BR>
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(I'll comment proper shortly)<BR>

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From: Megs<BR>
Date: 6 July 2000<P>

ZoE-  I read "You Pull Away" and it did come across as raw but I connected with it muchly.  You were writing my life there kiddo.  Whoa...
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From: Gala<BR>
Date: 6 July 2000<P>

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Hey Kiwi----<BR>
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        Hot enough for you?<BR>
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                          Very nicely done...<BR>
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                                        gala
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From: deevaa<BR>
Date: 6 July 2000<P>

wow -- I'm stunned..... thankyou thankyou..... I feel like a movie star,... I didn't think my coffee inspired treats would draw much attention... so thankyou Terry, Nikki, Lydia, Crys ( it is YOUR turn to mail me), Gala and Kiwi....<BR>
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My friend that suggested that '3 glass walls' felt sad to him still has that POV -- so thankyou for lightening my heart, I was thinking maybe something subconscious was happening that everyone but me could see!  (He who inspired it said "by the way, the coffee seemed so tempting I may have tried a cup..." )<BR>
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Gala -- 'Dancing on the Starlight' YUM.<BR>
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Guppy -- 'blinded by science' you have a way of moving words on the paper.... you rock.<BR>
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Terry -- we use 'all get out' down here too!!!<BR>
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Take care of your hearts (esp. you sinneD -- I'm officially worried)<BR>
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dee
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From: Galadrial60<BR>
Date: 6 July 2000<P>

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No prob Dee---you deserved the praise...now, do we share Riggs, or will you insist on hogging him all the time?<BR>
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                             Gala<BR>
                           (running for cover)<BR>
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Hey Riggs!  Loved your latest...a poet.....and a philosopher...and a gentleman.
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From: deevaa<BR>
Date: 6 July 2000<P>

Gala -- I won't fight you over Riggs, he's his own man he wanders where he pleases. (winks@Riggs)<BR>

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From: Mitchel(chillin)<BR>
Date: 6 July 2000<P>

riggs.  its all good.  that was my first time blending and after i read my man mike and his rap i thought that was how the game was played.  no harm no foul.<BR>
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mitchel(learnin da rules)
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From: Gala<BR>
Date: 6 July 2000<P>

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Now Dee---<BR>
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          I'm willing to share....you get him three days, I get him three days---and on the seventh he can sleep....all very proper...almost bibical?<BR>
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          Riggs? What do you think guy?<BR>
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                                  Love Gala
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From: nikki....frazzled but loving it<BR>
Date: 6 July 2000<P>

You know it has been a busy week at work when you can't remember what you have said to whom from one day to the next.....so if I repeat myself here....sorry!<BR>
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Riggs--(pausing to watch the happy lil triangle) I enjoyed The Meaning of Sex, although I am not sure you meant it to be taken with enjoyment...it actually inspired an alomst idea for a piece of my own...so we'll see..<BR>
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Gala--of course, you would have to write something that so closely relates to my life...non compus mentus...wow...have you been reading my diaries??<BR>
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sinneD--the power in 'for love' was really amazing...<BR>
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Kiwi--good to see you back again...and with such heat...very good piece...'fire'<BR>
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well all....I hope to have some new stuff soon....off to answer e-mails now...shame on me for waiting for so long...
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From: Galadrial<BR>
Date: 6 July 2000<P>

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Hi gang----<BR>
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          And forgive me Kirk---but Aunt Anna's Kitchen is sort of a love poem------romantic even...Got a call from my sister tonight to say that my favorite Aunt had passed on---and I needed to mark that passing. I'll miss the lady---she had a kind heart---a booming laugh---and a wonderful disposition---if you met her you'd never guess that she had lost the love of her life when she wasn't quite 40.<BR>
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         I used the blender to say goodbye because Anna was proud of my poetry---even back when I was 12, and frankly, it sucked. A local paper did a piece on a writing program I do with teens---and she kept a copy of it to show folks---<BR>
her niece, the poet. That was pretty fancy stuff for her---none of her brothers or sisters---all 14 of them made it through high school.<BR>
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         They were all good, honest people---hard working,<BR>
blue collar---and proud as hell. My dad was her brother--and somehow, they made it through the depression...then World War Two---all the Boys signed up...all the Girls did their bit...and we didn't lose a one. All the Golda Boys made it back. I never heard how she met Marty---but it was a family scandal---her dating---then marrying an eye-talian?<BR>
Took my favorite Aunt on the other side getting a divorce from a wife beating ass to shut them up...and then they just switched to Mary....<BR>
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         I will miss Anna...as i miss Mary still. They were two amazing women who taught me a lot about love...<BR>
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         Bye Anna-----Godspeed...........<BR>
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                                 Love,<BR>
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                                  Lisa Golda Shields<BR>
                                  Your neice
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From: nikki<BR>
Date: 6 July 2000<P>

Happily Ever Afters--I don't know where it came from really....it was something that passed through my mind during a hurried lunch.  <BR>
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I'm not sure if this is an apology or not....hmmm...maybe I just need to sleep.<BR>
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later, lvoebugs......nikki
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From: kevin urenda<BR>
Date: 6 July 2000<P>

Gala-<BR>
my deepest sympathies are with you...  I am certain that you are honoring her as she would want...  <BR>
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k
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