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Since I posted my first post today, I just thought I should introduce myself instead of lurking silently , smiling affectionately in the corners of HoP...
My usual name is Andrea, though I am sometimes called Rowan by those who know me well... other names at other times and places...
I live on a gorgeous little island on the west coast of Canada, surrounded by beauty and more than a little adventure...
I attract the bizarre, though i dont feel all that bizarre myself. Nick once described me as female flypaper for crazy people and I guess I would have to say that is true! But most of them ( the crazy people ) are friendly! One friend says I should warn people not to go out in the woods with me late at night- the risk of alien abduction occurring is apparently gazillions of percentages higher !eek:
But I am sure the aliens are friendly too , so no worries. ;-)
I got into Poi a few years ago when I was walking a downtown eastside alley in Vancouver and started seeing all these brilliant tracers down the end of it. Thought man, good drugs, then realized I hadn't taken any...Yikes! It was Nick filming for one of the COl vids... We met, but lost track of each other shortly thereafter. It took me another year for my life to settle , and we found
each other again and began some poiing together here on the island.
I was doing some Shamanistic studies at the time, working with the element of fire. So I spent a year on that element, dealing with all aspects of it, and to a degree learning to play with my fears.
The aspect of poi that appeals to me most is the challenge of perfecting three dimensional mandela images all around oneself... It feels amazing as you bring them towards symetry and harmony!I find it meditational, to run the energy as well as spin.
Then there is the funny side, spinning these silly toys around, more often then not bonking myself in the head, tangled in some kind of insane bondage rituals, and fighting off the kids who want to play with my adorable fuzzy penguin poi...
I also love to dance poi, really be free and just dance, but most often save that for the private moments deep in the forest or alone at the beach,( one notable exception being a christmas naked fire spin with MK beside the hot tub!
)
In general I am quite shy, and take a while learning new moves(eternal thanks to those of you who have had the patience to teach me!) Unfortunately, I find much of what you masterful Poi beings write to describe moves to be unintelligable, so you just have to show me. Again, and again
I am many things, and none.Finding and inventing myself a-new right now after some recent disorienting life experiences. At least it's not dull! Have at various points been a herbalist,healer, dancer, a kaleidoscope designer, a jeweller , a gardener, and a translator... Lately started getting involved in relief work in Thailand. No idea what is next!
Things that make me happy- chocolate( dark only please, ) tango, purpleness, kisses, cuddles, whips, cats, feather boas , secret penguin conspiracies, stories of all kinds, smiles, plants and people. I love the poetry of Mary Oliver( read Flare, seriously, go read it now!) , Rumi, Rilke and Hafiz. I enjoy writing ; stories of my silly adventures, poetry, and assorted nonsense. I am currently working on a book of erotic crossword puzzles...
Movies, I love the English Patient, Strictly Ballroom,Like Water for Chocolate- I am sure there are others but I blank on them right now.! Sorry!
My favorite author is Jeannette Winterson( the Power Book is amazing!!!) , followed closely by Charles De Lint. I am a voracious reader and love discussing and/or debating pretty much everything!
People that have inspired me, too many,cant name them all!But must mention Nick, Oud, Vinod, Joe, Peter, MK, Andy, Zamir,Paul and many other delightful travellers that have spent time on my couch or in my web... I am honoured to know people with such inner beauty and more than a little talent!
I invite you all to come for a visit, spin some poi( please teach me! ) and join in the fun of this beautiful place. My world is simply magical: musicians, dancers, artists, healers, philosophers, clowns, mathematicians and mystics. You would be welcome.
Thanks for the amazing site , and I look forward to meeting those I have not yet met, kisses and hellos to those I have!
be in touch,
love and light
Andrea
Since I posted my first post today, I just thought I should introduce myself instead of lurking silently , smiling affectionately in the corners of HoP...
My usual name is Andrea, though I am sometimes called Rowan by those who know me well... other names at other times and places...
I live on a gorgeous little island on the west coast of Canada, surrounded by beauty and more than a little adventure...
I attract the bizarre, though i dont feel all that bizarre myself. Nick once described me as female flypaper for crazy people and I guess I would have to say that is true! But most of them ( the crazy people ) are friendly! One friend says I should warn people not to go out in the woods with me late at night- the risk of alien abduction occurring is apparently gazillions of percentages higher !eek:
But I am sure the aliens are friendly too , so no worries. ;-)
I got into Poi a few years ago when I was walking a downtown eastside alley in Vancouver and started seeing all these brilliant tracers down the end of it. Thought man, good drugs, then realized I hadn't taken any...Yikes! It was Nick filming for one of the COl vids... We met, but lost track of each other shortly thereafter. It took me another year for my life to settle , and we found
each other again and began some poiing together here on the island.
I was doing some Shamanistic studies at the time, working with the element of fire. So I spent a year on that element, dealing with all aspects of it, and to a degree learning to play with my fears.
The aspect of poi that appeals to me most is the challenge of perfecting three dimensional mandela images all around oneself... It feels amazing as you bring them towards symetry and harmony!I find it meditational, to run the energy as well as spin.
