From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=109">Stephen</a><BR>
Date: 25 September 2001<P>

Misti ~~ "Chocolate Ground" was fun and powerful to read..it'sssss Gggggrrreeeaaattt(anyone guess what i'm eating?)<BR>
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aqua lady ~~ "Testosterone" wait a minute....  just a day ago I was bashing the way women treated me with "My Heart".. hrmmph... *scratches head*.. Both Genders are screwed up.. Yey :-)
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=10">Galadrial</a><BR>
Date: 25 September 2001<P>

Hey Stephen....<BR>
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                Kudos for Drooling...very nice indeed...<BR>
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                                          Gala
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=4">TJ Holland</a><BR>
Date: 25 September 2001<P>

Hey Gala~ <BR>
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What's crackin' luv? I had to get a new e-mail as the Hotmail Gods seemed to think I broke one of their TOU's (which happen to be 'Terms of Use'). I have no idea what I did (I've used that address the same way for 3 years) but I guess I committed some sort of hellish infraction and they closed my account and sent it to the hot place teeming with brimstone. Harumph! So, I'll have to get you my new address here shortly. I am also worki
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=4">TJ Holland</a><BR>
Date: 25 September 2001<P>

Hey Gala~ <BR>
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What's crackin' luv? I had to get a new e-mail as the Hotmail Gods seemed to think I broke one of their TOU's (which happen to be 'Terms of Use'). I have no idea what I did (I've used that address the same way for 3 years) but I guess I committed some sort of hellish infraction and they closed my account and sent it to the hot place teeming with brimstone. Harumph! So, I'll have to get you my new address here shortly. I am also working two jobs now. Still a full time detention officer, and now part of a surveillance team on my regular days off. Ack! The kids and I will get ahead of this game one of these days!!<BR>
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I'm liking your submissions, you seem to be working your mind and posting a bit more than you have of late. Good!<BR>
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-Teej
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=328">Rhetoric</a><BR>
Date: 25 September 2001<P>

Bon Jour Mes Amies!<BR>
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Lots of activity last night!!<BR>
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catharses:  I really liked both <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2001.09.25.00.15.5484">Gossamer</a> and <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2001.09.24.23.53.17772">Quiet time</a> .  So simple and so expressive.<BR>
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Stephen: Also, <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2001.09.25.04.28.3717">Drooling</a> is great.  You are on a roll.<BR>
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little_blue_man, <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2001.09.25.07.44.25328">Testosterone</a> is quite an homage to the mistakes that some make repeatedly.  I love it!!  I know those women, I listen to the stories and the tears - wonderful symbolism.<BR>
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Have a great day Blenderites.<BR>
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Rhetoric<BR>
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=39">Charade</a><BR>
Date: 25 September 2001<P>

To Little-blue-man<BR>
<a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2001.09.25.07.44.25328">Testosterone</a> you bring out an excellent point here.... and I could just not resist to add my own feelings on the subject.<BR>
Some women, like myself, are attracted to men that seem to need help... we want to save them, fix them, help them...<BR>
and it takes careful soul searching to stop that bad pattern.<BR>
My mother didn't help much... as she told me that all men were cheater.... some tell and some don't....<BR>
And I had terrible examples to look at in my youth.... alcoholic uncles, father, etc. who all beat and abused their wives, and ran with other women... and who molested their daughters....<BR>
And so many guys I dated, were all just after adding a notch to their belt... and went to any length of flattery and lies, to get it.... and then once they did, they dumped the girls.<BR>
So where does this all end..<BR>
Thru self help books.... I learned not to waste my time with Mr. Wrong.... trying to help or fix him.<BR>
Decided that alone was a better place to be...<BR>
And where did that get me.<BR>
with plenty of time on my hands to find Mr. Right<BR>
and I did !!!<BR>
And you are so right... Mr. Right and Miss Right are there, you just have to take the time and not be in such a rush to keep repeating the same old patterns. wasting precious time with people that are wrong for you.<BR>
Habits are hard to break.<BR>
But they are breakable.<BR>
And the same applies to guys...<BR>
they can get burned by a mean, cruel, heartless tart.,<BR>
but that does not mean that is all that the world<BR>
has to offer.<BR>
<BR>
Great stuff -  good reply to earlier Testosterone.<BR>
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!<BR>
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=328">Rhetoric</a><BR>
Date: 25 September 2001<P>

