LETTERS TO FRIENDS
...sometimes the best I can do to keep in touch is write to everyone at once...
-----Original Message----- Date: Friday, October 13, 2000 12:50 AM Subject: Anonanonanon's page Tell me another story. K ------------------------- and it inspired this: J ... thanks for writing ... J do ya mean http://www.hotstart.com/wp/hotstartanon.shtml or http://home.att.net/~anonanonanon ? or somewhere else I might have called Anonanonanon's page J and who may ye be, K? (gonna satisfy my curiosity please please please? J) wanna come to a party this weekend or next?... here's the second invite (the first is available too, but gives the same info in another babbling way... maybe you received them already {checking addy book... not there... checking recently sent mail... not there either... so if I wrote you first it was at another address... did you find me by accident browsing?... maybe you found an invitation in one of the email groups or Yahoo clubs or somewhere else I posted it?... curiosity is gonna keep me awake} but whether you did or didn't {receive them already}, hope you come J the second invite starts now: * a friend is a stranger waiting to be met * This is a reminder that you are invited to two parties this month, a fun (and sober) cards and games party on the 14th and a bigger bring your own whatever open house barbecue pool party on the 21st... the barbecue grill and pool will be there on the 14th too... hope you can make it, at each party we find new friends who were strangers before the party J The O'Aces party is 6PM on Oct 14th (Sat)... info and maps: http://home.att.net/~candor/orlando/party/oaces.html The AOH party is 4PM on Oct 21st (Sat)... info and maps: http://home.att.net/~candor/orlando/party/aoh.html At both parties, it's bring your own food or snacks or drinks or whatever. The barbecue will be hot if you want to put something on it (preferably food), the pool will be cool if you want to get wet (bring towel), and the fun will be shared (bring toys, games, friends, or other amusements if you've got any) J if you're looking for things to do with old friends or new, we're trying to make it easy - just join the Orlando Party List for weekly updates on local parties and activities... join Orlando Party to talk to the other people who might be at these parties or activities J a serious note... I realize some of you don't know me or anyone who will be at these parties... we all start out as stranger though, so don't let that stop you... I'm new to the area and just looking to find some friends and I met few others in a similar boat so we're rowing together and hoping more people jump up and climb aboard (I'll leave the sailing metaphor now before it sinks) J I've joined and created online groups and sending this invite to you because somewhere along the way your words impressed me and my friend trusts me enough to open his house to everybody I'm inviting (eeek) J those of you who already know me are probably laughing (or rolling your eyes) wondering when I'll stop babbling (I can be very quiet in person, really I can), those of you who don't know me and who are not looking for friends or a social activity, I don't mean to intude into your lives... I use my email address book so you're not on any commercial mailing list or anything... if you want to be left alone just tell me which email address to delete from my address book (last time the metaphor I used seemed to scare a few people, so I'm being more serious this time... of course I can't get too serious cuz those of you at work couldn't pass this off as SPAM and I wouldn't wantcha to get in trouble now ya know so anyway, I'll close this briefer and more serious bit of babble with a simple wish for a happy healthy day for you, and a hope to see you there J if you can't make it or are not into parties, but still are interested in finding new friends, you can find others who share your interests through topic specific email groups for Orlando and Central Florida (there are others in the area who share your interests and the net is a great way to find them) check out more ORLANDO GROUPS J and may you find and create more smiles than frowns along your way J * a friend is a stranger wanting to be met * a still hopeful ric (who will always be a child inside) J specific party info or questions ever expanding infiniverses of candor Email groups for fun and support Orlando/C. Florida groups Orlando Area Party groups Promote your party Orlando links my half-a-bee resume (free dinner if you find me a job... no kidding, I like a challenge) J * a friend is a stranger willing to be met * Still reading?... thanks J I seem to have more to say... guess I'm looking for the right words to convince you to come and maybe I haven't found them yet... searching for the perfect SIG file?... or maybe I'm just lonely (stop singing those sad songs Harry)... or maybe I'm hoping somebody will show up and interview me and give me a job just to get me to stop babbling on in friendly emails J anyway, here's some other local stuff very worth checking out: people helping people -Computer club and help for everyone Autistic Children's Holiday Party --Singers/Songwriters Showcase -Alcohol-Free Club ouch ok, one last social consciousness thing... the Para-Olympics are next week in Sidney Australia... the Olympic Committee decided not to leave the Olympic Rings up for another few weeks because the "regular" Olympics are over... if you think this is a rude injustice, email Matthew and he will forward your mail to the Olympic committee (he's sending around a petition, but I very rarely forward anything so this mention will do... there, I feel like I've done something good today, thanks for you help J O-Party Mailing List O-Party Discussion Group Orlando Calendar Orlando Friends Group Orlando and beyond I would like to be your friend but you say I do not know you well I know you have a loving heart and that's a good start (yes, true) so I would like to be your friend though you say I'm still a stranger I say where else can friends from a ballroom or a manger? maybe I believe in fairy tales and the clock has not struck twelve maybe there's a fascinating thought into which we both can delve maybe you understand loneliness