i used to be obsessed with dead poets, especially ones who've killed themselves. i think my favorite was sara teasdale.
I Shall Not Care
When I am dead and over me bright April
Shakes out her rain-drenched hair,
Though you shall lean above me broken-hearted,
I shall not care.
I shall have peace, as leafy trees are peaceful
When rain bends down the bough;
And I shall be more silent and cold-hearted
Than you are now.
Sara Teasdale
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11/29/2007 22:35 #42334
i shall not care11/29/2007 10:49 #42328
secret santa reminderthere are still many of you who have not responded to the secret santa extravaganza!
this is a second plead for you to join in the merriment. i guarantee it is a load of fun. ask all of the participants from last year. even if you're not going to the party, it is still nice to get a present in the mail.
if i don't hear from you, i will start pestering you through email and may eventually stalk you and leave you orgasmic phone messages.
this is a second plead for you to join in the merriment. i guarantee it is a load of fun. ask all of the participants from last year. even if you're not going to the party, it is still nice to get a present in the mail.
if i don't hear from you, i will start pestering you through email and may eventually stalk you and leave you orgasmic phone messages.
libertad - 11/29/07 18:14
Ok I think I found the answer. Paul said in your other journal that it was going to be a New Year's party. Now i just realized that I'm going to be stuck working...crap. Stupid New Year's resolutions! Anyways, I'll participate.
Ok I think I found the answer. Paul said in your other journal that it was going to be a New Year's party. Now i just realized that I'm going to be stuck working...crap. Stupid New Year's resolutions! Anyways, I'll participate.
libertad - 11/29/07 18:10
When is this holiday party that the gifts are being exchanged? I might not do it now depending on when it is. If it is sometime after xmas I'm in, but if it's before I gotta bail.
When is this holiday party that the gifts are being exchanged? I might not do it now depending on when it is. If it is sometime after xmas I'm in, but if it's before I gotta bail.
mike - 11/29/07 17:51
i'm in
i'm in
drew - 11/29/07 15:38
I'm in.
I'm in.
imk2 - 11/29/07 14:43
last year it was around $20. some people went over, but it was not required nor expected.
last year it was around $20. some people went over, but it was not required nor expected.
drew - 11/29/07 12:13
Are there price guidelines for this exchange?
Are there price guidelines for this exchange?
mrmike - 11/29/07 10:55
I'm in, but does that necessarily rule out getting an orgasmic phone message?
I'm in, but does that necessarily rule out getting an orgasmic phone message?
11/26/2007 22:25 #42296
tonight11/18/2007 22:52 #42190
boobiesi had a post written about little boobies, but i got distracted, closed out my browser and now it's gone. i wanted to talk about boobies, and how much i like little ones after i found this picture of a young janice dickinson. i hate big boobs. i would give anything to have little, tiny boobies. they're just so much more feminine to me; more delicate and sensual. to me, they seem to portray class and a clean, natural beauty. (probably two things i have the least of) i cannot understand for the life of me why women want bigger breasts. i have been plagued with big boobs from the age of 11 and hated it from the beginning. tiny boobie girls, be happy with what you have. less is more. less boob is more beauty.
metalpeter - 11/19/07 17:51
Ok she is hot. I like boobs both big and small. I myself prefer them bigger but that doesn't mean small ones are bad. Guys in general find curves sexy it is just a matter of how much curves. From a function stand point there are some sex acts that big boobs are better for. Maybe it is just me but I don't think any women is really perfectly happy with her breasts. Girls with little ones want big ones or at least bigger then bug bites and often the other way is true. I think a lot of this is caused by society and how women are precived and how they look at them selves. But see shape is also a factor. For example some women who get boob jobs over do it and it messes up the shape and they come out of nowhare and the boobs don't move at all. I will add this that I don't think I have seen an (e:peepete) with boobs that didn't look good, and I have never seen you naked but I bet yours are great also.
Ok she is hot. I like boobs both big and small. I myself prefer them bigger but that doesn't mean small ones are bad. Guys in general find curves sexy it is just a matter of how much curves. From a function stand point there are some sex acts that big boobs are better for. Maybe it is just me but I don't think any women is really perfectly happy with her breasts. Girls with little ones want big ones or at least bigger then bug bites and often the other way is true. I think a lot of this is caused by society and how women are precived and how they look at them selves. But see shape is also a factor. For example some women who get boob jobs over do it and it messes up the shape and they come out of nowhare and the boobs don't move at all. I will add this that I don't think I have seen an (e:peepete) with boobs that didn't look good, and I have never seen you naked but I bet yours are great also.
ajay - 11/19/07 01:44
Nice nipples.
I've heard that Asian women have long nipples; is that true? I'm hoping to find out soon; but it's better to be prepared.
The funny thing is: I was going to respond to (e:lilho)'s post about lemons with a tongue-in-cheek comment about lemon-sized boobies earlier. Looks like you read my mind, (e:imk2) .
Nice nipples.
I've heard that Asian women have long nipples; is that true? I'm hoping to find out soon; but it's better to be prepared.
The funny thing is: I was going to respond to (e:lilho)'s post about lemons with a tongue-in-cheek comment about lemon-sized boobies earlier. Looks like you read my mind, (e:imk2) .
tinypliny - 11/19/07 00:10
In fact, and on second thoughts, I think the leopard looks more feminine. You need to come and see the "modern" art that MR and I turned around to face the wall in my office. Somehow this relates to that painting so much.
