love(PC)

[Trevor]

"Just wanted to point out that you spelled "prerogative" wrong.
*winkywinky* "

Shit, I'm sure there's a few more typos in there....I'm getting off easy if that's the only one you can find....one of my favourite misspellings that I constantly do, is "definitely" and of course, they're, there, and their....or you're and your. God bless dictionaries! I have one bookmarked.....if anyone is interested in the site its:

http://www.mirriamwebster.com/

Its not the best but pretty good, plus its handy to have for tricky words such as prerogative....not only have I been misspelling that word for years, I've most likely been mispronouncing it as well....I've been saying ...Purrr-o-ga-tive ..well you learn something new everyday ...so now I've gotta ask, what the fuck is a rogative and what happens in its pre state, before it was a rogative, what was it?

[Lightning Rod]

rogative?
that's easy. It's like when a woman makes up her mind before she really makes up her mind and orders red couches when she really wanted beige ones and then changes her mind and decides she wanted blue ones in the first place. That's why they call it 'a woman's prerogative.'

[Axanderdeath]

"Just wanted to point out that you spelled "prerogative" wrong.
*winkywinky* "

Shit, I'm sure there's a few more typos in there....I'm getting off easy if that's the only one you can find....one of my favourite misspellings that I constantly do, is "definitely" and of course, they're, there, and their....or you're and your. God bless dictionaries! I have one bookmarked.....if anyone is interested in the site its:

http://www.mirriamwebster.com/

Its not the best but pretty good, plus its handy to have for tricky words such as prerogative....not only have I been misspelling that word for years, I've most likely been mispronouncing it as well....I've been saying ...Purrr-o-ga-tive ..well you learn something new everyday ...so now I've gotta ask, what the fuck is a rogative and what happens in its pre state, before it was a rogative, what was it?

you can just use word perfect too.

[Doreen Peri]

LOL!! I here ya, Trevor! -- (Recently, I caught myself typing here for hear. Geesh. Duh. )... didjya see that? man! Doh!

Yeah, you've been pronouncing it wrong, all along. Which is why you spelled it wrong, probly. (sic... you know I meant proBABLY... but people spell that wrong, too, 'cause they pronounce it wrong) which is also why many people spell "definitely" wrong because they pronounce it wrong as "definately".... it's really pronounced definITely... Note ITE, but IT... as in def-IN-ite, or de-FIN-itive.

Thank God for dictionaries, is right! I use rhymezone. http://rhymezone.com ... I love it! It not only has a dictionary but also a thesaurus, a rhyming dictionary, antonyms, Shakespeare quotes... all kindsa stuff. I even stopped by their bulletin board a couple of times a few years ago and posted a lousy pome. Don't you hate it when people distort the word "poem" and spell it "pome"? They think it's hip or something. I don' t get it.

but my biggest pet peeve of all is when people are too lazy to use capitalization where it's needed and just keep on typing without using any punctuation either, y'know what i mean, right

and i also despise it when people riddle their talk with stuff like "y'know what i mean", y'know?

So.... sorry to correct only one of your errors because there were several others I saw but I know how sensitive you can be sometimes and I didn't want you to think my critique of your spelling errors were criticism or anything. *grin*

Oh, I didn't have time to print out the cover for "Oral Sets" but it's just a photo of me and LR together so you'll just have to imagine it and yeah, please write a scathingly critical review, if you'd like! We were giving them away in exchange for reviews at one time and we didn't get ONE critical review! We were greatful (er, grateful) for the reviews but I wondered if anybody really listened to it because I've never ever read a music review without some small critical comment at least .... except, of course, for the one I wrote for one of Rene Lawrence's CD's (Stupid Bob) where I praised him and Annie Benjamin so much, it couldn't have been considered a review at all, only an ad.

Let me know when you get the package, OK? I just sent it regular mail ... couldn't track it. Funny story. I went to the shipping store, not the post office, because the lines are usually shorter (usually no line, actually.) Since I was sending the package to Canada, I had to fill out a form to document what was in the package, for Canadian customs, I suppose.

So, I listed, "Artwork" and "CD." Then they wanted me to fill out a value. I said, "These are priceless. Irreplaceable." To which the clerk answered, "Just put ZERO."

