From The Echoes Of His Vast Mind Came The Voice And Visage Of The Travelers Past, Show In All The Glory Of Its New Self

Friends, this year I have recieved a very special Christmas Gift, one that I hadnt expected in the least. Besides the large quantities of nice clothing, various kinds of cheese, blank CD's, money, books, and movies that I got, I recieved a visit from an old friend. Now im sure this wasnt meant as any kind of a Christmas gift but none the less I count it as one. I've talked of her before, in both flattering and non-flattering ways but it is one thing to be able to speak of someone you cannot see or do not have to face physically. Of course im sure you all know that im talking about Starfire now. Starfire showed up at my work, Cages Unlimited, while I was at work and asked if I was there, well friends I must say that I believe my jaw nearly dropped off because, even though she had changed, I still recognized that same flame red hair and those intense cornflower blue eyes. If, before, those cornflower blue eyes had once reminded me of a sharp frozen icecicle they now reminded me of a welcoming clear blue sky. Thoughts of how this girl, im sorry, this WOMAN, use to intimidate and hold sway over me swam through my mind. Now, standing before me, was a woman whom I respected and valued the opinions of, not a boyhood crush but a trusted friend. Dont get me wrong though, she was still every bit the temptress she once was. Since I had last seen her I had gotten much taller, and she had remained the same relative height, so she seemed much shorter, her eyes and hair still the same, abeit the hair was a tad shorter but she looked comfortable in her look, casual style clothing but warm for the climate I suppose, she seemed to hold herself with more confidence now and spoke as such, her voice still had its seductive quality to it which was something that always fascinated me and my sources tell me that she says she does it on purpose to "piss men off", well it may not piss me off but it would have its advantages I suppose. But most importantly was the fact that I was seeing her as she was and not how I perhaps wanted to see her. I didnt see the girl whom I once had a shy, though strong, crush on but rather I saw this woman whom I had shared a great deal of myself with and recognized as someone whom I trust, respect, and value in whatever capacity of friendship I can obtain from them. So as I prepare to head out for the day and run some errands I give a bow to you Starfire and appreciate your visit more than you can know, I only hope I was equally delightful for you as you were me.

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High In The Night Sky The Traveler Looked Up And Saw An Odd Overweight Man Riding In A Sleigh Pulled By Reindeer And Smiled To Himself, People Are Always Trying To Beat Airline Prices. MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Once again Christmas has come and gone friends and much to my surprise this years has been pretty good. I suppose that after you pass a certain age Christmas becomes less and less about the presents and more about the people around you. If this is the case then my Christmas has been damn good, I have a great family, great friends, and still in search of love, though I think I may have found it. I dearly hope that all of you have had a good Christmas and gotten what you wanted and gave as good as you got. The only major complaint I have this Christmas is that I have not seen the spirit in the city as much as I have in past years and that it seems to have become more and more commercialized.

Speaking of love though, I find it curious that the object (person) of my affection is who she is. In truth I have special feelings for five women but there is one that stands out above all the rest and few women can cause me such annoyance. But the annoyance caused is nothing compared to the smile she can place on my face. However, until I can be with her (if ever) I must be content to think of her and allow my friends to lend me their comfort so that I may lend them mine when they need it.

Friends, there is another good subject for tonight. As of late I have been neglecting a friend lately, several actually. Angel, StarFire, and Sunshine, I have spent less time talking to them and being around them then ever and I must humbly apologize. Lately I've been somewhat stressed and there are many things that desperately need my attention right now. Starfire, I wish you a Merry Christmas and hope that we can talk again soon and maybe sometime we can even "see" one another again (as in face to face) and maybe have a drink this summer or something. Angel my dear, we really should spend some time together, maybe go see a movie or go to the beach or something, we really should talk more, I've missed speaking to you and singing *wink*. Sunshine, well sunshine doesnt know that this journal exists so there is no directly speaking to her but I do need to call ehr and go have lunch or a cup of coffee together or something. And to all the rest, my wishes for happy holidays and if you think im neglecting you I'm not and I shall endeavor to do my best as your friend.

