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Everything Old Is New Again

Where does this tenderness come from?
These are not the- first curls I
have stroked slowly- and lips I
have known are- darker than yours

as stars rise often and go out again
(where does this tenderness come from?)
so many eyes have risen and died out
in front of these eyes of mine.

and yet no such song have
I heard in the darkness of night before,
(where does this tenderness come from?):
here, on the ribs of the singer.

Where does this tenderness come from?
And what shall I do with it, young
sly singer, just passing by?
Your lashes are- longer than anyone's. ~Marina Tsvetaeva

Loaded Questions VI

So, who's ready to beat the pants off of Ms Monty? Oh, wait, she is the pantless blogger so that doesn't quite work, does it? Seems we have some mystery players (again!) this go around and so we will just have to work around that little snag. If you are one of the mystery players (you played, but your blog addy/persona is missing from the list of the cool kids), come out, come out and drop me an email to let me know you participated along with an URL to your fabulous blog. The winner of round six scores Knock Knock's Sex Flashcards.... the perfect gift for nymphomaniacs and born-again virgins alike!

Here we go:

Brian

Cam

Chuck

Hillbilly Mom

Jim

Keb (?) You did play, right??       Well, dammit, Keb's out this time...which means:

Mystery Player Two (Who are you??)

lu

Michelle (?)

Monty

Mystery Player (Mr. Darling??--Show me some linky love and send me the URL to your blog!)

The Loaded Questions:

Hypotheticals:

If you could be a spokesperson for any product, which would you choose?

If you could bathe in a vat of any drink or food item, what would you choose?

Anything Goes:

What is the dirtiest word in the English language?

Fill in the blank- I would like to be known as the world's greatest ______________.

No-Brainers:

What was your favorite thing that happened yesterday?

What was your favorite book growing up?

Personals:

What do you need more of right now?

What is it about you that people find irresistable?

What say you?

Scantily Clad & Getting Loaded

If you haven't already sent me a little sumpin sumpin for Show Us Some Skin, what are you waiting for?  I'm not gonna name any names here, you know who you are--you, you with your empty promises. You tease. 

The submissions thus far .....OH. MY.   

You know, the holidays are about love.  And I'm all about the love.  I've decided we need to profile one hottie for every week in December.  Oh, and January is bitterly cold and gray (at least in my neck of the woods), so why don't we do the same for that month.  I'm pretty sure the stuff I have to share will warm you right up.

And hey!  No doubt the Kinkos' staff would be enthusiastic about putting together a sexy bloggers calendar for us.... we are only two submissions shy.  ; )

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Loaded Questions VI is on and we've got nine ten players with sexy smiles (complete with gold plated front teeth) and equally sexy voices who are great in bed playing this round.  Won't you come out and play with us?? 

Start out by reading the intriguing questions and  then post your titillating responses, remembering to sign in with an anonymous and NON GENDER specific nickname.  The deadline to play will be Friday, November 25th at midnight (CST).  Step away from the leftover turkey and lick that whippped cream off your fingers before you email me at skiplu@gmail.com  on Saturday, November 26th (again, by midnight CST)  to notify me  that you have posted your answers and that you are partying with us.  Don't fill me in before then as I want to play too!  I will in turn email you when I have posted the list of participating bloggers and the Q&A.   Come on, live a little.

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Lastly, this was our morning commute: Beef.  It's not for dinner.

Jordan:  Mom, what's for dinner?  (um, it's freakin 7:30 in the morning, mind you)

Me:  Sorry, I haven't got that far

Jordan:  I want beef

*Kaleigh and I look at each with raised eyebrows*

Me:  You know, when we first stopped eating red meat, I would occasionally think 'oh, a hamburger would be really good right now', but now just the thought of the meat cooking makes me want to hurl

Kaleigh:  Yeah, I don't want to eat anything with the name angus in front of it

Me:  *snorting water out my nose* yeah, sounds too much like anus

Jordan:  what's an anus?

K: * ignoring Jordan* something between anus and fungus

Me:  Pulling up to K's school, as she grabs her lunch box and steps out of the car, I say, "yes, we must do something about your anal fungus"

K:  Nice mom. 

Me:  No problem, have a great day!  *blows her a kiss*

Jordan:  So, mom, what is for dinner?

A Brush With Success

Hey kids, time to share another one of my writing exercises for my Ficiton Writing class.....

Write a scene depicting a brush with success; your protagonist gets a glimpse/taste of attaining his/her desire.  Remember to keep in mind what the scene is.  The reader should learn something important about the nature of the protagonist's desire.  This scene represents a complication; this scene whets your character's appetite.  That he/she is thwarted will propel the story forward. 

The very first thought that Parker had upon waking was I need to pee. She knew before ever opening her eyes that she was in unfamiliar surroundings. With the nicotine, liquor and undeniable scent of sex blanketing the room, disorientation gave way to the realization that she was indeed not in her own bed. Lifting her heavy lids, she peered at the concert poster of some local band that she had never heard of and the pile of stuffed animals on the toddler race car bed beside the mattress she was laying on. Counting the legs on the fluorescent green caterpillar, no doubt won at some cheesy carnival game, she wondered what time it was but didn’t dare turn over to seek out a clock.

