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You mean to tell me that eveyone likes your works soooo much that they then become members of AD and CW just because you're here? Only 2 people haven't done that yet? Wow! I knew you were good, but wow!
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Wholly concur, Des.
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Not to worry, Des. I wasn't upset. I really don't get upset too much about very much anymore.
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I heard about that. It seems that his son was in the hospital, dying, and every minute was critical for him, to be able to say goodbye. Sadly, he never made it in time.(Just made that up, but the point is, we really don't know what is so pressing in someone else's life, but it's NOT fair to automatically assume they are all assholes.)
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There are a number of things that may be causing this 'problem', and one might be medical. I would experiment with a good dose of onion to see if you can get tears that way. If so, at least you've eliminated one possible problem.Crying is a release, but it is based on a psychological acceptance of your lot, your situation. If you don't want to accept it, mentally, you basically go into denial, and you don't cry. I suspect that you are also not allowing yourself to feel emotional at a sad movie, either.I don't know how to help you. If I have such a thing happen, and it's not often, I need to listen to melancholy music. Enya, Libera, even Nana Mouskouri works for this. Haunting sadness and eternal painful losses is the image I need to get really totally down. The other thing that works, but is much harder to achieve, is for someone totally loving to hold me, with the odd wisp of a kiss, soothing murmur and gentle stroking of my hair and neck. Like Des, I offer my shoulder, and encourage you to just 'let it all out'.
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Can I whip you with my flacid noodle?
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Well, at least I had a moment of happiness today, before reading that. If the intent was to emotionally lift me up and smash me down, you've succeeded. I'm thinking maybe I'm best off making sure I remain single.
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Purple is a strange color. If you look carefully, you'll see that the top edge of the purple object has a slight blue glow to it, and the bottom edge a yellow strip. He doesn't know you're gay, does he? If he did, it wouldn't bother him to be complimenting you like that.
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Quite a number of years ago, I was very involved with an online friendship with someone in Australia, Perth, to be exact. He told me about a number of his issues, one of which was sometimes falling into a diabetic coma. Well, one day, after having 'chatted' with him for some 14 days at least 2 times per day: nothing. No messages, no indication of being online at all. I was really worried. I contacted my server, explained the possible issue (medical emergency) and they traced the fellow's ISP, and contacted HIS server, who actually got the police to his apartment. He wasn't at home, and I never heard from him again. They would not tell me anything other than that he wasn't home. To this day I don't know if he died, or just got tired of me. :( I guess my point is that even seemingly unimportant information CAN become important under the right circumstances.
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You're a fuckin' hoot Des. What the hell? Does he actually have to grab you by the short ones to get you? Look at it this way, God was intervening to make your lives a little bit better. :)
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Just how did this cousin of yours get to your place? Transporter beam? How could she not have ever seen a traffic light, at least on the trip there? But then, maybe she didn't drive, and slept through the whole trip. I've done that. Leaves you with a hell of crick in the neck though.I don't know about your place right now, but something that bothers me in such a situation is that with lots of people there, there can't help but be the odd joke, laughter, and a fight about something. It seems almost disrespectful to have life going on, while someone else is struggling. It always tears me up, not wanting to 'let go', but needing to. It's probably not a very easy situation, and your whole family has my sympathy, for what it's worth.
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Wow, Joason. That's beautiful, funny, and poignant all at the same time.
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I started with my Trab when I was not yet out, and simply haven't had the interest in changing it everywhere. My name is Bart, and I don't hesitate to tell people. I do NOT reveal information about myself in person. In fact, I am more likely to be open onlne than with straangers. I know it sounds silly, but with Aspergers Syndrome, I cannot really read body language and facial expressions anyway, so being able to check the consistency of someone's posts online is more of a benefit to me than a casual conversation in person.
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Beautiful, Des. Eloquent in more than one dimension.
