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anonymous albert ?
since 2001-03-23
Posts 2979 |
hi! my name is albert...i really have an addiction and its "PIP"..i cant do nothing even assignments and stuff i usually need to do on a daily matter..everywhere i go all that is in my mind is..PIP..PIP...PIP..and all i wait for is that time when i can come to PIP and read,post and reply constantly since i've joined....i need some support pplz everyone...help me out a little in my addiction.... i know its not a bad one but am i the only one?....cya~  ...?if i die before i wake , i pray the lord my soul will take-"when thugs cry" [This message has been edited by anonymous albert ? (edited 05-03-2001).] |
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Acies
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Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-07
Posts 7665Twilight Zone |
I think we all have that problem  "So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, |
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JLR Senior Member
since 2001-02-04
Posts 1785 |
Yes, you are the only one. I can stop anytime I want and when I reach 97 hours straight without sleep, I will. Relax...enjoy. But do your homework, too! |
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banburycross Senior Member
since 2001-03-27
Posts 946viginia |
i know exactly how you feel, my love for poetry alone could keep me on here for hours but all the different aspects of PIP that go beyond poetry (like the allley) keep me here for ridiculous amounts of time  do the work you have to do, but don't post any less, we would miss you Sometimes, the things that go unsaid are the only things worth hearing. |
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Dopey Dope
Moderator
Member Patricius
since 2000-08-30
Posts 11132San Juan, Puerto Rico |
Check this out: My connection wasn't working at my apt. in the city so i drove accross the island to my beach condo (1hr drive) to use the internet to post and reply. Right now my browser isn't working so i'm at a friends house before school....using it so i can post and reply. I use like 20 computers to get into pip so i can post and reply. I'll be going on a week cruise......i'm going to die cuz i won't be able to use a comp. AHhhhh!!!!!!!!!!  |
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Irish Rose Member Patricius
since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263 |
No, you are not, it's a connection.....it's a response, it's someone out there who reads your words, it gives you something, an emotional connection....it's real...you're not alone! Kathleen Blake |
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cherish Senior Member
since 2001-03-25
Posts 1639swimming in fairy floss........... |
hey alberta... we should start up a pip addicts anonymous huh? ill be the first one to join. i love this place..and i have all the main sites on my favourites box..hehehe.. ahhh....im only a new memeber but i love it here.. and oh..we do know who you are dear alberta.. "Life is not long and boring, |
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Poet deVine
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
When you worry about not having a connection while you're supposed to be on vacation, that's addiction. When you rush home from work/school and log on to PiP before you do anything else, that's addiction. When you begin to talk about your friends here in the same way you do about the friends sitting next to you at work/school, that's addiction. When you get jealous of someone because they have the time to write and post more than you, that's addiction. Is it good? Any addiction when it interferes in your daily life (if you miss work/school) is not good for you. How do I know all this? I'm a PiP addict. I never thought I'd stay here more than a month or so..that was in May of 1999... and today? Well...if you don't see me online or posting here, I'm probably sick....or too sick to hobble to the computer.... Now let's join hands and recite 'The Serenity Prayer'...God grant me... |
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Allan Riverwood
since 2001-01-04
Posts 3502Winnipeg |
Haha..... yes, everyone knows it. Well I'd have to wonder if I am an addict... I personally think that I simply really really enjoy PIP. Why can't that be the case, why must we all say it's some kind of "addiction?" That's such an ugly word. The reason I like PIP is because it's the first group of people that I ever knew who actually cared about poetry. None of my friends care for it, and whenever I try to share all they say is "wow awesome" and stuff. PIP was so refreshing to find, and it's definitely helping me to further my skill in writing. Now, looking back on my first post here (which I was told "wow awesome" on), I am actually quite displeased with it. PIP isn't an addiction... it's just a gathering of poets. And since poets tend to be very passionate people, voila, we all don't just get into it... we get way into it. And that's called "addiction," I guess. But I really just think of it as something that I can finally do and enjoy. A good family of poets is hard to find these days... no shame in logging on right after school. ~Allan Build a man a fire, and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. |
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Allan Riverwood
since 2001-01-04
Posts 3502Winnipeg |
..... or coming home at lunch every day to log on... or cutting my sleep hours to maximize my pipping hours...  etc, etc... |
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Acies
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Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-07
Posts 7665Twilight Zone |
I can't do my work cause I have to be on pip  "So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, |
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banburycross Senior Member
since 2001-03-27
Posts 946viginia |
i think allan's in denial "i'm not addicted, i just really, really like it" hee hee. why wait until you get home, i'm on one of my school's computers posting Sometimes, the things that go unsaid are the only things worth hearing. |
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anonymous albert ?
