censored Dafremen Well folx, the mighty blather_gods have apparently had all of me that they can stand. I woke up this morning to the sight of: Connection Refused Heheh gawd guess even blather_gods have their limits huh? Fortunately I always keep a few extra IP's around for just such an occasion. Like I've said many times before, I will not allow my expression to be curtailed one bit. Not even by our gracious blather_hosts. Never one to stay where I'm not wanted (once I'm able to leave on MY terms) I'm not sure I will be coming back folx. For those of you that never really got to know my writing, you're welcome to meet_roger_dafremen if you've got about an hour of download time on yer hands. It's been a really enjoyable experience and a netertainment like no other. I hope you've all enjoyed the ride, I know I have. I wish for you the best that life and existence has to offer. Be good to one another and you'll be surprised at how good you're actually being to yourself. Peace and butterflies and sh*t. Yours Truly, Lord High Roger Dafremen (see also: UNLOVABLE) P.S. If I betray my own decision and come back by some chance, see also:HYPOCRISY. : ) 011026 ... Teenage Jesus Dammit I don't understand this 011026 ... silentbob what the fuck? they're shutting you up? this shouldn't be... they shouldn't block you. why are they blocking you? hmmm. i don't approve of this at all. 011026 ... mourningstars damn i was rather looking forward to arguing with you i was just starting to figure out enough of your circular logic that i was gonna bide my time until i could come up with the ideal rebuttal (these things should be well planned, no? lest they descend into horrible all caps flame wars like on all the cheap and unenlightened message boards) now you're the oppressed and i suddenly have to sympathize this is confusing 011026 ... Dafremen Suddenly this seems like a blessing in disguise...why? (Daffy! Flame war! Daffy! Flame war! Daffy! Flame war!) Oh stop trying to get me riled up!! (Sigh. Nameless faceless mobs, how they DO crave blo0d. Tsk tsk.) 011026 ... Dafremen I couldn't stay away...I will take full responsibility if they ban me again, because this time it's just plain contempt of the blather_gods and that's down right blathsphemous! 011026 ... Sonya It seems hypocritical to censor someone on here when this site is dedicated to words and their free range. Daf your words are always wise, and I hope you don't get banned. (Although I have no idea what they would ban you for?!) 011027 ... Teenage Jesus Banned? Explain this to me. By who? One can get banned from freaking blather!?! Anywho- just don't go anywhere Daf. Running into your stuff makes it worth wading through the "he said" "she said" and "oh my gosh, what are you wearing" stuff. We can into it over voting again, if you want. You know I think it's a farce. C'mon, let me have it! ; ) 011029 ... Dafremen I'm afraid my tone has become serious of late T.J. There is a word to be spoken and folx need to hear it and I'm trying to figure out how to approach this change in my life with an eye to helping make a difference. I'm tired of measuring freedom in dollars and cents, I want to measure it in difference made to make sure that my fellow universal stuff can look forward to ENJOYING the gift of being alive when it's THEIR turn to be part of a sentient lump of life. I don't believe the ride's gunna end and I'm satisfied with whatever part I can play, but this might be my chance to really show how grateful I am for my own creation. By striving to be not just what we are...witnesses to the neverending wonder of that which created us, (an invention that man has not, nor will he be able to duplicate it) but to be more, to spend this time in a way that demonstrates my gratitude to all that is around me for the shot at the brass ring and the time to enjoy having it in my hands. I want to leave behind a gift to those lumps of universal stuff that follow behind me, the freedom to be grateful, the perspective to be humble, the humility to be respectful, the compassion to be truthful and the willingess to give up the money to spend more of the time...the real freedom. The gift is ours, they can't take it away...the money they can...in so many ways, because it is theirs to control. My life is mine to control for as long as I don't give in to the notion that humanity and society and all of this silliness can do anything but send me back to the recycling bin to await a new purpose as a universal lump of stuff in some other adventure...I hope I do a good job. 011029 ... Teenage Jesus Well let me say, Daf, that in your ongoing discovery of "where it's at" you are already "doing a good job." As I listen to the back and forth swaying section of Jupiter from Gustav Holst's The Planets, I can actually feel your joyful declaration. THEY do control the money. THEY do make very bad things happen. THEY want ALL of us to be apart and disconnected. But WE know that. Like you said...spread the word (and for would-be spreaders, even a little is OK; MORE than OK!) Someone said, fuck `em if they can't take a joke. To that I say HERE HERE! You also refernce an axiom that I am fond of, "if I cannot whoop it, I will go down." A fiction writer whose name escapes me for the moment referred to "special and necessary knowledge." I think you have some of it, and on behalf of whoever aggrees with me, I thank you for sharing. Jerry Harrison wrote about Worlds in Collision. I like to think more of intersection. Some physicist said "You are the center of your little world as I am of mine. Now and again we meet for tea, we're two of a kind." YOU ARE the one who makes the grass green...and so am I...and so are YOU! Can I have a bite of that Golden Apple please... 