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[UnderYourSpell]

Levitate before or after or during?

 

[hmmnmm]

I'm all for- oh- oops- uhh- I'll just go down to the store, check back later uhh- yeah, don't mind me, uhh, was going to mention... but it can wait, uhh

 

[Angeline]

I'm all for- oh- oops- uhh- I'll just go down to the store, check back later uhh- yeah, don't mind me, uhh, was going to mention... but it can wait, uhh

Aw don't go! Annie and I were just erm talking.

How the poetry business by you? Doin any writing?

 

[Angeline]

Levitate before or after or during?

During I believe. But after would be better--just float out the window and away from him.

 

[hmmnmm]

Aw don't go! Annie and I were just erm talking.

How the poetry business by you? Doin any writing?

Oh. Talking. Of course. Ahhem. Yes. Talking.

The writing? You know, the usual, get interested, start something, lose interest or get stuck, disruption or interruption comes along, a new interest springs up, or something that suffered neglect or was forgotten... no real accomplishments to report. The old pc got fried, though I hear files are retrievable. Otherwise-until then, moreorless starting over, but damn sure learned that lesson: print stuff out or save it...

I know what I want to do. I know where the strengths are. The feel or the flavor, but it's not something to slap together overnight. Will do it someday.

 

[UnderYourSpell]

During I believe. But after would be better--just float out the window and away from him.

I find that very worrying I mean if it's during then presumably he is leviating too, what if he slipped off wouldnt he do himself untold damage?
"Harder, harder yes yesssss like that .... oops" Crassssssh bang wallop screammmmm "Errrr you ok down there? oh dear that does look sore."

 

[Angeline]

Oh. Talking. Of course. Ahhem. Yes. Talking.

The writing? You know, the usual, get interested, start something, lose interest or get stuck, disruption or interruption comes along, a new interest springs up, or something that suffered neglect or was forgotten... no real accomplishments to report. The old pc got fried, though I hear files are retrievable. Otherwise-until then, moreorless starting over, but damn sure learned that lesson: print stuff out or save it...

I know what I want to do. I know where the strengths are. The feel or the flavor, but it's not something to slap together overnight. Will do it someday.

I feel like my writing mojo is coming back because of this move. Or maybe I took a long enough break and I just feel like I have things to say again.

I would like to contribute something to Born Magazine. I know eagleyez would write music to collaborate with my words, but neither of us is savvy enough to do the computer animations. I guess I could learn...maybe...

I find that very worrying I mean if it's during then presumably he is leviating too, what if he slipped off wouldnt he do himself untold damage?
"Harder, harder yes yesssss like that .... oops" Crassssssh bang wallop screammmmm "Errrr you ok down there? oh dear that does look sore."

I think I prefer to leave the levitating to the gurus and magicians. Ahem. I'm a woman of simple needs.

 

[hmmnmm]

I feel like my writing mojo is coming back because of this move. Or maybe I took a long enough break and I just feel like I have things to say again.

I would like to contribute something to Born Magazine. I know eagleyez would write music to collaborate with my words, but neither of us is savvy enough to do the computer animations. I guess I could learn...maybe...


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And of course you remind me of Born. Fine stuff they got going. Would be so sweet to supply background music for visual/words and such. What I've found with the writing, is that when I'm amid it for too long (sometimes for not very long), it starts to look like it sucks, so I abandon it, but if I look at it a few months later, it rekindles interest because it doesn't seem as bad as I thought it seemed when it was abandoned; peck at it a bit, and then it starts to suck again, put it away, and on and on that way. Maybe that's the appeal of poems. A goal that seems doable. Or if I sit and think about what I know I'd like to do but see it as an insurmountable project, I'll look at some older stuff and realize it can be done, even though the feeling isn't present. Little at a time I guess...

And I don't see how being where you'll be will do anything but inspire and feed you plenty of poetic juices. Keep a fresh supply of cold beverages handy and the mountains will be your pages.

 

[EroticOrogeny]

The US could be building networks to mass provide energy from sources like the wind and the Sun, but we don't. And I assume that we haven't thus far because the big energy corporations haven't found the way or put time into finding a way to profit from it more than they do from refining foreign oil.

One big factor is the price of oil. At $40/bbl the costs of extraction etc. may be too high. Also, it takes time to set everything up from drilling, fracturing etc. and then pipelines. Not saying that the oil companies are virtuous and honorable, but pragmatic decisions do come into play. And its a boom or bust business. You build up a good cadre of experienced people, then lose a lot in a downturn, having to somewhat start over.
We're starting to see some increase in infrastructure for renewable energy, especially wind. Quite a bit going on in west Texas, far from where the people are. And lots of people have the not in my backyard attitude which inhibits development. So far, solar seems to be mostly playing out in on-site and as a backup. Battery technology needs to improve considerably (my son knows a lot more there, he plays a key role in batteries and other thing's on UT's solar vehicle team).
Nuclear is another option, but again, not right away. Fission power plants have a lot of licensing issues, along with the nuclear waste issue. Fusion sounds promising, but plasma confinement at practical scales remains problematical.

