From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=706">splatipus</a><BR>
Date: 25 May 2003<P>

OK Blender Peeps, here's my dilemma, and I think you're the only lot who can solve it.<BR>
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As you know, I'm shifting continents (again - hurrah) in several weeks time. I'm trying to put my stuff in boxes and get organised but I've got tons and tons of books. I have a terrible hoarding instinct when it comes to books and cant bear to get rid of them. Some of em never read but mean to. Some of em I read again and again. Some of em I'm not bothered about reading but keep them cos they were my Dads. I've also got all my books from when I was a child.<BR>
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What should I do. I can't afford to cart all of them 8,000 miles. Should I just keep my favourites and give the others to a second hand books stall, or store them somewhere just in case?<BR>
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Heeeeeeeeeeeeelllllllllppp
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1120">Chances</a><BR>
Date: 25 May 2003<P>

SterlingRose - I enjoyed your latest, read over your account. I still think <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2003.04.29.06.01.21978">Lady GIN</a> is one of your finest.<BR>
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Mysteriousone07 - <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2003.05.24.20.33.20875">Let you know</a> - This is lovely.<BR>
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footballdude - <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2003.05.24.13.30.4049">One Day</a> - Somedays I wish I could have days like this with some people.<BR>
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ladyinwaiting - <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2003.05.24.08.43.28475">Lost Control</a> - Had me giggling and <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2003.05.22.19.28.9982">She Lion</a> was fantastic.<BR>
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Rennie - <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2003.05.23.16.22.28227">STILL AND ALWAYS DESIRING</a> - Just beautiful. Yes, I want cookies too (just not so soon after easter eggs), lol.<BR>
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RainbowChaser - <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2003.05.22.22.31.31105">Fear</a> - I loved this, especially:<BR>
day seven came an unexpected call from you<BR>
i slammed my fists up to the sky<BR>
proclaiming my victory over the fear<BR>
and my appreciation of the heavens<BR>
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wolfscreamer - Happy Birthday to you! (yes, I'm probably late)<BR>
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gala - great to see your excellent writing up there again.<BR>
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B.K. - as always I am enjoying reading you mucho.<BR>
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jim - <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2003.05.22.17.26.6475">Fire</a> - What is it about secrets?<BR>
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Passion_Painter - <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2003.05.22.17.49.9296">"Death" by Omission</a> - You write so beautifully.<BR>
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Welcome confused_one, Davey (loved both your subs), and anyone else I have accidentally missed.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1120">Chances</a><BR>
Date: 25 May 2003<P>

splatipus - You will probably ignore this, but since you asked:<BR>
If you're not going to store them (in case you change continents back, or decide to have them shipped over at a later date) then...<BR>
Keep the best of the best, some of your dad's (have a quick flick through what you're not keeping), the best childhood memories.<BR>
What you're not keeping - donate literature to libraries; trade paperbacks at second-hand bookstores; give children's books to charity.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1120">Chances</a><BR>
Date: 25 May 2003<P>

alishasdad - <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2003.05.25.04.56.2753">Death Row</a> - While I felt a tremendous amount of emotion in your work, on death-row is not romance-related. I come here to write and read romance-related works, as do we all. Perhaps someone will be able to suggest a site where your work will be better appreciated.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=220">wolfscreamer</a><BR>
Date: 25 May 2003<P>

Thanks to all for the birthday wishes
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=927">carol</a><BR>
Date: 25 May 2003<P>

sorry for jessica bringing personal shit up here!!!
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=158">footballdude</a><BR>
Date: 25 May 2003<P>

chances,<BR>
  i really like <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2003.05.15.05.55.29363">Not Enough?</a>, sorry i havent had a chance to read it till now, but i felt that way....alot! lol *luz ur work*
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=807">Peequa</a><BR>
Date: 25 May 2003<P>

It's been a long time since I've been here and I just wanted to tell everyone how happy I am to be back. Since I moved from Texas to Ohio I have been somewhat lost. <BR>
I have been reading some of my old favorites from the blender and have definitely found some new ones. You guys keep up the good work.<BR>
I would like to say to Passion_Painter   -----   When I left Texas, I also left behind a man and that I will go to my grave loving. I still miss him very much and not a day goes by that I don't think of him. Sometimes I feel as if I made the wrong choice, the feelings that I have for him are still so strong. He loved me with all that he had. I know that now. He is trying to go on with his life now, having giving up on me ever coming to senses. When I read your latest work <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2003.05.22.17.49.9296">"Death" by Omission</a> I thought of him, secretly wishing you that you and him were the same person. After all he is a painter by trade. lol. He no longer responds to my mail or phone calls and I don't blame him. I made promises that I couldn't keep. I broke his heart and I deserve the pain that I'm feeling. It's not that I don't want him to be able to go on, I do. It doesn't make it any easier though. I guess I just wanted you to know that you awoke feelings in me that have been suppressed for a very long time. Thank You.              Peequa
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=943">jessica</a><BR>
Date: 25 May 2003<P>

everyone- im not sorry for my bringing my shit up here!! carol cant apoligize for me!!
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=487">bp</a><BR>
Date: 25 May 2003<P>

Rennie~ thank you so very much for the kind words....<BR>
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bp
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=220">wolfscreamer</a><BR>
Date: 25 May 2003<P>

