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Submit this please:
To My Dad on His 54th Birthday
Dear Dad,
I'm here. Barely, sometimes. One day I'll tell you all the things you've been wondering, all the things you want to know. But that day is not today.
Sometimes I go walk at Lake Ella, like you used to do with me when I was a baby and my mom had just left us. I feel so close to you then, knowing my footfalls cover the same tread yours did. Our hearts both heavy, weighing us down.
I want you to know I am okay. I'm going to be okay.
You can't blame yourself any longer for me not having a mother in my life. MawMaw has been more Mother than anyone really needs in her life - she's been wonderful. Over the years, I found myself bonding so quickly with older women in my life: my aunts, my partners' mothers, women at work. I looked for in them what I perceived I was always missing by not having mother.
But then I realized that what I was looking for inside of these women all of these years was inside of me all along. And I'm strong, Dad, I am. And that's because of you. Thanks for being my dad.
I'll tell you what's going on one day. But not right now. Because now I need to call you and tell you happy birthday.
Happy Birthday, Dad.
To My Dad on His 54th Birthday
Dear Dad,
I'm here. Barely, sometimes. One day I'll tell you all the things you've been wondering, all the things you want to know. But that day is not today.
Sometimes I go walk at Lake Ella, like you used to do with me when I was a baby and my mom had just left us. I feel so close to you then, knowing my footfalls cover the same tread yours did. Our hearts both heavy, weighing us down.
I want you to know I am okay. I'm going to be okay.
You can't blame yourself any longer for me not having a mother in my life. MawMaw has been more Mother than anyone really needs in her life - she's been wonderful. Over the years, I found myself bonding so quickly with older women in my life: my aunts, my partners' mothers, women at work. I looked for in them what I perceived I was always missing by not having mother.
But then I realized that what I was looking for inside of these women all of these years was inside of me all along. And I'm strong, Dad, I am. And that's because of you. Thanks for being my dad.
I'll tell you what's going on one day. But not right now. Because now I need to call you and tell you happy birthday.
Happy Birthday, Dad.
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does your dad read nervoushhrose ,q.m.
does your dad read nervoushhrose ,q.m.
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Can I submit something? I have a poem I wrote that I really like. How do I submit it?
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you can private message Vompatti with your submission, which is what I usually do. He literally accepts anything, and will be very glad to hear from someone new!sabie12 wrote:Can I submit something? I have a poem I wrote that I really like. How do I submit it?
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tureMongoose wrote:you can private message Vompatti with your submission, which is what I usually do. He literally accepts anything, and will be very glad to hear from someone new!sabie12 wrote:Can I submit something? I have a poem I wrote that I really like. How do I submit it?
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Alright sounds good. So is this an online thing only or is it a publication?
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It is printed on 100 signed and numbered vellum copies and distributed to a select few members of secret societies across Finland and Scandinavia.sabie12 wrote:Alright sounds good. So is this an online thing only or is it a publication?
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I don't want to live in that universe.
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Okay poem was sent. Hope you like it!
Humanity-
Filled with evil-
It hides behind its lies
A mask for Everyone
Good, Bad choices we make
Changing who we are
Every smile is Fake
Nothing is Real
Cruelty-Innocence
The line is hidden-
Right-Wrong
No difference
No one is exempt-
It lies within us all
No matter how bright the Day
Night will always fall
Humanity-
Filled with evil-
It hides behind its lies
A mask for Everyone
Good, Bad choices we make
Changing who we are
Every smile is Fake
Nothing is Real
Cruelty-Innocence
The line is hidden-
Right-Wrong
No difference
No one is exempt-
It lies within us all
No matter how bright the Day
Night will always fall
Sometimes life does seem all planned out, like there's no choice in the matter. But that's just an illusion.
~Darren Shan~
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I was considerirng a printed version at one point butt there would have been so many pages in each issue that I would have had to do an actual glue binding as opposed to using a stapler and i wouldn't have trusted my glue(ing skills) enough to sell it and no one would have bouhght it anyway.thellama73 wrote:It is printed on 100 signed and numbered vellum copies and distributed to a select few members of secret societies across Finland and Scandinavia.sabie12 wrote:Alright sounds good. So is this an online thing only or is it a publication?
also the right knid of recycled paper is rly expesnennive in finanllnd. :'(
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it'll be in the upcomng issue ksabie12 wrote:Okay poem was sent. Hope you like it!
