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ywp conference

Addie's picture
Submitted by Addie on March 8, 2008 - 20:28.

lets all talk about the conference and how fun it was and how we should have another one and this time all the people who didn't come will!

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Addie's picture

wow the conference was

Submitted by Addie on March 8, 2008 - 20:34.

wow the conference was really fun, i think we should have another one and everyone should come!

Usagi's picture

Most certainly.

Submitted by Usagi on March 8, 2008 - 20:43.

Most certainly. It was so cool to actually meet everybody. A little scary, at first, but so much fun.

emnoodlehead's picture

I loved it! But I really

Submitted by emnoodlehead on March 8, 2008 - 20:53.

I loved it!
But I really wish it was longer because I wanted to write
But I also wanted to hang out with people.
It was really fun though!!

C-Adams's picture

conferences

Submitted by C-Adams on March 8, 2008 - 21:12.

Are there going to be other conferences?

Addie's picture

i think it would be really

Submitted by Addie on March 8, 2008 - 23:29.

i think it would be really fun to get everyone to hang out sometime but not officially just to hang out maybe go see a movie or take over a restaurant cause theres so many of us. hehe the day the scary poets took over the pizza joint mwahahahaha

awsmpossum's picture

Poets+Pizza=love.

Submitted by awsmpossum on March 8, 2008 - 23:31.

Poets+Pizza=love.

mixedmusic333's picture

+ oreos.

Submitted by mixedmusic333 on March 8, 2008 - 23:31.

+ oreos.

Usagi's picture

I'd love to be part of

Submitted by Usagi on March 8, 2008 - 23:31.

I'd love to be part of that.
But I'd hate to be somebody working at the restaurant.

+M&Ms.

Professor_Zoom's picture

We can write poetry about

Submitted by Professor_Zoom on March 8, 2008 - 23:31.

We can write poetry about pizza.
Oh yeah.

awsmpossum's picture

Pizza Your cheesy

Submitted by awsmpossum on March 8, 2008 - 23:33.

Pizza
Your cheesy goodness
Goes right to my thighs
No wonder I can seem to attract any guys
But I'll still eat you
Until I want to hurl
Because I'm really more interested
In finding a girl. :P

mixedmusic333's picture

I just laughed out loud.

Submitted by mixedmusic333 on March 8, 2008 - 23:35.

I just laughed
out
loud.

Professor_Zoom's picture

Awsm... that was simply

Submitted by Professor_Zoom on March 8, 2008 - 23:35.

Awsm...
that was simply awsm.

Usagi's picture

You have officially

Submitted by Usagi on March 8, 2008 - 23:37.

You have officially
made Usagi go
pft,

a feat only before
achieved by
Zoom.

Addie's picture

awsm awsm awsm it made me

Submitted by Addie on March 8, 2008 - 23:36.

awsm awsm awsm it made me giggle:)heehee

Addie's picture

+ice cream sundaes!

Submitted by Addie on March 8, 2008 - 23:37.

+ice cream sundaes!

obscure_one's picture

Wow. Very nice. Or

Submitted by obscure_one on March 8, 2008 - 23:37.

Wow. Very nice.
Or Dobra.
Then we could write awsm
poetry about
tea.
(Awsm: cue hysterical laughter)

awsmpossum's picture

I don't think That's

Submitted by awsmpossum on March 8, 2008 - 23:39.

I don't think
That's appropriate
For this site. :P

obscure_one's picture

Yet, at least. But disguised

Submitted by obscure_one on March 8, 2008 - 23:40.

Yet, at least.
But disguised as
tea, it is
entirely appropriate.

awsmpossum's picture

uh-oh I think

Submitted by awsmpossum on March 8, 2008 - 23:41.

uh-oh
I think we're
Obscure_possuming...

mixedmusic333's picture

STOP! IN THE NAME OF

Submitted by mixedmusic333 on March 8, 2008 - 23:42.

STOP!
IN THE NAME
OF THE
LAW!

obscure_one's picture

*sings* Stop in the name of

Submitted by obscure_one on March 8, 2008 - 23:43.

*sings*
Stop in the name of looove...

awsmpossum's picture

*adds hand motion and swings

Submitted by awsmpossum on March 8, 2008 - 23:44.

*adds hand motion and swings hips*

mixedmusic333's picture

Oh good lord...

Submitted by mixedmusic333 on March 8, 2008 - 23:46.

Oh good
lord...

Professor_Zoom's picture

Oh, there's a verb for it

Submitted by Professor_Zoom on March 8, 2008 - 23:44.

Oh, there's a verb for it now?
that's...well, that's simply awsm.
Actually, it's more obscurely awsm.

awsmpossum's picture

We generally are. :)

Submitted by awsmpossum on March 8, 2008 - 23:45.

We generally are. :)

Usagi's picture

They could be

Submitted by Usagi on March 8, 2008 - 23:45.

They could be Awsm_One.

