Blog Manifesto

Blog Manifesto


This blog is dedicated, as the title would suggest, to the qualities of being young. We are young writers. We are playful and sensitive, fluid and changing. We are unashamed with our art. We wonder at the world, puzzle over the meanings of things and twirl in delight at images and ideas that float by, grabbing at them as they pass. We are curious and constantly inquiring and prying concepts open and taking assumptions apart. We are on the ground, close to the earth. We have bare feet and wiggle our toes into nature. We carry our blankies still and wrap up cozy and comfy with each other and tell ghost stories and shiver at creepy things. We laugh and we cry and we take a lot of naps, drained from our outings and exertions.

We write as gifts to each other, tying them up in ribbon and leaving them around for each other to find, hiding and waiting for the person to wake up and read. Surprise! We weave our stories together to create a bond. One writes, then the other. then another again. We have a shared reality that we have crafted, bit by piece by patch, by string. We write simple, honest authentic things, with our unique voices. You can tell each one of us from the other, without knowing who wrote what. Our voices are clear and gentle and original. We whisper and our personalities roar! Like children, our feelings are strong, our passion for what we write shakes us. We are moved and sometimes left breathless, by our own words or the words of each other. We cannonball into each others spaces. We fall backward into each others writing, like into a pile of leaves or a soft bed. We gobble and grin and ask for more. (footnote kudos to JC)

Then we go to bed, wake up to a new day and do it all over again!

Thursday, April 26, 2012

I have the best friends...

xlll Rosie lllx: it had to happen, too much stress
JCMcLovin: yeah

xlll Rosie lllx: So you first.

xlll Rosie lllx: poem?

JCMcLovin: oh no im fine
JCMcLovin: mhm
xlll Rosie lllx: arctic winds.
xlll Rosie lllx: man cold visuals
JCMcLovin: felt a chill in the air i guess and it seized me up and spit me out
JCMcLovin: and im fine now that i got it out of my system
xlll Rosie lllx: shivers
JCMcLovin: im thankful for our blog
JCMcLovin: soo thankful
xlll Rosie lllx: me too.
xlll Rosie lllx: It got pretty bad last night huh?
JCMcLovin: so as long as you all dont mind me falling apart every now and then and let me just spew.. out the poison..
xlll Rosie lllx: I don't mind.
xlll Rosie lllx: that is why we have the word 'wow'
JCMcLovin: lol yeah
JCMcLovin: i hope i didnt hurt jini any
xlll Rosie lllx: I quoted her too
xlll Rosie lllx: wow
xlll Rosie lllx: no, wow doesn't imply any damage
xlll Rosie lllx: she reacted just the way I would have
xlll Rosie lllx: mini me.
xlll Rosie lllx: lol
JCMcLovin: :)
xlll Rosie lllx: jini mini me

xlll Rosie lllx: So now me?

JCMcLovin: mhm
JCMcLovin: all ears
xlll Rosie lllx: okay. so I was getting increasingly upset.
xlll Rosie lllx: and physically miserable.
xlll Rosie lllx: So I talked to dan
xlll Rosie lllx: and we decided to just go to bed early and watch a favorite movie
xlll Rosie lllx: which we did.
xlll Rosie lllx: it seemed to help some.
xlll Rosie lllx: we held hands
xlll Rosie lllx: and enjoyed the perfect writing in pride and prejudice which by now, we both know by heart.
xlll Rosie lllx: he chuckled at the right times.
xlll Rosie lllx: as if it was the first time we had seen it.
xlll Rosie lllx: it was refreshing and we connected.
xlll Rosie lllx: we need to rebuild our lives together again.
xlll Rosie lllx: So then we slept.
xlll Rosie lllx: and it was a bit tough but then it was ...
xlll Rosie lllx: time to get up.
xlll Rosie lllx: and he got son up to go to school.
xlll Rosie lllx: i stayed in bed because I am stressed, stressed out with son.
xlll Rosie lllx: dan comes back to the room shaken.
xlll Rosie lllx: his voice in tatters.
xlll Rosie lllx: I said did he leave?
xlll Rosie lllx: he said that he was extremely angry and that dan was scared.
xlll Rosie lllx: I said. welcome to my world.
xlll Rosie lllx: :(
xlll Rosie lllx: dan was shook
JCMcLovin: he hasnt seen him quite that bad?
xlll Rosie lllx: No.
JCMcLovin: ah
JCMcLovin: but you have.
xlll Rosie lllx: he hasn't. except for once.
xlll Rosie lllx: oh yes I have many times.
JCMcLovin: mhm
xlll Rosie lllx: he had to hold his hand and talk soothingly to him.
xlll Rosie lllx: he was saying he wanted to kill columbians?
xlll Rosie lllx: wtf?
JCMcLovin: well it is good he is in good hands at school.
xlll Rosie lllx: so i had dan come back to bed
xlll Rosie lllx: and we snuggled some more
xlll Rosie lllx: till he had to go to work
xlll Rosie lllx: then I slept till now