Humanity-
Filled with evil-
It hides behind its lies
A mask for Everyone
Good, Bad choices we make
Changing who we are
Every smile is Fake
Nothing is Real
Cruelty-Innocence
The line is hidden-
Right-Wrong
No difference
No one is exempt-
It lies within us all
No matter how bright the Day
Night will always fall
Who/what do you want me to put as the author? Some of us are too embarrassed to use their real name and resort to various pseudonyms instead.
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I disagree with every single line of that poem. :P
Epignosis wrote:If llama is good, it means we exist in a universe in which multitasking llama can call out the first of two mafia while simultaneously calling out two civilians.
I don't want to live in that universe.
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Oh Right well you can just say Sabrina if that's okay?Vompatti wrote:it'll be in the upcomng issue ksabie12 wrote:Okay poem was sent. Hope you like it!
Humanity-
Filled with evil-
It hides behind its lies
A mask for Everyone
Good, Bad choices we make
Changing who we are
Every smile is Fake
Nothing is Real
Cruelty-Innocence
The line is hidden-
Right-Wrong
No difference
No one is exempt-
It lies within us all
No matter how bright the Day
Night will always fall
Who/what do you want me to put as the author? Some of us are too embarrassed to use their real name and resort to various pseudonyms instead.
Sometimes life does seem all planned out, like there's no choice in the matter. But that's just an illusion.
~Darren Shan~
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it is ksabie12 wrote:Oh Right well you can just say Sabrina if that's okay?Vompatti wrote:it'll be in the upcomng issue ksabie12 wrote:Okay poem was sent. Hope you like it!
Humanity-
Filled with evil-
It hides behind its lies
A mask for Everyone
Good, Bad choices we make
Changing who we are
Every smile is Fake
Nothing is Real
Cruelty-Innocence
The line is hidden-
Right-Wrong
No difference
No one is exempt-
It lies within us all
No matter how bright the Day
Night will always fall
Who/what do you want me to put as the author? Some of us are too embarrassed to use their real name and resort to various pseudonyms instead.
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I should submit a poem entitled "4:33"
Two hundred and seventy-three lines of stray marks and coffee stains.
Two hundred and seventy-three lines of stray marks and coffee stains.
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you'd have to submit it in .jpg or .png
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Vomps, I found your mentor. Norm Ture
Epignosis wrote:If llama is good, it means we exist in a universe in which multitasking llama can call out the first of two mafia while simultaneously calling out two civilians.
I don't want to live in that universe.
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How about every other line? You don't agree with Humanity? The last two lines in particular seem pretty spot on if you know what I mean.thellama73 wrote:I disagree with every single line of that poem. :P
I like your poem Sabie.
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I agree with maybe 5-7 of the lines, particularly the last two.
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For some background... I wrote it while I was in AP English so at the time we were talking a lot about the duality of human nature and the inherent evil in all men and themes such as that in literature. (Mary Shelley's Frankenstein) So that is where my poem stems from. Also, in a way I perceive it as how we all put on different faces when we are with different groups or in different settings. I talk differently here than I would with my co-workers or my clients for instance. Me at work is different than the me at home which is different than the me with my friends.
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Also I don't know how to put it in a .jpg file? I'm an idiot when it comes to that kind of stuff sometimes.
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^ You don't, .jpgs are for Epi's potential coffee stains and other non-text submissions only.
Example of an acceptable non-text submission
Also, if anyone knows anyone who might write something, there's still room in this issue and I'm a slightly nervous horse about how long it'll take for it to be finnished.
Example of an acceptable non-text submission
Also, if anyone knows anyone who might write something, there's still room in this issue and I'm a slightly nervous horse about how long it'll take for it to be finnished.
