You have to form relationships
GlennT
I think the problem isn't attracting posters. The problem is
keeping them. If nearly every email is Heather talking about her
daily life with little or no interaction with new posters then I
am afraid this place is doomed.
There are good people here. Learn to talk to one another.
Just my 2 cents...
--
"I do not know" - GlennT
Optimist by nature...
Pessimist by chemistry.
June
Perhaps we should introduce ourselves?
I'm a 33 year old married woman with 2 children, aged 2 and 5. I live on the
south coast of the UK.
I found my way here when Paula (Limerocks) mentioned fruitcake on the beanie
newsgroup. I haven't been here long, and I'm still finding my feet I guess.
I like reading Heathers pondering on life, I like reading anybody's
pondering on life actually. I ponder my own life sometimes, but I'm not so
good at actually getting it down on to the screen coherently. I'll learn :o)
I collect beanies, and I love to flirt.
Who's next?
June
GlennT wrote in message <36F538DD...@zap.a2000.nl>...
SereneBabe
>daily life with little or no interaction with new posters then I
>am afraid this place is doomed.
:-)
Yes.
Thanks for that post.
--Heather
***********
"Fear is the lock..." -- CSNY
"It's All About Me!"
a weekly column by SereneBabe at http://members.aol.com/serenebabe/index.html
March 17, 1999: "Hey Man -- Just Leave Me Alone"
SereneBabe
GlennT <G.Th...@zap.a2000.nl> wrote:
[snip]
>If nearly every email is Heather talking about her
>daily life with little or no interaction with new posters then I
>am afraid this place is doomed.
>
Totally.
I think my last experience with a "home" newsgroup worked so well because the
other posters did just that...they interacted with each other.
Now that I look back on it, I don't think I did much relationship building in
the newsgroup at all.
I think I'll work to change that.
SereneBabe
>>daily life with little or no interaction with new posters then I
>>am afraid this place is doomed.
>
>
>
>
>Yes.
>
>Thanks for that post.
God dammit.
That's the second time today I've sent something to the ng that I intended to
go to e-mail only.
Duh to me.
SereneBabe
[snip]
>Perhaps we should introduce ourselves?
>Who's next?
Even though you've heard tons and tons from me, I'll go next here...
I'm Heather and I'm 29 and I'm single and I'm an artist.
I live in Minneapolis, MN but am originally from the east coast and I want to
go back there.
I'm a lefty-liberal-pinko-commie-socialist in terms of political idealogy, but
I'm a materialistic capitalist in terms of the reality of my life.
I'm self-centered and childish but my life's goal is to grow up and out of
that.
I don't collect beanies, but I think they're damned cute and always want to buy
them when I see them.
I go on and on and on about my life in Usenet because I'm too chickenshit to
face the real world these days and because I love to write.
I'm 5'6" and of medium build, I've got brown hair and eyes and look much
younger than 29.
I'm a Leo, but I don't know anything about astrology except to know that I like
being the center of attention as you all can see.
I'm an alcoholic in recovery and through 12-step stuff I've found a
spirituality that's saved my life.
I'm about 13 when it comes to dating and am looking desperately for guidance
and support as I move my way towards 29.
I have a new kitten named Funky and a cat named Simon who have been playing
together all day today -- a joy to watch.
I'm considering very seriously picking up some freelance web design work
because offers for jobs keep falling into my lap but I'm scared as shit because
freelance web design might just be a dream-job come true.
Reality scares me.
I'm almost constantly horny as hell.
It's sunny outside where I am, so I'm going to go for a walk.
So, that's me...
Who's next?
Paul Martin
seren...@aol.comNOSPAMMY (SereneBabe) wrote:
> So, that's me...
>
> Who's next?
>
> --Heather
> ***********
Me, I guess. I'm 36, married with three kids (Rob-9, Alex-8, Caely-6), living
in Virginia. I'm originally from the Adirondack Mountains of New York, but
moved here because the job market is so much better here. I'm 5'11", about
190 lbs, blond/brown hair, grey eyes, and look a lot younger than 36. (Put it
this way- I got proofed a few months ago.) I have two cats and a dog, I write
for a hobby, and a friend of mine describes me as being fascinated by
everything. I'm currently an engineering student, specifically mechanical
engineering. I too am constantly horny and it shows in odd ways- for
instance, I'm an incurable flirt, which my wife finds amusing. I love music
of almost every sort, the exceptions being rap, heavy metal, disco, country,
easy listening and mainstream pop. I read a LOT. I have stacks of books
eveywhere. I play guitar when I'm of a mind, but get so much crap from my
wife and kids when I do that I rarely do it any more. I have an odd sense of
humor and tend to be a little edgy with it. I also spend a lot of time
contemplating life- I just usually don't have the time to post my thoughts.
If I think of anything else pertinent I'll post it later. Meanwhile: NEXT!
Paul
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June
AdriDAtica
>pondering on life actually. I ponder my own life sometimes, but I'm not so
>good at actually getting it down on to the screen coherently.
--Adri Da Tica Chica
"Ay, ay, ay! Es Homer Simpson. Me ha molestado! Oh!" --Chespirito (The
Bumblebee Guy)
"A true friend stabs you in the front." --Anonymous
AdriDAtica
>pondering on life actually. I ponder my own life sometimes, but I'm not so
>good at actually getting it down on to the screen coherently
Oops, sorry about that last reply. I accidentally hit "enter" before getting
anything else down on here......
Anyhow....I agree with June. I love to read what someone else has to say about
life and to compare it with my own. I just have a hard time actually sitting
down and getting it all out coherently.
Oh yeah...maybe I should introduce myself:
I'm Adriana, more commonly known as Adri (pronounced Ah-dree not Ae-dree). I'm
a 17 year old, high school junior. I live in KY but I was born in Costa Rica
and I've also lived in the Dominican Republic. My life right now consists of
school, work, and the pressures and pleasures of being a teenager today.
I haven't been in this ng for too long. I was introduced by a friend and
really like it. I plan to be around for some time. I may not always be vocal,
but I'll be here.
For all those of you here with more life experience than me, be encouraged. I
love to read what you all have to say. I'm learning quite a bit about what
life holds for me in the future. ( Heather, I especially enjoy everything you
have to share).
