MrM

Thank you! Yes...one of my favorites is Tennyson. My other is Blake. I was inspired by current events in my life today.

Before your Remembering Stone I softly here kneel I am detached but not alone I deeply do feel Within my quivering hand there is A scented symbol A sweet offering before his starkly etched sigil One mere stick wrapped in blackest coal A wand of Incense When once lit works to seek your soul beyond death's black fence My love rises on scented smoke A holy sweet perfume That this Incense seeks to invoke Your life beyond this tomb

LOL...I just saw this on the CBS news tonight! Matt's gone global!!

I wish my poetry powers worked that way, but one a day is not possible for me. I'll focus on my latest one and post it here, though.

Scotty, sweetie, I love you....but you are out of your rabid asst mind if you think I'm gonna do that! I can run on one and that's the extent of my spiderman powers on treadmills. ~hugs~

I'm so glad you are enjoy it Clo. Each successive chapter reveals a little more so I hope you will continue following along.

Fascinating. The hunger I see here in San Diego when our Chinese tourists come over comes from this longing for a connection. I am continually pulled over by Chinese people wanting to know this or that or wanting their photo taken. They are in love with America! I would have never thought such a thing possible while growing up. Mao's era was just ending and the horrors of the Cultural Revolution were still reverberating though the Hidden Empire. American and Chinese relations were virtually nonexistent. Now a simple lost phone cracks open a hole in a crumbling wall. There is much going on here on a lot of levels. This man's experience is probably more significant than he can ever know. The Dragon is Rising...but it does so with a smile!

Welcome Happenstance. As old as I am I'm in your shoes. I am just finding myself again. I hope that you can find some answers and makes some friends like I have. We gotta support each other in this world so I'm glad you're here. You're never alone, militarypress.

Yes...soon!

Rough edges...being sanded down...little by little

Me too. I actually didn't watch it until a few years later when I was nostalgic for the 80s. I fell in love with Simple Minds before this came out but it was a selling point for me on this fim that John Hughes showcased Don't You (da daa deee deee) Forget About Me in the film and made them international stars!

Brian has Snowflake for a coach! He can do anything...especially in pop fiction. Sparring...think Bogie and Hepburn in The African Queen. If you haven't seen that John Houston classic...treat yourself one day.

Thank you so much! That's what I'm aiming for. 3D characters.

We'll find out pretty soon!

~~~~~~ Brian So, Snowflake. He's like: "Yes. I was nicknamed 'Lumihiutale' back home. Most Americans find that impossible to pronounce so it basically translates as Snowflake." Ok. I can't even pronounce his given name right; I'm not even going to attempt Luma-whattie or whatever. I get my mental chessboard out. Time to get him to give me an opening into what I'm dealing with here. I comment: "Seems legit. Seems appropriate for a ski instructor. I'm sure there

Yes. I support this notion.

I wish that a boy's innocence was as valuable as a girl's seems to be. Innocence and virginity in boys seem to be a scourge to be gotten rid of as soon as may be, but once those two things are gone so is a certain kind of openness and joy. A wisdom sets in as well as the deep hunger of sexual gratification. Sex becomes like a drug to a young heart not yet ready to deal with this powerful drive. It becomes a near all consuming obsession and so much that is good and happy in those early teen years gets passed over. Things that lead to healthy maturation and a solid foundation for strong emotional development. To expose someone so young to sex too early is to steal the rest of his childhood and to stunt his ability to become a strong, stable, and confident man. It is a deep emotional injury hidden in the momentary extacy of an orgasm. More dangerous is that the bond that forms during sex is strong and its breaking can often break a boy to pieces. They become more prone to suicide and/or substance abuse when that inevitable pain hits. They cannot cope with it. They are not mature enough to survive it unscathed. This danger is compounded by the fact that boys are still not allowed to express themselves when they are breaking. They must 'man up'. Let me ask you. How can you 'man up' when you are not yet a man? In its way, the non-penetrative rape of a boy can be just as devestating to him as a penetrative rape.

What a sweet story.... ~sigh~

I really don't have a dog in this race. I'm so stereotypically gay that I don't even know who's playing or why, but I thought I'd take a census as to who is watching, what teams, and why. Happy Sprunged Spring

I may start going to a Sunday Brunch at our local Ultragay Establishment in Hillcrest called Urban MO's. I think I just want to go because its called 'Church'. So I can go to 'Church' on Sunday.

Eggs are such a nice shape.

Thank you good sir. I do these when I need to get the creative juices flowing.

I posted this song before but this is a better video. I can't get enough of these guys and they are just starting to make it now.

We were 11. We were friends. We were almost more than friends. Then we weren't anymore.