I need a backrub for real. This packing and moving boxes around is a boatload of work and then some.

That's one way to get rid of lots of stuff. At home, it hasn't happened, but with each office move at work there's a bit less.
Sounds like you're on the home stretch.

Maybe I should just bubblewrap myself and send me freight to the new place. Who has a bubblewrap fetish?

Bubblewrap - never thought about that. I've seen models wrapped in Saran wrap a couple of times (not live, TV or magazine). Bubblewrap could provide cushioning during an erotic encounter, but if energetic the popping bubbles might be annoying.

 

[UnderYourSpell]

That volcano erupting in Iceland has grounded every airplane over here, I've heard that the last time it happened it caused the French revolution because the fall out of ash stopped them growing food.
It's going to stop a lot of fresh stuff being on our supermarket shelves from next week too apparently. I never knew before that a lot of food stuffs comes in the passenger baggage hold no wonder they keep drastically reducing the amount of baggage one can take

 

[EroticOrogeny]

That volcano erupting in Iceland has grounded every airplane over here, I've heard that the last time it happened it caused the French revolution because the fall out of ash stopped them growing food.
It's going to stop a lot of fresh stuff being on our supermarket shelves from next week too apparently. I never knew before that a lot of food stuffs comes in the passenger baggage hold no wonder they keep drastically reducing the amount of baggage one can take

I hadn't really looked around on the web, but what other signs do you see of the volcano? I've just seen the eruption on TV along with graphics showing the ash trajectory. I haven't heard of ash fallout being an issue before, but volcanic eruptions can lead to cooler weather for a year or so since the stuff in the stratosphere reflects and absorbs more sunlight. Our industrial smoke and ash doesn't have oomph to get that high and just remains local.

 

[UnderYourSpell]

I hadn't really looked around on the web, but what other signs do you see of the volcano? I've just seen the eruption on TV along with graphics showing the ash trajectory. I haven't heard of ash fallout being an issue before, but volcanic eruptions can lead to cooler weather for a year or so since the stuff in the stratosphere reflects and absorbs more sunlight. Our industrial smoke and ash doesn't have oomph to get that high and just remains local.

I don't see any signs and it's a brilliantly hot day here with clear blue skies, but apparently the stuff is in the air and a danger to aircraft if it's sucked into the engines

 

[Angeline]

And of course you remind me of Born. Fine stuff they got going. Would be so sweet to supply background music for visual/words and such. What I've found with the writing, is that when I'm amid it for too long (sometimes for not very long), it starts to look like it sucks, so I abandon it, but if I look at it a few months later, it rekindles interest because it doesn't seem as bad as I thought it seemed when it was abandoned; peck at it a bit, and then it starts to suck again, put it away, and on and on that way. Maybe that's the appeal of poems. A goal that seems doable. Or if I sit and think about what I know I'd like to do but see it as an insurmountable project, I'll look at some older stuff and realize it can be done, even though the feeling isn't present. Little at a time I guess...

And I don't see how being where you'll be will do anything but inspire and feed you plenty of poetic juices. Keep a fresh supply of cold beverages handy and the mountains will be your pages.

If you and yourn are ever there, I'll cook you a nice dinner.

One big factor is the price of oil. At $40/bbl the costs of extraction etc. may be too high. Also, it takes time to set everything up from drilling, fracturing etc. and then pipelines. Not saying that the oil companies are virtuous and honorable, but pragmatic decisions do come into play. And its a boom or bust business. You build up a good cadre of experienced people, then lose a lot in a downturn, having to somewhat start over.
We're starting to see some increase in infrastructure for renewable energy, especially wind. Quite a bit going on in west Texas, far from where the people are. And lots of people have the not in my backyard attitude which inhibits development. So far, solar seems to be mostly playing out in on-site and as a backup. Battery technology needs to improve considerably (my son knows a lot more there, he plays a key role in batteries and other thing's on UT's solar vehicle team).
Nuclear is another option, but again, not right away. Fission power plants have a lot of licensing issues, along with the nuclear waste issue. Fusion sounds promising, but plasma confinement at practical scales remains problematical.


That's one way to get rid of lots of stuff. At home, it hasn't happened, but with each office move at work there's a bit less.
Sounds like you're on the home stretch.