since 2001-03-23
Posts 2979 |
yea...i still think i'm a PIP addict ...?if i die before i wake , i pray the lord my soul will take-"when thugs cry" |
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Child of the Stars
since 2000-09-07
Posts 1658Ann Arbor, MI |
No tears, my friend! No shame in this addiction! Cuz lemme tell ya..its a ton better than drugs er all that junk...probably the healthiest addiction I could ever encounter...I love you guys!!!  "Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the self-same well from which your laughter rises was often-times filled with your tears." ~Kahil Gibran |
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Temptress
Moderator
Member Rara Avis
since 1999-06-15
Posts 7136Mobile, AL |
 ME? I'm not an addict! REALLY!   |
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Jenn Cirrincione
since 2000-07-02
Posts 2107Fl |
I LOOOOOVE THAT SONG BUNCHES!!!!! "I'm not an Addict" K's Choice.... Anyone ever hear of it...? It's greeeaaaat. Anyway, yes I am addicted. If I'm not sleeping, out with friends or at school...I'm right here. LOL "I've come too close to happiness, to have it swept away,don't think I can take the pain, never fall again..." Janet |
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Dopey Dope
Moderator
Member Patricius
since 2000-08-30
Posts 11132San Juan, Puerto Rico |
If this is addictions, then addiction is bliss. |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
Ahem... 5300 posts? I don't THINK you're alone...  K |
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Fading Away
since 2001-03-14
Posts 3131Lynchburg, Virginia |
I know what you're talking about! Haha! Allan and I have talked about this.. Look at me, I've only been here less than 2 months and I'm pushing 1500 posts. I can't go a day without getting on here and replying. Goodness.. Don't ever be someone's slogan, because you are poetry. |
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Dopey Dope
Moderator
Member Patricius
since 2000-08-30
Posts 11132San Juan, Puerto Rico |
Look at me...... 9 months I'm at 7k A mod First to be a Dm and on the staff of the digital magazine! Not bragging...just saying how much i love this place and how devoted i am!  |
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anonymous albert ?
since 2001-03-23
Posts 2979 |
hey...i couldnt get on pip for like a day..and my mind was all stressin'..and i couldnt think straight and..ahhhhh i think i'm obssed and addicted to pip for reals..hehe...maybe its because...i just love this place...and i love all you pip'ers...i also noticed my love for poetry is so real...its my life in my heart...and this place is filled with so much of that love and caring that we offen are unable to see from this world we live in...cya~ ...?if i die before i wake , i pray the lord my soul will take-"when thugs cry" [This message has been edited by anonymous albert ? (edited 05-06-2001).] |
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Child of the Stars
since 2000-09-07
Posts 1658Ann Arbor, MI |
"I'm not an addict..............................................................maybe that's a lie..." "Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the self-same well from which your laughter rises was often-times filled with your tears." ~Kahil Gibran |
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Allan Riverwood
since 2001-01-04
Posts 3502Winnipeg |
Yeah well I'm pretty proud of my addiction.... I just registered in January, and I'm already #46 on the Top 100 posters page. Build a man a fire, and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. |
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Poet deVine
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Is it about the numbers??? You seem to be proud of the rising number under your name.. I challenge you to read and NOT reply..that's addiction. The other is ADDITION... |
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banburycross Senior Member
since 2001-03-27
Posts 946viginia |
*as peter responds just to get his post count up* Sometimes, the things that go unsaid are the only things worth hearing. |
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anonymous albert ?
