Bistro Bijou

[Angeline]

A purely platonic and filled-with-admiration leg humping for the Man! I've taken care of a few sick people myself recently, and doing so while sick is extra special. Although I'm quite sure you're not a pain in the ass like some of my charges have been...

And I thought I might offer the regular Tuesday leg-humping to the newlyweds this week. Good for them for having faith in love and telling each other so in front of all their friends and family.

Besides, newlyweds are sexy. They're all full of hotness for each other and stuff and I find that completely adorable.

hearts
bj

eta: aw bubbie! so sorry you're still sick. Here's a get-well bouquet you can eat.

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm! Thank you! That looks so delish! When I feel like this I want to devour any fruit I can get my paws on. We're supposed to get another 10 inches of snow tomorrow but I will drive through a blizzard to get more frozen strawberries so I can continue making these smoothies. And I really am feeling better. Once I start bitching about how bad I feel, I know I'm on the mend.

Oh and eagleyez thanks you for the hump and asks only that you don't admit it's really platonic.

 

[champagne1982]

http://aycu40.webshots.com/image/32719/2003478578181916120_rs.jpg

Awwww! That puppy didn't just get born... It's eyes are open. Silly Japanese, siccing a ninja valentine puppy on the unsuspecting pagan public.

 

[champagne1982]

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm! Thank you! That looks so delish! When I feel like this I want to devour any fruit I can get my paws on. We're supposed to get another 10 inches of snow tomorrow but I will drive through a blizzard to get more frozen strawberries so I can continue making these smoothies. And I really am feeling better. Once I start bitching about how bad I feel, I know I'm on the mend.

Oh and eagleyez thanks you for the hump and asks only that you don't admit it's really platonic.

Did the ever-leg-humpable ee make you chicken soup? I left you a recipe.

 

[Angeline]

Did the ever-leg-humpable ee make you chicken soup? I left you a recipe.

Actually I made some for him the first day he got sick--last Saturday. I was still feeling good then, well till Saturday night. Where's your recipe? How the hell'd I miss that?!

 

[UnderYourSpell]

Will you please stop peeling that smileys skin off its bum?
Please can I have an engraved plaque ...... Life sucks ... and so do I ?

 

[UnderYourSpell]

Ooops only read half your blether ...... its humping season now so watch out all you hotblooded bistroians I'm on my way.
That pup pic has been around a while lol I once had a pup born with a perfect white star on his chest ...... so what did his new owners call him?.......... Murphy

 

[unpredictablebijou]

Will you please stop peeling that smileys skin off its bum?
Please can I have an engraved plaque ...... Life sucks ... and so do I ?

only if you suck in a good way, sugarpie.

being mean to yourself counts as being mean, and we just don't allow that around here.

be NICE. to YOURSELF. I'll HELP.

bj

 

[champagne1982]

Actually I made some for him the first day he got sick--last Saturday. I was still feeling good then, well till Saturday night. Where's your recipe? How the hell'd I miss that?!

Chicken Soup For The Poet's Soul (literally).

 

[UnderYourSpell]

My darling girl ....... my sucks are to be relished and waited in line for

 

[champagne1982]

My darling girl ....... my sucks are to be relished and waited in line for

Yesssss. Witness the banana poem. Whew!

 

[UnderYourSpell]

I have one in mind for the gents lol

 

[Homburg]

somehow, darlin', I think your meanness might fall into a slightly different category. Requested, appreciated and educated contextual meanness is an art form.

But if you suck, let's talk...

*evil eyebrows*

bj

I have been known to suck certain things, yes, and I would love to have a talk with you. Have to pick up some frozen strawberries from the walk-in first...

 

[unpredictablebijou]

My darling girl ....... my sucks are to be relished and waited in line for

Yesssss. Witness the banana poem. Whew!

o indeed!

Well that's alright then. That sort of sucking is rather fiercely encouraged around here.

I must leave rather early tonight, but I hope the humping and sucking continues far into the night.

and next week.

and July.

bj

 

[Angeline]

Chicken Soup For The Poet's Soul (literally).

Mmmm. That looks good! Very similar to mine. Only thing I do different is add a few parsnips.

