From: owner-eda-thoughts-digest@smoe.org (eda-thoughts-digest) To: eda-thoughts-digest@smoe.org Subject: eda-thoughts-digest V1 #204 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 Sunday, September 20 1998 Volume 01 : Number 204 * If you ever wish to unsubscribe, send an email to * eda-thoughts-digest-request@smoe.org with ONLY * the word unsubscribe in the body of the email * . * PLEASE :) when you reply to this digest to send a post TO the list, * change the subject to reflect what your post is about. A subject * of Re: eda-thoughts-digest V1 #xxx or the like gives readers no clue * as to what your message is about. Today's Subjects: ----------------- ET: coldness [Karen Miller ] ET: this list and stuff ["Seth D. Fulmer" ] ET: Re: eda-thoughts-digest V1 #203 [CLEARVVATR@aol.com] Re: ET: The way we were [Angeljlb96@aol.com] Re: ET: this list and stuff [Angeljlb96@aol.com] Re: ET: The way we were ["Kevin Pease" ] ET: Re: Re: eda-thoughts-digest V1 #203 ["Kevin Pease" ] Re: ET: The way we were [JonBoy911@aol.com] Re: ET: this list and stuff [Uneaq1@webtv.net (Maggie)] ET: Delurking ["The Quiet Angel" ] ET: From the mind of Jackie.... [Oblivia15@aol.com] ET: my lil intro thing ["Naomi Vaughn" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1998 22:24:05 -0700 From: Karen Miller Subject: ET: coldness hey, just thouhgt i would let you all know i am going to leave the list and become cold. comment if you want holly ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 01:44:00 -0400 From: "Seth D. Fulmer" Subject: ET: this list and stuff Hello everybody, I've noticed that this list has been rather quiet the past couple of days. It's nuts! :) I mean...I'm going nuts(if I'm not already). So, I'd like to encourage participation. I'm dying here with only 30 emails a day instead of 150 like it was when the list started :) ...But I have 2 possible suggestions for one to choose...and I'll do both in this email hehe :) First, after all those people who left, I'm wondering who's still subscribed in any great detail to the list. Basically also, maybe an introduction or so will also help :)...If you want of course :) Now, in the 2nd case, if you don't want to partake in that path of conversation, here's a 2nd one to go down :) Why don't someone who doesn't normally post, post a little poem or song of their own, and I don't want to hear "Oh, I can't write poetry" or "I suck at poetry". It doesn't take brainpower to write poetry. Just take thoughts that are occuring at the moment and place them into a poem. Poetry need no rhyme either. Shakespeare hardly ever rhymed. :) And now, without further ado, here is my masterpiece: :) "Lullabye of Grace"/"Prayer for Health" by Seth D. Fulmer September 20, 1998 - ---------------------------------------- The Alpha and the Omega; My love and conviction. With solitude and pure warmth I come light your hearth, caress you with hugs, sweet teddy bear, my child. May God smile upon you with health, grace, and life Seth Fulmer mailto:usfulmer@mcs.drexel.edu mailto:st96t879@post.drexel.edu mailto:kaosking@voicenet.com webpages: http://www.voicenet.com/~kaosking Cool Quotes and stuff :) "You're a big fish in a small town bowl...You're a legend in your own mind..." - -Patty Scoboria - "Movin' on" ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 02:05:32 EDT From: CLEARVVATR@aol.com Subject: ET: Re: eda-thoughts-digest V1 #203 In a message dated 98-09-20 00:02:03 EDT, you write: << Slapstick might seem a little weird unless you're very familiar with Vonnegut. He rated all of his books once and I think he gave Slapstick a D or something...he didn't seem too pleased with it. Anyway, I just wanted to put my two cents in on this whole Vonnegut topic : ) Melissa >> oh darn it melissa...i'm not at all familiar with his work and i don't wanna risk not gettin' the book. i HAVE to understand it so i can pick at it, tear it apart from limb to limb....and analyze it of course for my dumb teachers. also...where are you guys?? what happened to all the digests i used to get. i have to admit that i complained a whole lot to my bud jenny about gettin' all the ET mail, but i didn't realize that i'd miss reading the posts daily. it's been a li'l while since the last digest considering i used to get something like two a day. hey, i'm not saying "yeah, write a massive amount of mail about nothing to fill up space" but is everyone on vacation and just not telling me...oh wait, probably school huh? yeah, same here. i'm swamped!!! love, jen "the