We are all in some way the same. Any of us can be traced on parchment and placed over another and the outline will match, at some point. Keep turning the page until it fits just right. Call it coincidence, if you will.
I can hold you up against me and often the lines match up perfect.
The following is an excerpt from an old handwritten journal.
Yesterday I saw my reflection and waited for an answer. I stood there like an idiot, swaying and staring. It took a while, but what I found was strength and self-respect. The bags packed themselves and walked right out the door. My hand held tightly to all that really mattered, my own heart. All of my abandon had left the poor thing in a sad state, atrophied. But if I am patient and use it a little more each day it will regain its once youthful bounce. It will be fit for giving...forgiving. Forgiving.
(I needed the white noise as well.)
p.s. it is yours and no one can take it away.
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The tiara is under his hat.
O_O
O_O
O_O
Oh! Hell to da nahhhh!!!
Though it would be funny if he reached for his cane and threateningly started unsheath something potentially threatening, only to reveal, like, a comb or a tube of mascara or something.
MINDFREAK! MINDFREAK!
Mayo,
Are you Criss Angel or Spencer Pratt?
Ummm, cuz, yeah. I don't like either.
Or lip balm. Yeah! You always need lip balm.
Buwahahaha!
Or lipgloss since it was poppin' earlier.
Mayo needs no weapons, Kapuana.
GET OUT OF MY HEAD!
Oh man, my neck just cracked so hard I'm surprised you guys didn't hear it all the way over there.
Solly said he's got paint brushes cuz he be paintin' dis shit all da colors of reality.
No weapons? So, does he fight with wit alone? He is the PUNisher.
BadumCHING.
Oh man, yeah, throw something. A tomato. Really.
We need to get Mayo a tricked out, fancy coat with coattails.
And we'll get some iron-ons of all of this shit, paint brushes, mascara, and the like, and we'll put them on his jacket.
Coat tails are the shiz, you definitely need coat tails.
And I'd like to point out that I got 1812 and 1818.
^_^
Niiiiice. ^_^
Like a Dwight Yoakam jacket all blinged out.
Can it be purple? With fringe?
Muwahaha.
Coattails make or break your coat, I'm just saying.
You can make anyone look badass with some coattails.
Kapuana, wit is the best weapon for some.
Mayo needs crocodile skin shoes.
LOL, yeah, lotsa fringe.
And lotsa sparkles.
Bedazzle the shit out of it.
Well outside of meatspace, Anon, and especially in BlogBelieve, wit is the only weapon. ^_^
You seem somewhat familiar, have we chatted with you before?
(I almost channeled Jack Sparrow for second there.)
Faux feathers on the collar? Pink on purple perhaps?
But, faux crocodile skin. ;)
Oh Splash, not the Bedazzler!
Let's make Mayo resemble this dude.
Bwuahaha.
I ♥ Elton John.
Remember a long time ago when this was still a toddler blog, and a bunch of us and a really nice anon played the Star Wars "pants" game, and also the Harry Potter "replace 'wand' with 'wang'" game?
Good times. :D
OMG! Leprechaun.
O_O
Pink on purple? Niiiice. ^_~
Familiar, eh?
Yes, I've been here before.
*Pokes you*
Yup, for sure. ^_^
Muwahahah.
Okay, so like, I can totally see Mayo now.
Solly wants to know if Mayo needs a posse or a crew?
Like an entourage?
Hellz yeah.
sorry, i wandered away.
kapunua, the footprint and feather idea is really cool. i can see that as a tattoo.
TJ, I wish I could see it as a tattoo.
The only thing is, everything I see looks so cliche. I can't find anything original unless I draw it, and I kind of suck.
OMG!!!!!
Solly said:
"I know what's hidden in the cane. The answer to the meffin' riddle!"
Muwahaha.
And the one tattoo artist I approached with it one time said to me, "Oh, well, I can't really draw."
O_o
Careful when you poke, I bite on instinct.
Mayo needs a big old belt buckle too. I can't elaborate.
Ooooh, the riddle, yes, I damn near forgot. If you don't give the answer to your riddle, it is forfeit. No one wins the turkey, but you don't get to take it home either.
And sometimes...
....
......
...They kill you.
Well, if you read Stephen King, anyway.
LOL, 6:08, please do not. ;)
Please don't make it say Texas.
Texas is soooooo one year ago. ;)
Mayo needs a big old belt buckle too. I can't elaborate.
O_O
So, we'll never know?
Arrrrgh!
you should ask some of your friends that do fanart, kapunua. or, draw out what you want, and then just keep drawing it, refining the image, until it's exactly right.
