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Oh darling. I know, I know.
::sigh:: You are so brave, and these things will keep happening to you, like trying to fit pieces together in one of those maddening puzzles, where all the bits look alike. Suddenly, you'll pick one up and IT WILL FIT! and the next one, and the next one... You know you will never get this one all together, but you'll have a big chunk of the center, and most of the edges. It will be a marvellous picture.
posted by
sparkietheduck
on November 28, 2004 at 6:30 PM
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Ah, the Rogue makes an appearance.
I'm surprised it took so long. ;) I've always said he could watch, so feel free and pull up a chair. ::: hands you a bowl of popcorn ::: Enjoy. :)
Hmmm, now if we could get Sherry to play along. 
posted by
Temple
on October 4, 2004 at 7:23 PM
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can i watch?
(you guessed it, that's from ian)
::::::sighs and rolls eyes::::::::
posted by
Moohahaha
on October 4, 2004 at 12:40 AM
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AngieK
I think because I knew she was involved from the beginning, it was easier to deal with. Not that it didn't have it's sad moments. I think this one is just meant to be a crunch, but that's delicious in and of itself. Thanks for reading and leaving a footprint.
posted by
Temple
on October 3, 2004 at 2:58 PM
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That was very nice,
I definately can relate to that. I had a crush once on this guy, he was beautiful. He fell in love with someone else, which didn't surprise me. It did hurt, but I knew it would be that way from the minute I saw him. Anyway, take care.
posted by
Flumpystalls3000
on October 3, 2004 at 11:11 AM
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It takes work...
I told you I was still a kid at heart...
posted by
jimmy68
on October 2, 2004 at 8:13 PM
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Go to bed sweet Temple vixen...
snuggle into the warm sheets and dream of warm days and wild nights...I've got to get some sleep soon, I have school in the morning...
posted by
jimmy68
on September 29, 2004 at 11:46 PM
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Back then it was just for kicks...
dope was the groove, skating and metal and punk and sex and drugs and stealing and burning the candle at both ends was working for me...It stopped working long before I stopped trying to live it, unfortunately, but what the hell. I kept waking up alive, and eventually I grew up in the necessary ways...though I'm still a kid at heart
posted by
jimmy68
on September 29, 2004 at 11:39 PM
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You win any day that you wake up alive the following morning...
the rest is just gravy... You reminded me of the Old School, check out Jimmy's Observatory for the blast from the past... While writing it I remembered Carrie for the first time in a long time, the first girl I had sex with - at a public park at like one in the afternoon on a school day - she was a redhead, maybe that's why I've always had a soft spot for carrot tops...
posted by
jimmy68
on September 29, 2004 at 10:50 PM
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Pheonix
What a great thing to say. Thank you....for reading, too. Yes, courage is essential. Sometimes it just feels like fear and survival though. ;)
posted by
Temple
on September 29, 2004 at 8:34 PM
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Daisy, I love to hear that!
Hooked is a good thing. :) Thank you so much for such sweet words....and for reading and leaving a footprint. I love quotes, I put one in every post. My archives have some good ones. Things have been too busy to write, but I will write as soon as I can. You are so cute... keep us (at least you) informed. ;) Will do.
posted by
Temple
on September 29, 2004 at 8:33 PM
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Temple...you have great courage...
Tough times always herald a new beginning
posted by
Phoenix99
on September 29, 2004 at 2:42 AM
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That was one of the most beautiful things I've read in a really long time! Do keep us (at at least me) informed of how this relationship progresses.. you have me hooked!! And I love that quote too..
posted by
daisysface
on September 29, 2004 at 2:15 AM
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College professor...
who writes and consults on the side...I keep playing with the idea of going to Law school, but I think I want a Phd in Sociology, maybe a Masters in Geography, hell I just want to be a student who can teach too...
posted by
jimmy68
on September 28, 2004 at 10:48 PM
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All right, all right all ready....
there was this fine, redhead sorta sneaking around in my mind, but I'm pretty sure she wasn't a rabbit...
posted by
jimmy68
on September 28, 2004 at 10:40 PM
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Perhaps...
or perhaps another...
who can say? not me.
posted by
jimmy68
on September 28, 2004 at 10:13 PM
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Angelina is deefinately one of the most beautiful...
and impressive, women in the world. When I think of her it usually starts with a wow...
posted by
jimmy68
on September 28, 2004 at 4:55 PM
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beautifully and originally well written. Thanks Temple. You're coining a phrase.
posted by
Wildwoman_Laloba
on September 26, 2004 at 11:17 PM
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Rock on Girl...
you can never have enough education...