since 2001-03-23
Posts 2979 |
sharon i totally agree with you on that one...i also think the more we share through hearts its more important then proving it through words...i think we as poets dont always have to reply to know that we addicted(care) we have are hearts that replys already soon as we read poems that we share...i think i repeated myself..oh.. well ..and addiction is from our love of poetry not our love for pride in are number of replys...tahts my opinion...cya~if i die before i wake , i pray the lord my soul will take-"when thugs cry" [This message has been edited by anonymous albert ? (edited 05-07-2001).] |
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insect Senior Member
since 2000-04-22
Posts 1014 |
Poets Anonymous: Repeat after me I am a poet and I can’t get enough I must be strong and be rid of this stuff This craving is strong but I shall be stronger I will not read or write any longer Now is the time to move on from here The clouds are separating everything is all clear I know there’s a poem just waiting to be read But starting today I will take a walk instead People are smiling and saying hello Leaves are swaying with squirrels below The sun is shining with birds in the sky I’ve been missing all this and I don’t know why _________________________________ “Hi my name is insect and I’m addicted to poetry” “And this is my story…………” |
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Acies
Moderator
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-07
Posts 7665Twilight Zone |
Is it really poetry in pip that makes us come back for more, or is it the people the surround us here in pip? "So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, |
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kaile
since 2000-02-06
Posts 5146singapore |
the people...personally, i come back here so often because i have formed friendships with the poets here and am keen to know them a little bit better through their words.... |
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Allan Riverwood
since 2001-01-04
Posts 3502Winnipeg |
Sharon, Albert - I must say I'm a little more than displeased with your reaction to my statement. In fact, I'm quite offended. All that I said was "I have a high post count." And all that that means is that I read and reply a lot, it's only somewhat indicitave of the time I spend in here simply because of my own tendency to reply to everything I read. Which is, once again, my tendency. I'm not so shallow as to reply like crazy simply because I want a high number. The reason I read and reply in PIP is because people like to get replies. It's one of the things that makes PIP what it is, if we didn't get replies we simply wouldn't have such an interactive level as we already do. Suffice it to say I reply simply because I like recieving replies myself, and I know other people do too. In fact, in that sense I'm a proud to be one of the Teen #4 omni-repliers that people can always count on to read and reply to their work. I read poetry not only because I enjoy it, but also because people deserve to have their work read and I like to make people happy. I don't like how you are all making me sound so shallow, I really don't appreciate it in the least. I hope you think about this for a moment. ~Allan Build a man a fire, and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. ~Unknown [This message has been edited by Allan Riverwood (edited 05-07-2001).] |
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anonymous albert ?
