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#EdenLit - Writers Club Meeting and Book Project Discussion Nov. 14, 2011

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Contributor: Antipova Antipova
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Originally posted by Airen Wolf
That sounds horrible! Here in Mo. we don't expect ANYONE to bike unless they can't get a car license so I feel your pain.
Yeah, and it feels weird to be judged when I'm biking by choice, not because of DUIs or anything.
11/14/2011
Contributor: Hot 'N Sexy TexasMama Hot 'N Sexy TexasMama
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Originally posted by Antipova
Yeah, and it feels weird to be judged when I'm biking by choice, not because of DUIs or anything.
Biking is so much healthier for you!
11/14/2011
Contributor: kadytheredpanda kadytheredpanda
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Originally posted by Antipova
I hate suburbs because they are unbikable. All the speed limits are too fast to bike on the road, and there are never any sidewalks, and everything is twisty and weird. When I lived in a (different) city and needed a new cell phone battery from a ... more
Yeah, I'll admit, I don't like that part. There's parts of downtown Decatur that are walkable, though. I'm also near a MARTA station (Atlanta's transit authority), but you don't want to go there alone.

I'm extremely shy and very vulnerable (I've been molested before), so I don't feel very comfortable in cities.
11/14/2011
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
(EF Review Program Mentor)
Ok in 'Under The Milky Way' I culd so relate to the desire to travel to a country justbecause you just want to with all your soul. I kope you manage it and look forward to reading all about what happens! You must share...I've left part of my heart there in Oz as well...
11/14/2011
Contributor: Jul!a Jul!a
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Originally posted by Airen Wolf
I am an Airforce brat but my family is from maine and Arkansas originally. So I get all East Coast and then all MidWest sometimes in the same sentance
Being from Illinois and New Hampshire, I totally get the same way lol.
11/14/2011
Contributor: Hot 'N Sexy TexasMama Hot 'N Sexy TexasMama
Neat to see others here from New England - I grew up in Conn. and hubby is from Maine and we lived there when we were first married (pre Air Force).
11/14/2011
Contributor: aliceinthehole aliceinthehole
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Originally posted by Airen Wolf
Ok in 'Under The Milky Way' I culd so relate to the desire to travel to a country justbecause you just want to with all your soul. I kope you manage it and look forward to reading all about what happens! You must share...I've left part of ... more
i havent read that yet! must go do so...


i recently self-published a book including some poetry i wrote in my year in italy followed by a couple months in spain.


today i woke from a dream, one of many dreams where i'm speaking italian, and for the 100th time since i've been back in america (its been over a yr now) i thought 'I HAVE TO GET OUT AGAIN"

i must travel.


started making plans today. i think i'm leaving in january. not sure where i'll go exactly. italy has been discovered, spain has been discovered to be dangerous and i'll NEVER go there again... who knows. the world has yet to be seen and i'ma go see it. i've never been happier than when i was out on my own discovering and challenging myself every day.
11/14/2011
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
(EF Review Program Mentor)
I will also second K's inner conscience and say you will miss so many things and so many lives will be darker if you do take that final step. If I had succeeded in my suicide attempts...well I'll just leave it at that.
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Contributor: aliceinthehole aliceinthehole
i kept a blog during my travels and you can read it below...

link

sarah marie in italy . blogspot. com
11/14/2011
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
(EF Review Program Mentor)
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Originally posted by Jul!a
Being from Illinois and New Hampshire, I totally get the same way lol.
LOL I know and it makes talking with you so much fun....like FINALLY somone who GETS it!!
11/14/2011
Contributor: Hot 'N Sexy TexasMama Hot 'N Sexy TexasMama
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Originally posted by Airen Wolf
I will also second K's inner conscience and say you will miss so many things and so many lives will be darker if you do take that final step. If I had succeeded in my suicide attempts...well I'll just leave it at that.
After struggling with clinical depression for years (from the age of 12 I think now that I look back) - I so "got" K's piece. I wish I'd been strong enough to talk to myself that way.

I really enjoyed it - well - not enjoyed it. But it really touched me and made me glad that I stuck around!
11/14/2011
Contributor: kadytheredpanda kadytheredpanda
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Originally posted by Airen Wolf
Ok in 'Under The Milky Way' I culd so relate to the desire to travel to a country justbecause you just want to with all your soul. I kope you manage it and look forward to reading all about what happens! You must share...I've left part of ... more
The person that replied to that is actually the pen pal I was talking about in the essay. He's awesome.
11/14/2011
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
(EF Review Program Mentor)
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Originally posted by aliceinthehole
i kept a blog during my travels and you can read it below...