Then there is the funny side, spinning these silly toys around, more often then not bonking myself in the head, tangled in some kind of insane bondage rituals, and fighting off the kids who want to play with my adorable fuzzy penguin poi...
I also love to dance poi, really be free and just dance, but most often save that for the private moments deep in the forest or alone at the beach,( one notable exception being a christmas naked fire spin with MK beside the hot tub!
)In general I am quite shy, and take a while learning new moves(eternal thanks to those of you who have had the patience to teach me!) Unfortunately, I find much of what you masterful Poi beings write to describe moves to be unintelligable, so you just have to show me. Again, and again
I am many things, and none.Finding and inventing myself a-new right now after some recent disorienting life experiences. At least it's not dull! Have at various points been a herbalist,healer, dancer, a kaleidoscope designer, a jeweller , a gardener, and a translator... Lately started getting involved in relief work in Thailand. No idea what is next!
Things that make me happy- chocolate( dark only please, ) tango, purpleness, kisses, cuddles, whips, cats, feather boas , secret penguin conspiracies, stories of all kinds, smiles, plants and people. I love the poetry of Mary Oliver( read Flare, seriously, go read it now!) , Rumi, Rilke and Hafiz. I enjoy writing ; stories of my silly adventures, poetry, and assorted nonsense. I am currently working on a book of erotic crossword puzzles...
Movies, I love the English Patient, Strictly Ballroom,Like Water for Chocolate- I am sure there are others but I blank on them right now.! Sorry!
My favorite author is Jeannette Winterson( the Power Book is amazing!!!) , followed closely by Charles De Lint. I am a voracious reader and love discussing and/or debating pretty much everything!
People that have inspired me, too many,cant name them all!But must mention Nick, Oud, Vinod, Joe, Peter, MK, Andy, Zamir,Paul and many other delightful travellers that have spent time on my couch or in my web... I am honoured to know people with such inner beauty and more than a little talent!
I invite you all to come for a visit, spin some poi( please teach me! ) and join in the fun of this beautiful place. My world is simply magical: musicians, dancers, artists, healers, philosophers, clowns, mathematicians and mystics. You would be welcome.
Thanks for the amazing site , and I look forward to meeting those I have not yet met, kisses and hellos to those I have!
be in touch,
love and light
Andrea
wherever you go, there you are
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Oh no, not New Zealand!! Old Zealand, as in part of Denmark! Wouldn't be going to New Zealand for just a few days (well I WOULD if I had the money!!)
#4... I don't know! We get along fine and all but there's just something missing. I've been meeting up with another few boys (just for drinks, even I am not THAT bad!) and was just so unexcited by it all
And, to be absolutely honest, #3 is an absolute dream (only in Viking-Land unfortunately). I've been moaning for the last 2 days that I need a holiday, his most recent girly-story hasn't worked out either, and we've been flirting by email for months now anyways, so I've decided to just go for it. Nothing to lose, we both know about each other's #1-x's, and I love Denmark and will be happy to see it again
In less than 3 weeks, it seems!!
Oh no, not New Zealand!! Old Zealand, as in part of Denmark! Wouldn't be going to New Zealand for just a few days (well I WOULD if I had the money!!)
#4... I don't know! We get along fine and all but there's just something missing. I've been meeting up with another few boys (just for drinks, even I am not THAT bad!) and was just so unexcited by it all
And, to be absolutely honest, #3 is an absolute dream (only in Viking-Land unfortunately). I've been moaning for the last 2 days that I need a holiday, his most recent girly-story hasn't worked out either, and we've been flirting by email for months now anyways, so I've decided to just go for it. Nothing to lose, we both know about each other's #1-x's, and I love Denmark and will be happy to see it again
In less than 3 weeks, it seems!! "vices are like genitals - most are ugly to behold, and yet we find that our own are dear to us."
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Panic, and a bunch of yummy Indian food.
** warning way drunk and super sillily happy as I write this. It may make no sense whatsoever...*
So,lately I have been wandering around, cloud nine, rejoicing that it has been one and a half months without any sort of crisis, telling friends who noticed how " radiant" I am, that I am starting to finally feel like mysef again...Peaceful, silly happy, busy...
Then when I wake up yesterday, I notice a big F-cking lump on my calf muscle. I think , hmm, thats an unusual spot for a bruise. I have a bruising disorder, so sometimes look like I have been in a car wreck. But this was something different. No pain, no colour, no heat, just a big lump. I did what any sensible happy person would do, and ignored it.
I had a big dinner party in the works,a celebration, and my focus was on that. But it is hot here, and so I was wearing shorts, and someone said holy sh-t, whats that on your leg? And I said uhm, I dont know. And they said man, you've got to go get that checked it could be serious! I sighed, and said okay, I will. In between all the dinner prep, I stopped off at the docs. Doctor looked alarmed, sent me to the hospital right away.
Hospital people said, righto, youve got a tumour, most likely a lyoma (sp?) We need to ultrasound it, you will have to come in to the hospital... Blah blah blah.
