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muse

the tip of the thorn

May 07, 2007 16:54

Friday night, I attended the Mesa Slam-off after attending a lovely hippie wedding. It was one of the best nights of poetry in recent memory. Last year, some people didn’t seem like they should be onstage. Friday, everyone belonged there. Hell, everyone busted out and tore up the joint. I think I fell in love at least six times. I left ( Read more... )

fucking beauty, dan seaman, rumours, lauren perry, secrets, shaun, bill campana, slam-off, mesa

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shauntkuter May 8 2007, 00:05:30 UTC

You're pretty!

So, if it were up to you, you having Dan's omnipotent judge paddle, who would be visiting you on Team Mesa at Slab City?

This what the list I came up with the other day. muse May 8 2007, 00:14:52 UTC

Not fair telling me I'm pretty just because I ask to hear something pretty, Danger-mouse.

To answer this, I'll preface it by saying it doesn't reflect my respect or personal opinion of the poets, just that this is how I thought the scores would have stacked based on what I've seen:

1. Bill Campana
2. Chesko
3. Shaun Kuter
4. Lauren Perry

Re: This what the list I came up with the other day. shauntkuter May 8 2007, 00:16:00 UTC

Okay, but how about after what you saw on Friday night?

Re: This what the list I came up with the other day. muse May 8 2007, 00:20:02 UTC

YOU ARE AWFUL! I am not carrying your books home from school ever again. Shin-kicking might commence, Kuter!

Okay, after what I saw?

1. Shaun
2. Chesko
3. Mandy
4. Brent

I only saw one of Lauren's poems, to be fair. I came late. I thought she did beautifully on her last round poem. Bill cracked me up as always, but the last round, something happened.

bobdapoet May 8 2007, 00:08:05 UTC

We mesanites are dramatic and passionate people, we are good at airing our ills, and that is the best way to clean them and have them heal properly. Hidden wounds never receive the attention they deserve to truely heal.

Jewel- Your support does not go unnoticed, not by me, or anyone else in our community. You bless anyplace you are with the air you exhale.

My question is, when are you coming to bless us on a more constant as in, live here, basis?

:-)

:* muse May 8 2007, 05:38:02 UTC

Aww, I love you Mesanites. Always have, always will. I understand catharsis, but I'll admit that some of the posts earlier today had me really brassed off. I've since boxed and had a yummy dinner, so I feel mellow and see that people sometimes need to sound off in order to come to some resolution within themselves. I get that. It just caught me off-guard because the night of the event, everyone seemed so loving and humble. Even at Essenza and when we were all at Cheba Hut, I felt good things. Signing on to read all these posts was disheartening. But then, I was having a pissed-off kind of day anyway.

Thank you for everything you say and all the support. I appreciate it and you so much. I love you, Bob, and am glad that you're part of this wild and wonderful world. Saturday was so much fun.

And I cannot quite answer that question. I'm figuring out my game-plan, you see. You'll be one of the first to know if I do move there.

ldygwynedd May 8 2007, 00:15:19 UTC

::smooch:

Sometimes people grow up, Jewel. Sometimes they don't. I've always thought that gossip was the province of the immature and insecure.

I eat virginal boys for breakfast, apparently. That's the rumour about town. muse May 8 2007, 00:17:10 UTC

I hold that belief, too. I guess I don't talk much about other people (in a bad way) because I'm too busy doing my thing. I like to talk about the cool stuff people do, though.

You're right about the rest, as always, Jean.

::smooches right back!::

Answer this via email... fifthconundrum May 8 2007, 00:58:56 UTC

Why do you read me, when my life is nowhere near as exciting as yours, when I am not nearly as sexy as you and the people you know in the flesh, when I am nine-tenths angst mixed with anger (with a shitload of cynicism mixed in), when I have to scratch and scrape for a fraction of what comes easily to others, and when my words on the screen are nowhere near as alive as yours?

Re: Answer this via email... muse May 11 2007, 08:05:28 UTC

I want to answer you here. May I?

Re: Answer this via email... fifthconundrum May 11 2007, 10:19:21 UTC

I don't mind. I just wanted to not be an attention-whore.

Re: Answer this via email... muse May 15 2007, 22:15:35 UTC

Lady, I read you because I love reading what you have to say; you're vibrant, vital, and honest about your world. I've read you for years and always appreciated your insights, whether you feel those insights are angry or not. I am not friends with people because I want them to be like me; that'd be egotistical, the equivalent of relationship masturbation. I enjoy reading about your progress, your triumphs, your pain, all of it. You wouldn't be a complete, entire being without all those things that you are. I consider you to be intriguing and interesting. I don't consider myself to be particularly exciting. I'm just eager for experiences. I don't consider myself sexy. I'm just open to the world. I see these traits in you, which means that if you think those things are exciting and sexy, you must then, also possess those qualities ( ... )

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farce_life May 8 2007, 01:07:10 UTC

You probably won't remember me but you were on my friends list when I was "Corse" years ago. Then, I closed that journal down. These days I mostly haunt LJ to read the journals I'm most fond of. Nobody adds me, which is suitable right now since I'm more active at myspace. Here's a question for you: What caused you to turn from the world of politics and law, to the more bohemian lifestyle? I love the twists your life has taken and have myself lived a life similarly winding, so I'm not by any means judging you. Just curious.

i do so remember! muse May 8 2007, 05:30:46 UTC

I do remember you. It's funny because I'd always wondered what happened to you. There's a line from the movie Stand By Me that I've always loved. Richard Dreyfuss says, "People pass in and out of each other's lives like bussers in a restaurant." He says it with such melancholy finality, and there's a part of me that doesn't want to hear it, but I do because he's right. Good to see you again. I hope that things are going well for you ( ... )

Re: i do so remember! farce_life May 8 2007, 19:51:53 UTC

And I figured I was not remembered once I was absent from your life. How sweet! I am finally finishing up my philosophy degree, albeit slowly, due to all of the wrestling with the bureaucratic university powers. This fulfillment of a dream long-held is keeping me going and the rest of life is not too shabby.
What you wrote here is excellent:
"If I gain laugh lines and wisdom, I'll feel as if I've lived life well."
I love your strength, and wisdom, and intelligence. More women need to embrace their true selves and be open to experience, the way you are.
You remind me of the beat poets, with their sense of adventure and good living. I wish the best to you and would show you the myspace profile, only I don't think you would enjoy reading all the surveys I post. If you don't mind I'll continue lurking here and maybe leave a message for you now and then. Whatever you wish.

Re: i do so remember! muse May 11 2007, 07:32:59 UTC

Good work on the degree. If you have to do it slowly, you have to do it slowly. There's no shame in taking the turtle's path towards a goal. The end result is the same as if you'd hitched a ride on the hare's back. Keep doing what you're doing. Obviously, it's working for you ( ... )

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