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Thank you Cole, Bruin and Richard, your words of encouragement are much appreciated and help keep our spirits up.Some days our optimism is all we have, but we refuse to submit to the forces of evil. (insert thunder bolt and dramatic heroic music here.)
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That's wonderful, Richard. I wish I had the resources to mount a production of the play here in Adelaide. Maybe next year.
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Three and a half hour's sleep? Jason you are working too hard. Burning the candle at both ends. Enjoying life...M sounds wonderful.
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I must agree with Bruin, I'd rather have Mr. Civil juggle and do magic tricks for me than be bounced on Santa's knee, too. I doubt that Santa would hire a hit squad to eliminate our Ele, as he probably thinks he is just an very civil elf.I am more concerned with the cold infiltrating your bones in your apartment and maybe you should ask Santa for some nice elves to help keep you warm.
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Cynthia is quite a legend in the casts of the phallus. As for the candle; I thought I had best leave the wick for someone else to light, and you didn't disappoint, James.PS. You know how pleasant hot dripping candle wax can be, don't you?
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I thought about it, but decided against the spanking as I believe they would only enjoy it, and where is the fun in that?Outrageous behaviour? That's bad. Spank them, Des! ;)
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Camy I don't know either, but your reply has everything to do with the outrageous behaviour in this blog.A dilettante is a large dill pickle with orange spots. Generally, they have good dress sense. Though I've never dated one, so I can't comment personally.What this has to do with Rachmaninoff's 2nd piano concerto I have not the vaguest.
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I think I have heard the Ravel sometime last century. (I have been waiting for a chance to say "last century" so thank you.I can't remember it at all. On the matter of my attempt to be funny and yet informative to my correspondent at YouTube, Cole, it may make you feel better to know that he too missed the intended humour. MrAkihiros replied to me: "I fail to see the correlation between being gay and poetry but yes I'll check out your works. Cheers! "Maybe the humour is more obvious to ditzy Aussies than to others.I felt that it was wiser to warn the guy that if he wamted to read my poetry, then I owed him to let him know that yes I had written some, and that it contained gay references. So I thought it better to be funny (or try to be funny) than issue a surgeon general type (censorship) warning. It also allowed me to make a declaration which as Bruin said, could assist young people in despair to know that there are people who are comfortable with there sexuality.The 24% of poets reference actually came from an often quoted study: Ludwig, 1995.
The above quote was taken from this lengthy article has some interestin points.I must say I never expected what I intended to be a throw away joke to lead to a resource on the representation of gays in the arts, but maybe it is a good thing too. Those of us who are comfortable and feel safe in being out, need to let the dark side of the force know, we will not be silenced.One study of the biographies of 1004 eminent people found homosexual and bisexual people overrepresented (11 percent of the sample), especially among poets (24 percent), fiction writers (21 percent), and artists and musicians (15 percent) (Ludwig, 1995). -
Cole, the remark about being gay and writing poetry was 'Monty Python' style silliness and was deliberately absurd. The statistics and other comments of mine were more of the same. I'm sorry you didn't get the intended humour.
At least we can agree about Rachy's 2nd, and no you don't have to be gay to appreciate it. -
I doubt it, James, that would only make you think you were straight, and we already have enough of those. Stay with the poetry, people keep poems.
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James, it seems from some survey which I hasten to add I can't find again, or really gave much credence, that some 24% of poets are in fact gay, making poetry the art form with the highest percentage of gay people. Obviously they've never heard of that most famous art form, "gay sex," which I believe attracts 100% of gay people and around 50% of the human race on alternate Saturdays after 10.31pm, unless they feel an insatiable urge to indulge at any time in the poetry of gay love-making. Hooray for the arts!
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LOL. What a great comment. Now I don't feel so bad about the bragging. After all it seems I have nothing but my stereotypical attitude in my favour. Yes I am gay, so I do like musicals, but not Abba so much. Yes I am gay but have to really try hard to lithp and my attempts at interior decoration are more like interior demolition. It's not the toffee that worries me, it's the sticky fingers after I have eaten it, and as for poetry...well, I'm sure there are those who claim I have yet to write any.
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Richard, my envy is overcome by my admiration for you. You and your boys are so lucky to have this time together. You have made a difference for the better to more lives than you will probably ever know.Salutations.
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My word web defines sedulous as "Marked by care and persistent effort"It's the NaNoWriMo that worries me, sounds like a fourth member of the 3 stooges, or somebody at Monty Python dropped the box with all the words in it and can't get them back into the right order.Best of luck Camy.
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And, have you received any notification as to why the President hasn't made you head of education in the US? Seems to me like they have overlooked the perfect person.Seriously. EleCivil, we need more teachers like you.
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Thank you Camy.
Personally I would rather measure the number of orgasms, than the number of minutes between them, but some people have minds that have to measure everything, and that is why alongside the time-piece on the bed-side table, they also have a set of measuring jugs. I think they are being hopeful, myself.But I suppose if you are on a diet you should count the calories before swallowing. -
Cole, the religious orders are on the rise, and the Aussies often confuse stake burnings with BBQ steak burnt offerings.
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As of end of night counting, we seem to have a hung parliament. The Greens will have the balance of power in the Senate.It may take a week or more for counting to complete.
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Richard, I too am as proud as I can be of you and David. You are doing good, and that is wonderful.
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I'll wash my monitor screen and tune up the sound system. I can hardly wait.
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but, but, I been there, done that...
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Try a nice cup of Chamomile tea, Camy. It is calming, refreshing and much cheaper than Prozac. (I like to chop up a little fresh ginger and add that to the cup as well.) I am writing too. I manage a word a day, so it sounds like you are doing better than me.
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Thanks for that Manic Mike and Welcome to the Blogs at AwesomeDude.Your entry reminds me that over 15 years ago, I was made redundant in my industry and in my depression I decided to begin planning the extravaganza of my funeral. I thought it would be great to have the soundtrack from Land of the Pharaohs playing whilst my body was carried to its grave by 6 swarthy naked guys whilst friends gathered around to watch a pre-recorded video in which I would state some great philosophy of life and death.So what happened? After all I seem to be still alive. Well, I decided to not wait for death and made plans to make every moment of my remaining years an extravaganza. Then after a couple of bad attempts at employment and a few hiccups I found AwesomeDude. Well that wasn't all I did. I began to have fun by living the moment to the full. I dared to be me and it's great. Your experience with Stand By Me, is one of the best descriptions of what it is like to come out as a performer, a singer, an actor, a fresh young human, or an old one, who is just discovering their ability to live anew. Just like any coming out it takes effort to trust yourself, that it really will be okay, and it is.Thanks for reminding me of that.
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You really have to write more Jason. You have a wonderful talent for telling it like it is with such eloquence.
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And when do you plan to start a Dead Poets' Society?Seriously, you are making a huge difference for the better with your kids. Congratulations.