I freak out, cause I have spent so much f-ckin time in the hospital in the last year, for me and for others, that I can not stand the thought of letting them do even one more test.Hysterical, on top of everything, life gives me a freakin tumour. Soooooooo unfair, soooo unhappy. Come home, just hours before this big party at my place, distraught, but determined to ignore the tumour, and have it go away. Just kept saying to myself, go away, go away, this is not happening...THIS IS NOT HAPPENING.
I call a friend, and say" say something nice, I am miserable, and I need to hear something posative." He tells me something lovely, and I start to cry and tell him what is happening. He says, sweetheart, everything happens for a reason. I say, I dont care, I have had too much, I dont want this, I dont believe you. He says, for example, out of all the people of the world, right now, you call me. Why? I say I dont know, I wanted comfort. He says I tell you why, cause I know * exactly* what you feel. Yesterday, I was in the hospital, getting an ultrasound on a tumour. They told me they did not know what it was, and I would have to have more invasive treatments to find out...
I was like, WHAT!!!! Why didn't you tell me? I think he wanted to wait for a diagnosis, and did not want to be another burden for me to worry about, but said that he completely understands my fear, and that these things are really a gift. I felt somehow better, knowing that he knew...
I said I had enough gifts .Please, no more.
A horde of people arrive, Indian food, big feast, much drinking and merriment. Only a few have seen the lump earlier in the day, and know how stressed I am to be diagnosed with a tumour, and go into the hospital to have to have an ultrasound etc...Most are oblivious. So we just are happy, together, much good food and good company.My posse.Laughing, eating, playing, dancing, chatting...
At about ten, I realize my leg feels better. No tension on the skin. I look down, and tumour--- GONE! Well okay not totally gone, but almost. If I had not seen the big lump that was there, would never have known anything wrong...
So how can that happen? In one day, go from having a tumour, to not having one? Just like that? And yes, other people did see it. But somehow, mysteriously, it left. Thankfully. And so, I hope and pray, no more hospital for me. Jumping for joy.
I am so relieved. But dont know what to think about this day, so extreme...
Go figure? What the hell was that about?
xoxox
a
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"God *was* my co-pilot, but then we crashed, and I had to eat him..."
EDITED_BY: BansheeCat (1159549215)
Panic, and a bunch of yummy Indian food.
** warning way drunk and super sillily happy as I write this. It may make no sense whatsoever...*
So,lately I have been wandering around, cloud nine, rejoicing that it has been one and a half months without any sort of crisis, telling friends who noticed how " radiant" I am, that I am starting to finally feel like mysef again...Peaceful, silly happy, busy...
Then when I wake up yesterday, I notice a big F-cking lump on my calf muscle. I think , hmm, thats an unusual spot for a bruise. I have a bruising disorder, so sometimes look like I have been in a car wreck. But this was something different. No pain, no colour, no heat, just a big lump. I did what any sensible happy person would do, and ignored it.
I had a big dinner party in the works,a celebration, and my focus was on that. But it is hot here, and so I was wearing shorts, and someone said holy sh-t, whats that on your leg? And I said uhm, I dont know. And they said man, you've got to go get that checked it could be serious! I sighed, and said okay, I will. In between all the dinner prep, I stopped off at the docs. Doctor looked alarmed, sent me to the hospital right away.
Hospital people said, righto, youve got a tumour, most likely a lyoma (sp?) We need to ultrasound it, you will have to come in to the hospital... Blah blah blah.
I freak out, cause I have spent so much f-ckin time in the hospital in the last year, for me and for others, that I can not stand the thought of letting them do even one more test.Hysterical, on top of everything, life gives me a freakin tumour. Soooooooo unfair, soooo unhappy. Come home, just hours before this big party at my place, distraught, but determined to ignore the tumour, and have it go away. Just kept saying to myself, go away, go away, this is not happening...THIS IS NOT HAPPENING.
I call a friend, and say" say something nice, I am miserable, and I need to hear something posative." He tells me something lovely, and I start to cry and tell him what is happening. He says, sweetheart, everything happens for a reason. I say, I dont care, I have had too much, I dont want this, I dont believe you. He says, for example, out of all the people of the world, right now, you call me. Why? I say I dont know, I wanted comfort. He says I tell you why, cause I know * exactly* what you feel. Yesterday, I was in the hospital, getting an ultrasound on a tumour. They told me they did not know what it was, and I would have to have more invasive treatments to find out...
I was like, WHAT!!!! Why didn't you tell me? I think he wanted to wait for a diagnosis, and did not want to be another burden for me to worry about, but said that he completely understands my fear, and that these things are really a gift. I felt somehow better, knowing that he knew...
I said I had enough gifts .Please, no more.
A horde of people arrive, Indian food, big feast, much drinking and merriment. Only a few have seen the lump earlier in the day, and know how stressed I am to be diagnosed with a tumour, and go into the hospital to have to have an ultrasound etc...Most are oblivious. So we just are happy, together, much good food and good company.My posse.Laughing, eating, playing, dancing, chatting...