LOL!!!!

[Trevor]

"It's like when a woman makes up her mind before she really makes up her mind and orders red couches when she really wanted beige ones and then changes her mind and decides she wanted blue ones in the first place. That's why they call it 'a woman's prerogative.'"

LOL...ain't that the truth...

But I thought a prerogative was an Ukranian dish made from potato and served with fried onions, sour cream and bacon? And the rogative was the filling prior to being wrapped?

Geoff,

Yeah word check is decent, but I find it blows for grammar and the auto correct has a habit of messing with line breaks in poetry...plus a dictionary gives some meanings so it helps to ensure using the right words in the right place....I know often I've been in a jam where I didn't know if I was using a word correctly or not. Anyways, glad your emotions have settled a bit, you seem calmed down. And if ever you wanted to talk about the comments I've made -- so there are no misunderstandings, then let me know.

[Axanderdeath]

"It's like when a woman makes up her mind before she really makes up her mind and orders red couches when she really wanted beige ones and then changes her mind and decides she wanted blue ones in the first place. That's why they call it 'a woman's prerogative.'"

LOL...ain't that the truth...

But I thought a prerogative was an Ukranian dish made from potato and served with fried onions, sour cream and bacon? And the rogative was the filling prior to being wrapped?

Geoff,

Yeah word check is decent, but I find it blows for grammar and the auto correct has a habit of messing with line breaks in poetry...plus a dictionary gives some meanings so it helps to ensure using the right words in the right place....I know often I've been in a jam where I didn't know if I was using a word correctly or not. Anyways, glad your emotions have settled a bit, you seem calmed down. And if ever you wanted to talk about the comments I've made -- so there are no misunderstandings, then let me know.

I should not of gotten so angry or what ever but that crappol line that is what got to me the most. But what ever I am just fucking tired and hung over to be completly truthful not in the best mood you know-and not in the mood to use the spell checker so I hope you can read this, not in the mood for grammer either in this message, I do try to go over my stuff, I might of only gone over it all one time though. But I jumped the gun, I want everyone to be rude if they want too, shit I am sorry about that it is embarassing really, thast why I wanted it all deleted, I should be able to take my "lumps"...

[Trevor]

Hiya Doreen,

"LOL!! I here ya, Trevor! -- (Recently, I caught myself typing here for hear. Geesh. Duh. )... didjya see that? man! Doh! "

Yeah that's another one I regularly mess up....along with except and accept, then and than, shit, I'll save some time and just state I have made a mockery out of pretty much every word in the English language.

Ohhhhh shit, I knew I shouldn't have answered the door...World Vision guilt mongerers....I'm all for world vision, I think its a great organization and does a lot of good (even though I suspect it keeps its fair share of proceeds), but right now I'm just barely scrapping by...I mean at the end of each month I have noooothing left and I'm a frugal man....so they just asked me to sponser a child, to which I told them, "I'm just barely getting by myself"....and their response, "So you've never thought about saving a dying child?"...I should've been a total a-hole...."Yeah I've thought about it, but why bother, we're just gonna bomb them next anyhow." ... or.... "Save 'em, I was just thinking of going over there and killing some myself...maybe eat a big mac in front of a few before I squash out their little lives by sitting on them with my fat ass." ... or ... "Shit, I starved my own kids to death, why would I bother saving someone else's?" ...or... I could have played it up like I was a white power supremist -- answer the door with my smokes rolled in my sleeve and a twitchy eye.. "Those aren't kids, those are monkeys and I ain't feeding no gawd dang monkey babies." ... or pretend I've already joined W.V. "Oh I already sponser five of them, in fact I've flown them here. Where are they? Well I sold them to the black market silly...healthy babies fetch a pretty penny these days. What a booming market...how many more can I sign up for?" ...or... I could have played the Jesus card...and in a number of ways....as soon as they started in with their speach I could have said, "Have you accepted Jesus as your personal saviour?" then invite them in for a prayer session ... or the other Jesus angle would be, "Jesus came to me in a dream last night, he said its God's will to starve the children. Who am I to argue with God?" or last but not least, I could have come to the door with my dangle tackle in hand and scream, "This better be good, I'm in the middle of jerking off!!!" ...funny thing is, all of these would probably have them running for the hills, but I honestly tell them that I'm broke and no way I can afford it right now and these fuckers go on and on trying to guilt me into signing up. Fuck'em, and fuck the starving children....they aren't getting one gawd dang sloppy joe from me!!! And of course I'll say this in case anyone who doesn't know me reads this, starts sharpening a bayonet and adds a new entry on their, "To Kill" list --- I'm totally joking, sure its insensitive to joke about stuff like this, but its either that or I sulk in misery knowing I don't even have the means to feed one impoverished little child. I don't even have 35 extra dollars a month to give some poor misfortunate child a better life....shit, not to make excuses for my benevolent impotency, but the cost of one tank could probably feed a village, clothe them and educate them for years....shouldn't they be at the White House instead of on my door step?