Familiar anon, who is you?
Whoop whoop, 1842 @ 6:09!
Also, allow me to excuse myself for my effusive use of ellipses. I truly think that ellipses don't even belong in conversational prose except humorously. It's one of my pet peeves.
You already know what you're going to say. Adding ellipses--especially if you then repeat your first words as you would if speaking--just reeks or pretense.
It is pretense. You have all the time you need to think about what you want to write and then write it.
"Mayo, did you...Did you write that riddle?!"
GAHHH! That's just forcing the reader to "hear" a conversational tone when it is not necessary! Why take the extra time to be pretentious?
Bleaghghghg!
There. I just forced you all to hear my raving.
^_^
Oh, TJ, I did ask. But they were all so hesitant to commit to the idea. The artists I asked were really weirded out by the permanence of it, feeling that if I hated the tattoo sometime down the road it would somehow reflect on them.
I can understand that, actually.
yeah, i can see that. it's a daunting idea, that what you draw will be on someone for the rest of their life. will become them, actually.
I never used ellipses until I started reading here.
I'm forever dooooomed.
Actually, I take that back. If I'm C&Ping lyrics and I need to take some of the junk out, I'll use them, and I always did that. But, otherwise, nope.
The belt buckle could contain the missing "n" or say "The Real Mayo" or something silly like that.
I'm a familiar anonymous, that's all.
Splash, when leaving text out, ellipses are necessary.
My pet peeve is what you called "beard-stroking." Actually writing in the dramatic pause in your "speech."
It makes me LOL but it also makes me scream.
Tell me...tell me you would never... never do such a thing!
;D
Or it could maybe have a real jar of mayonnaise attached to it with super glue???
No, that would be weird. Bwuahaha.
I think it would be fun if the belt buckle was something totally unexpected. Like a little butterfly or a fluffy bunny. Or something really random, like the chemical makeup of caffeine. You know?
I like Splash's idea, actually. O_o
Hold on...maybe I do do that sometimes.
LOL, hey, didn't we talk about that one time, and we were joking around how when Mayo used ellipses, we pictured him actually stroking his chin or something?
It was pretty funny what we came up with if I remember correctly.
Mayo wearing mayo? The location and contents could inspire so many bad jokes.
It wasn't Mayo we were discussing, it was someone else actually, someone who has a propensity towards dramatics. And you said that it was like you had to picture them stroking their beard. OMG, it was too funny the way you put it. ^_^
A strand of DNA or something.
Or, a flashlight or a special holder for matches, so whenever Mayo felt light-y, he could light them.
And that's also a precautionary measure for if he were to ever get stranded on a desert island or out in the frozen artic tundra.
stroking his chin or something?
O_o
Or something?
*gulp*
*wrinkles nose*
Ummm, what?
SHoots, that's what makes it awesome, anon. ;)
LMAO Princess!
And that's also a precautionary measure for if he were to ever get stranded on a desert island or out in the frozen artic tundra.
With a lemon car and a dead hooker in the trunk?
Solly says ninja star thingys.
Mayo wearing mayo? The location and contents could inspire so many bad jokes.
Ooops!
>.<
stroking his chin or something?
O_o
Or something?
Ooops again!
Oh, the shuriken! I've got a few of those. Err, naturally. ;)
The anon is one of K's friends.
With a lemon car and a dead hooker in the trunk?
Yeah, I mean, if that's what he wants, sure!
Something tells me Mayo shouldn't be around sharp objects.
One of my friends? If you know which one, tell! I'm the one stranded in the desert with the lemon car and the dead hooker in the trunk, as it ends up. O_o
Or a box full of them.
I'm so full of it.
Wrong 6:25.
If you know which one, tell! I'm the one stranded in the desert with the lemon car and the dead hooker in the trunk, as it ends up. O_o
Do you want some matches?
Man, I'd so love to whip out the "we don't need no stinking..." line here, but I can't bring myself to go through with it. ;)
Yo check out this couple who secretly moved into a mall.
O_o
Oh man, I like these people. Check it out.
Yet while Yoto and Townsend critiqued the mall as an agent of surveillance, they worked hard to make sure they were surveilled. They scanned their sketchbooks' pages onto their blogs. They uploaded handmade maps of the mall's undefined spaces. They posted video of their mall apartment on their Web site, which began to appear near the top of Google searches for Providence Place. They assume that's how security knew to search for them, finding Townsend one October afternoon behind the door they built. Townsend yelled "Surprise!" when they turned on the lights. He pleaded no contest, was sentenced to six months probation and was banned from the mall.