At about ten, I realize my leg feels better. No tension on the skin. I look down, and tumour--- GONE! Well okay not totally gone, but almost. If I had not seen the big lump that was there, would never have known anything wrong...
So how can that happen? In one day, go from having a tumour, to not having one? Just like that? And yes, other people did see it. But somehow, mysteriously, it left. Thankfully. And so, I hope and pray, no more hospital for me. Jumping for joy.
I am so relieved. But dont know what to think about this day, so extreme...
Go figure? What the hell was that about?
xoxox
a
--------------------
"God *was* my co-pilot, but then we crashed, and I had to eat him..."
EDITED_BY: BansheeCat (1159549215)
"God *was* my co-pilot, but then we crashed, and I had to eat him..."
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Posted:
A cyst, maybe, that drained empty because you were running around so much it burst?
I hope it all turns out ok 
A cyst, maybe, that drained empty because you were running around so much it burst?
I hope it all turns out ok
Feed me Chocolate!!! Feed me NOW!
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oh my goodness, andrea... whatever it was, I'm glad your leg and you are feeling better...
oh my goodness, andrea... whatever it was, I'm glad your leg and you are feeling better... --pogo (pat) [forever and always]
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Posted:
Glad it's gotten smaller again. But please do get it checked out?
Might turn out to be a cyst as Skully says, but then at least if it should come up again you know it's just that
And no, I don't think that everything happens for a reason. There are things that are just plain unfair, and that noone in the world deserves to go through. And great people like you don't deserve to be pushed beyond their limits either. I'll keep my fingers crossed for your friend
Glad it's gotten smaller again. But please do get it checked out?
Might turn out to be a cyst as Skully says, but then at least if it should come up again you know it's just that
And no, I don't think that everything happens for a reason. There are things that are just plain unfair, and that noone in the world deserves to go through. And great people like you don't deserve to be pushed beyond their limits either. I'll keep my fingers crossed for your friend
"vices are like genitals - most are ugly to behold, and yet we find that our own are dear to us."
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Man, I really am bad at spelling while drunk.
Sorry! Went back and fixed it...
It is pretty much gone, so I can not see why I would have to get it ultrasounded? But I will ask the doctor for her opinion. I agree, some kind of cyst, or even a radically inflamed lymph node in a very strange spot? Well okay, probably not, who knows. Odd.
It was large, and hard feeling, not something you would expect to just manifest overnight, and then vanish.The doctors said they thought it was a kind of benign tumour that develops over months, and I just did not notice it until it got big enough and popped out. I was surprised by that, I was pretty sure there had been nothing,absolutely nothing, at that spot a few days before. So I was confounded by their diagnosis anyways. I find it somehow disturbing, the strange things that bodies do.
I'll let ya know if anything else gets found out, but I am really not into tests anymore,it triggers too much stress and memories for me so probably won't go in unless made to.
I intend to go back to cloud nine and my nice routine balance of work and PLAY!
xoxo
aa
EDITED_BY: BansheeCat (1159549862)
Man, I really am bad at spelling while drunk.
Sorry! Went back and fixed it... It is pretty much gone, so I can not see why I would have to get it ultrasounded? But I will ask the doctor for her opinion. I agree, some kind of cyst, or even a radically inflamed lymph node in a very strange spot? Well okay, probably not, who knows. Odd.
It was large, and hard feeling, not something you would expect to just manifest overnight, and then vanish.The doctors said they thought it was a kind of benign tumour that develops over months, and I just did not notice it until it got big enough and popped out. I was surprised by that, I was pretty sure there had been nothing,absolutely nothing, at that spot a few days before. So I was confounded by their diagnosis anyways. I find it somehow disturbing, the strange things that bodies do.
I'll let ya know if anything else gets found out, but I am really not into tests anymore,it triggers too much stress and memories for me
so probably won't go in unless made to. I intend to go back to cloud nine and my nice routine balance of work and PLAY!
xoxo
aa
EDITED_BY: BansheeCat (1159549862)
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Posted:
yay for play
My mum had a cyst behind her knee, and the doctors said basically even if it drains it's good to find out the reason, because otherwise it just might come back again and again. Oh well, good luck with whatever decision you make, lady!!
I'm SO looking forward to Copenhagen Less than a week from now and I'll get lots and lots of hugs at an airport again. That must be one of the best feelings in the world, to arrive somewhere and have someone special waiting for you.
yay for play
My mum had a cyst behind her knee, and the doctors said basically even if it drains it's good to find out the reason, because otherwise it just might come back again and again. Oh well, good luck with whatever decision you make, lady!!
I'm SO looking forward to Copenhagen
Less than a week from now and I'll get lots and lots of hugs at an airport again. That must be one of the best feelings in the world, to arrive somewhere and have someone special waiting for you. "vices are like genitals - most are ugly to behold, and yet we find that our own are dear to us."