"And To All A Good Night"

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The Travelers Hand Ceased To Write Any Further This Day, For Something Within Had Stopped Him Without

Well friends MERRY CHRISTMAS, it is 2 in the morning and it is offically Christmas now. Soon I am going to bed and shall await "Santa" to place my gifts beneath my tree but first I speak to you first. As always, I have been thinking, mostly about love, and it is entirely fascinating for me, and at least one other, that I am in love with 5 very different women. Now normally I would go through and list each along with their qualities but im fightin to keep my eyes open here and that would just take too much time. Suffice it say, each of these women bring out something different in me, my best qualities as well as some of my worst, thus forming the "true" me. I pose a question to you my dear readers, is it possible to love more than one woman at the same time? Please feel free to drop me a line in the chat box next to the posts.

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With A Will To Write, Born Of Unseen Forces, The Travelers Hands Scrawled The Words Across The Page Thus Giving Life To The Characters Held For So Long Within His Mind

As you may have noticed, I have added a little chat box to my journal here so that anyone may leave a message for me to see should they have any comments or anything interesting to say. I dont see all of you a whole lot so this is a good opportunity to leave me a message without having to listen to my nasty voicemail, stupid answering machine, or e-mail or MSN messenger me. And for those of you that do want to MSN me, im lrdoveron@hotmail.com. I think I shall be back later tonight to add some mroe to this little message, so bye for now.

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The Traveler Awoke And Began To Write The Story Of A Marvelous Journey

Yes INDEED!!! Dear friends I have good news, the story of Overon and his rise to power is now being written. Finally after many attempts and many dreams the story is now being worked into actual good writing. Soon Overons first story will begin to be written. So far the story outline is being debated by me and my two partners and once we are settled the first chapter shall begin. We hope to have the first three chapters done by May.

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While The Winter Raged Outside The Traveler Fell Asleep And Dreamt

Hello friends, it seems im in a pretty good mood tonight. My day went well and now I sit here at this piece of rather useful technology listening to Elvis (Burning Love) and writing to all of you. I know I've said it before but music truly is something special and amazing to me. There is something about the beat and rythm of a good positive song coursing through your body and singing in your blood, it makes one smile and move with the rythm no matter what they're doing, even typing. Ahh, this is truly rare, I am positively exstatic with positive emotion. Every fiber and muscles seems to twitch in time with those complex harmonies. I also finished reading the fourth Harry Potter book today and I am more and more impressed everyday with J.K. Rowling's writing. The fourth truly conveyed human emotion, happiness, and tragedy as well as utter sadness. Now normally I dont much care for Elvis but tonight I seem to have a taste for it. I also know that I've said I truly look forward to this summer in Vegas but I must reitterate that sentiment and say again that the year is not yet through winter and already I delight at the thought. This year marks something of a great freedom for me, the ability to enter all public establishments, have drinks casually, and being ready to free myself from this wretched little college truly gives me thigns to look forward too. But I have much to do in the meantime with school and work, not to mention actively trying to find a female companion to come with me this summer.

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Tonight The Traveler Sat Huddled Beside His Campfire Dreaming Of The Spring

Good evening friends, sorry I didnt get a chance to write yesterday but I was rather tired and need some rest and I was a little angry I missed Star Trek Enterprize cause I fell asleep. Anyway, today was another decent day of hardwork and good money. But one thing is troubling me, I'm not sure what gifts to buy for my friends. I already got Wonderboy his present but I still need one for Lips. Not really sure at all what to get him but im sure something will come to mind soon enough. But of course I also have to buy for my Angel. Angel is a different problem because I can think of all sorts of things to give her but narrowing it down takes some thought. Generally I like to buy people books but alas my close friends are less than avid readers. I'm still looking for the kinda friend that reads as much as I do, that I can trade fantasy novels with. At any rate Christmas shopping is one of the things at the forefront of my mind. Well Christmas shopping and Sunshine at any rate, I need to call her tomorrow and see if she cand o something on monday, I'm pretty sure I work all weekend but I have mondays off. Sunshine always provides me with good conversation of course but I really want to feel that warmth inside myself that always comes from being in her presence. In other news it seems Starfire has been busy of late and I havent been able to talk to her as much as I like to. Also I am still encouraging all my friends to join me this summer in fabulous Las Vegas for my twenty first birthday.