That's awesome.
A producer invited them to pitch a reality show about squatting. (The premise they came up with was "Extreme Helping," in which they would inhabit abandoned buildings and, in Townsend's words, "just help the fuck out of people.")
Hey everyone,
Cookiebelle, it's a cute name. I like it ^_^
And please listen to TJ's advice: Ignore the anons, no matter how hard they try to provoke you.
TJ: Thank you. Best part of the job: I get paid every day, and they're gonna try to make it full time before I leave for school. I got paid already as a matter of fact, so I'm happy. And I'm off tomorrow as well ^_^
Oh man, what rebels.
"Surprise!" Buwhaha.
very nice, bc. sounds like a good deal!
Off to the beach. Later!
bye kapunua!
But people are allowed to have an opinion and a voice, I was stripped of my right to both of those yesterday because somebody thought I was out of line.
Tell me, where's the mistake in that sentence?
Well, since you did ask...
First of all, you started the sentence with a conjunction. Grammar purists don't like that, but these days the practice is generally accepted, so it's no biggie.
Your unforgivable error, however, was in joining two clauses by a comma, creating a run-on sentence. Don't do that when you get to college, cookiebell. Your professors will flip a shit.
K leaves and the blog dies.
maybe its just taking a nap.
*tucks a blanket over the blog*
shhhhhhh...
*is dying from the heat*
I got the job though.
*is ded*
congratulations amy
Why, thank you Anon!
There's a mild problem though. I'm still waiting to hear from Company A, the one that pays really well. If they call on monday, I'll probably go with them. However, if not, I'll take this job, even though it doesn't start for another week and a half.
Oh well. It beats a kick in the balls.
How's your day going?
-A
The job that pays the most is not necessarily the best.
Hoping for the best for you anyway :)
My day has been very busy so far, thank you for asking. Just taking a small break before I head out again.
oh YAY AMY!!!!!
well done! when do you start?
and hello
and Hi TJ and hello anon
fishing wasn't any good yesterday but being out on the beach, catching up with our friend, then a scrummy dinner (at the restaurant I've mentioned before over the river) and a bottle of wine it was allllllllll good
Hey Ergo,
mmmm, the wine part sounds good. What type of wine was it?
*beans* Thank you Anon.
Where are you headed to? Out to enjoy some nice weather I hope.
Hiya Ergo! Sounds like you had an excellent day yesterday! How was your first week of work?
I probably won't be starting my first week for another week and a half or so. :P
-A
I'm wining and dining with some good friends. Nice excuse for me to get dolled up and look pretty.
And I will definitely be partaking in some of that wine :)
Congrats, A!! :)
It was a white wine by Wolf Blass
I'm looking for the name, we've had it there before and it's lovely
my first week was good too, still adjusting to the change in time at home though, house was disaster area by fri !
Congrats Amy
hi everyone
Congrats on the job Amy :)
Hi there! Hi Ergo, anon
Hi A, EP, Elena, BC *squeeze*, anons :)
I am paintin'!
hey everybody, i'm back from dinner and to such good news, too! congrats amyranth!
Anon, I hope you enjoy your wine! I still have half a bottle hanging out here, I should probably finish it off.
Thank you Elena and RW! How are you two today?
Ergo, that's what I'm not wild about either. The thing about going back to work is the house goes back to mess. :P
-A
Hi, TJ :)
hi resurrected wreck -- are you painting a room in your place?
hi RW BC TJ and elena!
there's quite a crowd here now
Yes, I've finally gotten around to painting my bedroom/living room area. I've got primer on two of the walls right now. I'm taking a bit of a break before I tackle the other two.
Amy, enjoy!
RW, you need a glass too. Painting is hard work ^_~
Just poured myself a glass of shiraz rose to get me started tonight. I just couldn't resist.
Anyone else is welcome to a glass!
Hallo BC and Teej! Thank you!
RW, what color did you pick?
BC, is your bathroom done yet?
-A
Hi Ergo - BC - TJ and RW
That looks like code.
I'm pretty good today. Just got back a bit ago from listening to my oldest daughter sing. That always makes me happy.
Oh and hello anon.
I knew I missed someone
hi ergo!
resurrected wreck, what color did you pick?
hi elena. she's going to be famous someday. she has an amazing voice.
oh how lovely elena
she must be very talented
Thanks for the glass, 8:09pm :) I don't mind if I do!