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That's why I keep saying your life's a tv show Andrea! All sorts of weird horrible crazy things happen, but somehow they manage to resolve it and save the world by the end of the hour
Good to hear everything's good now- I kinda freaked out when one of my pelvic glands swelled up not too long ago, but then discovered it was because of a really bad spider bite, and discovered it was normal. But man. As if a spider bite in the leg isn't bad enough!
That's why I keep saying your life's a tv show Andrea! All sorts of weird horrible crazy things happen, but somehow they manage to resolve it and save the world by the end of the hour
Good to hear everything's good now- I kinda freaked out when one of my pelvic glands swelled up not too long ago, but then discovered it was because of a really bad spider bite, and discovered it was normal. But man. As if a spider bite in the leg isn't bad enough!
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had her carpal tunnel surgery already thanks v much
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!!!!!
I'll reconsider sending my cv to that guy in Australia!!
Written by: Ry
one of my pelvic glands swelled up not too long ago, but then discovered it was because of a really bad spider bite, and discovered it was normal. But man. As if a spider bite in the leg isn't bad enough!
!!!!!I'll reconsider sending my cv to that guy in Australia!!
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Ry! A spider bite to the groin! Yowzaa. That sounds horrible.
Hope you healed fast, but it must have been scary!
This is getting worse, not better, so it looks like the hospital for more tests for me . Sigh. No idea what the f-ck is going on. Bit of a bummer, to be sure. Snuggled up with the cats for comfort...
EDITED_BY: BansheeCat (1159687147)
Ry! A spider bite to the groin! Yowzaa. That sounds horrible.
Hope you healed fast, but it must have been scary!
This is getting worse, not better, so it looks like the hospital for more tests for me . Sigh. No idea what the f-ck is going on. Bit of a bummer, to be sure. Snuggled up with the cats for comfort...
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pm on its way
pm on its way
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Hey Birgit!
Congrats on being an Internationally published writer!
Way to go!Thats very exciting. Must absolutely read your article... Uh oh. Where did you put the link?
More in the works?
How goes romance these days? Are you over four? Down to, or with, one?
Me,not much happenning in that regard, damn busy. Did meet about four new men on the weekend, but they are all blurry in my mind, due to excessive drinking of the night! Except for one, who I ran into a few days later, took one look at each other, and started laughing. Is that good? Maybe...
Accidently spent some time kissing CB that night too, oops. 
I was trying not to do that.He is bad for me.
Brokered a diamond deal today, whoo hooo, fun.
Got to fly around in a float plane ,carrying lots of cash,then dealing with sexy heavily accented european men, looking at sparkly gems,and came home with a huge!!!! diamond cleverly hidden in my bra... lol it was a wild day!
Tumour thing, well, the ultrasound was inconclusive. It does not look cancerous though, something about the blood flow shows that apparently. However, still basically considered an abnormal tumour of unknown origin, so I now have to go for a surgical biopsy. Yuk. However, today it is fairly small again, so I am back to hoping it will just mysteriously disappear- back, back I say! Go back from whence ye came! I need some kind of exorcism... lol
hope yer all well, fill me in!
xoxo
a
Hey Birgit!
Congrats on being an Internationally published writer!
Way to go!Thats very exciting. Must absolutely read your article... Uh oh. Where did you put the link? More in the works?
How goes romance these days? Are you over four? Down to, or with, one?
Me,not much happenning in that regard, damn busy. Did meet about four new men on the weekend, but they are all blurry in my mind, due to excessive drinking of the night!
Except for one, who I ran into a few days later, took one look at each other, and started laughing. Is that good? Maybe... Accidently spent some time kissing CB that night too, oops. I was trying not to do that.He is bad for me. Brokered a diamond deal today, whoo hooo, fun.
Got to fly around in a float plane ,carrying lots of cash,then dealing with sexy heavily accented european men, looking at sparkly gems,and came home with a huge!!!! diamond cleverly hidden in my bra... lol it was a wild day! Tumour thing, well, the ultrasound was inconclusive. It does not look cancerous though, something about the blood flow shows that apparently. However, still basically considered an abnormal tumour of unknown origin, so I now have to go for a surgical biopsy. Yuk. However, today it is fairly small again, so I am back to hoping it will just mysteriously disappear- back, back I say! Go back from whence ye came!
I need some kind of exorcism... lolhope yer all well, fill me in!
xoxo
a
"God *was* my co-pilot, but then we crashed, and I had to eat him..."
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Posted:
EEK. No.
Was a spider bite to my right calf, but apparently the gland in the right of the pelvis is where the toxins go..
But yes.. no groin spiders.. eep.
Tumour things.. sending you lots of to-whence-it-came vibes miss.. take care!
Is it working is it working?
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Ry! A spider bite to the groin! Yowzaa. That sounds horrible.
EEK. No.
Was a spider bite to my right calf, but apparently the gland in the right of the pelvis is where the toxins go..
But yes.. no groin spiders.. eep.
Tumour things.. sending you lots of to-whence-it-came vibes miss.. take care!
Is it working is it working?
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Apparently so! It seems almost gone this morning... ?
Now what do I do with the surgeon?;)
Apparently so! It seems almost gone this morning... ?