Well, who's turn is it now??
GlennT
>
> OK. How do you do Glenn *offering hand to shake*
> south coast of the UK.
> I found my way here when Paula (Limerocks) mentioned fruitcake on the beanie
> newsgroup. I haven't been here long, and I'm still finding my feet I guess.
> pondering on life actually. I ponder my own life sometimes, but I'm not so
> I collect beanies, and I love to flirt.
> Who's next?
> June
I would love to flirt but nearly always end up getting
philosophical instead of physical... Too much thinking is bad for
the soul. What are beanies?
Hi June
Paul Martin
Nope. Aquarius- I was born on Feb. 8, 1963.
Oh yeah- I tend toward pagan/Wiccan beliefs, generally.
GlennT
>
> I think the problem isn't attracting posters. The problem is
> daily life with little or no interaction with new posters then I
> am afraid this place is doomed.
>
>
I am Glenn. Forty years young and living in Holland. I was born
in New Zealand to an English father and New Zealand mother. I had
an unusual childhood.
I managed to get over that and build a reasonably successful life
in television editing and special effects. It has made me a gypsy
in the travelling sense for the last twenty odd years.
I was a musician/singer for many years and have played gigs all
over New Zealand and Australia. I can't describe my musical
career as successful but certainly very interesting.
I have a Dutch wife, Judith and two sons Jesse (4) and Finn (2).
June
the shape of animals. They have a large collector following, and are
therefore better described as a collectible now.
Flirting's good for you, it's recreational ;o)
Paul and I flirt a lot, don't we Paul? And I flirt with women too. That's
the good thing about the Internet, you're flirting with the person, not
their physical appearance. What somebody looks like makes no difference.
It's a bonus when you get someone's pic and they're attractive (like Paul
is), but it's not the main point. I just enjoy flirting <g>
Give it a go Glenn, you might surprise yourself!
June
GlennT wrote in message <36F55F58...@zap.a2000.nl>...
>
>I would love to flirt but nearly always end up getting
>philosophical instead of physical... Too much thinking is bad for
>the soul. What are beanies?
>
>Hi June
June
Aquarian, huh? My two year old, Trinity, is an Aquarian. I've a lot to learn
about them, I've never really had much contact with them.
June
Paul Martin wrote in message <7d3mp3$200$1...@nnrp1.dejanews.com>...
Chad
mk
Malc
but I'll be here.
>
>For all those of you here with more life experience than me, be encouraged. I
>love to read what you all have to say. I'm learning quite a bit about what
>life holds for me in the future. ( Heather, I especially enjoy everything you
>have to share).
>
>Well, who's turn is it now??
>--Adri Da Tica Chica
>"Ay, ay, ay! Es Homer Simpson. Me ha molestado! Oh!" --Chespirito (The
> Bumblebee Guy)
>"A true friend stabs you in the front." --Anonymous
well i spose' it should be me. bit of a lurker on this group i'm
afraid finding it a bit hard to find my footing with the topics and
stuff.
try harder.....
Love Malc.
Amy A. Sargent
I'm Amy, I'm 37 and I work as a file clerk with the county (name of county withheld for purposes of maintaining whatever mystique I retain). I took 2 years of Spanish in high school and *then* joined the junior-volunteer "league" at the local Catholic hospital. . . if you're rolling the CSR cart down the 5th floor on Saturday morning singing "De Colores," you just might be called to do some interpretation. (Ahem.) Which teaches one, plain and simply, that 2 years of high-school Spanish is of extremely little help in a real-life situation.
(Ahem again. . . I watched a few seconds? minutes? of "Chespirito" on television once, long enough to ascertain that it was not a Spanish version of "Casper the Friendly Ghost." That's what I get for thinking.)
I took the file-clerk job with an eye toward having enough energy left over to write the Great American Novel. That didn't work out. :(
I am currently working on a half-baked idea and have succeeded only in figuring out why that particular story idea is returning at this time. :P
By the way: no husband, no kids. I was dropped on my head as a child. Oh, well.
AdriDAtica <adrid...@aol.com> wrote in article
>
> Oh yeah...maybe I should introduce myself:
>
> I'm Adriana, more commonly known as Adri (pronounced Ah-dree not Ae-dree). I'm
> a 17 year old, high school junior. I live in KY but I was born in Costa Rica
> and I've also lived in the Dominican Republic. My life right now consists of
> school, work, and the pressures and pleasures of being a teenager today.
> I haven't been in this ng for too long. I was introduced by a friend and
> really like it. I plan to be around for some time. I may not always be vocal,
LimeROCKS
For those who do not know...
I'm Paula, 37--soon to be 38 (April 30, Taurus).
I'm married with 2 daughters & live in southern California. I'm a SAHM & my
husband's a lawyer.
My interests include scrapbooking, poetry, collecting beanie babies (Hi,
June!), chatting about anything & everything, occasional flirting (Hi, June!
<g>), et al.
I found this group by pure chance & liked the name!
Paula
AdriDAtica
>I heard that song "De Colores" on Barney....
>
I used to know that song (although it is Mexican, which I am not). Little kids
in other spanish speaking countries get to learn it too. All I remember of it
now though is "De Colores, de colores.....(i forgot this part)....que me gustan
a mi".
I think I'm gonna stick to the Itsy Bitsy Spider.
SereneBabe
[snip]
>bit of a lurker on this group i'm
>afraid finding it a bit hard to find my footing with the topics and
>stuff.
> try harder.....
MALC!
Tell us about where you live! Tell us what you've done for a living! Tell us
what music you like?
Use your funky language and amuse the Americans in the group!
:-)
SereneBabe
[snip]
>By the way: no husband, no kids. I was dropped on my head as a child.
Ditto to both for me.
Soul sistah!
SereneBabe
[snip]
>I'm Paula, 37--soon to be 38 (April 30, Taurus).
Hmmm...that's not the first mention of astrology stuff I've seen in here.
I know nothing about the subject, as I've mentioned -- if I told you I was born
on July 29, 1969, what could you tell me about me?