Bubblewrap - never thought about that. I've seen models wrapped in Saran wrap a couple of times (not live, TV or magazine). Bubblewrap could provide cushioning during an erotic encounter, but if energetic the popping bubbles might be annoying.

Isn't T Boone Pickens financing some of that infrastructure build-up for wind? Maybe it's gas, and I'm mixed up. But I do understand that not having an infrastructure in place is the first big deterrent to doing something other than oil refining and distribution. And you'd think that foreign crude oil prices upwards of $80 a barrel (which I heard about a few days ago) would push the big corps to build up the infrastructures for other resources. To me it just makes sense. My former employer's president, a smart guy imo, used to say "if you don't pick the low-hanging fruit you're crazy." Whoever owns (some or most of) the investment on, say, wind infrastructure is going to be very very rich. If I could afford to invest right now, I'd invest in one of the big wind-energy processing plants (or whatever they call them).

The move is like a force of nature lol. I'm about halfway through packing my kitchen (that is not a job for the faint of heart!). Then I have a bathroom to pack, which will be an easy half-day job. The trailor arrives next Wednesday, and it and we head south again next Friday. Wheeee.

I'm going to have DirectTV (no cable up the hill where I'll live), and I just read that I'll get the Major League Baseball Channel so I am happy, happy, happy. I'll still be able to see some Red Sox games.

You'd think bubble wrap, including the pops, is somebody's fetish. I was reading recently about this particular kind of foot fetish where movies are filmed of a foot (in a fuck-me shoe or bare) revving the accelerator of a car or truck. There are variations on it, depending on the footware and the vehicle, but if THAT can be a fetish, why not bubblewrap?

That volcano erupting in Iceland has grounded every airplane over here, I've heard that the last time it happened it caused the French revolution because the fall out of ash stopped them growing food.
It's going to stop a lot of fresh stuff being on our supermarket shelves from next week too apparently. I never knew before that a lot of food stuffs comes in the passenger baggage hold no wonder they keep drastically reducing the amount of baggage one can take

Poor Annie. We have lots of flights cancelled here that were outgoing to Europe. Don't think it will affect our economy here though I suppose there may be some goods that'll become less available. I think you should book a cruise to USA and visit me!

 

[UnderYourSpell]

I was going to book a cruise for next Friday actually just for a week visiting Rouen,Guernsey and Scilly Isles for £399 which is a fabulous price until I found out why ..... cabin is practically in the bilges with just a porthole. I'm a very good sailor but there's something about a porthole and the chances of the sea lapping it that doesn't bode well for my innards.
Bijou wanted to meet up with me in France in the near future but I said no ....... it's the old stubborn pride don't want anyone disappointed with the ugly shape I am in since I was ill

 

[Angeline]

I was going to book a cruise for next Friday actually just for a week visiting Rouen,Guernsey and Scilly Isles for £399 which is a fabulous price until I found out why ..... cabin is practically in the bilges with just a porthole. I'm a very good sailor but there's something about a porthole and the chances of the sea lapping it that doesn't bode well for my innards.
Bijou wanted to meet up with me in France in the near future but I said no ....... it's the old stubborn pride don't want anyone disappointed with the ugly shape I am in since I was ill

Well that's just silly because everyone knows you are beautiful. Really you are. I can see that.

I have never taken a cruise, but ee and I talked about doing one, maybe one of those jazz cruises D). We can get Carribean ones from northern Florida, which would be about a ten hour drive for us. I'm not sure how good of a sailor I'd be (I've got queasy on boat trips in the past, but they were smallish boats, not cruise ships), but I would insist on a higher floor cabin with a balcony.

 

[EroticOrogeny]

Well that's just silly because everyone knows you are beautiful. Really you are. I can see that.

I have never taken a cruise, but ee and I talked about doing one, maybe one of those jazz cruises D). We can get Carribean ones from northern Florida, which would be about a ten hour drive for us. I'm not sure how good of a sailor I'd be (I've got queasy on boat trips in the past, but they were smallish boats, not cruise ships), but I would insist on a higher floor cabin with a balcony.

Cruises are fun. Its been a long time, but my brother and I went on one to see a total eclipse of the sun off the coast of Africa. Before that we went by ship to and from England. Since then just been of short excursions (afternoon or evening) on boats.