Now what do I do with the surgeon?;)
"God *was* my co-pilot, but then we crashed, and I had to eat him..."
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The bloodflow thing, yeah... cancer grows rapidly, so part of what it does is to build up new blood vessels so it can get lots of nutrients in. So from the way the blood vessels are arranged in/around it the doctors can draw conclusions. Glad it's looking good
I haven't put my article up, but if you pm me your email I can send it through
As for boys. Oh dear. No. 4 is as good as forgotten about, as is No. 2.
Spent some lovely days with No. 3, just to find out we're not in love at all (d'uh) but really like each other's company. So that's all good
Have just spent all night talking to No. 1, we hadn't been talking much lately but I called him for his birthday and things are heating up a bit again. He was asking if next time we meet (which unfortunately may be a while, but then I've told him I have one free weekend before New Year that he can have if he wants to ) we can have another boy joining us! I'm very excited about that 
No idea if it'll actually happen, but the fact that HE 1. suggested it and 2. doesn't mind that I won't agree to another girl is nice. Oh dear, too much information? Ah well
And then there's this friend of my colleague's who's staying here till the end of November that I got quite flirty with last night. Will see them again tonight so we'll see if that was just an accident!
Dammit, given that I actually don't have free time, I don't seem to be doing that badly!
Oh, and then there's internet-boy, the guy I got chatting to that encouraged me to write my article and handed it in to the guys from the magazine for me Gotta meet him at some point cause I promised him chocolate cake. Maybe at the mag's launch party if there should actually be one Judging by the pictures he's quite cute, and he plays guitar, writes funny articles and is so much like me (we say the same thing at the same time ALL the time) that it's scary.
So yeah, lots of flirtiness and no expectations
(I'll never post this in the singles thread though... at least for reading the intros you have to be logged in!)
The bloodflow thing, yeah... cancer grows rapidly, so part of what it does is to build up new blood vessels so it can get lots of nutrients in. So from the way the blood vessels are arranged in/around it the doctors can draw conclusions. Glad it's looking good
I haven't put my article up, but if you pm me your email I can send it through
As for boys. Oh dear. No. 4 is as good as forgotten about, as is No. 2.
Spent some lovely days with No. 3, just to find out we're not in love at all (d'uh) but really like each other's company. So that's all good
Have just spent all night talking to No. 1, we hadn't been talking much lately but I called him for his birthday and things are heating up a bit again. He was asking if next time we meet (which unfortunately may be a while, but then I've told him I have one free weekend before New Year that he can have if he wants to
) we can have another boy joining us! I'm very excited about that No idea if it'll actually happen, but the fact that HE 1. suggested it and 2. doesn't mind that I won't agree to another girl is nice. Oh dear, too much information? Ah well And then there's this friend of my colleague's who's staying here till the end of November that I got quite flirty with last night. Will see them again tonight so we'll see if that was just an accident!
Dammit, given that I actually don't have free time, I don't seem to be doing that badly!
Oh, and then there's internet-boy, the guy I got chatting to that encouraged me to write my article and handed it in to the guys from the magazine for me
Gotta meet him at some point cause I promised him chocolate cake. Maybe at the mag's launch party if there should actually be one Judging by the pictures he's quite cute, and he plays guitar, writes funny articles and is so much like me (we say the same thing at the same time ALL the time) that it's scary.So yeah, lots of flirtiness and no expectations
(I'll never post this in the singles thread though... at least for reading the intros you have to be logged in!)
"vices are like genitals - most are ugly to behold, and yet we find that our own are dear to us."
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Update again
so, no magazine launch party for me, cause it's this Friday and I don't have the time to go, and even if I did I have a friend from Germany visiting. Ah well.
Internet-boy has invited me to spend New Year's with him and some friends though. I'm very tempted to go, since I have nothing planned, and our literary cooperation is going really well, we're just writing an article together I don't believe in soulmates, but if I did he'd be one
Update again
so, no magazine launch party for me, cause it's this Friday and I don't have the time to go, and even if I did I have a friend from Germany visiting. Ah well.
Internet-boy has invited me to spend New Year's with him and some friends though. I'm very tempted to go, since I have nothing planned, and our literary cooperation is going really well, we're just writing an article together
I don't believe in soulmates, but if I did he'd be one "vices are like genitals - most are ugly to behold, and yet we find that our own are dear to us."
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Posted:
Happiest birthday Andrea!! Good on you getting cake.. I can't remember if I had cake on my birthday.. hmm.
What kind was it? Coffee cake perhaps?
Camera-ness.. pm's on its way!
ps. yay for timezones!
Happiest birthday Andrea!!
Good on you getting cake.. I can't remember if I had cake on my birthday.. hmm. What kind was it? Coffee cake perhaps?
Camera-ness.. pm's on its way!
ps. yay for timezones!
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Posted:
*gasp*
oh my goodness! birthday? intro thread with different name confuzzled the heck outta me to start with... very tricky...
anyway... hippie birthday!!
