From: owner-eda-thoughts-digest@smoe.org (eda-thoughts-digest) To: eda-thoughts-digest@smoe.org Subject: eda-thoughts-digest V1 #32 Reply-To: eda-thoughts@smoe.org Sender: owner-eda-thoughts-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-eda-thoughts-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk eda-thoughts-digest Friday, May 22 1998 Volume 01 : Number 032 Today's Subjects: ----------------- ET: Re: a thread? [Lara ] re:ET: a thread? ["Daniel Ödling" ] ET: Re: Thread [Beck82 ] ET: Re: thread [moonsong@ix.netcom.com (Us)] ET: ADMIN: Thanks, and upcoming smoe.org downtime [Jeff Wasilko ] ET: ??? ["* Jewel *" ] [none] [moonsong@ix.netcom.com (Us)] ET: re: a thread? [Naomi Vaughn ] ET: 2 poems [vonfam@rapfire.net] ET: poem and story [uranium_eagle@juno.com (Issac J Brogdon)] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 23:37:21 -0500 From: Lara Subject: ET: Re: a thread? I accidentally sent this to Jamie and not to the list! Oooops! Here goes... This is such a fun idea Jamie! I am going to jump on the bandwagon... or something like that! >1) What's your favorite Jewel song off of the album? Hmmm... I really like I'm Sensitive... it makes me smile! :-) >2) What's your favorite unreleased Jewel song? Definitely Sometimes it Be That Way! I also love 1,000 Miles Away >3) What's your favorite song of all time(Jewel or not)? I really like I Will Remember You by Sarah McLachlan... but my all time fave right now has to be Eden by 10,000 Maniacs! >4) What's your favorite Jewel poem? I cannot answer this until I finally get A Night Withought Armor!! I have to get this book... SOON! - ------ end of that... Random rants: Ok, am I the only one who finds it offensive to be asked out by someone who does not know me at all? Probably... I am weird like that! :-) This guy came into the store today (I do not even know his name) and then called back later (at work) to ask me to go to some club or something (I don't do the whole club thing anyhow...). I guess I find it offensive to be asked out solely based on looks. When I date someone I like to know they like "me", especially my personality, and not just my appearance. Anyhow... had ta vent! :-) Off to sleep! Talk to you guys later! Lara <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Lara -- daisypetals@usa.net   check out the list homepage! members.tripod.com/~laruth     surf.to/eda_thoughts questions? ask! ljruth on AIM help contribute! :) <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 15:14:50 +0200 From: "Daniel Ödling" Subject: re:ET: a thread? 1) What's your favorite Jewel song off of the album? Daddy ( I like it because it makes me cry. I've been raised to beleive that boys don´t cry so I allmost never cry. ) 2) What's your favorite unreleased Jewel song? I have two favorites: Sometimes it be that way ( I love the part "I'm sorry I didn't allways have a match, that could start a fire big enough for your heart to catch".) and Nikos ( It makes me cry ). 3) What's your favorite song of all time(Jewel or not)? Hurricane by Bob Dylan ( It has great lyrics and I love the guitar ) or maybe the live version from sweden of WWSYS. 4) What's your favorite Jewel poem? I havent read the book because I live in a stupid country (Sweden) that doesn't import the stuff I like. So from the few poems I have read/heard I pick the one ( I don't know its title) about the father and son staring at her breasts. /Daniel "The swedish angel with a broken heart" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 10:33:01 EDT From: Beck82 Subject: ET: Re: Thread In a message dated 98-05-22 00:08:25 EDT, you write: > 1) What's your favorite Jewel song off of the album? WWSYS and NYA > 2) What's your favorite unreleased Jewel song? Hard question....."I'm Fading", "Deep Water".... > 3) What's your favorite song of all time(Jewel or not)? Madonna's "Borderline"....she was my first favorite singer, my first concert. I used to dance around my house in a painter's cap to mimic the video. Memories..... > 4) What's your favorite Jewel poem? "We Talk", "Pretty", "I Guess What I Wanted" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 09:35:50 -0700 From: moonsong@ix.netcom.com (Us) Subject: ET: Re: thread Angels! Whatup since yesterday?! Heehee.... >1) What's your favorite Jewel song off of the album? Ooooooooooh you picked a hard one! I love the whole thing! But I might have to pick Angel Standing By, because it is just so incredibly...angelic. Coming in for a tie afterwards, though, are WHSYS and Amen. >2) What's your favorite unreleased Jewel song? 1,000 miles. Talk about beautiful. >3) What's your favorite song of all time(Jewel or not)? Tie: Possession by Sarah McLachlan, and Diamonds In Rust by Joan Baez. Then I have so many others, argh! >4) What's your favorite Jewel poem? I couldn't answer that cause I don't yet have the book. :) Sam the ? seawater angel moonsong@ix.netcom.