 Charade - How smart is <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2001.09.25.08.48.30854">Amusement Park Love</a> ?  Excellent!  I am completely stolen with that posting.  I think that is one of the most unique pieces I have ever read.<BR>
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Wow<BR>
Rhet
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=16">kevin urenda</a><BR>
Date: 25 September 2001<P>

Morning all.  I find myself ready to come out of the shadows again...  Partly because I was struck by something Rhet mentioned last evening.  I always was one of those Blenderites who wondered whether I was being read.  I also tried to do my part to let others know they were read here.  That act alone means a lot, for why else do we share these pieces of ourselves?  I am standing to be counted, for whatever that's worth.<BR>
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scqueen-<BR>
thank you for commenting on my last submission.  I rather liked the way it turned out.<BR>
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Gala-<BR>
<a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2001.09.25.06.24.7201">Invisble Man</a> hit me like a ton of bricks...  I am still trying to catch my breath.<BR>
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More later as I start reading again, <BR>
k<BR>
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=144">Sati</a><BR>
Date: 25 September 2001<P>

Rhetoric- Thank you for the comment, it is a real problem for me right now because I am going through a really hard time in my life and feel there is no one I can lean on.  This is mainly due to the fact I am so afraid to lean on people because they will think that I am weak but in reality they will probably just see that I am human.  I have always been the strong one, the one people come to, it just seems so un-natural to now turn to them, a big problem I must get over.  Fear is a driving force behind a lot of actions, something I am trying to change for myself.  That is why posting means so much to me, I can cry on a phantom shoulder that will never judge or look down on me.  I will never be weak or wrong, just human, making mistakes just like everyone else.  <BR>
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angieubaldo-You are never alone, many times you just have to force your eyes open to see who around you.  And lean though you may fall.<BR>
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~Sati~
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=2">scqueen</a><BR>
Date: 25 September 2001<P>

Arwen ~ Welcome! <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2001.09.24.22.57.15690">Dusk</a> was very nice, by the way. I really love the last line 'In that last breath of evening, I would lay you out and reinvent you'<BR>
Keep posting :-)
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=328">Rhetoric</a><BR>
Date: 25 September 2001<P>

How 'Do Blenderific Peoples?<BR>
I have had a glorious few days - and I am so glad to sit down and read these screens and screens of heart pourings.<BR>
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Kev, Sati, angieubaldo:  I think you all touched on the very nature of what makes this site SO special.  I am glad to hear reverberation of my thoughts.  Thank you for opening and sharing.  It means more to me (and the rest, I am sure) than you know.  If it were not for a public forum such as this, many of us would lock our thoughts away in a book.  With this venue, we can free them to be absorbed by others.<BR>
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Misti, <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2001.09.25.12.48.18455">*~*~Fall Fever~*~*</a> is keeping me so excited about fall.  I took a trip up into the mountains this weekend and already is there signs of golden and scarlet fires in the sky.  It seems since last week, there have been a few postings hinting at the wonder that is soon to be upon us.  Thanks for keeping my mind away from the inevitable winter that follows - and focused on merely enjoying the fall.<BR>
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dragonfleyes, I like your stuff.  I went back and read a few and you have a great voice. <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2001.09.25.13.10.6935">memory emerging</a> is so serene.<BR>
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=268">Misti</a><BR>
Date: 25 September 2001<P>

Stephen~<BR>
Thanks! Gotta love Tony the Tiger. But SNAP! CRACKLE! POP! are my absolute favorites. <BR>
Rhetoric~<BR>
There are no seasons where Chris and I live...it's hard for him to get used to, being a native New Yorker and all. Today is definitely fall, though! Wish I could actually SEE it, but the trees here don't change. We'd have to drive about eight hours to a park called Lost Maples to actually see the pretty autumn leaves. Chris tells me that New England is gorgeous this time of year. I'd love to see it someday.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=34">Just Some Girl</a><BR>
Date: 25 September 2001<P>