since 2001-03-23
Posts 2979 |
insect- great job on the poem..thanks for sharing it with us acire-true..i think its one of those things that is impossible to exist w/o the other..as the poet and its poetry forms the unique whole.. faterider-i think that is how we truly get to know the poets is by their hearts... allan-ok..i know those opinions had some affect to you but my thoughts were straight towards what i saw from that statement of yours..."Yeah well I'm pretty proud of my addiction.... I just registered in January, and I'm already #46 on the Top 100 posters page."...it seemed in a sense you were boasting of oneself...as to think like that in you stated your pride in your accomplishment...and i do acknowledge that...but the way you said that made me think...something else...but...i also think addiction(care) is not acknowledging the number...of course it shows that you care to at least reply to others...but that shouldnt be the main thing refered to showing your pride through it ...we should be humble of our words in times... though i truly respect you for being one of those people that reply and show thier sincere thoughts towards each others poems as you are not one of those selfish-people...so my apologies does go to you allan...i think i was to harsh..i'm sorry and hope this comes through as our acknowledging the misunderstandings of each others opinions my friend... ...?if i die before i wake , i pray the lord my soul will take-"when thugs cry" [This message has been edited by anonymous albert ? (edited 05-08-2001).] |
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Allan Riverwood
since 2001-01-04
Posts 3502Winnipeg |
Well Albert, you still know me a bit better than that... the assumption about my motives was what I really took offense to in your reply. I think you should realize that sure, I am proud of my post count. Because each post represents either a poem read, a poem shared or a thought expressed in here. And I like to think that I'm making a contribution to this family. I have nothing against people who don't reply to everything they read, that's fine. But it certainly doesn't give you the right to condemn me for being pleased with my numeric representation of my participation in these forums. |
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anonymous albert ?
since 2001-03-23
Posts 2979 |
i know but as i said ealier...that words tend to get misunderstood through the way you say it unlike what the person says it the reader doesnt take it as their way of meaning...and i wasnt condeming in anyway...just expressing what i saw from your post..most people might take the way you say about things...as you are boasting...and tell you the truth i see that showing sometimes in your replys...think about it...and of course i know you better then that you are one of the first family members that i have talked to... you are a friend of mine...but what kind of family of friends would it be w/out us having honesty towards each other... thats my opinion right now...i know i might been to harsh...but thats truly what i seen at that point of time... ...?if i die before i wake , i pray the lord my soul will take-"when thugs cry" [This message has been edited by anonymous albert ? (edited 05-07-2001).] |
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Poet deVine
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
I've copied your statements verbatim so you can see that I am not taking your words out of context. First. I apologize that my statement offended you. It was not my intention. I was merely responding to your first statement about your 'numbers'. quote: quote: Well, I have thought about it for a moment. Actually I've thought about this for a long time. I don't believe I tried to make you sound shallow. I think you are truly interested in the poetry and the camaraderie here at Passions. But there is a heady pleasure in seeing the numbers climbing. That's why our friends post congratulatory announcements for us when we hit hallmark numbers. Frankly, I would rather no one noticed mine! When we began PiP, we were few. Achieving 1000 posts was an amazing feat. Today, with over 5,000 members, achieving 1000 posts is something one can do in a week if one spends a lot of time here. When Teen Explorer took off into a 'chat' direction, I was pleased. Finally you had a place to meet and play and just talk. And that racks up the posts. There is nothing wrong with that. But back to your original statement - your words sounded full of pride at achieving #46 in the stats. And that is what I have a problem with. Replying for replying sake isn't good for the poet or for the one who replies. (By the way, I know you are not one of those! I'm making a general statement here). quote: I don't think anyone condemned you. I certainly didn't. If you look closely at my post: quote: Do you see that there at the end? It's a little 'devil' smilie. That was put there because I knew I was going to be stinker and raise someone's hackles! So again, I apologize. [This message has been edited by Poet deVine (edited 05-07-2001).] |
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Allan Riverwood
since 2001-01-04
Posts 3502Winnipeg |
Thanks for taking the time, PdV. I really appreciate it. Yes, I see what you are saying now... sometimes it takes a few more words to clearly define our message.As I said, thanks for taking the time. I really appreciate it, and I guess I should have caught the little devil dude. I use this one personally -->  and I know what it's like. haha  See you guys around. ~Allan Build a man a fire, and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. |