Oh and~

~~happy happy dance dance~~cough sneeze~~dance dance~~ my daughter made the honor roll~~​

 

[UnderYourSpell]

I don't know what a honor roll is but whoooooooo hooo sounds fantastic and dancing with you ! Errrm Angeline can I ask you something in here among friends so I won't look stupid ...erm what's an elllipse? Just so I don't do it again!
All this talk of suction and humping has got my (mouth?) watering ... I must go find a banana ... a long one preferably not too soft must be lickable ... alert alert blonde on the prowl

 

[Angeline]

I don't know what a honor roll is but whoooooooo hooo sounds fantastic and dancing with you ! Errrm Angeline can I ask you something in here among friends so I won't look stupid ...erm what's an elllipse? Just so I don't do it again!
All this talk of suction and humping has got my (mouth?) watering ... I must go find a banana ... a long one preferably not too soft must be lickable ... alert alert blonde on the prowl

Thank you my dear lady. She got her report card yesterday and earned As and Bs in all her courses this past marking period. She is in the tenth grade in high school and has struggled somewhat in the past few years making the high school adjustment, but she seems to have found her groove now and isn't even complaining about her higher level maths, so I am a very happy mommy about this.

Now. Ellipsis points: As defined in formal writing manuals, ellipsis points indicate that words have been omitted from quoted text. No other use for them is recognized.

Thus: Use three spaced points when the ellipsis is placed in the middle of a sentence (see example 1); use three spaced points followed by an unspaced period when the ellipsis ends a sentence (see example 2).

Example 1__________"Annie, I would simply love. . .to read your poems this afternoon."

Example 2__________"Write a sestina? Oh, gods. . .."



(Thanks for the dance!)

 

[UnderYourSpell]

Thank you my dear lady. She got her report card yesterday and earned As and Bs in all her courses this past marking period. She is in the tenth grade in high school and has struggled somewhat in the past few years making the high school adjustment, but she seems to have found her groove now and isn't even complaining about her higher level maths, so I am a very happy mommy about this.

Now. Ellipsis points: As defined in formal writing manuals, ellipsis points indicate that words have been omitted from quoted text. No other use for them is recognized.

Thus: Use three spaced points when the ellipsis is placed in the middle of a sentence (see example 1); use three spaced points followed by an unspaced period when the ellipsis ends a sentence (see example 2).

Example 1__________"Annie, I would simply love. . .to read your poems this afternoon."

Example 2__________"Write a sestina? Oh, gods. . .."



(Thanks for the dance!)

Ooooooh I see big boo boo then I use them in all sorts of wrong ways then, instead of commas and fullstops (is that periods to you?) when writing long emails but mostly when trying to convey not a missing word as such but like more could be said on the subject but I will leave it to your imagination instead! which is what I meant in the poem oh botheration how do I convey that now then?

 

[WickedEve]

I don't know what a honor roll is but whoooooooo hooo sounds fantastic and dancing with you ! Errrm Angeline can I ask you something in here among friends so I won't look stupid ...erm what's an elllipse? Just so I don't do it again!
All this talk of suction and humping has got my (mouth?) watering ... I must go find a banana ... a long one preferably not too soft must be lickable ... alert alert blonde on the prowl

May I ask you two questions, please?
First, where are you from? (Like which country?)
Second, how young are you? (Over or under 20?)
Asking in hopes of understanding you better.

 

[UnderYourSpell]

Well thankyou first of all for even wanting to understand me many have tried before and fallen at the first hurdle. You can ask as many questions as you like. I am in England I am wayyyyyyyy over 20 (oh go on then I was 58 on Feb 5th tho still in pretty good nick if I do say so myself) although if you have to ask I suppose I have been playing the fool too much. Now I am not saying this to play for the sympathy vote but I learnt a long time ago if you can make folks laugh they are not hitting you. From bits and peices I have let drop you may or may not realise I wouldn't want to go back to my childhood but perhaps just perhaps I should finally get past it all and grow up

 

[WickedEve]

Well thankyou first of all for even wanting to understand me many have tried before and fallen at the first hurdle. You can ask as many questions as you like. I am in England I am wayyyyyyyy over 20 (oh go on then I was 58 on Feb 5th tho still in pretty good nick if I do say so myself) although if you have to ask I suppose I have been playing the fool too much. Now I am not saying this to play for the sympathy vote but I learnt a long time ago if you can make folks laugh they are not hitting you. From bits and peices I have let drop you may or may not realise I wouldn't want to go back to my childhood but perhaps just perhaps I should finally get past it all and grow up

England! That explains it. Well, not really.
58? No way.
I didn't read anything about your childhood.

