From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=812">Nonitta</a><BR>
Date: 4 December 2002<P>

Zero~ Wow..."u" blew me away. :-)
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=35">Star of David</a><BR>
Date: 4 December 2002<P>

Us by Sarah and Thinking by Chelsea – wow!
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=2">scqueen</a><BR>
Date: 4 December 2002<P>

snOw ~ <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2002.12.03.20.37.17019">auburn fire</a> Just lovely.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1050">Kase</a><BR>
Date: 4 December 2002<P>

I'm from the US.  Anyone here from the south?  Confidential to Jimmyallgrownup--  Keep on writing what feels right in your heart and don't worry about people that don't "get" it.  Be who you want to be.  I personally think you have a sense of humor about you, which is a key asset, for even the most serious writer. "Homos in the Hood"  made me think, though...  Have you ever noticed that there are never and MOB members or ganster types on TV that are given a "gay" sterotype, either.  Just think-- Tony on the Sopranos wearing pink high heels?? ;)
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=2">scqueen</a><BR>
Date: 4 December 2002<P>

Kase ~ I live in CA now but was born and raised in SC. And you?
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1050">Kase</a><BR>
Date: 4 December 2002<P>

SCQueen<BR>
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I was born and raised and still still in a small town in upstate SC.  Which parts of South Carolina are you familiar with?  Which coast do you prefer?  The thought of LA has always scared me.  Was it hard to get used to Cally?
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=872">cryingshame58</a><BR>
Date: 4 December 2002<P>

Galadrial,<BR>
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I have been trying to get caught up and read the recent submissions...your work is awesome and i particularly admire <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2002.12.02.06.11.2761">4:00 am...Ridge Christmas</a> ... I could picture the whole scenerio in my mind...is that something that you recently wrote? <BR>
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CryingShame
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=2">scqueen</a><BR>
Date: 4 December 2002<P>

I grew up in the upstate in Greenwood! Just got done talking with my mom & dad and the ice storm is on the way. It's such a small world, you & I probably know each other. The coasts are so vastly different that it's hard to compare. I will always be partial to the SC coast. We grew up going to Pawley's Island, Mt.Pleasant and now Edisto Island. I have one sister in Texas but my parents are still in Greenwood. How about you?
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=872">cryingshame58</a><BR>
Date: 4 December 2002<P>

Kase,<BR>
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Catching up on new submissions...enjoyed yours...<BR>
NW Louisiana here...best state for ratings at the bottom...i love the coast...gulf coast that is...especially the Alabama and Florida coast...It is cold and wet here...<BR>
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CryingShame58
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=706">splatipus</a><BR>
Date: 4 December 2002<P>

BK, 'In Loves recall'<BR>
Misti, 'Back to the Doll Room'<BR>
Jon, 'The Block'<BR>
Zero Love 'u'<BR>
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All lovely lovely lovely<BR>
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Starrgazer - Excellent entries. Caught my eye cos 15th June is actually my birthday, but I was born in '69<BR>
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Everybody else - Brilliant work, wish i had the time and space to mention you all
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1050">Kase</a><BR>
Date: 4 December 2002<P>

Yep, the ice has cometh.  No pretty snow to look at or inspire, just messy roads and runny noses.  Scqueen, I'm in Clinton, and actually had to go to Greenwood today!! Email me sometime, if you [email-masked]   I've been to all the places you named, but I grew up in this tiny one horse town, moved once, but only to Laurens.  (Big move, 12 whole miles)  Now I'm back in the same house I was raised in.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=676">Cyan</a><BR>
Date: 4 December 2002<P>

Liz~ <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2002.12.04.13.37.25910">I Would Break You</a> Loved it. Loved it. Loved it. 
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=676">Cyan</a><BR>
Date: 4 December 2002<P>

Liz~ <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2002.12.04.13.37.25910">I Would Break You</a> Loved it. Loved it. Loved it. 
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=2">scqueen</a><BR>
Date: 4 December 2002<P>

Kase ~ Don't you mean you're from 'Clin-non' :-) I will email you soon!
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=328">Rhetoric</a><BR>
Date: 4 December 2002<P>

Liz: <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2002.12.04.13.37.25910">I Would Break You</a> rocks! I love the hyphenation.<BR>
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Misti: <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2002.12.03.15.49.14825">Back to the Doll Room</a> – again you amaze me.<BR>
		glittering residue glows in the dark<BR>
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jimmy...you tease me.<BR>
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I can't wait to see the X-mas challenge.<BR>
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Ta ta...Rhetty<BR>

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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=482">sn0w</a><BR>
Date: 4 December 2002<P>

scqueen ... <BR>
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thank you !! <BR>
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snow
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1038">Blue</a><BR>
Date: 4 December 2002<P>

Little Caesar:<BR>
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Your poems are so sad... I pray for certainty in your life.<BR>
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Life passes: fill your canvas with many dreams...<BR>
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It also takes courage to stand up for your life, but at least you won't have regrets that you didn't try.<BR>
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If your heart is with another... I hope you have the courage to face every doubt... Make it known to the other...<BR>
This way you can go on with your life, with or without this other...<BR>
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Good luck.<BR>

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