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Allan Riverwood
since 2001-01-04
Posts 3502Winnipeg |
Oh and for the record... (not that there's anything wrong with this) I never once posted something acclaimed as my "1000th post" or anything. So one less point against that theory. At least, I don't think I did... sometimes I do strange things....  Build a man a fire, and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. |
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Joricho Member
since 2001-05-06
Posts 56Australia |
I've just started posting, but this is making me nervous... is this like the Hotel California? Will I EVER leave???? |
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Poet deVine
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Joricho, you now belong to us....... LOL |
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Acies
Moderator
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-07
Posts 7665Twilight Zone |
This place is more like Heaven "So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, |
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Titia Geertman Member Ascendant
since 2001-05-07
Posts 5182Netherlands |
I'm only just born in PIP and I'm allready an addict, can't help it, can't cure it, so be it. Titia |
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Dopey Dope
Moderator
Member Patricius
since 2000-08-30
Posts 11132San Juan, Puerto Rico |
SO BE IT! |
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catalinamoon
since 2000-06-03
Posts 9543The Shores of Alone |
I am so addicted that I am here in last months questions, reading and replying. I am not as bad as I was last year when I first started, I used to get up in the middle of the night to see if anyone had read my new poem. Now I'm all mature-I wait till morning But just recently I found this forum, and I am afraid things are getting cranked up again. Sandra |
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Acies
Moderator
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-07
Posts 7665Twilight Zone |
haha Catalinamoon, I think we all go thru that PIP Syndrome. And it's very contageous too hi Sweets, Lizzy, Ina, Erin, Erica, Minna, Kit, Kamie, Javi, Jenn, Sharon, Nan, Cawlee, Cherish, Ashley, Sara, Justine, Leah, Jess, Kimmie, Maree, Mic |
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Dopey Dope
Moderator
Member Patricius
since 2000-08-30
Posts 11132San Juan, Puerto Rico |
I stay on here till my eyes blur Too many days away from here and I go mad I have to post and reply!!!!!!!!!!  |
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cherish Senior Member
since 2001-03-25
Posts 1639swimming in fairy floss........... |
i know the feeling....tilll yer head feels dizzy and everything looks wierd when you get up and move away from the computer....get this i even DREAM about passions...it invades my sleep...so imagine what its done to my life...haha...happy PiPing!  |
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Dopey Dope
Moderator
Member Patricius
since 2000-08-30
Posts 11132San Juan, Puerto Rico |
I dream about it too......I had a dream that PoetDeVine was on the Opah Winfrey show and another lady from another poetry site was on it.....and the other lady was talkin about her poetry site and then PDV would say "yea but we have THIS and ours is better because of THIS" and then Oprah ignored the other lady and only talked to PDV haha. |
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7 Member
since 2000-04-26
Posts 113Amherst, MA, USA |
I kind of wish I were addicted to this forum. I get little spurts of posting and replying all the time for a few days, then I'm too lazy to check back for weeks on end. It's one of those things you wish you could relpace your unhealthy addictions with. Right up there with carrot sticks and ice water. |
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Spice Senior Member
since 2001-04-13
Posts 1266Resting in my cardboard box. |
Sounds like Javier got ahold of some damn good crack.  heheheAnyway- I'm getting quite hooked to this lil place. Ecspecially the discussion section. I love it. haha... |
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Acies
Moderator
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-07
Posts 7665Twilight Zone |
stop following me around Spice  hi Sweets, Lizzy, Ina, Erin, Erica, Minna, Kit, Kamie, Javi, Jenn, Sharon, Nan, Cawlee, Cherish, Ashley, Sara, Justine, Leah, Jess, Kimmie, Maree, Mic |
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Spice Senior Member
since 2001-04-13
Posts 1266Resting in my cardboard box. |
...sorry. *Unhooks her leash.* hehehe |
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anonymous albert ?
since 2001-03-23
Posts 2979 |
im representing my addiction 24/7...*everyone looks at the sig.*...whoaa..you really are?.. im addicted to passions in poetry!...are you? [This message has been edited by anonymous albert ? (edited 06-14-2001).] |
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Dopey Dope
Moderator
Member Patricius
since 2000-08-30
Posts 11132San Juan, Puerto Rico |
Well .......I love you all....nothing more to say. |
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