I picked a blue-toned pink a week or so ago called Sultan's Palace, and that's what I bought today. It should go nicely with the Raspberry Truffle in my hallway/dining room./Black Parade wall.
Hi Elena, TJ, RW *big squishy squeeze* :)
Amy, it's not done yet. It should be done by tonight, if not, tomorrow. I'm still at work so I don't know for sure how much it's completed yet.
Thanks TJ
I really hope you're right. She loves to sing!!
that sounds like a lovely combination, resurrected wreck.
Thank you, TJ :) I hope they will work well together. I think they will.
elena, if she does, i hope to be invited backstage sometime! :)
Elena, I didn't know that your daughter sang. Is she classically trained?
-A
She actually sings opera, Amy. She has sang with the KC Opera. But she can sing almost anything.
Rw I bet it'll turn out lovely
you'll have to take a snap so we can see when it's done
As I move things over to paint I am finding that my apartment is a lot dirtier than I'd thought >_<
And I'm evicting spiders from almost every corner.
Wow, man f I had a voice like that... I'd probably still sing in the shower!
That's amazing, is she hoping to join an opera, or is it just a hobby for her?
-A
Oh Amy - you are asking a question about my flighty daughter. I have no idea what she's gonna do.
Right now she's cantoring for 4 different churches and singing weddings. She also sings with a local band sometimes.
sounds like she's enjoying herself doing that, maybe she'll find a niche as she grows up
*grins*
Flighty with a good voice? Your little Bluebird then?
Kids never know what they wanna do. Heck, I'm 25 and damned if I know where my life is going.
-A
Hope so. You know it's weird but since she moved out the house is so quiet. She was always singing. I mean it, really. It was like living in a musical. She'd just break into song at any minute
Hell, at 25 I didn't know either, A!
Opera, you say, Elena?
these days people have a lot longer to decide on things
Yep RW - opera
Cool, Elena! Do you think she would like to get into opera as a career?
And a lot more to decide on, unless their decisions are made for them.
-A
I don't know RW. She does love singing it. She loves singing in Italian.
Whoootah! What a nice walk to the beach and back. Lots of LOLS and Mummy K and my two cousins and I singing really loud while walking down the street. Fun times. Cute kids. Nice dogs. ^_^
Oh Elena, that's so awesome. What a rare talent!
hi K sounds like you had a nice time
very true Amy there are so many choices I think it seems overwhelming sometimes
This is going to be totally out of place, so feel free to give me the O_o. :)
"Coincidence"
"Coincide"
One is said with a short 'I' and the other with a long 'I,' yet they are spelled the same way, take a few letters, so why isn't it "coincidence?"
Yes, I question much too often. :)
Okay, bye!
Oh damn I gotta go.
Hey it's been nice talking to all of you. Take care
HEY MAYO
Yeah, I'm yelling at you. I probably won't be back for a goodnight. Yeah, I'm sure you're verklempt. Anyway, take care...
Elena
Mustard, they say that the English language is the hardest to learn because if all the little rules in grammar, idioms and punctuation.
Not to mention the spelling, OY, the spelling!
-A has to go do dishes for supper.
the moon is rising all yellow-orange in the sky, just outside my window here.
she just cleared the trees.
i went out to take some pics, but my camera is crap...
so beautiful
oh, bye elena! good to see you!
i keep looking back and forth from the computer to the window...
This is my cousin's kid Mimi, is she a diva or what?
She mixes her words up a lot, and hilarity ensues.
Cousin C. with Mummy K.
Tons more, but I couldn't resist those. ^_^
Hi, K :)
Hi & bye, Mustard :)
Take care Elena
Hey!
I gots ta run already. Ice acai and Fox Mulder await me. ^_^
Phew!
Kitchen: Looks Better. :P
I wish Mister would wake up so I'd know what to make for dinner!
-A
Hey girls, and any guys who might be lurking! How's everyone?
bye elena
TJ our moon was beautiful last night, you could see it from early afternoon
you need a tripod (and an extended shutter cord is best too) telephoto and a long exposure to get decent pics though.
Putting the camera on something and using the timer helps, it stops the shake as you press the shutter button
HI J
I'm off for lunch
back later
Zee paint priming, she eez done!
Hi, J :)
How's things?
Ok, RW. Spent the day at Mom's; both sisters and the niece were there, too. Just a little grief from Mom, but nothing out of the ordinary.