:-)
GeminiMat
>Are you a Gemini Paul?
paul might not be-- but i am a gemini.
my name is jodi, i am 26, 6'5" and more pounds than anyone really needs to
know. one of my favorite hobbies is dying my hair red.
i live in a small town south of minneapolis. occassionally i go out to the
movies with the serene one.
i love, love, love words and manage to tear through about a book a week. i
have a penchant for writing, but my post-college stint as a reporter was not
all that i wanted it to be. so now i sit and revel in a wonderful state of
flux.
i drive a wonderful 1979 chrysler newport i call sugar. she just reached a
great milestone 200,000 miles. i am so proud of her. i call my computer owen
(after the irving chracter who was short and had no arms). owen just
celebrated his first birthday. we have a good relationship.
i think that's all for now. i will pass the conch on to someone else.
--gem
"And i followed him through corridors of make believe and love," Jeanette
Winterson.
GeminiMat
writes:
>Nope. Aquarius- I was born on Feb. 8, 1963.
> Oh yeah- I tend toward pagan/Wiccan beliefs, generally.
>
oh, i can see how june (was it?) confused you as a gemini.
all them air signs are tricky.
i like aquari.
Tinkerbell Truscott
June
If you can in this life help others, if you can't don't hurt them.
Hare Krishna
GeminiMat wrote in message <19990322000337...@ngol01.aol.com>...
>In article <7d3imc$v23$1...@news5.svr.pol.co.uk>, "June"
><Ju...@britbear.freeserve.co.uk> writes:
>
>>Are you a Gemini Paul?
>
>paul might not be-- but i am a gemini.
>
>my name is jodi, i am 26, 6'5" and more pounds than anyone really needs to
>know. one of my favorite hobbies is dying my hair red.
<snipped>
Malc
>MALC!
>
>Tell us about where you live! Tell us what you've done for a living! Tell us
>what music you like?
>
>Use your funky language and amuse the Americans in the group!
>
>:-)
>
okay then. i'm 27 and unemployed at the moment. i live in a small
town called wirksworth in the middle of england. it's around ten miles
from the city of derby and about forty from nottingham. checkout where
i live at http://ww.geocites.com/southbeach/3863/index.hmtl
five or six years ago i was studying sociology at uni and got
kicked out. since then i have worked in a chocolate factory and
various offices.
my fave music is stuff like black flag henry rollins, soul
coughing, all sorts really. fave authors include yukio mishima, henry
miller etc.
i play drums in a punk band and i'm currently getting a website
together for that so stay tuned for lots of pictures of me sweating.
that's about it for now, but i'm glad to be here and look forward
to talking with you all a lot more in the future...
apples and pears, queen mums smile, fish and chips, dick van dyke,
etc, etc,
Love Malc.
Tinkerbell Truscott
nastiest teeth I've ever seen LOL
June
Malc wrote in message <36f63c0...@news.demon.co.uk>...
Malc
>Oh, please Malc, spare me THAT visual! The Queen Mother must have the
>nastiest teeth I've ever seen LOL
>June
>
you know i really think that she's dead already. they just stick a
broom handle up her and away they go....
Love Malc.
Tinkerbell Truscott
June
Malc wrote in message <36f66d47...@news.demon.co.uk>...
Malc
>Either that or they use her Spitting Image puppet <EG>
>June
didn't the spitting image puppet of her have 'gin + tonic' tatooed
across her fingers??
>Malc wrote in message <36f66d47...@news.demon.co.uk>...
>> you know i really think that she's dead already. they just stick a
>>broom handle up her and away they go....
>>
>>Love Malc.
Love Malc.
Tinkerbell Truscott
June
If you can in this life help others, if you can't don't hurt them.
Hare Krishna
Malc wrote in message <36f6866...@news.demon.co.uk>...
Arkansas Deb
I'm Deb, 44, mother of a first grader and wife of a wonderful man for 15
years. I happen to respond to anyone who writes about their feelings.
Heather does that well, don't ya think?
We live in the beautiful state of Arkansas, and are in a beautiful burst of
springtime. I don't know if my allergies are rampant or if I have a nasty
cold, but I've felt like crap all weekend.
I'm Sagittarius, or half horses ass as my mother used to say. We tend to be
as subtle as a freight train, but can't help ourselves. I don't think we
have a filter between our brain and our mouth (or keyboard)...it just all
comes pouring out.
I am a compulsive overeater and adult child of an alcoholic and a
co-dependent. I was not wanted as a child, and told so. I was cruising
support groups and found this one. I find it tremendously refreshing to be
able to discuss ones feelings with a group as humorous as this one, to be
able to see things from a lighter side, to laugh for crying out loud.
I am an orphan now (I guess at 44 that's no big deal), with an older brother
who doesn't have much to do with me, and I look for friends in the
strangest places...like the internet. I have a lot of tangible friends, too.
I like to herb garden, paint, talk, and I'm very active in my church. I love
it. I was raised a Baptist but I got so sick of the denomination putdowns,
that I love being Presbyterian. Well, they just love everybody. I feel like
I was a Presbyterian all my life and never knew it. I sing alto in the
choir.
I have a Jack Russell Terrier named Jack. He is 12 years old and getting a
bit grumpy in his old age. He's spoiled rotten.
We like to tent camp in northern Arkansas, sit around the fire and talk to
old friends who have been campers a long time, too.
I'm unemployed and want to keep flexible hours or work part-time until my
daughter is out of school. But I need to figure out a way to make some real
money. Anyone interested in buying a painting?
Well, that's more than anyone ever wanted to know about me!
Deb
GlennT wrote in message <36F538DD...@zap.a2000.nl>...
>
>I think the problem isn't attracting posters. The problem is
>keeping them. If nearly every email is Heather talking about her
>daily life with little or no interaction with new posters then I
>am afraid this place is doomed.
>
>There are good people here. Learn to talk to one another.
>
>Just my 2 cents...
GlennT
>
> seren...@aol.comNOSPAMMY (SereneBabe) wrote:
> >MALC!
> >
> >Tell us about where you live! Tell us what you've done for a living! Tell us
> >what music you like?
> >
> >Use your funky language and amuse the Americans in the group!