link

sarah marie in italy . blogspot. com
WHOOT! Will read and dream of traveling to these places.
11/14/2011
Contributor: Antipova Antipova
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Originally posted by Airen Wolf
I will also second K's inner conscience and say you will miss so many things and so many lives will be darker if you do take that final step. If I had succeeded in my suicide attempts...well I'll just leave it at that.
Thanks for being here, Airen. I'm glad to know you.
11/14/2011
Contributor: Jul!a Jul!a
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Originally posted by Airen Wolf
LOL I know and it makes talking with you so much fun....like FINALLY somone who GETS it!!
And depending on how much I've had to drink, I also get a southern accent. Don't ask me why. But I do lol.
11/14/2011
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
(EF Review Program Mentor)
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Originally posted by kadytheredpanda
The person that replied to that is actually the pen pal I was talking about in the essay. He's awesome.
AWWWWWWW that's awesome!
11/14/2011
Contributor: kadytheredpanda kadytheredpanda
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Originally posted by aliceinthehole
i kept a blog during my travels and you can read it below...

link

sarah marie in italy . blogspot. com
Cool! I'll check it out later!
11/14/2011
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
(EF Review Program Mentor)
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Originally posted by Antipova
Thanks for being here, Airen. I'm glad to know you.
11/14/2011
Contributor: aliceinthehole aliceinthehole
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Originally posted by Hot 'N Sexy TexasMama
After struggling with clinical depression for years (from the age of 12 I think now that I look back) - I so "got" K's piece. I wish I'd been strong enough to talk to myself that way.

I really enjoyed it - well - not enjoyed ... more
*raises hand*

depression since age 12 same here too! at least we can be on one boat together... even if it's a shitty boat.
11/14/2011
Contributor: aliceinthehole aliceinthehole
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Originally posted by Airen Wolf
WHOOT! Will read and dream of traveling to these places.
sa-weet. you and me both.
11/14/2011
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
(EF Review Program Mentor)
OMG last but not at all least is CedarLooman's 'Quicky'. Good gawd can that man write a story!! That's the way to wake up in the morning...am I right?
11/14/2011
Contributor: Hot 'N Sexy TexasMama Hot 'N Sexy TexasMama
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Originally posted by aliceinthehole
*raises hand*

depression since age 12 same here too! at least we can be on one boat together... even if it's a shitty boat.
My first memory of depression is looking at a pill bottle around the age of 10 or 12 or something and wondering if there were enough pills in there to let me die. I want to say it was Tylenol or something like that.

But I was too scared that I wouldn't die and then I'd have to face my mother and explain....
11/14/2011
Contributor: aliceinthehole aliceinthehole
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Originally posted by Airen Wolf
I will also second K's inner conscience and say you will miss so many things and so many lives will be darker if you do take that final step. If I had succeeded in my suicide attempts...well I'll just leave it at that.
jesus. i feel you. been there with you! will go read k's entry right now.
11/14/2011
Contributor: Hot 'N Sexy TexasMama Hot 'N Sexy TexasMama
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Originally posted by Airen Wolf
OMG last but not at all least is CedarLooman's 'Quicky'. Good gawd can that man write a story!! That's the way to wake up in the morning...am I right?
No comments on my entries?

After I bared my heart and soul?

11/14/2011
Contributor: Antipova Antipova
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Originally posted by aliceinthehole
*raises hand*

depression since age 12 same here too! at least we can be on one boat together... even if it's a shitty boat.
for Hot&Sexy Texas Mama and Alice too.
11/14/2011
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
(EF Review Program Mentor)
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Originally posted by Hot 'N Sexy TexasMama
My first memory of depression is looking at a pill bottle around the age of 10 or 12 or something and wondering if there were enough pills in there to let me die. I want to say it was Tylenol or something like that.

But I was too scared that ... more
I can't remember when I wasn't trying to die growing up...I would go though periods where I did really crazy things and then just periods where I was on auto pilot. I didn't have a very happy childhood...BUT I have an amazing adutood and I have given my children the best of what I needed growing up. I am glad I never succeeded.
11/14/2011
Contributor: Antipova Antipova
Quote:
Originally posted by Airen Wolf
OMG last but not at all least is CedarLooman's 'Quicky'. Good gawd can that man write a story!! That's the way to wake up in the morning...am I right?
He's a heck of a writer!
11/14/2011
Contributor: kadytheredpanda kadytheredpanda
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Originally posted by aliceinthehole
*raises hand*

depression since age 12 same here too! at least we can be on one boat together... even if it's a shitty boat.
Depression since age 10 myself, though it's gotten much worse since I was 16. Attempted suicide three times, and obviously I've failed.

I was crying when I was writing that. I've had a very bad month (ID stolen, family almost getting foreclosed, mental hospital billing the shit out of my parents, etc.) and it's just so tempting to end it all lately. But I think of what I wrote every time I think about it and try to live one day at a time.
11/14/2011
Contributor: aliceinthehole aliceinthehole
wow, just read KKay's piece. she should publish it. what an amazing writer.
11/14/2011
Contributor: Antipova Antipova
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Originally posted by kadytheredpanda
Depression since age 10 myself, though it's gotten much worse since I was 16. Attempted suicide three times, and obviously I've failed.

I was crying when I was writing that. I've had a very bad month (ID stolen, family almost ... more
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