In fact, and on second thoughts, I think the leopard looks more feminine. You need to come and see the "modern" art that MR and I turned around to face the wall in my office. Somehow this relates to that painting so much.
tinypliny - 11/19/07 00:03
I also think you just underestimate yourself waaay too much.
BTW, it's time for the weekly reminder. Ever made campus plans, lady?
I also think you just underestimate yourself waaay too much.
BTW, it's time for the weekly reminder. Ever made campus plans, lady?
tinypliny - 11/19/07 00:01
Honestly, I think the person in the picture looks like an android. :/
Honestly, I think the person in the picture looks like an android. :/
11/15/2007 21:03 #42151
time for another secret santa!ok, people the time for the 2nd estrip secret santa exchange has come. we will be exchanging presents at (e:pmt)'s annual holiday party. please send me a post it or leave a comment to let me know if you will be participating. you do not have to be at the party to participate. there were people last year who mailed gifts and/or relayed them through other people.
if you are new to the site and don't know some of the peeps, you can read through their journals to get to know them better and get a feel for their likes and dislikes, their personalities and passions. once i get a good count of who is participating, i will be randomly assigning secret santas and will send post-it's to let you know who you have.
this was so much fun last year. i've changed my pic to reflect the gift i got from my secret santa last year. my secret santa was a perv.
so, EVERYONE MUST PARTICIPATE BECAUSE I SAID SO!
and because it's so much fun.
if you are new to the site and don't know some of the peeps, you can read through their journals to get to know them better and get a feel for their likes and dislikes, their personalities and passions. once i get a good count of who is participating, i will be randomly assigning secret santas and will send post-it's to let you know who you have.
this was so much fun last year. i've changed my pic to reflect the gift i got from my secret santa last year. my secret santa was a perv.
so, EVERYONE MUST PARTICIPATE BECAUSE I SAID SO!
and because it's so much fun.
libertad - 11/25/07 20:04
Fine. I'll do secret Santa. I better get a good gift peaches.
Fine. I'll do secret Santa. I better get a good gift peaches.
tinypliny - 11/19/07 00:13
Do you also have the arbitrary swapping of presents like they do on the office when the boss doesn't like his present? LOL.
Do you also have the arbitrary swapping of presents like they do on the office when the boss doesn't like his present? LOL.
mike - 11/17/07 11:43
maybe i will have a creation from last years gift to show at the party
maybe i will have a creation from last years gift to show at the party
mike - 11/17/07 11:43
i'm in
i'm in
museumchick - 11/16/07 10:47
Hey I'll participate, through mail:).
Hey I'll participate, through mail:).
hodown - 11/16/07 10:03
- 1 when is the party? #2 Id like to participate even if it has to be via the mail or something..
mrmike - 11/16/07 09:21
I'm in. My secret santa left me very touched (in a good way) and watching you model your santa wear may have been the highlight of the new year's pics
;)
I'm in. My secret santa left me very touched (in a good way) and watching you model your santa wear may have been the highlight of the new year's pics
;)
ladycroft - 11/16/07 02:24
i guess this means you will do it :)
i guess this means you will do it :)
jim - 11/15/07 21:28
I will participate too!
I will participate too!
paul - 11/15/07 21:23
I think we should make it a new year's party again. That is most fun and shouldn't conflict much with people's christmas plans.
I think we should make it a new year's party again. That is most fun and shouldn't conflict much with people's christmas plans.
paul - 11/15/07 21:22
I will participate.
I will participate.
My current favorite living poet aside from John Ashbery is SUsan Musgrave. I think you might like her. She hasn't killed herself obviously, but her husband is a bank robber in prison!
The Moment
The legless man in the motel room next to me
listens to country and western music
all night, an endless son
about going down on his knees
for some faithless woman's love.
I turn in my bed, thinking of you the day
we thought our daughter had gone
missing. The moment
before she disappeared you'd seen a stranger
on the block, the kind who wore
a stained suit from Sally Ann, the kind
who couldn't know innocence
existed. Our daughter was supposed to be
next door, playing in the fenced yard
with two neighbor boys. You'd been
on the phone and I'd turned my back
on the moment to do something
predictable - move the garden sprinkler,
open the morning mail - acts
that would never again seem so ordinary
once we'd made up our minds
between burial or cremation. Your body
had never felt so alive as you took off
in the car, driving down
every back lane, listening for her
glove-muffled cries. You drove
deeper and deeper into the kind of hell
we reserve for ourselves and never want
our children to have to know. You knew
at this moment she could only be suffering
in the hands of that stranger who would afterwards
stuff her trusting body into a single forest
green Glad bag, then tote her to the park.
They would find her legs first, dangling
from the swing, shoes on the wrong feet
as usual, arms hanging from the jungle
gym. I'd want to touch, to straighten
her turned-in toes: how clumsily
we lived on this earth!
She was lost only for a moment, locked
in a spare bedroom with the two boys
next door, not wanting her privacy interrupted,
but in that moment when she was gone
forever, death in all his beautiful variety
sang to us, off-key and aching
inside our cheating hearts.
Beautiful even in its darkness. Her name sounds familar.
Tempted to go carrousing through Talking Leaves in search of more verse.
I really like that poem. I have never heard of her, but I would like to check out some of her other poems.