> >
> >:-)
> >
>
> okay then. i'm 27 and unemployed at the moment. i live in a small
> town called wirksworth in the middle of england. it's around ten miles
> from the city of derby and about forty from nottingham. checkout where
> i live at http://ww.geocites.com/southbeach/3863/index.hmtl
>
> five or six years ago i was studying sociology at uni and got
> kicked out. since then i have worked in a chocolate factory and
> various offices.
>
> my fave music is stuff like black flag henry rollins, soul
> coughing, all sorts really. fave authors include yukio mishima, henry
> miller etc.
>
> i play drums in a punk band and i'm currently getting a website
> together for that so stay tuned for lots of pictures of me sweating.
>
> that's about it for now, but i'm glad to be here and look forward
> to talking with you all a lot more in the future...
>
> apples and pears, queen mums smile, fish and chips, dick van dyke,
> etc, etc,
>
> Love Malc.
Now we're talking! :)
SereneBabe
[snip]
>Anyone interested in buying a painting?
I love painting, but the way I paint is too big and messy for my teensy weensy
apartment.
What kinds of things do you paint? What materials and mediums do you use?
GeminiMat
<thoma...@earthlink.net> writes:
>Well, that's more than anyone ever wanted to know about me!
no it's not.
i loved it.
thanks.
MindSpring User
for my adolescents to straighten it out .Our bodies are like the farmers
field,and it is all filled with nuts the crop is fruit ,and the cake just
makes us sweet. savor sanity, indulge yourself in insanity never try to save
the world.
TREESAVER
Jeremy
GeminiMat <gemi...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:19990323000508...@ngol08.aol.com...
You know, I'm struck by how kind this ng is.
Nice, warm and fuzzy. I like it.
Now, if only Steve would drop a good, incomprehensible rant, it would be
perfect.
obligatory bio:
Jeremy
28
Paperpusher, part-orderer, phone-answerer.
Former electronic tech, mechanic, pool boy, etc.
Went to College- didn't finish.
In most things, entirely too agreeable.
Married, one child, age three. (A terror! I deserve him too)
Still trying to figure out what I'm good for. Latest plan:
Dog ID tags that blink an LED at night. Would you buy one?
Thinking hard on how to make a living flying a mini blimp.
Any questions?
Jeremy
Amy A. Sargent
De colores, de colores son los pajaritos que vienen de afuera
De colores, de colores es el arco iris que vemos lucir
Y por eso los grandes amores de muchos colores me gustan a mí.
Y por eso los grandes amores de muchos colores me gustan a mí.
I have three more verses in a Spanish-language missal/hymnal, and something
tells me there are a lot more verses where those came from.
Amy.
AdriDAtica <adrid...@aol.com> wrote in article
<19990321211657...@ng-cf1.aol.com>...
LimeROCKS
Hi, Dawn!
Paula
[snip]
>Ok, that's enough for now. I'm sure you'll hear more from me soon.
>
>Dawn
>
Tinkerbell Truscott
June
Dawn Craft wrote in message
<7d772n$1p9e$1...@newssvr03-int.news.prodigy.com>...
>
>Ah, I found the introduction thread! This is my first night to post here,
>and I've only read this ng on one prior occasion. My friend, Paula
>(LimeROCKS) told me about y'all and I think I'm going to like it here!
>
>My name is Dawn and I don't tell my age to many people! I live in Atlanta
>and am married, with two daughters. While reading your introductions, I've
>found that I have something in common with just about everyone here! I met
>Paula on the beanie baby newsgroup, and I do still collect beanies, though
>not as obsessively as before. Like Paul, I love music! My favorites would
>probably be classified as alternative or pop, but I like just about
>everything but country. (Even some rap, Paul...do you like Red Hot Chili
>Peppers?) Like June, I *love* to flirt! I may be the only person on
Usenet
>who likes to flirt more than June does! Of course, June and I really have
>fun when we flirt with each other! *L* I am a Scorpio, but like Heather,
I
>know nothing about astrology. I couldn't even tell you my children's
signs!
>
>Let's see...what else? Oh, my job...I am a mom, and I also manage a kids'
>clothing store on a part-time basis as a hobby. I was attracted to this
>newsgroup because of the lack of a central theme. I love the idea of being
>able to talk about anything I'd like!
Ann Green
For my complete list of beanies, teenies, pillows, ect.... CLICK HERE! Thanks! : )
Tinkerbell Truscott
June
Ann Green wrote in message
<7687-36F...@newsd-132.iap.bryant.webtv.net>...
Ok..my turn I guess!
My name is Ann and I am very boring! I spend (or used to spend) my whole
day in acbb(a beanie news group) but I don't go there much anymore.
Paula posted about this place a while back but it wasn't on my newsgroup
list. Then one day...BAM! There it was! So here I am!
I am 26 (today actually) and I've been married for 7 years. I have 2
daughters ages 1 1/2 and 6. We had been wanting to home school our kids
and about 2 weeks ago we had an incident at school and I pulled my
daughter out. So now we officially home school! I am proud of that! I
see her doing better already! I work thursday through sunday nights at
an incredibly yummy steak house. I really like my job most of the time!
I took about a month and a half off recently because I was really
stressed out but now that I'm back I am doing my job alot better and
dealing with the problems alot better. It's just such a stressful place
sometimes! People are so rude and awful sometimes. It makes it really
hard. Anyway...we are in the middle of moving at the present time so
things are really hectic around here but should be back on track soon!
I'm pretty sick of this cold weather and hope it's warms up soon! I want
to get back to beanie baby hunting!! That's about my only hobby really.
I guess my dog is too. I got a rottweiler in the beginning of February
and I've been taking her to training classes and stuff. She's alot of
fun! There's a really cool story behind how I got her! I'll have to tell
you all sometime! Except for Paula, June and Dawn! (Hi girls!!!) They
already know because of the beanie board!
Well Like I said..I'm very dull so that's really all I can think of!
: )
ann
LimeROCKS
Paula
LimeROCKS
I'd like to hear more about the "incident" at your daughter's school, unless
it's something too personal for you, & about how you are doing home-schooling.
Look, Heather! I got three, count 'em, three, beanie people to come over here!
And Jan was here for a minute, but I don't know if she'll be coming back. :-(
Paula
Malc
>Whoo-hoo, Dawn's here! The Super Flirt!
super flirts...
where are the super flirts....
