From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=749">Chrissy</a><BR>
Date: 16 July 2002<P>

somedaysoon --<BR>
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I LOVED "With Icy Fingers".  I think it's something everyone has experienced, but you've put it into words.  Thanks.  (corny but sincere.)<BR>
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Chrissy
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=872">CryingShame58</a><BR>
Date: 16 July 2002<P>

Galadrial,<BR>
I think you are right on several points...we are all pretty messed up, looking for our soul mate, etc...but I do think that everyone has a unique way of finding them...that someone may have shared a close relationship, but not "fallen in love" and that certain people may not ever loved or been loved in the way that they are searching....In my experiences when I love someone or have "fallen in love" I may suffer the loss of the relationship, but I carry "that love" around in me....it's thought of in my mind, felt deep within my heart and forever in my soul....hey, but that's me...what do you think?  
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=8">Ali</a><BR>
Date: 16 July 2002<P>

Misti~<BR>
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Holy hell, woman. <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2002.07.16.12.23.7009">Be Careful of The Crazy Woman</a> and <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2002.07.16.12.32.19254">Will I Live Through</a> are freakin' fantastic.  Powerful emotion radiates out of both pieces.  Excellent writing, girl. :)<BR>
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Love and placid starlight, Ali
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=5">jackryhme</a><BR>
Date: 16 July 2002<P>

YES !!!  {high fiven self}  heh got it right this time<BR>
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jack
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=13">B.K.</a><BR>
Date: 16 July 2002<P>

I think telling anyone what love is or not or should be is kind of like trying to tell them if they don't believe in a certain way they are going to hell (religion) We all have our own book of love, as we do our own beliefs and getting everyone to believe the same way is impossible as is getting us all to believe in the same God or lack of one. It's all personal and that we share it and look for ideals, well what is heaven anyway but a supreme ideal, and what is God but LOVE. We all keep searching and writing and pondering the concepts of ageless and timeless LOVE and Soulmates (oooh there's that word again) Simply heaven whether it's unrequited or not. Pick your own cloud and fly away with it, is what I say. <BR>
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bk
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=23">Kirk</a><BR>
Date: 16 July 2002<P>

I'm on Gala's side on this one. Not that it needs to be confrontational, or one side is right or wrong. But I think it's unfortunate that people have to declare every previous romance as illegitimate once they find someone new to fall in love with.  Some past romances were great, some were pretty bad, but I was in love with that person in mostly all of 'em.  <BR>
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There is a weird and somewhat disturbing implication of my attitude, though, which is that true love and long, happy, stable relationships don't always go hand in hand.  Well, the latter needs the former, but not vice versa.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=13">B.K.</a><BR>
Date: 16 July 2002<P>

I think your concept of love changes as you grow and have more experience with it. But you can save yourself a lot of grief if when you think you have found the one, have an astrological chart done. I took everyone I knew that had a loving and long lasting relationship and put them into the computer and the reports came up similar, he loved her she loved him, there was sexual attraction on both sides and on and on. It did not mean they would have a perfect life but that they had more than most to begin with if you get my drift here. I never understood the concept of you know, the guy is standing there after hes murdered half the family and shes screaming as they drag him away.. I LOVE YOU until I saw a chart like that..ha  I warned the guy and 16,000 bucks later and many heartaches and manicial scenes he finally figured out that yes you can be in love with a maniac and she can love you too.(It's frightening) Other charts, were one sided, one loved, the other liked the idea. Or it was purely physical or it was romance and nothing more, maybe friends and nothing more. I could go on and on here, but SoulMates are indeed rare and hard to find unless you are lucky and or know what you are after to begin with which most of us don't have a clue. I think your concept of love changes with age and experience and there's a whole learning process be it with one person or ever how many it takes, or whether you ever get it right. But once you find the right groove, let me tell you there is no going back to the blind mans bluff or russian roulette most play when it comes to love. Save yourself a lot of grief and get a chart done.. I cannot emphasize that enough.<BR>
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bk
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=2">scqueen</a><BR>
Date: 16 July 2002<P>