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Ohhhhhhhh haha I thought you were talking to me. Sorry
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this issue finished k http://nervoushorse.com/2014-3/index.htm
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Thanks! I'm gonna read some of that this afternoon.Vompatti wrote:this issue finished k http://nervoushorse.com/2014-3/index.htm
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Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Wed Dec 16, 2020 7:33 pm Just how many days of "let's yeet them tomorrow" can a mafioso survive?
The answer: all of them, if you are a marmot.
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The piece I wrote for it is really good.
Epignosis wrote:If llama is good, it means we exist in a universe in which multitasking llama can call out the first of two mafia while simultaneously calling out two civilians.
I don't want to live in that universe.
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I think there were hacks back in the day, and then there was Oscar Wilde; he was an artist. There are less artists today than there used to be, I agree. But there are still enough to give us hope.
It was a good piece. Really.
It was a good piece. Really.
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I agree with your conclusion, but would make a clarifying observation: Popular fiction has become what it has because even the people who are "into" reading have less patience than people before had. As our vehicles for storytelling become more reliant on other senses (like radio, television, video games), people will be less tolerant of more challenging and detailed passages. These technical developments have eroded people's ability to pay attention and become invested in something that delays gratification.thellama73 wrote:The piece I wrote for it is really good.
I'm not taking the tone of judgment when I write this either; I told Herman Melville to go fuck himself by page 150 of Moby Dick.
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I tried reading Moby Dick in middle school and made it to the chapter that goes on and on describing whales when I decided to quit. It was the only time I failed the test thingy we had to take after reading a book.Epignosis wrote:I'm not taking the tone of judgment when I write this either; I told Herman Melville to go fuck himself by page 150 of Moby Dick.
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You're thinking of every chapter.A Person wrote:I tried reading Moby Dick in middle school and made it to the chapter that goes on and on describing whales when I decided to quit. It was the only time I failed the test thingy we had to take after reading a book.Epignosis wrote:I'm not taking the tone of judgment when I write this either; I told Herman Melville to go fuck himself by page 150 of Moby Dick.
But seriously, I love Moby Dick.
Epignosis wrote:If llama is good, it means we exist in a universe in which multitasking llama can call out the first of two mafia while simultaneously calling out two civilians.
I don't want to live in that universe.
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i'm bumping this beacuse i'm a slightly nervous horse about the limited amount of texts i've received for the next issue. please tell your freinds and neighbours about neveourhorrrse! you may also leave free-form hand-written ads on the bulletin board of your local grossery store if you so desire.
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That Mongoose piece. Damn.
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The t-shirts happened!
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Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Wed Dec 16, 2020 7:33 pm Just how many days of "let's yeet them tomorrow" can a mafioso survive?
The answer: all of them, if you are a marmot.
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¡Ay, caramba!Epignosis wrote:That Mongoose piece. Damn.
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Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Wed Dec 16, 2020 7:33 pm Just how many days of "let's yeet them tomorrow" can a mafioso survive?
The answer: all of them, if you are a marmot.
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I can't afford one myself right now and don't know how the print quality is so you're buying at your own risk.Metalmarsh89 wrote:The t-shirts happened!
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Perhaps I can share with you the results of the first wash?Vompatti wrote:I can't afford one myself right now and don't know how the print quality is so you're buying at your own risk.Metalmarsh89 wrote:The t-shirts happened!
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Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Wed Dec 16, 2020 7:33 pm Just how many days of "let's yeet them tomorrow" can a mafioso survive?
The answer: all of them, if you are a marmot.
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I wouldn't mind that if you know what I mean.Metalmarsh89 wrote:Perhaps I can share with you the results of the first wash?Vompatti wrote:I can't afford one myself right now and don't know how the print quality is so you're buying at your own risk.Metalmarsh89 wrote:The t-shirts happened!
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Bump! New issue is scheduled for June 31st.
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Awesome, I wouldn't mind leaving a free form ad at my grocery store,if you know what I mean.
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That the stairs up to heaven lead straight down to hell
That the stairs up to heaven lead straight down to hell
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You would have my eternal gratitude if you did.
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This issue is finished, now is your chance to write for the next one!
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New issue probably around tomorrow k
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I have a short story that I can throw in. Is 1375 words too long for something like this?
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^ To anyone else wondering, no.
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How about 1376 words?
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Any finite number of words is acceptable.