Love Malc.
Ann Green
SereneBabe
[snip]
>I got a rottweiler in the beginning of February
>and I've been taking her to training classes and stuff. She's alot of
>fun! There's a really cool story behind how I got her! I'll have to tell
>you all sometime!
Whaa's dah story?
Do tell!
SereneBabe
[snip]
>Look, Heather! I got three, count 'em, three, beanie people to come over
>here!
Yay!
It's getting cozy in here... seems there are more and more faces 'round here...
as Glen(n?) said, the problem may not be attraction, but retention...
How can we keep the talking going?
:-)
Heather
PS I'm gonna keep up with my ramblings, cuz that's what I do... but
participating in dialogues, not just monologues, is lotsa fun fer me.
Tinkerbell Truscott
Hare Krishna
Ann Green wrote in message <23193-36...@newsd-134.iap.bryant.webtv.net>...Thanks guys!
here's a picture of me in a birthday hat...
Scroll down...
<8 )
Haha! Gotcha!
ann
Tinkerbell Truscott
June
SereneBabe wrote in message
<19990323162138...@ng-fr1.aol.com>...
GeminiMat
> super flirts...
>
> where are the super flirts....
>
oh malc, don't be coy.
we know you are the superest flirt of all.
Ann Green
Smitty (Dave & Jan)
Just been busy with real life stuff. Not bad stuff though. I'm actually
doing worthwhile things. I cleaned my room over the weekend! Woo hoo!!
Now I'm working on my closet. My hub has to use our daughter's closet
because mine is full of clothes I don't wear. But someday I *might* wear
the dress with the tags still on that's 2 sizes too small....
I'll go back and check the rest of the thread when I get a
chance--hopefully, it will be later tonight when hubby is gone. I'll sneak
back! *L*
Jan
(who is thinking that this NG will be a heckuva lot better than the old!)
LimeROCKS wrote in message <19990323131849...@ng68.aol.com>...
>Happy birthday, Ann!
>
>I'd like to hear more about the "incident" at your daughter's school,
unless
>it's something too personal for you, & about how you are doing
home-schooling.
>
>Look, Heather! I got three, count 'em, three, beanie people to come over
here!
Arkansas Deb
acrylics on canvas, masonite or clear acrylic panels. I hadn't done anything
in a long time, and during a "breakthrough" in therapy I realized that I
wanted to paint again. I've done still lifes in oils, reproduced some of the
old master's works in oils, and sketched portraits in charcoal or conte
crayon. I would like to try to paint a portrait, and am considering the best
way to capture my daughter's delightful personality. I've also played around
with a mix of media, mixing pastel pencils and watercolor in an
abstract/realistic juxtaposition. I like to play with just about any kind of
art!
Thanks for asking...my ego loves it.
Deb
SereneBabe wrote in message
<19990322181238...@ng-fa1.aol.com>...
>"Arkansas Deb" <thoma...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>[snip]
>>Anyone interested in buying a painting?
>[snip]
>
>
>I love painting, but the way I paint is too big and messy for my teensy
weensy
>apartment.
>
>What kinds of things do you paint? What materials and mediums do you use?
>
Arkansas Deb
when I paint. I have a "studio" but it has been a junk room for so long,
Shelby calls it a closet. It has a hide-a-bed sofa in there and when my
brother came for a visit two years ago, Shelby said"You're gonna make Uncle
John sleep in the closet?". Pretty funny. (But you know, he hasn't been
back, either). Anyway, I plan to get that studio cleared out enough to keep
the paints out. It sure is hard to stay motivated when I have to put the
paints up and get them back out and put them up and get them back out, you
get the picture.
Anyway, I paint one picture at a time...and they're not large anymore. The
largest thing I've done is a 3' circle canvas. It was almost too large to
manage.
I want to do several of my daughter. Right now I have an idea of a Renoir
style, girl with watering can feeling, maybe in her Easter dress. I wish I
could do it the size of that painting, I saw it in the National Gallery of
Art, but it is almost lifesize. Wouldn't that be too cool! And I love the
idea of giving it to her. She is my biggest fan already.
Sooo...I wonder what would sell the best...abstract contemporaries or real
life or impressionistic portraits and still lifes? If any of you out there
were going to buy an original painting, what would it be like?
Deb
P.S. I dream of a large, airy, spacious country house to paint in with a
wrap around porch and high ceilings with huge windows. Sigh.
SereneBabe wrote in message
<19990323204050...@ng-fr1.aol.com>...
>"Arkansas Deb" <thoma...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>[snip]
>> I like to play with just about any kind of
>>art!
>
>Where do you find the SPACE to do it?
>
>How large are your works?
>
>Will you create art about your daughter? Then, one day, you can give it to
>her. :-)
Malc
>love malc wrote:
>
>> super flirts...
>>
>> where are the super flirts....
>>
>
>
>oh malc, don't be coy.
>
>we know you are the superest flirt of all.
>
why yes i suppose i am.
and you also are pretty high up the flirting order (if there is
such a thing)
Love Malc.
LimeROCKS
Sorry to bug ya! LOL!
I'm glad to see you've been doing all sorts of productive things, unlike me....
Hope you can sneak back later!
Paula
SereneBabe
Amy A. Sargent
head as a child"?
Just wondering.
SereneBabe wrote in article
> "Amy A. Sargent" wrote:
>
> [snip]
> >By the way: no husband, no kids. I was dropped on my head as a child.
>
>
>
> Ditto to both for me.
>
> Soul sistah!
>
>
> --Heather
SereneBabe
I've got no husband. I've got no kids.
And, I was dropped on my head as a child.
Leo Sgouros
Dawn Craft wrote in message
>
>Jeremy wrote
>
>>Dog ID tags that blink an LED at night. Would you buy one?
>>
>
>
>
>
>Dawn
>
>
>well, if they intended to make a right or left they could signal, I guess>
L
Tinkerbell Truscott
June
Smitty (Dave & Jan) wrote in message
<7d9cg2$am1$1...@camel25.mindspring.com>...
<snip closet cleaning info!>
Tinkerbell Truscott
June
Dawn Craft wrote in message
<7d9ih5$62c2$1...@newssvr04-int.news.prodigy.com>...