 

[Angeline]

Ooooooh I see big boo boo then I use them in all sorts of wrong ways then, instead of commas and fullstops (is that periods to you?) when writing long emails but mostly when trying to convey not a missing word as such but like more could be said on the subject but I will leave it to your imagination instead! which is what I meant in the poem oh botheration how do I convey that now then?

Yes, your fullstops are my periods. The ellipsis points being used the way you describe--to leave things to the reader's imagination/interpretation--well I do understand that. I think a lot of people do that in their poems as well as in prose (emails and such). I think many people don't mind it a bit, and in truth it really only bugs me when I see it in poems. And that's just me, a personal quirk of mine. So feel free to ignore me and my weird quirks. You won't be the first if you do.

I do think though that there are ways to get around using them in poems because typically, one doesn't want to leave everything to the imagination, right? We want to let the reader go in a few different directions and that, I think, can be achieved with word choices and/or line breaks. It takes practice, but if one forces oneself to find words instead of using the ellipsis points, it does get easier. I think it makes for stronger, more creative writing but again, that's just my opinion. Overall, I have great respect for an author being the owner of his or her poem and ultimately being the one who knows what's best for it.

So there's my ramble for the afternoon.

 

[unpredictablebijou]

...and an excellent ramble it was...


I admit to constantly overusing the ellipse in prose, but I don't think I've ever used one in a poetic piece. It would have to have some very serious justification.

Might be an interesting challenge (in a personal, not a poetry board sense). Could I write a piece that actually demanded an ellipse, in which that was absolutely justified and unquestionable?

Man, it's one of those slightly cranky days where I have four thousand things to accomplish and no desire to do any of it.

I'd rather play around in here. And wander google and YouTube all day.

and look at kitty porn.

bj

 

[UnderYourSpell]

England! That explains it. Well, not really.
58? No way.
I didn't read anything about your childhood.

You have now and commented on it today! I thank you for your comments too. I don't know if I am strong enough to write the poem you suggest bit like washing ones dirty washing in public. I don't know if you have the same saying but it's almost a case of 'what would the neighbours say?' Oh it's been drummed into my head before now but never seems to stick rhat none of it was my fault I was a child and adults were at fault. Okkkkkkk time to stop talking in riddles I was an abused child in all sorts of ways mainly tho my mother whipping and telling me over and over I was no good and no one would love me. Hear that enough as a child and you get to believe it and it never goes away .. never. I always knew I was different 'the changeling child' tall blonde and delicate in a county of dark stolid people, perfect fodder for bullies. I hid in a world of books and stories, in the fields on the beach usually alone or with some dog or other following on. I was offered a different sort of love and to my shame desperate for human love I took it .. at a price

 

[WickedEve]

I always knew I was different 'the changeling child' tall blonde and delicate in a county of dark stolid people, perfect fodder for bullies. I hid in a world of books and stories, in the fields on the beach usually alone or with some dog or other following on. I was offered a different sort of love and to my shame desperate for human love I took it .. at a price

That's the material for a great poem.

Sorry about your childhood.

 

[Tzara]

Now. Ellipsis points: As defined in formal writing manuals, ellipsis points indicate that words have been omitted from quoted text. No other use for them is recognized.

Thus: Use three spaced points when the ellipsis is placed in the middle of a sentence (see example 1); use three spaced points followed by an unspaced period when the ellipsis ends a sentence (see example 2).

Example 1__________"Annie, I would simply love. . .to read your poems this afternoon."

Example 2__________"Write a sestina? Oh, gods. . .."



(Thanks for the dance!)

Thanks for this. It sent me back to my copy of The Chicago Manual of Style (13th Ed., which is somewhat out of date) to review the details on the use of ellipses.

I've been using them with no spaces, which is apparently incorrect, so thanks for that. But it seems that you are supposed to lead and trail with a space as well ("[t]hey are usually separated from each other and from the text and any contiguous punctuation by 3-to-em spaces"). So that means your first example should appear as: Annie, I would simply love . . . to read your poems this afternoon.

Where the omitted text falls between sentences, "the first dot is the period—that is, there is no space between it and the preceding word." So the second example should look like this: Write a sestina? Oh, gods. . . . The same rule applies if the omitted text follows a different punctuation mark, e.g.: Write a sestina? Oh, gods! . . .

I think.

All of this is at least somewhat a matter of personal style, or of the style guidelines of whatever publication the work appears in.