kookybaka tennis angel" ~in my head it makes sense but it all comes out as a big ol' confusing mess-me~ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 02:23:55 EDT From: Angeljlb96@aol.com Subject: Re: ET: The way we were In a message dated 9/18/98 8:22:09 PM Central Daylight Time, wsr@hotmail.com writes: << P.S. I would also like to send a special thank you to Doc, Kevin, Sam, Jaime, Seth, Summer, Naomi and anyone I missed who made the list amusing and intriguing for me, hey, and feel free to e-mail me anytime...Oh and hey, look, I'm using only one quote, to save space, see people, I'm trying to do my part, reduce, reduce, reduce... >> Thanks, Sue =) And I'd just like to voice (IMHO) that this whole saving space thing is B.S. =) Thanks and have a great day! Jamie ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 03:13:17 EDT From: Angeljlb96@aol.com Subject: Re: ET: this list and stuff In a message dated 9/20/98 12:47:01 AM Central Daylight Time, kaosking@voicenet.com writes: << Basically also, maybe an introduction or so will also help :)...If you want of course :) >> HI!!! I'm Jamie =) I'm white. Alone by Jamie Mathews The man sits in the corner and sucks in the lives that surround him. He is alone. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 10:39:06 -0400 From: "Kevin Pease" Subject: Re: ET: The way we were >>Seth writes: >Basically also, maybe an introduction or so will also help :)...If you want of >course :) >>>>>>>>>>>>>AND >> Jamie writes: >Thanks, Sue =) And I'd just like to voice (IMHO) that this whole saving space >thing is B.S. =) So I'm all pimped out for my hockey game this morning, and I've got a half hour to kill, and apparently, there's space to be wasted. :) I've never quite understood the point of having (and joining) an email list, and then getting upset because... (now this is a shocker) you get email from the list! I don't have any poetry to share at this time (that one meager example Jamie forwarded to the list is all I'm willing & able to share at this point), but I can sure as heck do a space-wasting introduction. :) Thanks to Seth for the good idea - I think it would be sort of interesting to know who's on this list... both lurking & posting. So, folks, come on... step forward, introduce yourselves. Don't be shy, we won't bite. Or at least, I won't... don't want to make assumptions about the preferences of the rest of the people here. :) Tell the list a little bit about yourself... you joined the list for a reason, and if you want to have a hand in the direction the conversations on the list take, you have to join in. As an example: Hi, I'm Kevin, I'm 23, and I live in Massachusetts. I like bad jokes (as you can tell, I'm sure... :), good music, good books, and Bass Ale. (And if you're underage - you better not disagree and tell me you like some other beer better. :) Why I joined the list: Because I thought it would be fun to talk with people about "stuff" that wasn't necessarily "Jewel stuff"... so far, I've been pretty happy with the list, I love the poetry, and I love the conversations. Now - that was REALLY easy. Who's next? Kevin - ---------- Kevin Pease kbpease@boston.crosswinds.net (ICQ UIN: 3106063) (AOL Instant Messenger: kbpease) http://www.crosswinds.net/boston/~kbpease "I have a tendency to wear my mind on my sleeve, I have a history of taking off my shirt..." ---(Barenaked Ladies, "One Week")--- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 10:46:01 -0400 From: "Kevin Pease" Subject: ET: Re: Re: eda-thoughts-digest V1 #203 >> Jen writes: >I HAVE to understand it so i can pick at it, >tear it apart from limb to limb....and analyze it of course for my dumb >teachers. Ah, a popular misconception - you don't have to "understand" the book to analyze it - you just have to have an opinion on it that you can back up with some quotes from the book. :) Really, though... he's not that hard to read, and from what I've seen, he makes his point pretty clear. I doubt you'll have much trouble analyzing it. > also...where are you guys?? what happened to all the digests i used to get. Um... you missed the public floggings, I guess. :) It's kind of difficult to get conversations going when we have to think of something that *everybody* on the list will be interested in. Considering half the people on the list haven't even made themselves known, it's even harder. That's why we need everybody to introduce themselves, so we know who's here and who's not. :) Ah well... time for hockey. :) Kevin - ---------- Kevin