Misti ~ You are my heroin(e) baby. I get a fix everytime you write. You are so real and raw and you. Just know that you are still reaching another crazy out there who thanks you.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=8">Ali</a><BR>
Date: 16 July 2002<P>

Liz~<BR>
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Thank you. *smile*<BR>
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And I second what scqueen said.  Heroin(e), Misti.  You're awesome girl. ((HUGS))<BR>
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Love and placid starlight, Ali
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=532">where is your heaven</a><BR>
Date: 16 July 2002<P>

There is something wrong with the submissions page. It won't let me send anything. Is anyone else having the same problem?<BR>
Love <BR>
elaina
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=268">Misti</a><BR>
Date: 16 July 2002<P>

If John Lennon had met Yoko Ono when he was in Hamburg or Liverpool, I don't think they would have hit it off. John was very immature and angry and his female ideal was Bridgitte Bardot. He made Cynthia bleach her hair and dress sexy in black fishnets and short skirts. He was very focused on the physical. So I think timing is just as important, if not more so, as compatible charts/synastry. I have an astrology book called When Will You Marry? that gives sample "soul mate" charts. You bet your ass they're rare! Some examples: Clark Gable and Carole Lombard, Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor and William Randolph Hearst and Marion Davies. And my mom and her third husband. They're both Geminis with Libra rising. And Mom has an Aquarian moon and Joe has a Libra moon. It doesn't get much better than that. Usually (but not always)soul mates are born under the same sign or else their suns are trine, like John and Yoko's. Erica Jong, an Aries, married two different Aries men. The first one inspired How To Save Your Own Life. She still believes he was/is her soul mate but they only lasted a couple of years. <BR>
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Thank you, Scqueen and Ali. It really is comforting to know I'm not alone in my craziness. I write to get the crazies out. I just bought Live's "Throwing Copper" cd. Music definitely helps. Unless it's Otis Redding or Billie Holiday. I finally sold my Billie Holiday cd but I can't let go of Otis.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=17">deevaa</a><BR>
Date: 16 July 2002<P>

Misti, don't kick me, but I read something and thought of you (don't take it the wrong way)....<BR>
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Yesterday I read an article in the daily paper saying that people who eat a lot of seafood are less likely to suffer with depression and other mental illness'. Not only that but the omega 3 in fish helps with short term memory... it went on to say that countries that eat a lot of fish tend to have lower suicide rates - think Japan and Finland for example.<BR>
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Just kinda thought you might find it interesting.  
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=268">Misti</a><BR>
Date: 16 July 2002<P>

Dee,<BR>
That is very interesting. The only seafood I've ever liked is fried shrimp. The only seafood I can get around here is at Red Lobster's. I would love to live closer to the ocean. I miss Galveston. Maybe I can find some supplements at the health food store that contain the beneficial stuff that is in seafood...zinc, perhaps? I'll look into it. Thank you.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=17">deevaa</a><BR>
Date: 16 July 2002<P>

I'll see if I can find an online version of what I was reading. I know one of the things was Omega 3... that comes in capsules.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=17">deevaa</a><BR>
Date: 16 July 2002<P>

haven't found what I'm looking for, but found this:<BR>
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"With a putrid passage about a relationship gone bad, a word-puzzle creator who also crafts witty sayings for lapel buttons won the 21st annual Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest for horrible writing.<BR>
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Rephah Berg, of Oakland, California, triumphed yesterday over thousands of entrants from around the world with the following sentence:<BR>
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"On reflection, Angela perceived that her relationship with Tom had always been rocky, not quite a roller-coaster ride but more like when the toilet paper roll gets a little squashed so it hangs crooked and every time you pull some off you can hear the rest going bumpity-bumpity in its holder until you go nuts and push it back into shape, a degree of annoyance that Angela had now almost attained."<BR>
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ha<BR>

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