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 14:49:45 -0400 From: Jeff Wasilko Subject: ET: ADMIN: Thanks, and upcoming smoe.org downtime Hello: Let me start by thanking everyone who donated to the smoe.org fund drive. You've raised over $3500 at this point, and I really appreciate your support!!! Earlier this week I ordered the new hardware for smoe.org, which cost $4600 (drop me a note if you're interested in the technical specs on the new gear). It arrived today, and I'm taking a few days off work to get it set up and in production. At some point between Saturday and Tuesday, smoe.org will be shut down to install the new hardware. The downtime will probably be 4-6 hours. During the time we're off-line, mail will be queued up at my ISP so no mail will be lost. I'll send out another announcement once the new gear is online. Thanks again for your help! - -Jeff P.S. If you've been meaning to send in a check, Mike Connell is still accepting donations. Contact him at ducksoup@spectra.net for more info. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 20:44:08 +0100 From: Donna Winderbank Subject: Re: ET: wanna be songs Hiya! Thus begins my second post :-) > My my my I'm just trying to rule the list now aren't I! Nahhh. :) > Well if I could write music I'd make these here into songs, but since I > can't....... I have one of my best poems, now turned into a song. A friend of mine (although I didn't know him too well) was moaning about writing music but he couldn't write the lyrics. So I gave him some of my poems and we've come up with a song - to my "Maybe I'm not an Angel" poem I posted a while back. He is like this concert pianist - it's not fair! (I play the piano -badly), but it sounds brilliant, we might even try and release it sometime. We have another which he wrote and I edited the lyrics again, and we're currently working on a duet - inbetween revision and exams. Anyway, as for putting poems to music, if you can find someone to help with the music side, it's soooooo cool! It's almost addictive. > I have a new favorite song by the way (and it's not Jewel, but ALL her > songs are my favorites). It's called "Jackie's Strength" by Tori Amos. My name is in that song!!! It's excellent too (which helps). But my all time favourite has to be "Playboy Mommy" as it almost makes my cry every time I hear it. Especially the lines: Somewhere, where the orchids grow I can't find those church bells That played when you died Singing Gloria Talking about Hosannah and she goes up high at the end of "Gloria" - it's soooo beautiful, sad, tragic... > My I am just in a flow of creativity here which is awesome, at least for > me. > Sam > the ? angel with sunlight in her hair As for the duet, Chris wanted something happy, but I am completely without inspiration. I have never written anything happy because every time I do, I end up sounding contrived and stupid. It's very annoying. But other people manage happy things and still sound beautiful - any suggestions? Ok, I have to read on now - enormous backlog of mail to clear! My house was struck by lighting and it blew out all the modems save one, and 2 of the main computers :-(. I'm on a portable now! Never mind. A short poem to end with - Can't you hear the bluebells? Don't you hear them scream? I exposed my heart with a microphone And my hands will never wash clean. I hope they didn't listen. Donna The Fallen Angel donna@ravenbridge.demon.co.uk ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 13:57:41 PDT From: "* Jewel *" Subject: ET: ??? I read the poem, "Sex" by Jewel on the Grey Matter Website...I didn't find that poem in the book.....where did it come from???????? And here's the thread answers: >1) What's your favorite Jewel song off of the album? Morning Song >2) What's your favorite unreleased Jewel song? There are SOOOOO many favorites! My fav. is a simple little love song called "Summerhome in Your Arms". Along w/ many more...Nicotine Love, Innocence Maintained, Race Car Driver, God's Gift To Women.....etc.... >3) What's your favorite song of all time(Jewel or not)? I have absolutely no clue. There are so many kewl songs! 