Pease kbpease@boston.crosswinds.net (ICQ UIN: 3106063) (AOL Instant Messenger: kbpease) http://www.crosswinds.net/boston/~kbpease "I have a tendency to wear my mind on my sleeve, I have a history of taking off my shirt..." ---(Barenaked Ladies, "One Week")--- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 11:02:25 -0400 From: "Seth D. Fulmer" Subject: Re: ET: The way we were Woah, I suggested introductions but never gave them myself....oops :) My name is Seth(*blush*), I'm 21!!!!, and I live in Pennsylvania. My exact location right now is Reading but I go to school at Drexel University in Philadelphia. I like any and all jokes(correction: they can't make you think too much), as well as pretty much any music that doesn't make buildings fall(i.e. HARD heavy metal) and disco. As for the books I like, my favorite is Science Fiction and Fantasy(Dragons and magic and the whole royalty theme), but I also like poetry books, Steven King, and my 2nd fav is Computer programming books(Yeah, I'm a nerd...and I'm PROUD of it thank you *nerd laugh*). I like pretty much any movie with humor, action, or science fiction but if it's not Startrek it has to have humor in it as well :) There's other stuff I'll watch on a case by case basis too :) Let's see...why did I join this list? At first I joined to spy and because I'm the sort of guy that sits back and witnesses a conversation without partaking....but then I broke my motive and started in the conversations(BAD, BAD Seth...Now you go in your room with your Super Nintendo until you can do better)...Now, I'm on because there's superglue on my chair and I can't get up haha :) Plus, I can send my poetry without someone saying to me "Eww! You write poetry" or "That's poetry? But it doesn't rhyme". And so far I've been happy as well with the list :) Whenever I get one of the emails from someone that either I don't like or the email isn't useful to me, I just hit the Delete key. It takes but a second to determine this. (I'll pick on Jamie because I know she can take it)Besides, when you see Jaime's messages it's not hard to tell what they're gonna be :) hehe *Just kidding* =) Anyhow, I gots to go...There's a chick here who wants a tour of Reading(not that I know any of the place but I'll give her a tour) and there's laundry to do. That's another reason I like the list...I can say stuff like that :) Seth Fulmer mailto:usfulmer@mcs.drexel.edu mailto:st96t879@post.drexel.edu mailto:kaosking@voicenet.com webpages: http://www.voicenet.com/~kaosking Cool Quotes and stuff :) "You're a big fish in a small town bowl...You're a legend in your own mind..." - -Patty Scoboria - "Movin' on" ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 12:11:02 EDT From: JonBoy911@aol.com Subject: Re: ET: The way we were In a message dated 9/20/98 9:42:15 AM Central Daylight Time, kbpease@boston.crosswinds.net writes: << Now - that was REALLY easy. Who's next? >> Hi, my name's Jon. I go to the coolest High School in the history of mankind(ok, do it's a close second to Bayside), Crossroads. C-SPAN was at my school Thursday. It was pretty tight. I'm in love with Jen and she's hopelessly devoted to Brad. But, there is something between Jen and me. It's hard to explain. She admits it though. I love Pearl Jam, Jewel, =w=eezer, Elvis, all kinds of stuff. I am a strong believer that in the song "Breaking Up" Jewel says, "I never get lonely, I enjoy masturbating" I am an actor and a poet. This list is cool, and I too find it humorus that people on a mailing list complain about getting e-mail. Cracks me up. :) I once had an online conversation with Mike Connel where everytime I said something I also threw in something along the lines of.."Big Daddy Mike C". It was pretty cool. I dyed my hair for the first time ever on Thursday. I ate Chinese food at a Vietnamese restaurant Friday night. I wish everyone could just get along. Jon OH YAH!!! PS- Julia(JKPORTER@aol.com) thinks I am cute. DAMN I'm smooth ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 15:11:37 -0500 (CDT) From: Uneaq1@webtv.net (Maggie) Subject: Re: ET: this list and stuff Hi, I'm Maggie, know most commonly as Squid. Loooong story. I like camoflage, dressing weird, being weird, acting weird, acting, my combat boots, this really cute, weird junior named Matt Janson, Spanish, Algebra, my best friend Alexa, Shakespere, reading cheesy romance novels, watching TV, playing hide and seek, naps, and eating. Ohmigod, you will not belive what hapened to me Friday night. I was playing