Can the adults please smoke?- Page 197
Can the adults please smoke?
#4900the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 8/31/04 at 9:22pmMost of my friends who work close to the Garden had to go this week to their disaster recovery sites in either Jersey or Queens or whereever their sites are..out of the City.
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
#4901the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 8/31/04 at 9:28pm
I was reading another thread and Iflitifloat mentioned "Up With People"...does anyone remember them??? In my Catholic grammar school they used to make us sing their song...talk about a flash from the past....
It happened just this mornin' while I was walking down the street
A milkman, and a postman, and a policeman I did meet
There in every window, at every single door
I recognized people I'd never noticed before.
Up, up with people! You meet wherever you go!
Up, up with people! They're the best kind of folks we know
If more people were for people
All people everywhere
There'd be a lot less people to worry about
And a lot more people who'd care.
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
#4902the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 8/31/04 at 9:33pmYes I remember Up Up with People. I'm sure a lot of those "people" were probably wannabee broadway stars back then. I do remember seeing a group of them perform somewhere. I think there is something similar to that still today. Can't remember the name though.
"The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends." - Shirley MacLaine
#4903the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 8/31/04 at 9:37pmIflit was comparing them to Polyphonic Spree ..is this the group you were thinking of?
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
#4904the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 8/31/04 at 9:44pmI've never heard of Polyp whatever. Up Up with People was a group that traveled and performed and promoted good will among people and there's a similar group like that today that college age kids can join to travel and perform. My brain is not clicking in on the name. Ahhhhh!
"The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends." - Shirley MacLaine
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#4905the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 8/31/04 at 9:48pmThere's a group out of Southern California that does that type of thing called The Citrus Singers.
#4906the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 8/31/04 at 9:56pmDg..are they kind of like the New Seekers..."I like to teach the world to sing..in perfect harmony..." ?
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#4907the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 8/31/04 at 10:10pm
Boobs - yes
Undiscovered - there was a decided conservative bent to the organization.
Just a comment - I get to watch the sunset on the mountains here when I'm at the computer in the evening, and I think late afternoon/early evening sunlight is my favorite of the day. So golden and warm. Although, the crispness and purity of first light is always a good thing, too 
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#4908the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 8/31/04 at 10:21pmThat's been my big adjustment as I've moved slowly across the country. I grew up with sunRISES over the ocean, and now have sunSETS. In the end, I'll take either one - as long as it is done in peace.
#4909the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 8/31/04 at 10:35pmI was lucky spending my summers down the Jersey shore because I would get up early with my cousins and we'd go lay on the beach to watch the Sunrise and then at night my friends and me would go to the bay to watch the sunset. I loved those peaceful moments.
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#4910the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 8/31/04 at 10:38pmBoobs - I've got to tell you, I refuse NOT to have those peaceful moments still in my life. I've decided that it's just not worth letting the world dictate my existence. And while it can be argued that much of us are in a state of total chaos, I am determined to be the architect of my own life. So, I take time to soak in all the beauty around me, and let the ugliness filter on through. It's an amazing world we live in - and I am happily stunned every day to discover the brilliance in its simplistic complexity.
#4911the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 8/31/04 at 10:43pm
DG...please stop posting and start working on that book !!!! Gang is it me or does DG just write so beautifully? He is such an inspiration. When he writes I can see, feel (emotionally) and sometimes even smell what he is talking about. What a talent. I wish I had half of his writing skills. Praises to DG.
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#4912the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 8/31/04 at 10:45pmYou are very nice - and if I were smart, you'ld be inspirational. Let's just say I'm using this as exercise - and having fun while I'm doing it. Now how aften can you say THAT?
#4913the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 8/31/04 at 10:50pm
Hello again folks. well still no Elizabeth. But my daughter and
son-in-law were here tonightand things are all set to go.
DG I envy you seeing sunsets over the ocean, I have sunrises over mountains (well large hills actually).
School starts tomorrow for Erin, yea! one more kid down and out the door!
I'll put the coffee on. Type to you all in the morning!
B
"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen."
Conan O'Brien
#4914the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 8/31/04 at 10:52pm
Hey DG..your first book you can dedicate to the "Adult/Smoking" thread.
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
#4915the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 8/31/04 at 10:59pm
hey guys. So sorry to have avoided the thread all day. Busy? Not so much, but at least I got a few things done.
I don't even know where to start chiming in on all the fun things you guys talked about today.
Chita rocks. DG is an amazing writer...Booobs is awesome...Undiscovered, I'm STILL looking...uh, what else?
#4916the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 8/31/04 at 11:07pmThe boy is back. Yea !!! I missed you all day bwaysinger. Any luck with agents??? C'mon and give Boobs a big hug and kiss.
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#4917the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 8/31/04 at 11:07pm
Boobs - if anything, it would be subtitled 'inspired by the adult smokers' lives'
In all actuality, it will be dedicated to my mother, who is also my best friend. I'll share something with you that she wrote for me when I graduated. It's a cross-stitch she did, that is hanging right by my head as I type this:
SON
Think freely, feel deeply,
reach for the sky.
You have failed only when
you have failed to try.
Welcome love, dream dreams,
wish on a star.
The best part of you is
who you really are.
I have carried that with me wherever I go, and in its simplistic message is contained all I've ever needed to get through anything that life has brought to me. As I've often said, she not only gave me life, but taught me how to live it
#4918the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 8/31/04 at 11:14pmHey Bway -- good to see you again --
"Sir K, the Viscount of Uppity-shire...." -- kissmycookie
#4919the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 8/31/04 at 11:14pm
Dg..that is so beautiful...that's so nice that you and your Mom have such a wonderful relationship. I had a similar relationship with my Mom...I used to take her to a Broadway show on Father's Day because I felt she deserved to be celebrated on that day too. She raised 4 kids on her own. She left this world to young...only 61 years old. You brought both a smile and tear to my eyes with that story. Thanks for sharing.
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
#4920the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 8/31/04 at 11:19pm
hey all,
No luck with agents but I had to work today...and that was a story in itself.
I need to find a good, soft couch in a well-known talent agent's office and do my best work, I think.
#4921the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 8/31/04 at 11:20pm
Bwaysinger..you'll have to show us your work first. 
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#4922the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 8/31/04 at 11:22pmbwaysinger - it might be better if you focused on something good and hard.
#4923the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 8/31/04 at 11:27pm
my focus is always good when there's something hard.
Oh, wait, we cannot turn this thread into that. Again.
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#4924the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 8/31/04 at 11:28pmDid it ever stop?
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