>He is??? Then we're going to get along just fine!
>
>Dawn, the superflirt
>
>Psst...Malc? The other superflirt here goes by a very distinctive
>name...Tinkerbell, or something like that!
>
>
>
>
Malc
>Moi? Surely not <eg>
>June
>
oui, vous,
Love Malc.
Malc
>
>GeminiMat wrote
>
>>love malc wrote:
>>
>>> super flirts...
>>>
>>> where are the super flirts....
>>>
>>
>>
>>oh malc, don't be coy.
>>
>>we know you are the superest flirt of all.
>>
>
>
>
>He is??? Then we're going to get along just fine!
>
>Dawn, the superflirt
>
>Psst...Malc? The other superflirt here goes by a very distinctive
>name...Tinkerbell, or something like that!
>
with all this flirting i don't think we're gonna get much else done
between us.
i hear you like musicians in punk bands too. as a drummer in said
genre we should get along....
Love Malc.
Tinkerbell Truscott
LimeROCKS
or sunflower still life, bursting with color (I love color). I like the
pointillism style too. I'm not too fond of portraits or abstract, although if
an abstract is "swirly" rather than geometric & has colors in it that please
me, I could go for it.
Paula
Jeremy
Dawn Craft <daw...@prodigy.net> wrote in message
news:7d9ib1$2ac4$1...@newssvr04-int.news.prodigy.com...
>
> Jeremy wrote
>
> >Dog ID tags that blink an LED at night. Would you buy one?
> >
>
>
>
> Exactly what would the LED show, Jeremy?
>
> Dawn
>
just a blinking LED. A little blinking red light...
Inspired by being unable to spot my neighbors dog at twilight. (Black lab)
Jeremy
Malc
>Oooh, Malc - speak MORE French to me!
>June
>
errr, that's it i think....
Love Malc.
Tinkerbell Truscott
I know a little, but only what I learnt at school. It's enough to have got
me into an embarrassing situation in Le Pigalle - the red light district of
Paris LOL If I'd only know exactly *what* I'd actually paid for at that
strip joint I'd have kept our money!
June
Malc wrote in message <36fc2bfb...@news.demon.co.uk>...
AdriDAtica
>De colores, de colores son los pajaritos que vienen de afuera
>De colores, de colores es el arco iris que vemos lucir
>Y por eso los grandes amores de muchos colores me gustan a mí.
>Y por eso los grandes amores de muchos colores me gustan a mí.
>
>I have three more verses in a Spanish-language missal/hymnal, and something
>tells me there are a lot more verses where those came from.
>
>Amy.
>
Neat-o!! Thanks for the lyrics. It was bugging me that I had heard that song
and couldn't remember it, but now i can sing (At least the first verse) instead
of just humming the tune all the time. Heehee...
--Adri Da Tica Chica
"Ay, ay, ay! Es Homer Simpson. Me ha molestado! Oh!" --Chespirito (The
Bumblebee Guy)
"A true friend stabs you in the front." --Anonymous
Malc
>:o( Oh well, that was a good start ;oD
>I know a little, but only what I learnt at school. It's enough to have got
>me into an embarrassing situation in Le Pigalle - the red light district of
>Paris LOL If I'd only know exactly *what* I'd actually paid for at that
>strip joint I'd have kept our money!
>June
>
my little french instruction was gained at university shortly before
i got kicked out. most of the lectures were attended with a rather
large hangover.
i'll believe your embarrasing story...millions won't though :)
Love Malc.
SereneBabe
>
>Sooo...I wonder what would sell the best...abstract contemporaries or real
>life or impressionistic portraits and still lifes?
*I* would buy abstract.
But, without a doubt, I believe the better sellers would be impressionistic
portraits and still lifes.
--Heather
***********
"Fear is the lock..." -- CSNY
"It's All About Me!"
a weekly column by SereneBabe at http://members.aol.com/serenebabe/index.html
March 24, 1999: "But Senator, You Just Don't Get It"
SereneBabe
>paints up and get them back out and put them up and get them back out, you
>get the picture.
Exactly my trouble.
I thought I'd be able to stand it, leaving it all out in the front hall. But
to get to the bathroom, the livingroom, the kitchen or the bedroom, I have to
go through that "hall" -- so it was too much to have it a big ol' mess all the
time.
When I get enough space I *will* have a "room of my own" for art. Even if it's
a basement or a garage.
Tinkerbell Truscott
smutty, so that's a warning to anyone else who doesn't like that kind of
stuff not to read it LOL
I went to Paris for a long weekend with Scott, and a lesbian couple that I'm
good friends with. We found a Brit bar, and proceeded to get drunk on pints
of lager. Anyway, I somehow managed to get talking to these two French
blokes, and it turned out they had been working in the UK not far from where
I lived. In the end they decided to come on to Le Pigalle with us, which is
where we had intended to go. This is the Red Light area of Paris, where all
the strip joints and stuff are.
We went in the one that they recommended (why I'll never know!), and sat
down to watch the most lethargic stripper you'd ever have the misfortune to
see. Now I had this idea in my head that Paris would be a bit more exotic,
especially the strip joints. I wanted to get up and do the strip myself, but
Scott wouldn't let me ;o)
I went up to the Bar to speak to the manager (I was totally drunk by now)
and told him his strippers were awful - did he not have any better shows? He
said he did (remember, there's a language barrier between us) but it would
cost us more. OK, we decided we'd all pay for a better show, and I
negotiated a bottle of champagne to be thrown in with the deal free of
charge. Not easy, with him speaking French, and me speaking English - with a
German Hooker trying to translate for both of us *L*
All 6 of us trooped upstairs, down a long dark corridor...and into a
phonebox! Actually, it wasn't a phone box, but it WAS exactly the same size
as one. It was a booth, with glass showing through to another booth. Six of
us, each clutching a glass of champagne, in the phone box sized room.
Suddenly it dawned on me what I'd negotiated when the German Hooker appeared
in the other booth and took all her clothes off!! Oh shit!!! I'd told
everybody we were going upstairs to a better strip show...but instead we
were going to get a very up-close look at this German woman frigging
herself! And in broken English she muttered 'Who is married?' I said Scott
and me, I didn't really know what to say! 'OK then' she told us 'You two
make love whilst you watch me' 6 of us in a phone box, and she wants Scott
and me to somehow make love! We couldn't move our arms to drink our
champagne, let alone make love.