4) What's your favorite Jewel poem? SOOOOOOOOOOO MANY!!! Some are: I Guess What I Wanted Bukowski's Widow Love Poem Sara Said So Just Kiss Me Parking Lot 2nd Thoughts in Colombus, Ohio TOOOO MANY MORE...... =P Take care angelz! Love Always, *~Kristen~* {{ThE aNgEl StAnDiNg By}} PS: I just got my belly-button pierced......its sooooo cool! O:) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 14:05:20 -0700 From: moonsong@ix.netcom.com (Us) Subject: [none] Bueno angels, Ahhhh....another two poems..... Sam the ? seawater angel "I'd be with you until my dying day" --Sarah McLachlan ~~**~~ Far Away SM May 22 1998 The cement's white & it burns my feet Street vendors are selling antiques The breeze catches a whiff of pretty sweet peas The glint from the daytime shines the street And you almost come to me & floated by I glimpse you by the lady selling pie I could swear you were near enough to feel But that was a dream & dreams are unreal A man offers me strawberries on a tray There's bees on the sign saying 'honey in May' And you seem so close to me in my eyes To sense your hand gently by my side But you're so far off so it's hard to tell & I'm startled by a woman ringing a bell A girl eating cherries offers one to me A bird overhead sings so distantly You're all I can think of on this spring morning There's a bustlying apron lady flowers adorning All I can wish for is you'd come to me on the breeze But you can't so I stop and buy her apple tea ~*~ this silence that's been kept so long is tearing whistles on the wind the cattails don't scratch the banks the reeds don't bend to reflections and nothing brings a butterfly across my path there's nothing I can do to bring back what has travelled so far miles stretch forever & don't look back no one can shine, no one can glisten in the hail of falling drops spouted from tears from the sea no one can scoop up the breeze nothing can erase a dirt road that swallows up the inches and drowns a fading hope oh this silence that's been kept so long keeps tearing whistles on the wind and silent pain can be deafening on a hilltop but though the breeze tears through a spirit standing brave on the backdrop of a cliff the strength of everlasting life could reach out along the silence ropes cut and ripped, bound to me inside and saved by the one thing that burns with sweetness and paradise of the joy that stems from a road travelled a road that turns back to me this silence that's been kept so long & tears whistles on the wind will grow softer as distance closes when I can feel you once again It will happen soon as the cattails brush the reeds and the banks a silence kept so long does dim sm 5-22-98 moonsong@ix.netcom.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 16:46:42 -0500 From: Naomi Vaughn Subject: ET: re: a thread? Hi all you beautiful angels~ >1) What's your favorite Jewel song off of the album? Painters ~ like with Chris, it grew on me after awhile, and I love it now. :) >2) What's your favorite unreleased Jewel song? I haven't even heard them all and this is really hard... um, I really like Without You By My Side, 1000 miles away, sometimes it be that way... >3) What's your favorite song of all time(Jewel or not)? I have the hardest time having a 'favorite song', cause I love so many, I have a different one every day(no kidding).. I guess 'Elsewhere' by Sarah McLachlan, but it's a tough question.. >4) What's your favorite Jewel poem? Well, I just got Jewel's book yesterday(it's sooo great!!!), and I love all of her poetry(of course), but I guess...We Talk, Lost, and Fragile. deeply~ Naomi ~the unknown angel~ naomisplace@angelfire.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 17:15:49 -0500 From: vonfam@rapfire.net Subject: ET: 2 poems wonderful angels~! Everyone is well I hope. I am okay... i'm having to wear this patch over my eye for a few days(if I hear one more pirate joke, I swear... ;), and it itches so bad... but I am fine. :) I got Jewels book yesterday, and it is excellent! She is so talented. Okay, here's two poems... the second I wrote after taking one of those numerology compatibility tests(you know the type?), where you turn you and your guy's names into numbers to see if you work together... anyhow, comments please? :) Adieu moi amies... forever, and a day, Naomi the unknown angel naomisplace@angelfire.com - ----------- summer joy Tiny sunburned bodies dance giddily around the water sprinkler. their smiles shocks of crooked white teeth. I watch them, facinated They care so little. Running through the water, with their thin little legs, and surprised screams, seemingly amazed at the coldness of the water each time it hits their skin. Their laughter, so pure, so real. Infectious joy. I look on, in awe they are so happy. 