posted by
jimmy68
on September 24, 2004 at 11:46 PM
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I'm pretty much straight...
but that could be because I never ran into just the right person...whatever they think, fuck 'em, be true to yourself and you cannot be false with anyone...if it will make you happier in any way, and no one is getting hurt, why not?
posted by
jimmy68
on September 23, 2004 at 9:11 PM
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Seeing me in traffic now...
ahh haa, I've begun to get under your skin...
posted by
jimmy68
on September 23, 2004 at 7:06 PM
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Original, yes, she is. :)
Kidding....thank you very much.
posted by
Temple
on September 23, 2004 at 7:02 PM
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Very, very nice!
posted by
Original_Influence
on September 23, 2004 at 4:14 AM
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absolutely correct my dear...
I'm pretty accepting of circumstances beyond my control...
posted by
jimmy68
on September 22, 2004 at 10:10 PM
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shortskirts are kewl indeed.
velvet....sensual, delicious, yummie....what a comparison. Thank you and welcome. :)
posted by
Temple
on September 22, 2004 at 8:42 PM
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Bella, I've never been able to be predictable.
I've tried. In my mind predictability and reliability go hand in hand, and I wanted to be more reliable....more steady. But, alas, I'm reliable in the ways that mean the most to me and work on the rest. Sherry keeps saying....this crunching thing....I don't know. I tell her...you are sooooo crunchy. She laughs and shakes her head. :) This is my life, made up words and buffets. Viva Temple! ::: laughs :::
posted by
Temple
on September 22, 2004 at 8:40 PM
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Cassie, you always say the words that make me want to write more.
I love your description. I don't think it selfish, I think it's wise. Try things on, see what fits. That's how we make new discoveries. I suppose that's what I'm doing, too. Part of risking is the fall...along with the high is the low. I don't like the lows, but I love the high so I take it all. Don't worry about the plunging depths, I'm an expert. No matter what I say or feel in those moments, I always know later that I would do it the same way. Take the risk, feel all the tingly spectrum. I know you care, my friend, thank you for worrying about me. But, you know me well enough to know that I always jump when my heart says...when my instincts say...I look for the lesson. There is one here, I know that. I feel it already. I lived without risks for too long. I never want that again. So, you can just keep playing along with me and we'll see how it goes. :)
posted by
Temple
on September 22, 2004 at 8:38 PM
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Abuelita, I do love to love....I'm good at it.
I don't mean just romantic love, and I don't fall in love for love's sake...but I am open and it finds me. I think I'm lucky that way, even if it does bring heartbreak. I don't take what you said as a criticism in any way....it's intentional for me. I lived life like that before the accident, then lived in years of gray. Safe, blah, gray. Now, I live that way again even though I used to wish I would stop. I see now it's benefit and it's brilliance. I think all of life is that way. Enjoy the beauty of the pink sky while it's there....the pink and gold leaves....the steely blue gray ocean....my kitty in the midst of a new discovery. All the sensory goodies that we miss, that's my buffet. Lucky for me, love is part of that. Even though this is not love, it's new and delicious and hard. It's worth it.
Listen little old dog, I know you've have had lots of life and lots of buffets. I just hope you fatten up before too long because you are entirely too brilliant to live behind "old"...you deserve little old grayhaired toothless love, too. 
posted by
Temple
on September 22, 2004 at 8:27 PM
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Jimmy
Scary and fun....describes all the good stuff, doesn't it? ;)
posted by
Temple
on September 22, 2004 at 8:12 PM
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You sound like velvet
posted by
shortskirtsrkewl
on September 22, 2004 at 7:56 PM
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Crunch...I never heard it described thus.
Your posts are never predictable
posted by
beachbelle
on September 21, 2004 at 3:45 PM
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Temple, I am reading your every post with bated breath waiting eagerly for the next installment. I want you to write faster, more frequently. I am feeling your emotions along with you. I'm a very selfish reader because I am enjoying your emotions, trying them on for size, wriggling in them, smoothing them down and discarding them if they don't fit. I'm hoping you stay positive too. I don't want to see you plunge to any depths again. I care.
posted by
Ca88andra
on September 21, 2004 at 4:33 AM
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Temple, you love to love, I see it now.
You jump in and take big bites and swallow and then often have tummy aches later, life is a buffet. And I don't mean that as a criticism, just how I read your posts. I always ate at buffets in my youth. Now I never eat and the old dog and I grow very thin. Thin is good, for now.
posted by
benzinha
on September 20, 2004 at 11:22 PM
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You go girl...
sounds scary and fun...
posted by
jimmy68
on September 20, 2004 at 10:40 PM
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