Oo-La-Lu

Thus far when sharing our Show Us Some Skin submissions, I've included a few hints by way of a mini bio. 

But this one?  Come on.    Is there anything you don't know about her?   An open book, she is. 

Hers and Mine

I remember we were both prepared
to suffer the unexpected gifts of Fate
as required and with a calm stoicism,
and perhaps with a little sarcasm.

But we were afraid of dying of tenderness
for each other- and this fear grew
and gradually filled the space
which so invincibly and with such
mourning lay between us....
which in fact it never came
into our heads to cut through.

~Anna Akhmatova

Tender introduction to this journey
deceived by familiar surroundings
hastily we set the course

Desperately wanting to choose a new path
looking to the torn and tattered map,
find it useless in application

Clumsily groping the darkness
blanketed in naivete
searching, confused, tiny and lost

Dancing together, yet separate
shhhh..... I know this music-

You gingerly take my hand
moving in polite and careful gestures--
hesitation answers our apprehension

Stumbling.....
your moving further, faintly and quietly away
Falling, our song fading, fading
Fear drowning out the last strains.

~me

His and Mine

the first of all my dreams was of
a lover and his only love,
strolling slowly (mind in mind)
through some green mysterious land

until my second dream begins --
the sky is wild with leaves;which dance
and dancing swoop(and swooping whirl
over a frightened boy and girl)

but that mere fury soon became
silence:in hunger always whom
two tiny selves sleep(doll by doll)
motionless under magical

foreverfully falling snow.
And then this dreamer wept:and so
she quickly dreamed a dream of spring
--how you and i are blossoming

~ e. e. cummings

Love, love, love that poem.

mine:

Such big dreams for two tiny selves
Both are tired, true, denied, decided
Veiled behind a soft curtain of lashes
Lulled by the whisper of your hopes and dreams

I fall silently
Want to match my breathing to yours
Drowning in your scent
Taste you on my lips

Draw us a bath of moonbeams
Tell me a story of a girl like me and
A boy as you
Abandon our fear, our pride
Decide to let me see you sleepy

Fading fast, blanketed in a delicate grayness

New morning’s twilight behaves like a thief
Raping our celestial bath with a sieve
Drawing out our moistness, our stickiness
Kissing the earth with our sweetest dew
~me

Oh My

Still eagerly awaiting your submission for Show Us Some Skin, I'm certain that Miss November will inspire you.   No doubt you'll agree with me that her photos are absolutely gorgeous.

Who is the seeexxxy Miss November?

She's a sucker for tall guys with piercing blue eyes who make her laugh and love animals.  Miss November is practiced in the art of procrastination and fantasizes about someday winning the lottery.   If she were to opt out of law school, I'm told she would have a promising career in the phone sex industry.

With her biting sarcasm and edgy humor, she's been deservingly featured as Michele's Site Of The Day.  Alas, Miss November is not available.  In fact, she will soon be celebrating a decade of marriage to her cowboy who continues to  leave her weak in the knees.  Yes, it seems all of the good ones are taken.

Take a peek at the last photo (Holy Smokes!) before guessing who she is. 

The Pantless Blogger Shakes Things Up

This was a hard round.  Having three of our ten players abandon us without sharing the URL to their blog, made it even more difficult to assign the proper name with the witty response.  With all her saucy spunkiness, Ms Monty, aka The Pantless Blogger, crashed Keb's party and takes home the tiara and the illustrious title that is Most Loaded.   Congratulations, Monty!  Send me your snail mail addy so I can get your fabulous prize to you. 

So, who was who?

Bob aka NotGood (ostrich?  Really  How does one eat that?  Fried?  On a bed of linguini?)

Chuck aka Animule?  Data?  I really don't know!!

Jane aka Andromeda (reporting you have read 90 million books this year gave you away!  Card shark, huh?  Remind me not to play Go Fish with you)

Keb aka Stella (Save me a spot on that beach.  I'll bring the tiny umbrellas for the drinks!)

lu aka whisper (Everyone who guessed this go around figured me out.  Am I really that transparent?)

mean girl aka Chase (I'd pay good money to see that trick you do with your tongue.) 

Monty aka The Pantless Blogger (You win for best secret identity!  As always, you had me giggling while reading your responses.  You smoke?? I did not know that!)

It goes without saying that Cam was sorely missed this round.  Come back!  Come back!  Oh, and that other guy, what's his name, yeah, I missed him too.   Miss October is such a tease....she keeps promising she'll come out and play with us, but she never does.  Sigh.

Mary was properly excused this round, Bonnie was on a break and Shari is knee-deep in moving boxes.  Cyndi, where did you go?  Brian, was it something I said?