011029 ... Inanna I know what you are doing. When it happens to you, it won't be so pleasant. You will be sorry for what you did. I don't care why you did it. You'll know what it is for. 011029 ... Teenage Jesus In the words of Pepe La Pew "La What!?!" 011029 ... Dafremen I think we have here a surface dweller(Person who judges a situation by surface indicators.)(I would like to qualify that by saying that I mean no disrespect, I simply cannot abide by folx that pop off like the soft drink lids at Mickey D's whenever they think they can help someone.)(See also: HYPOCRISY) I think I can empathize and therefore I'm gunna put my fingers where my mouth is right here: Thank you Ivanna, but Daffy's a pretty grizzled old geezer at this point in my life, I took the fast track to experience. I really am ready for this and s0ze the missus, we are VERY devoted to our children and each other and we have lived poor with the kids before very well, and it has been a very rewarding experience every time. (I love a good rags to newer-looking-rags story) I will do fine and I will get the satisfaction that I need and I will let the folx take the free_gold_bricks if they want to and I'll sell em to em if they let me, but what good are all of the gold bricks in the world once I'm not even allowed to give them away anymore? I will take my chances, this will be the 4th time in 6 years that we have moved. Thanks again for your concern. You're a dear.: )Daf I've still got some Chivas left over from Casey's party_at_dafs_house. Have a splash on the rocks T.J? 011029 ... Dafremen Oh and TJ...as I say in the game: "Be good to the people you play with to be good to yourself. After all, without them there is no game, is there?" The missus and I were sitting in a fast food joint..(Arby's?) and I sez to her: "Be grateful for the things around you baby girl, remember without the props, the show don't go on." "What do you mean?" she asked. "Well think about it, without this table, this chair...this sandwich...this OTHER matter that is made of the same stuff as everything in the universe...including YOU...without these things playing these small insignificant roles...you and I couldn't be having this wonderful moment. The props set the mood." "Ohhh I get it..." "Yea baby", sez I, "enjoy the show. Hell yea." 011029 ... Dafremen Could it be that Inanna is from blather? And that she thinks I'm making up the story about having my Connection_Refused? (That is the only other LOGICAL explanation that I could come up with for what Inanna blathered.) I assure Inanna that crying wolf about censorship is very low on my list of priorities, like somewhere next to plucking the pubes off of my huevos. If when I restore my old IP, I find that it is no longer refused I will issue a "Whew!" apology for the misunderstanding, and continue to irk the masses. 011030 ... Teenage Jesus Really banned then. Weird. Anywho, the universal recycling goes on...and I'm glad your "green." We might be moving as well! We're checking out a house this afternoon. BTW- I grew up poor, and I wouldn't have had it any other way (in retrospect!) There are so many advantages to an upbringing of that nature, not the least of which is REAL appreciation for what IS important. [I am just now remembering a dream I had last night - I was interviewing Paul McCartney...] I gotta figure out where I want to post this dream- It was quite a good one. 011030 ... Teenage Jesus ...and yes, a Chivas on the rocks would be swell. 011030 ... mmm censored... a feeling i know all too well from school. 011030 ... stars Beep 011030 ... Dafremen Apparently I have proven myself worthy again. For they have unblocked my other IP. Oh glorious day! You won't regret this blather_gods! I am going to become the BEST darn blatherskite this world has ever known! 011031 ... Dafremen Where DID you post that Paul McCartney dream TJ? I'm curious now. Ohh..to the King(The Super Special one.)...sorry bout free_gold_bricks do0d. I have the story line, but I'm a short story kind of guy except on rare occasion. This is a longer story, so I am waiting for one of those rare occasions to come along. (Still "The Laziest Man on the Planet" and nope...no endosrement deals. What the hell do I PAY that agent of mine for anyhow? Geezus...that's it, Monday he'll be standing behind me in the unemployment line.) 011104 ... Teenage Jesus What_I_dreamed ...I think. Something like that anyway... 011105 ... Dafremen Oh...and TJ... sitting_tree_smiles 011105 ... Dafremen see also: GRAVY 011105 ... lost i hate censored sh*t. it's so f*cking annoying. 011106 ... unhinged this whole filter thing is defiling all my internet time....my poor blather is reduced to gaping holes and complete nonsense. and just because my little brother had to link his need for money, his computer skills, and the wealth of internet together. 011122 ... Dafremen Wow. I almost forgot about this. see also: taking_it_to_the_streets 030823 ... ferret YEESH! you should put in big letters: "THIS IS FROM 2001!!!" you scared the SH*T outta me! 030823 ... tr I love you 050205 ... tr I love you 050205 ... tr i love you 050205 ... mauvel i am 050920 what's it to you? who go blather from