5-22-98 - ----------- They decide their love by numbers They choose their moods from the stars alignment Looking into crystal they foresee my future, for just two dollars. They cheapen fate, and sell out the stars They tell you something might happen so, you look for it go out of your way, making it happen. How can destiny take its course when you look to cards, and psychics, for your future instead of letting it happen. 5-12-98 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 19:22:11 -0500 From: uranium_eagle@juno.com (Issac J Brogdon) Subject: ET: poem and story You know what? (Story time, forward to bottom if uninterested) for the FIRST time in my life, I'm REALLY happy. It's SO weird. See, the last time that I've really felt *true* emotion was...July 8, 1997. that was the day that I found out that my first love HATED me. obviously, I wasn't feeling happy emotion. So, here's my story: Last night, i was at World Gym like normal working out. There were a couple of power lifters there that were screaming at each other for a few more reps at heavier weight, saying "Fuck the world," and "C'mon Bitch!" over and over and over. Of course, that energizes you, because the faster and harder and heavier they go, the faster, heavier, and harder you want to go. i think it's just a male competition thing. Anyway, I got really energetic (I had been dragging earlier) and coasted through the rest of my workout. It was great. Then, I did some pretty hard biking, running, and stepping before sitting in the sauna and getting really hot and sweaty (it's great). Then, I bought a whole bunch of supplement drinks, and a Co-Ed naked Weightlifting shirt. It says "the more you pump, the harder you get" on the back. I'm sure you've seen one. Anyway, I got up this morning and went through the norm... When I started walking to school, a couple of poems immediately hit me and I wrote them down in my notebook while walking to school. They actually turned out to be good (they're at the bottom). So anyway, I was feeling REALLy good about that cause it's been a couple of days for me (since I last wrote, not anything else, you sickos) hehehe that's tonight JOKE! Getting back to my story, I promised myself that I wasn't going to give up on Stacy, I VOWED to myself, based my series of poems on it. Anyway, I had a good time at school cause we're basically doing a whole lot of work, but it's easy work that you feel good about after completing. So, I went to my friend's house after school, beat him at basketball for the 14th straight time in two weeks (no joke) and was sitting on his porch when Stacy showed up. I've had this thing for her since like the beginning of the year and of course I was happy to see her. To make a long story short, we've been passing this money around inside a series of notes b/c I owe her, but she WON'T take it. Anyway, for the first time, she signed it, "Love, Stacy" and I didn't really think anything about it until I started talking to John. He brought up the whole thing and he was like, let's go out and get drunk this weekend (summer routine, sorry) with Stacy and Lily. But you're with Stacy. <~~To avoid offending someone , I'll stop there. He said it in such a way that made me think that it wasn't only me that wanted it that way, that, perhaps, I wasn't the only one that wanted it that way. As you can see, I'm flying through my weekend with incredible entusiasm. I'm going to run my first competition 10K of the season on Memorial Day, and in general, I'M loving life! Can you believe this! Here's one of the poems: ____ Crossing the busy highway, now, all life has apparantly stopped for her, she pays no attention and begins walking down the other side of the intersecting street, obviously unwilling to postpone her venture @ the hand of trivial pursuits: me watching her walk by glamorously strutting with a trial lawyer's arrogance and yet the femininity of a sixteen year old girl I watch as she turns the corner and quickly disappears walking away as I walk up to the intersection of that desolate road versus the busy highway now alive with traffic breathing down it my pursuit delayed i have not the confidence to walk out in front of those cars toweing obstacles almost like C.S. Lewis's sorns moving quickly as she rather I wait hoping for a break in life in the traffic Finally by chance I get across the street, and spend my time my energy lust for life running down a desolate street alone to the point where the houses break and an alley is formed >From there I spot her too far away now to catch but not too close to forget _____ _____ Style is the image of character. Edward Gibbon _____ ib _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ End of eda-thoughts-digest V1 #32 *********************************