"Thank God for dictionaries, is right! I use rhymezone. http://rhymezone.com"

Great site, thanks for posting it, I'm sure I'll get plenty of use out of it.

"and i also despise it when people riddle their talk with stuff like "y'know what i mean", y'know? "

LOL...yeah I think I'm catching your drift Doreen....one of my pet peeves is "Wellll" and I'm notorious for using it....Well its this or its that....Wellllll let me see.....weeeellllllll.....I can't stand it when I use that word, but I can't stop myself...lol...I also hate the word "that", which I use a lot too and mostly when it is unecessary. Actually I'm pretty bad at adding superflous words, I'm working really hard at curbing it in my writing, but its years of a bad habit I am fighting against so its taking some time to get there.

"So.... sorry to correct only one of your errors because there were several others I saw but I know how sensitive you can be sometimes and I didn't want you to think my critique of your spelling errors were criticism or anything. *grin*"

Yeah I know, I'm about as sensitive as a thrown rock...lol...believe it or not, I really am a softy deep down inside But I didn't give birth to anyone here, I'm not trying to get anyone in bed and I'm not asking for money so I'll keep the cutesy cuddley Trevor in his fluffy sock drawer for now.

"please write a scathingly critical review, if you'd like! We were giving them away in exchange for reviews at one time and we didn't get ONE critical review! We were greatful (er, grateful) for the reviews but I wondered if anybody really listened to it because I've never ever read a music review without some small critical comment at least "

So you want me to take off the boxing gloves and go bare knuckle brawling with your work? Oh la la, my red pen is dancing with a feverish delight! I think I just pitched a tent... lol I'll do what I always do, give my honest opinion....both of good and bads. I still remember when I gave you the one-two combo on "The Entertainer"...You seemed a little shocked at the time...I'm surprised you got back up for more ya tough little cookie... lol ...I will break you yet...lol But I think we've known each other long enough so you know how to take me with a grain of salt and a bus load of tolerance. I think the key to taking it on the chin once in awhile is to realize we all take shits, and all shit smells, so there really is no shame in a little brown nubbed stinker floating in the toilet, its only natural....the sad part is watching people carry the turds in the hands, or swaddle it like a newborn, or perch it on their shoulder like a parrot, they kiss it, they love it, its the Emperor's new turd....damn, I've been on a real turdscapade ....not only here but I wrote an email today talking nonesense about a wise man once told me you can't comb a fart.

"Let me know when you get the package, OK? I just sent it regular mail "

Roger that.

"So, I listed, "Artwork" and "CD." Then they wanted me to fill out a value. I said, "These are priceless. Irreplaceable." To which the clerk answered, "Just put ZERO."

LMAO...oohhhh that's funnny....shit, everyone's a critic these days...lol

[Trevor]

Hi Geoff,

"I should not of gotten so angry or what ever but that crappol line that is what got to me the most."

Yeah I guess that was a bit of a colourful word choice, sorry if that rubbed you the wrong way...I'm sometimes a bit loosey goosey with my word choices and since we dont' know each other, I should have spoken a little more formally perhaps. I guess as well, the "bores me to tears" may have been a tad harsh in wording too. Sorry about that as well...But in all honesty, I have read quite a bit of your work, and it is repetative, which in turn becomes boring. There's only so many times I can read about you being drunk, being hung over, smoking cigarettes and being pissed off at a woman. One thing you have to remember about writing is to keep it fresh, and one aspect of keeping work fresh is remembering that your readers have read a thousand other things before they got to you. Try and say something in a way nobody else has heard or thought of before. Isn't that why you like certain authors, because they've opened up a new way of looking at something?

