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Being

by horus8

Member since 2002 · Posted 18 Nov 2003 · Edited 18 Nov 2003 · 21 comments

To think I've spent my entire life waiting. To catch up with what I thought you wanted. Never did I assume I'd passed you at birth. Do we pick our parents, or do they pick us I've heard both sides speak repetitively. Ask yourselves, "What's that to do with living?" When I look into my son's eyes, I see promise. And I don't care for a second who selected who. Love is not about choosing, it's about being. My guess is that the universe reveals no secrets we already didn't primordially suspect or know. I know that I've learnt what not to do, from you.

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21 comments

[9] INTRANSIT 18-Nov-03/3:05 PM Reply
a-men sister!!!
[10] peaceseeker 19-Nov-03/8:33 AM Reply
I liked "I see promise" (in my son's eyes).
But, don't we choose who we love, that is, except our children?
Also liked "I passed you at birth" (!!)
[n/a] horus8 › peaceseeker 19-Nov-03/1:55 PM Reply
I've never choosen who I've loved when It happens? It's fast, unpredictable, powerful, and like watching a child being born, it's unstoppable, but it's later on in the relationship when one decides whether or not 'to keep it going' that's the only choice.
[n/a] fair12 19-Nov-03/9:19 AM Reply
I liked this - the possibility that your child was destined to be yours. Sometimes it's hard to remember that in the midst of math homework that they just don't understand (and, in their opinion, never will). Hold onto that beauty - as they grow, somedays it's all you've got...
[n/a] zodiac 12-Mar-04/4:06 AM Reply
Congratulations on the Top 20 coup. Jeremi still looks like A.C. Slater, though. -10-
[n/a] Shuushin › zodiac 12-Mar-04/6:34 AM Reply
yeah... about that...
[n/a] zodiac › Shuushin 12-Mar-04/9:15 AM Reply
re: Shuushin's "yeah... about that..."

- I think he does (look like Slater) - which I hope you will not take as my racist generalization on the appearance of young, tanned, vaguely-hispanic West-dwellers. Certainly not all Latinos look like Slater. Some look like Erik Estrada, for example. Anyway, see for yourself at "http://www.garageband.com/user/horus8". I think you'll agree.
[n/a] Shuushin › zodiac 12-Mar-04/10:26 AM Reply
I'm referring to the "coup" as you call it - which I no longer care to discuss.

Beside the point, my eyes have seen plenty 'nuf of H8 in all his glory!
[n/a] horus8 › zodiac 12-Mar-04/12:09 PM Reply
You ever see a viking golf?
[n/a] Shuushin › horus8 12-Mar-04/1:17 PM Reply
Yes, last time I was in Troy.
[n/a] horus8 › zodiac 12-Mar-04/12:08 PM Reply
It must be raining in Mudsville... I'm Greek and German and Hungarian then, Colombian. And slater is a full 4 inches shorter than me. You obviously know very few Greeks if you think I look Mexican. Then again perhaps you're a blind nigger jew in the wheel chair of projection.
[n/a] zodiac › horus8 12-Mar-04/12:56 PM Reply
Welcome back. I think Albert Clifford (A.C.) Slater's character was supposed to be Greek, but Mario Lopez, who played him, was certainly Mexican, and currently owns a bar in Tijuana. From him and from John Stamos' character Jesse Katzapolis on "Full House," I derive my entire understanding of Greek/Latino physiognomy. Forgive me my naivete.
[n/a] zodiac › zodiac 12-Mar-04/1:11 PM Reply
Update: I am doubly a dunce. The surname Slater comes from the Orkneys.
[n/a] horus8 › zodiac 12-Mar-04/5:07 PM Reply
Oh...? Well, in that case, carry on.
[n/a] ==Doylum › zodiac 13-Mar-04/5:39 AM Reply
What are you on about? The surname Slater comes from Orkney?
The name Slater, as in some one who bungs slates on a roof, is Norwegian? Sure sounds Norwegian to me! And of course Orkney is world famouse for it roofing slate. Wlesh slate? nah mate i'm gonna get me somea that Orkney stuff!
[n/a] zodiac › ==Doylum 13-Mar-04/5:53 AM Reply
From "What's in a name? SLATER" (http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DBY/NamesPersonal/Slater.html)

"Are you called SLATER? This is an occupational name and in most cases will have referred to a man who made roofs. The caveat 'most cases' indicates that families with Scots connections and especially if they retain the old spelling 'Sclater' may derive their name from Kirkwall, Orphir or Sanday (Orkneys). There, the use of nicknames prevailed and in this case would have been conferred upon a member of the community who was thought to be sly or cunning. It was derived from the Old Norse 'slottigr' and the earliest example dates from 1492 in the person of Adam Sclater of Orkney.
The name is now usually spelled 'Slater' but 'Sclater' is not infrequent in the north of England and in Scotland where the spelling 'Sklater' was still in use in 1823."

Still no Greeks. Nor Mexicans.
[n/a] zodiac › ==Doylum 13-Mar-04/5:55 AM Reply
What are YOU on about? The Orkney Islands are in far-Northern Scotland, right?
[n/a] ==Doylum › zodiac 13-Mar-04/6:42 AM Reply
Yep sure are and the people living there are decendants of Norse men and spoke a norse dialect
...the earliest records are to Thomas le Sclatere (Worcester : 1255), then Thomas Slater (West Riding: 1992?????!!!). nice and accurate init.
[8] edpeterson 10-Apr-04/6:36 AM Reply
hi horus8. pretty good one here. and one that i have not seen before, but contains a good dose of wisdom and a dash of bitterness. well done .
[10] SweetJuliet10 13-May-04/11:28 PM Reply
what the hello does it matter where the fictional character ac slaters name came from lol arent we suppose to be judging the poem here. ~10~
[10] dancin_n_da_moonlite 25-Jan-05/12:10 PM Reply
~beautiful~
-megan