Peequa... we make choices in life, some work out, some don,t.If the person we are with doesn,t seem to be the right one at the time for whatever reason then maybe its time to move on, there will always be times when we think did I do the right thing.There is no easy solution to the hurt you are feeling now, but you are amongst friends,if we can help we will, there are many wise heads here and some I believe don,t drink alcohol, I don,t fit into that group but will help if I can ok .  
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=900">RennieLorca</a><BR>
Date: 25 May 2002<P>

peequa~ sorry I was AWOL from Blender when you wrote here <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2002.06.22.17.40.13745">???</a> I enjoyed reading your account and the insight from the above comment ..... Rennie
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1131">Indefensible Sushi</a><BR>
Date: 25 May 2003<P>

Splat--<BR>
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One word, dude: bonfire.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=900">RennieLorca</a><BR>
Date: 25 May 2003<P>

bp~ thanks :)<BR>
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Chances~ thanks on my "...Desiring" and on <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2003.05.25.03.52.28664">No Risks</a> "So what is it that you want, exactly?": isn't that the real question far too often in relationships? ..... Rennie<BR>
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=900">RennieLorca</a><BR>
Date: 25 May 2003<P>

splatipus~ It is such a shame that it is sometimes hard to even give away books. There are used booksellers so that books don't go to waste. Instead, I had desired to give my library of books away to those who could not afford them. I had tried to get books to the Veterans Administration hospitals here for the guys who don't have the ability or funds to get out and get some reading material. Seems hospital visitors tote books off as fast as they get brought in. What I didn't get boxed and given away was ruined in the rains after a tornado took my roof off .. real shame to let them (3,000+ books) dry to swollen paperbrick clumps and then burn their remains. Good ash for the garden, but such a waste after I'd begged folks to come get them earlier. Too MANY charity resellers limit the type of books they will accept. Even though I know many avid readers, none seem to care for used books much. Next time, I'll just use a used bookseller so that none of my books go to waste, splati (my best advice from experience) ..... Rennie
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=807">Peequa</a><BR>
Date: 25 May 2003<P>

Thank you Wolfscreamer for your kind words. I truly appreciate your words of wisdom. I actually fall into the drinking catagory and usually give my best advice when I have thrown back a few. lol<BR>
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Rennie, I'm glad you enjoyed what few writings I have here. I'm hoping to be able to put my feelings on paper again soon.<BR>
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splatipus~ I had the same dilemma when I moved to Ohio from Texas. I opted to keep them and find a way to get them ALL here. I tried to give some away and leave some behind but in the end I knew it just wasn't going to happen. Others just saw plain brown boxes full of old books. I, on the other hand saw my best friends, worst enemies, hopes and dreams all packed away and couldn't bare to leave them. I have them all here next to me as I write this and I can honestly say that I wouldn't have it any other way.<BR>
                     Peequa
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=17">deevaa</a><BR>
Date: 25 May 2003<P>

Splat:<BR>
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I moved from New Zealand to Australia, which is horribly expensive and the things I packed had to spend 6 weeks on a ship as well as another two in quarantine/customs.<BR>
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I couldn't afford to bring all my books and in the end I picked out the ones I thought I'd read again, and the ones I liked for sentimental reasons, and the rest I gave to charity/s (the sick babies -- which is what TK and I call donating things to the hospital).<BR>
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Seriously don't keep your books, if they you aren't so attached to them that you'd keep them in storage, give them to someone who'll love them. Keep the special ones from your father and the ones you'll read again/that are special to you, the rest let go of.<BR>
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I've been here over a year and some of my books are still in the boxes I shipped them in, and I'm wondering why I brought so many.<BR>
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Take care,<BR>
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dee<BR>
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PS: I didn't get into the show.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=13">B.K.</a><BR>
Date: 25 May 2003<P>

Hey you all, sorry I haven't been commenting lately. Too much to tell.(Lumps and bumps, another death and an engagement) I took five days off just to rest and have only one left and have been doing spring cleaning. God I've only touched the tip of the iceberg...I hate housework but funny that you are talking about my dilemma...books. I wish I had the cash I spent taking them to New York and then carting them back after I had doubled the amount. So now I've begged my son to take them off my hands. They are major dust magnets and some of them are over 100 years old and I  know I can get bucks for them but I love them. I have cookbooks out the ying yang and have recipes to cook anything that moves. I even have a leather bound book that tells you the plants to eat and not eat should there be nothing left to eat. (thats serious eating ha) So I keep looking thru them and trying to decide what to let go of as I would like to eliminate one complete bookshelf..ha so far nothing much gets put into the box. I keep taking books to work with me and giving them away to people that I know that love to read and I always have a free pile at garage sales. But then I keep buying them so it's like a dog chasing its tail. Splat, it's a hard decision, I know what you're going thru here. Good luck.<BR>
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bk
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1236">Trout Elephantine</a><BR>
Date: 25 May 2003<P>

BK! Good to see ya back! ;)
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=222">poyen_fpy</a><BR>
Date: 25 May 2003<P>

<a href="http://www.loveblender.com/blend/latest.cgi">http://www.loveblender.com/blend/latest.cgi</a><BR>
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Yes, footballdude, and it sucks, sucks, sucks.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=222">poyen_fpy</a><BR>
Date: 25 May 2003<P>

<a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2003.05.24.21.52.17574">have you ever....part II, (*LoVe*)</a> <BR>
i hope i've figured this linkcode stuff now.
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