 

[hmmnmm]

Well that's sweet, Ange. Actually it is not too far fetched. Old man's down there in Va, often hints we should come there, wife says we should, apparently there's things there for us; except our relationship was always somewhat rocky, because I lacked apparent drive to become 'successful' in a tangible real world sense; he sees floating rather aimlessly through life as a bad thing, and I don't see it as that bad, so if someday he can come to terms with the fact that his son will likely never be the successful person he hoped, but not a bad guy, that poet types are often poor in the monies, then a back east journey might not be frought with such stresses... not that a season of cross country travelling is not an appealing idea. It's extremely appealing. If money was no object and I wasn't a horrid driver, yeah, I'd be on the road most of the time, but with few direct destinations, and no hurry getting there. Yeah that'd be great. Oh...

 

[UnderYourSpell]

I love cruises the first one we did we flew to Miami then they bussed us to Fort Lauderdale then cruised home via the Carribbean. Lots of the cruise lines have their own Carribean islands and you get full use for a day. As it was the first we made the mistake of getting an inside cabin which isn't a good idea and the 6 day cruise home is a long time without seeing land and suprisingly only one container ship the whole time. We did get birds landing though and getting a rest and a free lift. Since then we have done all over the Mediterranean .... Italy, France, Potugal, Spain, Malta, Madeira (yes I know thats not the Med!) Baleriac Islands, Gibraltar, Monte Negro, Can't wait to go again as soon as I find something we like and can afford even though we spend far too much time and money in the casinos!

 

[EroticOrogeny]

Well that's sweet, Ange. Actually it is not too far fetched. Old man's down there in Va, often hints we should come there, wife says we should, apparently there's things there for us; except our relationship was always somewhat rocky, because I lacked apparent drive to become 'successful' in a tangible real world sense; he sees floating rather aimlessly through life as a bad thing, and I don't see it as that bad, so if someday he can come to terms with the fact that his son will likely never be the successful person he hoped, but not a bad guy, that poet types are often poor in the monies, then a back east journey might not be frought with such stresses... not that a season of cross country travelling is not an appealing idea. It's extremely appealing. If money was no object and I wasn't a horrid driver, yeah, I'd be on the road most of the time, but with few direct destinations, and no hurry getting there. Yeah that'd be great. Oh...

Maybe your father's come to accept you for how you are so it wouldn't be so bad. Or his desire to see you again exceeds his concerns over your future.
I don't like trips which involve too much driving anymore. Maybe if it was a rental I wouldn't worry os much - don't know.

 

[hmmnmm]

Maybe your father's come to accept you for how you are so it wouldn't be so bad. Or his desire to see you again exceeds his concerns over your future.
I don't like trips which involve too much driving anymore. Maybe if it was a rental I wouldn't worry os much - don't know.

I'm sure both sides would say they understand the other more than either is really willing to admit. He grew up in hard, harsh, impoverished conditions, and worked himself up to a quite nice standard of living. Wouldn't be surprised it he's a bona fide millionaire. So what he didn't have was important enough to him to work hard to get it. Now, what's important to him is not so important to me. Other things are important to me, which I imagine he finds hard to understand, why I don't find important the things that seem obviously important to him. But at the end of the day they probably bear similarities, except they occupy different tiers of prioritization. Or the ways to them are different. Something like that.

 

[hmmnmm]

And just about everything I ever found important were things that tended to not be traditional bank account fatteners. Not that a fat bank account wouldn't be swell. It would be very swell. I'd have a studio, print shop, library, tour bus and boat... the account wouldn't be fat long, which is the problem, which is anathema to those whose worldview rotates around what is of practical, servicable, observable, developmental, etc, use. And stuff like daydreaming, staring at clouds, or scribbling with poetics or reading a Mad, or playing guitar on a street corner, are not bank account fatteners, generally, so they are not considered imporant enough to spend more than a few minutes on a Satuday evening on. Stuff like that...

 

[hmmnmm]

What I was going to say when I first walked in on the ladies, er uh erm, talking, was that I'm all for alternative energies, except I really love the smell of gasoline, and it would be a tough adjustment to live in a world without the smell of gasoline, somewhere; but I can also see wind stations. That'd be cool. "Uh, fill 'er up with hi-test kansas tornado, and check the moutain breeze gauge too." If it came with some kind of synthetic gasoline fumes... that'd be swell.

 

[hmmnmm]

old local bib-overall fellers sittin around tellin jokes and spittin ganja juice in the dirt, scratched coke bottles, and bottled wind, with gasoline fumes... can see it clear as a bell.

 

[Angeline]

old local bib-overall fellers sittin around tellin jokes and spittin ganja juice in the dirt, scratched coke bottles, and bottled wind, with gasoline fumes... can see it clear as a bell.

Ganga juice? They're chawing weed? Weed weed?

I just wrote a poem about jack in the passion thread. I suppose I should go bubble wrap plates though.

 

[hmmnmm]

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