the last few

[Rising Phoenix]

[Tangerine LaBamba]

1. Is something wrong?

On a Friday night, you aren't out partying with your friends?

DU is a poor substitute for the transgressions of youth. You should be out there doing all sorts of silly things and having fun.

You OK?

[Rising Phoenix]

3. hon, you don't know who you are talking to

the things that are wrong with me would boggle your mind.....


thanks for the concern though!

[Rising Phoenix]

4. I'm getting old

I'm getting semi _ sober
I'm getting focused
I'm getting motivated to move

is anything wrong.....hell yeah......

mwah
amy

[Rising Phoenix]

5. now that I think about it,

thats a very rude question.......you don't know me, you don't know my life. Maybe I'm in tonight with my lover, my husband, my child. You are here on DU........do you have a better reason than me? Where do you get off implying that something is wrong with me cause I"m not out barfing at a bar, fucking some random, or such. I'm 32 not 21...... and a bit passed all that crap.


I hope it is "young" enough and crazy enough for you that I have plans tomorrow, getting two tats in October, and being the matriarch of a very confused family.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

12. My apologies ..............

Your OP - and I have no idea who you are - sounded sad and depressed. I was wondering, if that was you in the photographs, why you weren't out, which is what I'd have been doing at your age, what my kids did when they were youngsters.

I assumed you were the young woman in the photos, and I assumed that was your artwork. That you posted what you did suggested you were seeking something, and it struck me as very sad.

I am delighted to learn that I was all wrong, that you're fine, and I offer again my apologies for having demonstrated any concern about what I took to be an unhappy person. I am delighted to give that apology over and over, as many times as it takes for you to understand that I realize I made a mistake, and I surely will never make that mistake again.

You have no need, obviously, to satisfy any criteria that you think, mistakenly, I was setting out for you. Your plans sound wonderful, I hope your family, in spite of being confused, is thriving and happy and healthy and that you, in your role as matriarch, are rewarded with the wonderful and everlasting thanks you should get for the good and loving work I am sure you do with them all day every day. It's no small task, being a matriarch, and I am sure you do it very, very well.

Again, I am sorry for what I posted. An expression of concern, cloaked in what you took to be mean and nasty questions, when they were just little jokes, now shown to be pathetic little failures, should not arouse such ire, such irritation, such a display of anger. I have no idea who you are, as you noted in one of your prior two replies to me, and it must have been a deep and horrendous hurt I inflicted upon you for you to have paid so much attention to my post. Three responses. I hope you can recover, and I hope my apology, heartfelt and repeated, will somehow serve to assuage the terrible pain that I have caused.

I can assure you that I shall never, ever make such a grievous error again. If there is any concern to be expressed to you, I assure you it will not come from me. To have so seriously misread you, misunderstood a cryptic post, to have burdened you with lame jokes while expressing concern for your well-being - those are sins for which I should pay. I will do my best never to make that error again.

It's up to you to find forgiveness in your heart for me, and I do not expect you to grant it, not ever. Why should you? I stuck my nose in where it should never have been, and I asked how you were, because, in my mistaken ignorance, I thought perhaps something was wrong. Clearly, I did this "message board" thing wrong in your view, and since I didn't know your rules, I erred.

Now that I know you're fine, solid, involved, and that you have plans not only for tomorrow but for the month of October, along with ongoing - and, I presume again, incredibly time-rich involvement with your family - is a joy to know. It makes me feel a bit less agonized about what I have done to you; it is some balm to my tortured soul.

I can go on without your forgiveness, but I will always remember what I did to you, and there is no way on earth that you deserved treatment like what I inflicted on you. I have sinned grievously, and grievously shall I continue to lament my error.....................................

[S n o w b a l l]

13. Oh, good grief...

Dramatic enough? :eyes:

[Tangerine LaBamba]

14. Your "dramatic"

is my "heartfelt."

The last thing I intended was to upset the OP. That was the farthest thing from my mind, and the fact that I upset her, angered her, in fact, is very disturbing. My carelessness and not knowing her led to this misstep, and no one should have that happen to them because another DUer didn't know what was what.

The road to hell, as they say, is paved with people who didn't know the backstory on OPs at DU.

So, you have your standards, and I have mine. They're both valid. I won't judge yours, because I'm sure they're first-rate..........................

[S n o w b a l l]

15. Sorry if I misinterpreted your post...

It seemed from this vantage point to devolve into sarcasm.

My apologies if you were sincere.

[Rising Phoenix]

17. Well I certaintly didn't mean to upset YOU so

that is me in the pics, that is my art. If it were those that made me seem sad, I suppose it is because I get out all the "bad" feelings in this way.

My OP was actually drenched with my version of sarcasm.

Bllah blah blah

There is no need for either of us to go on and on over some pics and ( shocker ) misread intentions and sarcasm/ irony/ true feelings on an internet post.

Why don't we just go on with our night.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

18. "drenched with sarcasm"

I'm sorry that I was unable to discern anything except distress from your OP. Sarcasm was the last thing I'd have gleaned from it. Three small words and some photographs that appeared to me to be a cry for help.

I got it so wrong.

That I caused you to react in such a strong way is a terrible thing for me to have done.

"Going on" as if I didn't do harm is not a viable option for me, but I wish you everything good that you desire...............................

[latebloomer]

19. over the top much?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

2. omg!!! MUST HAVE!!!!

please quote me a price on one of them!!! PM ME!!!

[Milk]

6. Are those your works?

They're incredible. Your photos make me think about going straight too. :)

[Rising Phoenix]

7. they are

and thank you!

How flattering, no need to go ENTIRELY straight, I"m certainly not!

mwah
amy

[S n o w b a l l]

8. These are 3 of the best pieces I've seen from you!

I've always liked your art, but these are spectacular! Very, very nice. I love all three!

:hug:

[Rising Phoenix]

9. Thank you

I have been absent from DU on a journey...... not yet complete, but I'm documenting my whole trip!

[KG]

10. you latest art is conspicuously missing boobs!

:P

[Rising Phoenix]

11. I don't need boobs any more to get my point across

not that I there is anything wrong with them, or that they will never appear in work again, but I can make a point without proving my femaleness and sexuality and past.

[dropkickpa]

16. I like!