I'd never read your intro before... tango, rumi, dark chocolate... very cool
*gasp*
oh my goodness! birthday? intro thread with different name confuzzled the heck outta me to start with... very tricky...
anyway... hippie birthday!!
I'd never read your intro before... tango, rumi, dark chocolate... very cool
--pogo (pat) [forever and always]
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Happy birthday
Hope all is well in Andrealand
Happy birthday
Hope all is well in Andrealand
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Posted:
hap...hap.....happy birthday........
enjoy life and lots of health and :sunshine: to you from freezy germany.......
tina
hap...hap.....happy birthday........
enjoy life and lots of health and :sunshine: to you from freezy germany.......
tina
- Ho Sa -
kisses & peace & love to beautiful madges
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oh, I forgot about this thread too!
How nice to get birthday wishes!!!Thanks guys!!
I had a huge!!!!!! Very rich chocolate cake, with er, lots of cherries
It was a sweet sweet day.
**************
*Pogo-- this time of year, I get more sufi-ish activity than any other, dont know why! I am doing a dervish turning workshop this weekend, and there is music and poetry reading after.Yum. Love it. Very excited.
**Not so much about the timing though-- big party Friday night, so I might be a little hung over to spin in circles all day the next day!lol yikes!
*Ry, Thanks for the camera help !Decided I am rich right now( haha, not really, just like to fake it) and will get myself both. One for travel, and one for more quality pics.
*Ma'tina! Miss you lots beautiful girl. Hope to see you, will our paths cross in Thailand?
*Birgit, dont know how I will function without your multiple tales of romantic interludes... !! sigh.Keep it up. Find internet in Bedford! You know you can!Keep me posted...
Right now, just had my soul mate pop back into my life. He actually said he regreted a choice he made a few years ago that caused us to drift apart( on the physical realm) shocking, he is not a man who ever regrets or apologises. Both in one convo left me in a puddle of shock on the floor!
He comes to the party Friday, but that could be a challenge, cause my other guy, the funky singing dancing massage therapist one, will also be there...and CB too. Hmmn the trials of us silly multiples.
Also met a hot hot hot sexy manly man last week. He intoxicated and captivated me with his humour and confidence, then blew me off my feet by purchasing thousands of dollars of my jewellery. I had thought he was just asking about the work as a way of flirting! But he was serious, *and*flirting too! Yeesh. He owns an oil company. Has a yacht, ballroom dances, wow. Tango too! Looking forward to seeing him again. Although he may have to fly here to meet me, as I am very busy. I bet he has his own plane too!
So, all is generally very happy here.Despite a whole lotta rain.
******************************
Oh yeah, tumour on my leg all healed, thought the skin is still very unhealthy around where it was. But better, lots.
Unfortunately, last week found out my brother has a brain tumour.On top of everything, it is almost unbelievabley much.Statistically impossible. Brings up a lot of emotion for the family--another brother(step) died of a brain tumour... many deaths in the family recently too. Think everyone is now kinda numb. Sad.
Sometimes I wonder if there will ever be a period where my happiness is unqualified by any trauma... ?? hope so!!
whew. What an update. Did I miss anything? lol
Blessings on us all
love and light
**no time for gremlins, picture little bright happy creatures merrily frollicking through all my words!**
xoxox
a
oh, I forgot about this thread too!
How nice to get birthday wishes!!!Thanks guys!!
I had a huge!!!!!! Very rich chocolate cake, with er, lots of cherries
It was a sweet sweet day.
**************
*Pogo-- this time of year, I get more sufi-ish activity than any other, dont know why! I am doing a dervish turning workshop this weekend, and there is music and poetry reading after.Yum. Love it. Very excited.
**Not so much about the timing though-- big party Friday night, so I might be a little hung over to spin in circles all day the next day!lol yikes!
*Ry, Thanks for the camera help !Decided I am rich right now( haha, not really, just like to fake it) and will get myself both. One for travel, and one for more quality pics.
*Ma'tina! Miss you lots beautiful girl. Hope to see you, will our paths cross in Thailand?
*Birgit, dont know how I will function without your multiple tales of romantic interludes... !! sigh.Keep it up. Find internet in Bedford! You know you can!Keep me posted...
Right now, just had my soul mate pop back into my life. He actually said he regreted a choice he made a few years ago that caused us to drift apart( on the physical realm) shocking, he is not a man who ever regrets or apologises. Both in one convo left me in a puddle of shock on the floor!
He comes to the party Friday, but that could be a challenge, cause my other guy, the funky singing dancing massage therapist one, will also be there...and CB too. Hmmn the trials of us silly multiples.
Also met a hot hot hot sexy manly man last week. He intoxicated and captivated me with his humour and confidence, then blew me off my feet by purchasing thousands of dollars of my jewellery. I had thought he was just asking about the work as a way of flirting! But he was serious, *and*flirting too! Yeesh. He owns an oil company. Has a yacht, ballroom dances, wow. Tango too! Looking forward to seeing him again. Although he may have to fly here to meet me, as I am very busy. I bet he has his own plane too!
So, all is generally very happy here.Despite a whole lotta rain.