hide/seek with my brother, 3 of his friends, and my friend Jessie. We were taking a break in the park (a quarter block of trees, a fountain, and a garden) across the street from our apartments, right? And this really awesome black cherry colored convertible drove by. Dumbass me, I cat called and said kinda loudly, "I want that car!" and then I noticed it was my ALGEBRA TEACHER DRIVING!!!! I hadn't recognized it because he usually walks to school. Doh!! I know he saw me, 'cause he looked right at me! And it was like 11:30 at night! Ooopsies! ACK! Maggie ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 16:27:35 -0400 From: "The Quiet Angel" Subject: ET: Delurking Well, well, I'm coming outa my shell Now that I have the poetry part out of the way, it's time to reintroduce myself. The name's Abel, I've been lurking here since day 2 (don't believe me? look at the archives). I'm um... 20 but look, feel, and act 14. Currently residing in NYC. Have actually met Seth at 2 gatherings! :o) Am one of the few who hasn't been jumped by Jamie. Aaaaand in order to stay in character, I'll continue lurking, enjoying everyone's grieves, complaints, disagreements and the occasional delights and hijinks ;o) The Quiet Angel Abel rosarioa@cuny.campus.mci.net Quiet_Abel@hotmail.com "I'm a sensitive man of the 90's sweetheart, who cares for your emotional being an awful lot" --Jewel ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 16:38:41 EDT From: Oblivia15@aol.com Subject: ET: From the mind of Jackie.... Hiya peeps!!...... Well.....I have written another one... I am quite proud of it.. It's very honest, which is what I try to aim for...=0) So....I hope ya'll like it.... Feedback is more than welcome....even the bad stuff.... Enjoy!! Don't try to sweeten up the bitterness you dish out by saying "We should still be friends" Those words fall out of your mouth like careless little water droplets that soon turn to glass and cut my bare feet. And all the while I feel like choking; purging you out of my system, even as I keep myself afloat with a smile. What you deserve I cannot give you. No amount of suffering could turn my heart as black as yours. And what I feel, you will never know. My emotions are no longer your territory. ---No Trespassing Beware of the dog that longs to tear your insides out as well as mine. One step too close and I may just tell you to go away..... How rude of me. Am I too nice? Perhaps... I should be screaming. I should have already left you bleeding with 10,000 lashes of my tongue. But here I stand, watching as your hands caress another and your eyes light up at a different face. And all the hate....All the anger boils inside of me and turns my eyes steel grey. And still I do nothing. Most would call me a coward, afraid to face circumstance. But most are wrong... I am not afraid. You've simply inspired me to narrow my eyes and cast you off into the bin labeled: Forgotten ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~End~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jackie Vaughn September 15, 1998 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 14:02:00 -0700 From: "Naomi Vaughn" Subject: ET: my lil intro thing Okay, well, guess I better join in on the intro's here. :) Hiya, I'm Naomi! heh..I'm 14, homeschooled, and in 10th grade. Oh yeah, and I live in Tulsa, Oklahoma. I *love* music...and like all kinds, but mostly listen to modern rock. Let's see...I like writing poetry, reading, singing...and stuff to that effect. I got a guitar for christmas last year, but, besides fumbling around with it every now and then...I can't play *at all*. I'm determined to get into that by the new year though...heh. Um, what else? I joined this list cause it sounded like a great concept ~ everyday thoughts, poetry, ect. I have a neato-cheatoe fake tatooe on my thigh right now of three doves around a heart, with a rose under that. Hehe...I know you didn't care to know that...but I think it's groovy...lol. ;) Okay, well, don't know what else to tell ya. Hehe...I'm typing this as I eat my lunch...then I have to go clean some more, and then I have to go work a little later. Facinating, huh? I better shut up now. Later angels~! forever and a day, Naomi the unknown "okie" angel uin#10320304 - --- "I'm so terrified of no one else but me, I'm here all the time, I won't go away" ~Matchbox20 Angelfire for your free web-based e-mail. http://www.angelfire.com ------------------------------ End of eda-thoughts-digest V1 #204 **********************************