MichaelT:<BR>
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Your latest, Science Fiction, sent me on a journey back through your submissions. They are all so witty! I enjoy your work... You and Rhet I always await eagerly!<BR>
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Rhet: <BR>
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You have me scratching my head over the red hots...how were the cinnamon gummy bears? Any correlation? 
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=328">Rhetoric</a><BR>
Date: 25 September 2001<P>

Misti - <BR>
PLEASE come north to see the leaves.  I am mid-Atlantic, so I am sure that a good New England Fall is even more glorious than mine.  You will do your soul a great disservice if you don't put Chris in a car and take him back to see the colors of his youth.  I am a Texan at heart, so these leaves changing still get to me after all these years.<BR>
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Just Some Girl -<BR>
I thought Red Hots was a cleaner title than Cinnamon Gummy Bears!  Everyone knows Red Hots.  Please know that YOUR candy was the root of my passion.  I don't like cinnamon candies, but they sure do taste divine from the mouth of another.  Thank You
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=205">violet</a><BR>
Date: 25 September 2001<P>

rhet~ red hots was delicious. ;-)
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=328">Rhetoric</a><BR>
Date: 25 September 2001<P>

Oh, yes - I almost forgot<BR>
Just Some Girl:<BR>
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Bad Girl? You are an insightful woman, aren't you?<BR>
<BR>
I wonder if this posting is based on self expression or self depreciation?  Don't let him have you!  Your badness is the flight in your fancy.  Women shouldn't clip their wings for any man.  <BR>
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Rhetoric
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=19">Crystal</a><BR>
Date: 25 September 2001<P>

I sure wish there were a way to find all the poems I have ever written on here without having to go back all the way in to each issues since 1998........:(<BR>

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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=28">Taboo</a><BR>
Date: 25 September 2001<P>

To Jubal29717 - <BR>
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<a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2001.09.25.18.01.28356">Estrogen</a>  BRAVO !!!<BR>
<BR>
You said it all !<BR>
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I used to hate it when my ex used to blame my cycle for everything..<BR>
When he would abuse me, and I would get upset, he would say something like, "what- are you on the rag or something!?"<BR>
I was supposed to take what he dished out, and say nothing or do nothing, just take it.  (his favorite saying was take it and like it)<BR>
when he would humiliate me or embarass me in public, and I would say ouch -  he would try to blame it on the hormones -<BR>
hell if I was a guy, I would have punched him... <BR>
damn the hormones !!!<BR>
<BR>
(
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=254">chris</a><BR>
Date: 25 September 2001<P>

Rhetoric~<BR>
Yes! I spent my first 27 years in New York's Hudson River Valley, and the autumn color there was amazing. Alas, here in Texas it's, uh, a bit different. Leaves mostly go from green to dead. And the live oaks never lose their leaves at all. Most surreal to a Yankee such as myself.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=205">violet</a><BR>
Date: 25 September 2001<P>

my family originates in mass. the fall colors there (and in maine, where many have migrated) are fantastic! Makes me homesick for my childhood...i wish i had such colors here in rainy oregon. :-) 
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=2">scqueen</a><BR>
Date: 25 September 2001<P>

Gupster? 5 days remaining in September...maybe a post or two? Miss you :-(
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=328">Rhetoric</a><BR>
Date: 25 September 2001<P>

Thanks Violet - Red Hots really is about 10 seconds of thought about a taste in someone elses mouth!!!  I thought it was too sophomoric - like describing the flavor of the gum that you trade off with while kissing. I put it up there on a whimsey anyways!<BR>
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Also - Knife is cool.  You are so simple to read.  You don't try to bombard the reader with needless expression - you say what you want and leave the sentence alone.  I am envious.  I am TOO wordy most of the time.<BR>
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All this talk of Autumn - we turned our heat on tonite!!  Honestly, I used to get depressed at the mere thought of summers end.  Now, I have such an appreciation for the simple way nature turns dorment.  I think this damn state is growing on me.  I barely remember what a Bluebonnet looks like anymore!  Growing up in The Great State of Texas, you learn to love that colorful little flower!  Now, I see more rhodedendrons than I can handle!<BR>
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Bye Bye Blenderites
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