******************************
Oh yeah, tumour on my leg all healed, thought the skin is still very unhealthy around where it was. But better, lots.
Unfortunately, last week found out my brother has a brain tumour.On top of everything, it is almost unbelievabley much.Statistically impossible. Brings up a lot of emotion for the family--another brother(step) died of a brain tumour... many deaths in the family recently too. Think everyone is now kinda numb. Sad.
Sometimes I wonder if there will ever be a period where my happiness is unqualified by any trauma... ?? hope so!!
whew. What an update. Did I miss anything? lol
Blessings on us all
love and light
**no time for gremlins, picture little bright happy creatures merrily frollicking through all my words!**
xoxox
a
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I started to type a reply, but I got distracted by work... boss hovering over my shoulder... how rude...
you certainly do have more than your fair share of ups`n`downs, don`t you andrea? a rollercoaster is an inadequate simile...
YAY! 4 all the yummy stuff above, especially the whirling dervishness and tango...!! and YAY! for the healed leg...!
but so not cool about your bro... you got my thoughts and best wishes...
I started to type a reply, but I got distracted by work... boss hovering over my shoulder... how rude...you certainly do have more than your fair share of ups`n`downs, don`t you andrea? a rollercoaster is an inadequate simile...
YAY! 4 all the yummy stuff above, especially the whirling dervishness and tango...!!
and YAY! for the healed leg...!but so not cool about your bro...
you got my thoughts and best wishes... --pogo (pat) [forever and always]
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Andrea, hun...as I'm sure you know...life is a series of trials and tribulations....but you will make it thru as a stronger person.
Hope things work out for you all the way around!!!
And Happy BD!!! May your days be long and your nights always restful upon this Earth!!!
Andrea, hun...as I'm sure you know...life is a series of trials and tribulations....but you will make it thru as a stronger person.
Hope things work out for you all the way around!!!
And Happy BD!!! May your days be long and your nights always restful upon this Earth!!!
"Absence is to love what wind is to fire...it extinguishes the small, enkindles the great."
--Comte Debussy-Rebutin
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Posted:
I have internet here! Won't be on it as much as back in Edinburgh, but so far noone's complaining about HoP (they all check the cricket, so I assume it's fair enough!). Finding BOYS in Bedford is going to be more difficult than internet I think...
Glad to hear your multiple life is still interesting!
So... Boy 1's not in touch much, but his brother's died recently and he's abroad looking after things so that's fair enough. I don't have a phone that actually works for more than texts here, so that sucks, but hey.
Boy 2's been back in touch surprisingly, and I'll see him on Saturday for a party he's organising. Will get the spare (!) bed room, so I can stay in London and visit Camden spinners on the Sunday.
Boy 3, nothing new, still far away and still a friend.
Boy 4 will be deleted from list as "serious problem with self".
And Internet Leprechaun Boy has just sent me piccies of our apartment in Amsterdam for New Year's, 1 looks like 2 double beds put together! It's made for 6 people I think, but there should easily be 10 or so of us, including some hopefully cute Norwegians. Getting quite excited, even though it's still a while away.
There you go
I have internet here! Won't be on it as much as back in Edinburgh, but so far noone's complaining about HoP (they all check the cricket, so I assume it's fair enough!). Finding BOYS in Bedford is going to be more difficult than internet I think...
Glad to hear your multiple life is still interesting!
So... Boy 1's not in touch much, but his brother's died recently and he's abroad looking after things so that's fair enough. I don't have a phone that actually works for more than texts here, so that sucks, but hey.
Boy 2's been back in touch surprisingly, and I'll see him on Saturday for a party he's organising. Will get the spare (!) bed room, so I can stay in London and visit Camden spinners on the Sunday.
Boy 3, nothing new, still far away and still a friend.
Boy 4 will be deleted from list as "serious problem with self".
And Internet Leprechaun Boy has just sent me piccies of our apartment in Amsterdam for New Year's, 1 looks like 2 double beds put together! It's made for 6 people I think, but there should easily be 10 or so of us, including some hopefully cute Norwegians. Getting quite excited, even though it's still a while away.
There you go
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Posted:
Hello lovely A.
miss you toooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!
thailand,...hmmmm......, i would love to, but it will happen very spontaneously if at all.....
...and to your last quote......this...."sometimes i wonder if there will ever be a period where my ....etc.":
I feel so much the same right now.........but for you there will definitely be such a time, hun!
take care,
xxx
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*Ma'tina! Miss you lots beautiful girl. Hope to see you, will our paths cross in Thailand?
Sometimes I wonder if there will ever be a period where my happiness is unqualified by any trauma... ?? hope so!!
Hello lovely A.
miss you toooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!
thailand,...hmmmm......, i would love to, but it will happen very spontaneously if at all.....
...and to your last quote......this...."sometimes i wonder if there will ever be a period where my ....etc.":
I feel so much the same right now.........but for you there will definitely be such a time, hun!
take care,
xxx
- Ho Sa -
kisses & peace & love to beautiful madges
*rever le temps le prendre*
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