sometimes when you're alone maybe you still reach for happiness even though you're fully grown maybe we can get too serious and let fear and doubt consume all the hope and opportunities will be choose the bliss or the gloom? hey, it's not time for the tomb... we still have time to be friends that's a good thing we can do people have to start somewhere so I am inviting you... a friend is a stranger waiting to be met a friend is a stranger wanting to be met a friend is a stranger willing to be met isn't it all so true?... a friend is a stranger... waiting for you . o O ( J sheesh, it was just supposed to be a short SIG file J ) O o . . o O ( J hope this inspired a smile J ) O o . honestly, ric ---end of second invitation, welcome to the rest of this story (wait, is it a story?... it didn't start with Once upon a time... it's not got a plot or anything story-like... I haven't seen any characters or character development... was there a climax yet?... are you still awake?... perhaps the story hasn't gotten here yet)... you can find more of Anonanonanon's babbling here: http://home.att.net/~anonanonanon/letters and many other places (Newsbee babbles occasionally too, have you been to his universe?... there's all sorts of other stuff too... a site map index page can be found at http://home.att.net/~candor/gardensindex.html though some say some characters need a PG or R or a BIB (inferring I might drool?... well, sometimes... but it could mean or Banned in Boston) rating, so if you're among those some, brace yourself (the secret is in knowing that it's all illusion, even when it gets real... but then, you might have discovered this aready J do you mind if I rhyme? I do from time to time to tell the truth, I was raised on Suess but I don't keep meter steady or rhyme perfect anymore then again, I'm not sure if I ever knew a rhyme for perfect still I love when it flows into melodic prose to tell the truth, it is beautiful once upon a time everything would rhyme into a sublime melody now I do not know which way I should go entering the flow so lonely it was all so much more fun when it was shared it was all so much more real when someone cared there was so much more love when the music played I don't want to believe it just seemed to be that way I don't want to believe I just dreamed... yesterday once upon a time I could feel the life that's in everything energy beyond life or death between every breath peace and happiness that can be when everything was shared openly when everybody cared honestly there was so much more love when the music played I don't want to believe it just seemed to be that way I don't want to believe I just dreamed... yesterday so another story, huh?... if I knew a little about you I might know where to take the story and how to involve you a bit so maybe it might be interesting to you... perhaps you know me and taunt playfull or tease cruelly... perhaps you were just being flippant... perhaps something else... anything's possible... once upon a time there was a child inside eyes and arms and heart open wide then came the abuse tightning like a noose a child so confused withdrew inside complications came society's game shame and blame and fame and foolish pride and worst of all fear consumes hope and air leading to despair and the great divide where you must decide shall you grow up and play the games of shame and blame and pride and fame or will you resurrect the child inside will you resurrect your child inside the choice is clear love or fear you make it now you make it here which is your way love or fear is there misery or rainbows in your tear choose darkness and misery or lightness and rainbows which is your way the choice is clear love or fears misery or rainbows in your tears it might have helped if I slept a bit in the past 34 hours, but once again something comes along to keep me curious and a curius child seldom sleeps... The Mummy was the background for the rhyme for childinside... ah, the hopelessly hopeful romantic does lie on after all... sadly, for some must be left behind due to their choices... but more peacefully and happily for the choice I make... just trying to keep the customers satisfied, customer #1 is child... Anonanonanon is child's favorite toon (Wacko pouts and eats a bologna, then burps a smile and they all wander off to play with typos and themselves J so anyway, child is happy you noticed Anon... thank you... will you tell me more about you now?... please? J honest love, ric http://home.att.net/~candor 407-426-7101 "I know you're out there somewhere..." ~Justin Hayward, Moody Blues~ LETTERS TO FRIENDS can be inspired by anyone asking me questions or by my desire to keep in touch with friends and people becoming friends or sometimes, just a fantasy of someone I wish was a friend whether you live in Orlando or far away, these are web ways to stay in touch with me (or give me a little attention and feedback) . o O ( J I love attention and feedback... doesn't everybody? J ) O o . Reading on the Web kinda monthly updates: http://home.att.net/~candor/kit weekly summaries: http://home.att.net/~candor/kit/lifetimes daily-ish journals (work): http://home.att.net/~candor/kit/worklife daily-ish journals (life): http://home.att.net/~candor/kit/journals (other deeper journalish writings can be found if you have time to explore) (Heads Up... though these are letters to real people and the journals are based in real offline life, here as much as anywhere in the written gardens on the web there is creative play, literary fantasy, and just stuff a writer with too much time at times might do... differentiating between what is really happening in life offline and what is pure imagination {and how much of each is on each page} is for you to figure out... or specifically ask about) J J More Ways to Keep In Touch via Email (and let me know you care) J semi-infrequent updates by email: ricc-subscribe@egroups.com make sure you're in my addy book: riccc-subscribe@egroups.com various online groups to explore: http://home.att.net/~candor/eg wait for me to respond to mail (could be a while): candor@writeme.com Via Phone, Fax, or Snail Mail LETTER INDEX GO BACK GO ON RUN AWAY! 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