Or Possum_One.

awsmpossum's picture

I prefer Obscure_Possum...

Submitted by awsmpossum on March 8, 2008 - 23:47.

I prefer Obscure_Possum...

Usagi's picture

It does sound better.

Submitted by Usagi on March 8, 2008 - 23:49.

It does sound better.

Now, of course, it's sadly no longer.

Sort of an Awsm_Zoom_Obscure_Usagi_Addie_MM.

awsmpossum's picture

Obscurely awsm professor

Submitted by awsmpossum on March 8, 2008 - 23:51.

Obscurely awsm professor Addie likes rabbits and M&M's... :)

Professor_Zoom's picture

And it can be separated off

Submitted by Professor_Zoom on March 8, 2008 - 23:53.

And it can be separated off sometimes, as we've seen with Obscure_Possum and...ZUsagi? Zoomsagi?

we need a name for when we're having our random talks.

Usagi's picture

Hmmm. I like

Submitted by Usagi on March 8, 2008 - 23:57.

Hmmm. I like
Zoomsagi.

yes...we do tend to do that,
don't we?

Generally at about
midnight.
Or later.

awsmpossum's picture

*takes a bow* I love silly

Submitted by awsmpossum on March 8, 2008 - 23:38.

*takes a bow*
I love silly rhymes.
And making Usagi laugh
And Zoom smile
And Usagi "pft"
And Addie giggle. :)

Addie's picture

mmmmmm dobra they have all

Submitted by Addie on March 8, 2008 - 23:42.

mmmmmm dobra they have all the emotional tea for us

obscure_one's picture

Indeed they do. And

Submitted by obscure_one on March 8, 2008 - 23:44.

Indeed they
do. And it's
tasty. :)

awsmpossum's picture

I've still never Been to

Submitted by awsmpossum on March 8, 2008 - 23:45.

I've still never
Been to Dobra...

Addie's picture

its so fun they give you

Submitted by Addie on March 8, 2008 - 23:48.

its so fun they give you this book and theres all these different kinds of tea and their backgrounds and when your supposed to drink them. they even have one for the poet's muse!

sinisterVT's picture

we should all go to dobra!

Submitted by sinisterVT on March 8, 2008 - 23:50.

we should all go to dobra!

obscure_one's picture

We should all treat Awsm to

Submitted by obscure_one on March 8, 2008 - 23:50.

We should all
treat Awsm to her first
Dobra excursion, I
think.

awsmpossum's picture

Woah! AWSM!

Submitted by awsmpossum on March 8, 2008 - 23:50.

Woah!
AWSM!

Usagi's picture

Oh yeah!

Submitted by Usagi on March 8, 2008 - 23:51.

Oh yeah!
Actually, I've never been either.
But it sound like a cool place.
And I'd love to see all you guys again.

Addie's picture

i agree! and i think we need

Submitted by Addie on March 8, 2008 - 23:51.

i agree! and i think we need to have an obscure awsm theme song for ywp and then we can sing it loudly and bother all the other tea drinkers

awsmpossum's picture

Obscure and I will work on

Submitted by awsmpossum on March 8, 2008 - 23:53.

Obscure and I will work on it :)
We're very gifted when it comes to random and fantastic songs :)

Usagi's picture

Hehe...we can ask the

Submitted by Usagi on March 8, 2008 - 23:53.

Hehe...we can ask the mysterious piano-players upstairs for help--they could play scales.

Addie's picture

and then take over a pizza

Submitted by Addie on March 8, 2008 - 23:53.

and then take over a pizza place of course and by then we'll have our poets muse tea and we can write poems about our delicious pizza...and ice cream sundaes hehe

obscure_one's picture

How about it's a treat for

Submitted by obscure_one on March 8, 2008 - 23:57.

How about it's a
treat for any of us who
hasn't been to
Dobra yet?

We'll work on that...
Oh man! Awsm, when
Em pulled out the
Skittles we should have
sung the Skittle Song!

And we can sing something
totally unrelated to the
scales musically.

That would be an
incredibly good day...

Addie's picture

oh mann and itll be summer

Submitted by Addie on March 8, 2008 - 23:59.

oh mann and itll be summer soon so it will be a warm, sunny day!

obscure_one's picture

I like winter, but

Submitted by obscure_one on March 9, 2008 - 00:06.

I like winter, but am
actually looking
forward to that for
once.

awsmpossum's picture

Red green blue yellow

Submitted by awsmpossum on March 8, 2008 - 23:59.

Red green blue yellow purple
Orange
The colors of the skiddle rainbow
Shmo...

obscure_one's picture

Black black black black

Submitted by obscure_one on March 9, 2008 - 00:01.

Black black black black black
black
The colors of our current rainbow
goth...

awsmpossum's picture

Some may say that we're

Submitted by awsmpossum on March 9, 2008 - 00:02.

Some may say that we're gothic
Duh
But we still do like our skittles
yummmm.

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