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"there's one and only one person on this planet who knows me under my real name and this name -- and it's been quite a few years and I've not been burnt yet and still it scares the holy fuck out of me."There's nothing like being aware of ones own weaknesses. May you never betray yourself. Of course I know that you truly meant to add "other" in between the 'one' and the 'person', and I'm just teasing you.
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Camy, as you know, I figured it out, and I've not dropped a hint to anyone, even advising you on some steps that could be taken to remove the links I found. The problem is that you don't know who you are dealing with in a forum or a blog, and worse, there is no way of knowing who is reading it as a lurker, not even being a registered member. Privacy online is an illusion, because there really isn't any. If you decide to say anything, you should consider that it may be circulated around for your friends, family, and enemies to use any way they want. It's sort of like coming out to a friend. You may have misjudged the friend's discretion, but you also don't know who is listening in the next alcove over, or behind the fence in the next backyard. If you say it, it's out there.So, unless you are prepared to state it openly in public, don't say anything. Period. Take care Camy, as I think you are feeling about the same as most of us have when we feel the need to stop living the lie, and open up ourselves. The act is painful, every day, and the relief to be honest and open is great, but it carries that risk.
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One can only hope that more people read them than vote.
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It sounds just like something Confuscious would say. ROFLMAO
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8 hours behind? You mean like Zulu -0800? Pacific Daylight Time, west coast of USA? I don't see the problem. You create your work. Your editor gets it and does her editing, then sends you back what's been changed. You get it and accept/reject, or whatever it is you do. What's the problem?If you want to really hear of a beef, let me tell you, I hate Daylight Savings Time. Or, more correctly, the lack thereof. There are now so few months in which it is NOT in existance, that they would be better off just removing one time zone, and have us all shift permanently to the new time, no longer changing each autumn and spring.As for slugs, if they can wander under you door, you need a weather strip. Your heat loss must be horrid.
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What? You're not looking forward to "The Next Best Writer In The World" TV show? It's supposed to have the most beautiful and/or handsome wannabee authors from around the USA, using their supplied iMac laptops (prominently displayed), each week featuring the time constrained writing of a new ending to an old favourite, reported to be, for the first few episodes: War and Peace, Gone With The Wind, and Romeo and Juliet. The endings must be understandable to 14 year olds, and use 'modern' language, not exceed 500 words, and be completely unique or innovative.
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I'm not 100% convinced that there should be any interaction between author and reader, other than just reading what's been written. In a way it is like an election poll, and there is no need for that, surely. Authors shouldn't change the way they write, based on their popularity or non-popularity. A poll of this nature, while fun to see, must be viewed strictly as fun, and not sway the authors involved. I've 'spoken' with some writers who felt hounded out of writing because of pressure from readers who wanted the author to write in a different way, and to have different story-lines. This is completely unacceptible, and would be tantamount to making Picasso or Van Gogh change their paintings as they put brush to canvas, and not what was wanted by one patron, but the whims of everyone who wandered by. Ludicruous.I'm not condemning the poll, but just cautioning that it's a 'fun thing', very much like 'horror-scopes'.I don't mind who wins. ... It encourages reader and author interaction.
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Wow. And here I thought that the size of the laptop was not intrinsically important, but that it was only used to gauge the size of what it was covering in the lap itself. Nudge, nudge, wink, wink, say no more.
I guess your lack of a laptop is indeed of major concern Camy.Welcome to the blogging world Camy. I don't much use it for news of myself, but more as a semi-private whine location. You know: the things you don't want to say in the open forums, but you want to get off you chest, cry and rant about, and feel generally better. If you feel that it's always greener somewhere else, this is one place you can mope and wail, and of course you might also think about buying some rose coloured glasses so that even if somewhere IS greener, it doesn't look to be that way. 
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I've already voted Des, but I hope some of the others go there to do so.
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I thought it was a wonderful interaction. I'd have enjoyed just kibitzing with you for a while.
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(23) Advanced notice re: undies
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One can only assume that if this underwear comes with a built in access hatch, you want to be a receiver today, rather than the pitcher. :)