Guess what I'm supposed to be doing right now?  Reading two novels, one of which I haven't even started and crafting another writing exercise for my Ficiton Writing class.  If I actually get something together, I'll post it so you can give me some feedback before I make a complete ass of myself turn it in on Tuesday. 

So, because I'm busy, I'm gonna copy and paste here.  Deja vu and all that.  Just deal with it.

On to Loaded Questions VI.  Most of you know the drill by now, but I am thrilled that we have scored some virgins for the last few rounds and I'm hoping that we can continue to seduce even more innocents into playing with us.  *Newbies, just be sure to read the fine print!!  Missing URL's make this confusing.*  So in anticipation of such:

Start out by reading the intriguing questions and  then post your titillating responses, remembering to sign in with an anonymous and NON GENDER specific nickname.  The deadline to play will be Friday, November 25th at midnight (CST).  Step away from the leftover turkey and lick that whippped cream off your fingers before you email me at skiplu@gmail.com  on Saturday, November 26th (again, by midnight CST)  to notify me  that you have posted your answers and that you are partying with us.  Don't fill me in before then as I want to play too!  I will in turn email you when I have posted the list of participating bloggers and the Q&A.

I'm especially curious as to :

What is the dirtiest word in the English language?

While I'm Away...

Because I'm a bad, bad mother, I'm pulling Kaleigh out of school tomorrow so that we can bask in our Indian Summer.  This will be our last opportunity this year to run off to the woods and so we are going to sieze it.   Yes, we are camping fools. 

Not to cut into your , no doubt, juicy plans for the weekend, but I'm leaving you with some homework. 

Your assignments are as follows:

*Loaded Questions V-- tell me who you think said what

*Guess who Miss October is and send me the titillating photo you promised to send me

*Miss me while I'm gone

What the hell happened in Loaded Questions V??  I was thrilled that we had some new players join us and then they just disappeared.  Where did ya go?  Since we have three mystery players (we are missing three URL's) we have little choice but to try and match up the seven blogs we do have with seven of the ten responses.  Lemme know if you are completely lost and I'll try and set you straight.  I'll keep collecting your attempts at who's who and announce the winner Sunday night.

Secondly, I am very, very excited about the enthusiastic response to Show Us Some Skin.  Damn, there are some hella-sexy bloggers out there!  Some of you are making me blush. I'm eagerly running home from class each day to find what new surprise awaits me in my gmail.  This is gonna be a blast!  Thank you to everyone who has already submitted a smokin hot photograph.  And the rest of you...enough with the shy routine and bring it, baby!

I'm gonna throw some hints out as to who our Miss October is :

Yes, that is a tattoo....but can you tell what it is? *hint*  *hint*

Why, yes, yoga does indeed do a body good (gorgeous, you are!!)

While our Miss October is not available (dammit!), her turn-on's include intelligence, a cozy neck, a ready smile, calm and equal (?) parts of reverence and irreverence

What else can I tell you about her?  She's an amazing writer with much deserved Blogging For Books wins and she's inching up on 30,000 hits even without having celebrated her one year blogiversary yet.  She's incredibly kind, nurturing and equally respectful of all living things.  Her affinity for nature, her wonder and awe of the world around her are nothing short of contagious.

I read her blog every single day and I learn something every single day.

Oh, did you know she met the love of her life online??  Woohoo!  As I feel I'm selling her short here-- I'll let her tell you more about who she is.  Seems I wasn't the first to capture a man's heart through my words.

Check out her hook, line, and sinker:

Like Virginia Woolf, I believe every woman needs a little money and a room of her own but it is starting to occur to me that some good company might be in order as well, especially now that my very best travel companion is getting ready to choose her college. So-I'm generally happy, energetic and more curious about nature and places than who's doing what with whom. Youthful appearance and demeanor. I'm independent and self reliant, a creature of comfort (more cotton than silk) and I enjoy gardening, kayaking and sneaking quietly around the lake looking for Sandhill Cranes in the marsh grass. I place very high value on strong personal ethics and I'm committed to caring for others, especially in my professional life but I leave space to meet my own needs and have fun. I'm almost done raising my two nearly perfect children (the jazz musician is already out the door but may need indefinite support from afar and the 16 year old has been self-directed since she could walk and goes freely back and forth between her father's and here). I'm a fine cook, a voracious reader and although I catch and release I tie my own flies. And I'm just a little bit quirky (do not read kinky)- I almost got drummed out of book club for suggesting Geek Love.



I'm pretty flexible but I would want to be with someone who is not burdened with much in the way of problems, debt or bad karma. He should be intelligent, articulate, enjoy putzing around enough to get the chores done and be up for some good adventures, especially outdoors. Music is a pretty integral part of my life so concert-going, both club jazz and classical auditorium would be a plus. My ideal match would enjoy heading out to the cottage on the weekend for boating, walks, bonfires and star-gazing.

He responded and the rest, as they say, is history. 

Now, do you know who she is??  She's truly lovely, inside and out.