My lesbian friends were totally horrified by her for some reason, and
scuttled out of the phone booth. Scott and me just giggled like crazy. The
two French blokes were all for going round the other side and giving her
one, and she was up for it - but wanted more money. In the end she got so
fed up with us giggling she put her clothes back on and left the booth. As I
left the booth she caught up with me and offered me a free session with her,
as long as the others left...heheheh!! We all ended up leaving in fits of
laughter, actually it was more like we were thrown out. The Club bouncers
saw us to the door, as did the manager. He did have his photo taken with us
before we left though, he was laughing too. I imagine though that we didn't
do a lot for his other clients ;oD
I still can't believe what I ended up getting for our money, talk about a
lack of communication LOL
June
Dawn Craft wrote in message
<7dc4qn$386q$1...@newssvr03-int.news.prodigy.com>...
>
>*L* Come on, June! Don't be a tease! We want details!
>
>Dawn
>
>
>
>
>
Malc
>You're a musician??? A drummer??? OMG, I think I'm in biiiigggg trouble!
>Tell me about your band, Malc. No, wait! Don't! I won't be able to resist
>you if you do. Oh, what the hell...go ahead! Resisting isn't all it's
>cracked up to be anyway!
>
>Love,
>
>Dawn
>
okay, the are a three piece called 'the groovers with hoovers'
(well it was either that or 'the rock'n'roll kids), it was the worst
name the band could think of at the time. the band itself have been
going for around ten years. i've been in for the last four.the old
drummer left to join a band called tabitha zu and is now in band
called ligament, check em out they're ace and playing gigs around the
uk at the moment. we don't take it seriously and we don't play many
gigs. the next gig we have is a the blacks head pub, wirksworth,
derbyshire, on the 8th april.
we just play really fast hardcore punk.
i'm setting up a website soon so standby for sweaty pics....
Love Malc.
Tinkerbell Truscott
John W Gregory
Malc <ma...@showfelt.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> okay, the are a three piece called 'the groovers with hoovers'
>(well it was either that or 'the rock'n'roll kids), it was the worst
>name the band could think of at the time.
The worst? At least you didn't come up with something like Cherry
Poppin' Daddies. Good music, BTW, but I keep the CD out of my children's
line of sight. ("Dad, what does Shake Your Lovemaker mean?")
--
John W. Gregory ash...@skypoint.com URL=http://www.skypoint.com/~ashbury
Thought for today:
It's not the bullet that kills you, it's the hole.
Malc
>You're in the UK too?
>June
>
yup, i'm afraid so. derbyshire born and bred....
Love Malc.
Tinkerbell Truscott
June
Malc wrote in message <36fa81f...@news.demon.co.uk>...
Malc
>I'm in Poole, Dorset. Down on the south coast.
>June
>
god i've not been down there in ages. used to holiday round that
area with the folks when i was but a small boy....
Love Malc.
Tinkerbell Truscott
next door. I only moved to Poole a little while ago.
June
Malc wrote in message <36faa5b...@news.demon.co.uk>...
Malc
>Really? Where did you used to stay? I'm actually from Bournemouth, the town
>next door. I only moved to Poole a little while ago.
>June
>
can't really remember much but we used to do the whole somerset,
devon thang. stayed in a place called axminster once but that's about
all i can remember.
ever been up my neck of the woods????
Love Malc.
Rusty Knuckle
& she was one. She is screwed up too!
RK
SereneBabe wrote in message <19990323224152...@ng28.aol.com>...
>
>
>I've got no husband. I've got no kids.
>
>And, I was dropped on my head as a child.
>
>:-)
>
>--Heather
>***********
>"Fear is the lock..." -- CSNY
>
>"It's All About Me!"
>a weekly column by SereneBabe at
http://members.aol.com/serenebabe/index.html
>
Tinkerbell Truscott
Derbyshire is :o/
I've been as far as Yorkshire, we rented a cottage up there for a week a few
years back. The countryside was beautiful, but the cities were a bit scary!
It's very different to the way it is here in the south.
June
Malc wrote in message <36fbd96...@news.demon.co.uk>...
Malc
>I'm going to look really silly now, and tell you I have no idea how far up
>Derbyshire is :o/
>I've been as far as Yorkshire, we rented a cottage up there for a week a few
>years back. The countryside was beautiful, but the cities were a bit scary!
>It's very different to the way it is here in the south.
>June
>
it's not as far up as yorkshire. it's slap in the middle between
liecestershire, nottinghamshire and staffordshire.
the cities round here are a bit like that....
Love Malc.
Tinkerbell Truscott
but it was awful :o/ Living in an affluent tourist area I'm shielded from
poverty to a certain degree. As this is a tourist town it's kept very clean
too, sparkling compared to the Industrial towns in the North. It was such a
culture shock to me.
What's worse is my Grandad was born in Yorkshire, and my Mum lived in
Bradford for years when she was a kid. She expected me to come back singing
its praises, but I couldn't. She's planning a trip there within the next few
years, all I can hope is that she's not too disappointed. I'll try and steer
her in the direction of the Moors for accommodation I think <g>
June
Malc wrote in message <36fbad4...@news.demon.co.uk>...
Malc
>Bradford was the place that scared me the most. I feel dreadful saying it,
>but it was awful :o/ Living in an affluent tourist area I'm shielded from
>poverty to a certain degree. As this is a tourist town it's kept very clean
>too, sparkling compared to the Industrial towns in the North. It was such a
>culture shock to me.
>What's worse is my Grandad was born in Yorkshire, and my Mum lived in
>Bradford for years when she was a kid. She expected me to come back singing
>its praises, but I couldn't. She's planning a trip there within the next few
>years, all I can hope is that she's not too disappointed. I'll try and steer
>her in the direction of the Moors for accommodation I think <g>
>June
>
mmm, bradford is a little on the rough side, i've a mate who works
as a drug councilor there. nice work if you can get it.
Love Malc.