I see you're still painting. How much more til you finish?
yeah, ergo, i know a handheld camera isn't going to do the trick, but i can never resist trying one more time!
i was just out getting coffee, and stopped to watch the end of the marathon race for women. it was cool, because the woman who won is 37 years old (with a teenage son, no less!), but what impressed me more was the american in the race. she came in almost last, it looked like, and she was limping and hobbling, but still running. her face was in a grimace the entire way, but she still kept going, all the way to the end.
that's courage. that's an admirable example of the olympic spirit, a true honor to the gods.
hi j. :)
Hey TJ. I see you've been moongazing.
...little bit.
:D
i'll be going back out later to do some serious witchery, but la luna is pretty irresistible. :)
I see you're still painting. How much more til you finish?
I've got two coats of the actual paint to put on yet. I'll do one tonight and hopefully finish off the second coat tomorrow afternoon, provided the first coat is totally dry by then.
Then I'll just have trim left to do.
she came in almost last, it looked like, and she was limping and hobbling, but still running. her face was in a grimace the entire way, but she still kept going, all the way to the end.
I love stories like that. I remember a male runner from a previous Olympics injuring himself during the course of the race. He was dead last, of course, but was determined to finish. His father actually came out onto the track and helped his son hobble across the finish line. The crowd was on their feet cheering.
Mayo, SS, everyone,
A little something to end the evening:
"Who comes to mind: Ian MacKaye, Miles Davis, Tony Alva, Henry Miller, Martin Luther King Jr. What comes to mind: the civil rights movement, independent music and film, and self-owned companies. My heroes spent little time questioning authority or tradition and more time making change by being true to themselves and going their own way. By doing so, they provided inspiration for others."
--Henry Rollins
Be true to yourselves.
Make the change.
Love,
L.
that's it exactly, resurrected wreck. yes the winning atheletes are amazing, their skill is undeniable, but it's the others, who won a place there, and compete so feircely as well that make it the olympics, as far as i'm concerned.
tbh, this was the first time in this olympics that i felt anything uplifting...for some reason, the rest of it is all leaving me cold, and even faintly disgusted.
"fiercely"
naturally.
Hi, L :)
Bye Ergo. Hi J :)
You know, TJ, Canada hasn't won any medals at all yet at these Olympic games. The media has been making much out of it, but I don't think the rest of us are too fussed. It would be cool for our athletes to get some, sure, but whatever. For me anyway, my interest in the Olympics is more about the cultural exchanges & the spirit of the games.
Although when that Swedish wrestler refused his bronze medal, the joke at work was that the Canadian contingent should have gone to the officials and said "We'll take it!" ;)
*L waves from couch*
Think I'll come back later and leave my goodnights.
Bye.
*runs in Mayo's front door*
*holds up a sign that says "I miss Fimble Star, Lucy Lu, and Star!"
*runs back out again*
Was that Solly streakin'?
Bye, J :) You and L have a good night!
other people are missed too
*waves to L*
Later J
uh, bye j. *waves back at l*
and hi and bye sdock. lol
i think that might be part of what is making the event seem slightly tawdry to me, resurrected wreck, the media reporting of it. that's so clichéd, too!
but i'm interested in the fact that this is truly a global event, one of the few we really have (and as a pagan i can't help but like that it's still dedicated to the olympic gods. *grin*)
That looks like streakin' to me RW ^_^
yes, 10:34, there are others, as well.
*runs back in and hands posterboard and markers to Anon*
Here ya go! Give shoutouts to the ones you miss!
i miss mayo
*mentions SS*
I miss the sheep.
Paperheart is missed
Paperheart is missed
Now that you mention it, it's been a long time since I've seen Shaunette.
And Bert.
present anon
the nice watchers
I miss some of the people from last year
i miss Carmine
i miss Gerard
i miss Mayo
i miss the OP's knowing Mayo's secret.
I miss
my sanity
I miss smart people.
I miss fun!
I miss K's ass.
i miss redrum de-lurking.
i miss Elena and TJ saying Mayo is Carmine and Carmine is Gerard
i miss bikey
i miss laverne & shirley and special salsa.
I miss Martha Jones.
I miss the Black Parade.
*runs in and takes down the "Missing PPU" posters*
PPU has been found!
*replaces those with "Missing Fimble Star" posters*
I miss George Carlin.
i miss jennicula
baaa?
I miss when Frank and Gerard were friends. :(
Firs anon 10:54,
Me too.
I miss Johnny Cash.
Me too, 11:01pm :(
Niiiice.
I miss MCR's dignity.
I miss my man.
*squeezes Shaunette*
That's great news solly. Hi shaunette *baaa* *gingerly pets Shaunette*
I miss gs and sc.
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