One reason I wanted to be so blunt with you was to really drive home that your work isn't spectacular and its very detrimental to think otherwise (until it actually is magnificant) especially since you are striving to get published. Some of your writing is pretty decent, and even in your not so great pieces, there are good things, and I think you are starting to develop your own voice and style, but right now, and I say this in a friendly manner -- you have a lot of trouble with developing substance in your work and connecting it to an audience. I mean as a reader, why should I care about your woman woes, your drinking, your smoking and you being pissed off or hung over all the time? Give the reader something to care about so we can justify letting you take us on a journey. Unless we are binge drinking agnst ridden pissed off smokers, its hard to form a bond with a lot of your writing. It just doesn't inspire the reader, entertain them or present new knowledge. But again, that's my opinion, perhaps some do find your work refreshing and so forth. And also again, I don't mean any of that harshly.

We all write for different reasons, and slowly I've come to understand what someone means when a person says they just write for fun, and knowing that I've tried to lighten up and mellow out when talking with them about their work. However, when someone says they want to know about publishing, I catch the scent of the same breed and let myself howl. It's so important to be critical with your work if you are serious about getting published. You can't just dismiss things you don't want to hear. When you get your first rejection slip, will you chaulk it up to the editor not understanding your work? If you do that, you will miss out on learning about your work and how other's percieve it. If you are talking about getting published, then don't forget the audience, they're the ones that make publishing possible so their opinion is very important. No one will publish something no one wants to read, save for the Olsen Twin's Biography.... And don't forget, for every single space in a magazine you are competing against thousands so you have to bring your "A" game to the court or you'll get swatted away. Ugh, I can't stress enough how important a reader's opinion is....you don't have to agree with everyone's opinion, but if you are writing for a market place, then know why someone has certain opinions of your work so you can build on it, learn from it. And I'm not saying you always have to bend to an audience's wants, but pick and choose, find a path that leads you to become a better writer.

"But what ever I am just fucking tired and hung over to be completly truthful not in the best mood"

Not to sound like your dad, but you should try to cut back on the booze, doesn't seem to agree with you. There's no shame in getting help for a problem.

"But I jumped the gun, I want everyone to be rude if they want too, shit I am sorry about that it is embarassing really, thast why I wanted it all deleted, I should be able to take my "lumps"..."

Well no one was trying to be rude...and there is nothing to be embarrassed about...we all get our feathers ruffled from time to time and I think its a good thing otherwise we'd just swim in a pool of our glorious selves. It's good sometimes to be forced to re-examine things.

Anyways, thanks for getting back to me, sorry if some of my words gave ya a little sting. I'll try to be a little more cautious about my word choice in the future. Take care,

Trev

[Axanderdeath]

This pissed me off so much!!! AND i THINK i AM GETTING A RASH ON MY PENIS WOULD YOU TAKE A LOOK?

[Axanderdeath]

What happened to him? FUCK SO HE COME AND MAKES SOME SMUG COMMENTS ABOUT MY WRITING AND SENDS ME A ROTTING ANIMAL AND THEN GOES--THAT WAS WIERED AND ALL IN ONE NIGHT!!!

wHAT SHOULD i DO WITH THIS MONKEY?

[stilltrucking]

The meaninglessness of a universal meaning of life

Good luck Geoff. I hope you never have the problems of a mid-list author.

keep on writing

[lovingpenfull]

When did all this crop up? Just over night, I guess. And what is with the dead animal in the mail and all capitalized letters? Some of the longest posts I've ever seen. Good luck to all parties involved, have fun.

[Axanderdeath]

When did all this crop up? Just over night, I guess. And what is with the dead animal in the mail and all capitalized letters? Some of the longest posts I've ever seen. Good luck to all parties involved, have fun.

it happened a long time ago and I am just trying to make a joke out of it...

ha ha aha ah aha aha !!!!