MindSpring User
still voice that speaks loud , if you are willing to listen .Never settle
for what pleases the eye . Please let me explain something as a artist ; if
you paint what u see it is realism -if it on its own it represents nothing
,it is non representational - anything in the middle is abstract. the closer
you come to N.R.the closer you came to painting the sound of music instead
of the bloody damn panio.Listen close, and you will see!!!
Arkansas Deb
financial situation I'm forgetting the miracle of it all. It really is a
miracle...each painting...for there is a divine hand in it. I find things
happening in the process that are from a Greater Mind than my own....it
makes me want to run in there and get that canvas out!
Thank you again.
Deb
MindSpring User wrote in message <7dh64f$e57$1...@camel25.mindspring.com>...
Arkansas Deb
deb
Dawn Craft wrote in message
<7dc377$3552$1...@newssvr03-int.news.prodigy.com>...
>
>Arkansas Deb wrote
>
>>Sooo...I wonder what would sell the best...abstract contemporaries or real
>>life or impressionistic portraits and still lifes? If any of you out there
>>were going to buy an original painting, what would it be like?
>>
>>Deb
>
>
>
>I envy your talent, Deb! Personally, I like both styles you mentioned, and
>have several original paintings in each style in my home. Which do you
>enjoy doing the most? I think the painting of your daughter you hope to do
>will be wonderful, and also fun to do! Please take a pic of it and scan it
>for us when it's done.
>
>Dawn
>
>
>
Dawn
I can just see y'all in that little booth, pissing the stripper off because
you aren't desperately aroused by her! Oh my god/goddess! I would give
anything to have been there!
Dawn
Dawn
Malc wrote
> okay, the are a three piece called 'the groovers with hoovers'
>(well it was either that or 'the rock'n'roll kids), it was the worst
>name the band could think of at the time.
*L* I *like* that name! This reminds me, though, of an interview I heard
once with Barenaked Ladies. They said that they also chose their name
because it was the stupidest thing they could think of! Some friends and I
have a very informal, very amateur band, and we call ourselves the Femme
Fatales! *L* Now, *that's* stupid!
the band itself have been
>going for around ten years. i've been in for the last four.the old
>drummer left to join a band called tabitha zu and is now in band
>called ligament, check em out they're ace and playing gigs around the
>uk at the moment. we don't take it seriously and we don't play many
>gigs. the next gig we have is a the blacks head pub, wirksworth,
>derbyshire, on the 8th april.
>
I wish I could check you out, but I'm not in the UK. :-(
> we just play really fast hardcore punk.
>
> i'm setting up a website soon so standby for sweaty pics....
It sounds like I'd like y'all. I'll look forward to seeing the site.
Dawn
>
>Love Malc.
Dawn
John W Gregory wrote
>The worst? At least you didn't come up with something like Cherry
>Poppin' Daddies. Good music, BTW, but I keep the CD out of my children's
>line of sight. ("Dad, what does Shake Your Lovemaker mean?")
>
John,
Isn't it amazing how you notice things about music after you have kids that
you never noticed before? I never even realized a lot of the music I've
listened to since I was a teenager *had* bad language or sexual innuendo in
it until I listened to it with my daughters sitting next to me!
Dawn
John W Gregory
Dawn <DELETE...@prodigy.net> wrote:
>Isn't it amazing how you notice things about music after you have kids that
>you never noticed before? I never even realized a lot of the music I've
>listened to since I was a teenager *had* bad language or sexual innuendo in
>it until I listened to it with my daughters sitting next to me!
My 13 year old son calls us the Islamic Fundamentalists (smiling, usually)
when we don't let him go to R-rated movies and generally treat him like
the young cub that he is. I guess we draw the line in the sand a little
short of where other parents do. I was shocked that for a birthday party
he attended that the dad took the kids to see the movie Blade. So I don't
fool myself that he doesn't pick up "that stuff" but I can still make a
stand. Having a 10 year old and a 6 year old in the family factors in.
Same friend of his brought a copy of Something About Mary to a sleepover
at our house, and we put the kibosh on that too. "When are you going to
treat me like an adult" quoth our 13 year old. And so it goes.
--
John W. Gregory ash...@skypoint.com URL=http://www.skypoint.com/~ashbury
Thought for today:
"It's eight o'clock, sir!" "Why the devil didn't you tell me that before?"
SereneBabe
[snip]
>...and we put the kibosh on that too. "When are you going to
I was saying to a friend today that I'm about 13 right now because my parents
never treated me like a 13 year old.
If you ever doubt your "strictness" just know that I sure as hell wish I'd had
some sheltering and some rules.
I mean, I'm glad about where I am now, but, SHIT it woulda been cool to learn
how to grow up way back then!
--Heather
***********
"Fear is the lock..." -- CSNY
"It's All About Me!"
a weekly column by SereneBabe at http://members.aol.com/serenebabe/index.html
March 31, 1999: "What's Going On In Kosovo?"
Tinkerbell Truscott
to make love I've no idea! Perhaps I should turn that one into a contest,
and post it to acbb *L*
June
Dawn wrote in message <7dur5l$1fre$1...@newssvr03-int.news.prodigy.com>...
Tinkerbell Truscott
hearing it on a GnR CD I'd been playing. She just thought it was something
to do with being a mother *L*
June
John W Gregory
Tinkerbell Truscott <Ju...@britbear.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>I've had worse. India told me to 'get in the ring, mother f*cker', after
>hearing it on a GnR CD I'd been playing. She just thought it was something
>to do with being a mother *L*
This reminds me (not music but I'll tell it anyway) of what a co-worker
many years ago told me her kindergartner got in trouble for calling a
classmate: babyf*cker. Turns out the child had put together the two
worst insults he knew of, to be called a baby if you're a kid or to be
called a f*cker if you're a grown up. I don't think he quite realized
it's not a linear world, and that 2+2 added up to considerably more than
4 on that one. 8v)
It's a little sad that a kiddiegartner even knew the adult insult, but
it's not a perfect world.
Hm, why is that even an insult, come to think of it? (Assuming you leave
my mother out of it. 8v) )
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John W. Gregory ash...@skypoint.com URL=http://www.skypoint.com/~ashbury
Thought for today:
Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.