xlll Rosie lllx: and got up and read your poem.
xlll Rosie lllx: wow
JCMcLovin: well today should have been a cheery poem for you. 
JCMcLovin: bad timing on my part
xlll Rosire lllx: no it was fine.
xlll Rosie lllx: intenses and attention gripping.
xlll Rosie lllx: you don't time your moods.
xlll Rosie lllx: gee, if we just could
JCMcLovin: thats for sure

JCMcLovin: i just know i was playing pool and everyone was having fun and i was getting very aggravated and left
xlll Rosie lllx: aw.
xlll Rosie lllx: I know the feeling.
xlll Rosie lllx: :(
xlll Rosie lllx: i so know that feeling.
JCMcLovin: mhm
xlll Rosie lllx: enforced gaiety I call it.
JCMcLovin: i can do it most times
JCMcLovin: last night
JCMcLovin: i couldnt
xlll Rosie lllx: understood.
xlll Rosie lllx: totally understand that.
JCMcLovin: yep
10:23 AM
JCMcLovin: my friends daughter is having surgery.  im fairly close to her and have been trying to help her.. she made a decision i think is deeply regrettable
xlll Rosie lllx: what is that?
xlll Rosie lllx: is it elective surgery?
JCMcLovin: she is a heavy girl. 
JCMcLovin: yes
xlll Rosie lllx: oh no.
JCMcLovin: mhm
xlll Rosie lllx: i hope it's the reversible kind.
JCMcLovin: i dont know all the details because she doesnt want to talk to me or her father about it.
xlll Rosie lllx: how old is she?
JCMcLovin: 22
xlll Rosie lllx: I vote surgery.
xlll Rosie lllx: sorry.


xlll Rosie lllx: let me cap this chat to help me write it on the blog.

xlll Rosie lllx: then we can move to chat room.

xlll Rosie lllx: so reese can hear.

JCMcLovin: oh ok
ReeseMarie: morning rosie
ReeseMarie: are you feeling better?
xlll Rosie lllx:  morning reese.
ReeseMarie: missed you last night....missed over 2k @ bingo last night too.  All I needed was B2....
xlll Rosie lllx: oh man.
ReeseMarie: I was only on last night for a couple minutes, then grandson was on his way here and had to get ready for him. He brought me a gift...
ReeseMarie: my gift was.........................
xlll Rosie lllx: wut/ wut?
ReeseMarie: the whole rugby teams uniforms to be washed!
xlll Rosie lllx: aw geez.
ReeseMarie: wasn't that sweet???
xlll Rosie lllx: darling
xlll Rosie lllx: stinky guys uniforms
10:17 AM
Logged in at 10:17 AM
xlll Rosie lllx: reese I kinda had a breakdown last night.
xlll Rosie lllx: and went to bed early.
ReeseMarie: oh...sorry
ReeseMarie: are you better now?
xlll Rosie lllx: a bit better, not much.
ReeseMarie: need to see a dr?
xlll Rosie lllx: i wrote it out. telling Jc.
xlll Rosie lllx: i will post it on the blog, okay?
ReeseMarie: ok
xlll Rosie lllx: now my nose running.
ReeseMarie: You want to talk...I'm here!
xlll Rosie lllx: yeah i do in chat room in a bit
ReeseMarie: You want to game...I'm here!
xlll Rosie lllx: cool
ReeseMarie: You want me to just listen...I'm here!
ReeseMarie: You want to just do nothing, I can do that too....I am with you!
xlll Rosie lllx: you are so sweet
ReeseMarie: i am in chat...but when your ready!

10:27 AM
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  1. reeseApril 26, 2012 at 6:55 PM

    WOW!...Kind of neat going back and reading what we said. When people know they are being taped, they act differently, we did not know you were going to post this so it was said exactly how we were feeling at the time. No rehearsal!!!...
    This is the real deal!!!...

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