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Staring Into The Flurries Of Snow As He Sat Huddled In A Cave The Traveler Glared Out At The Storm In Challenge To The Power Of Nature

Well friends today wasnt so bad as it first seemed. I worked about ten and a half hours today and at first I didnt want to be there that long and I was tired half way through the day but all in all it worked out ok. I am tired but relaxed too, so its all good. Yesterday I started talking about the women in my life and I forgot to mention one that I've known for about a year or so and she definately registers in my mind a fair amount of the time. We shall refer to her as White Lady, mainly because I seem to recall a poem about a "White Lady" who was a ghost and destined to be alone, and this fits in with what her and I talk about. In fact I feel a tad ashamed that I've never spoken of her before. Well White Lady and I have been taking theatre classes together under the tutelage of Professor Clingan, and though we disagree about many things we seem to get along quite nicely. Now I should mention first and foremost that though she is a beautiful young woman, there is little to no physical attraction between us, we merely find each others comapny to be mentally stimulating, and to a certaing emotional degree as well. White Lady and I have a great deal of things in common, especially when it comes to love, lust, and the lack thereof. Yes ladies and gentlemen she is actually a pure young college woman, go figure, didnt think any were left did you?

Now I have to take this time to say thank you to Angel who listened to me tonight, when I needed her and she helped. I wont go into detail because it would hurt too much and its not anyones business but mine, and Angels for helping me. Suffice it to say I needed a friend and she was there tonight, others have helped me with this before including Lips and Wonderboy, but I've never beena ble to pour my heart out with them like I did with her, it felt good in a sad sort of way. She knows what im talking about and thats all that matters. Angel and I have been through a lot together and I think she knows how much she means to me just as I know how much trust and love she places in me in return.

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In The Dead Of Winter Amid The Great Snow Flurries The Traveler Sat Huddled, Waiting For The Storms Of Winter To Pass All The While Feeling Thouroughly Confused

Once more I must apologize for not writing in such a long time but things got pretty busy and stressful there for awhile. Okay first things first, lets get you up to speed on whats happened, whats happening and whats going to happen. Many things have happened and theres a lot of things I have to take into consideration as well as some thoughts about the things yet to come.

To start with, there for a while I was working two jobs. One at McDonalds, which I recently quit and im am so f***ing happy its unbelievable. The other is at, and thats where im workign now, Cages Unlimited. We sell rare and exotic birds as well as various pet foods and of course, cages. Well the stress of working two jobs, and going to school was killing me so I never felt like writing very much, I was constantly tired, and forever lonely, not to mention my atrocious school work. But I quit McDonalds, did the best to save my grades, caught up on my sleep, but im still lonlier than ever.

Next up is my extra currciular situation. Well Man Of LaMancha went off without a hitch and it was all good. Currently Lips and I are co-stagemanaging (technically im assistant stage manager) Westside Story and its going pretty well, his little brother is an actor in it and im glad to see him pursuing theatre.

College has been a real up and down thing here lately. Im hoping to go to SOU in Ashland next year but im not sure whats going to be happening. But first of all let me say that I am so F***ING glad I didnt firmly decide on Switzerland cause it wouldnt have been worth the effort and to all those out there who called me foolish for wanting to go I concur and bow before your wisdom and insight. This term has by far been the worst but im through it now and im moving on to better things. Hopefully the next two terms ill pump out all "A's" so I can try for a scholarship to SOU and still have my loans as well. Mr. Happy and Ms. Quiet are also going there too, so thats cool.

As for work, well its not the easiest thing in the world but im learning about birds Ive never even heard of and ones that I didnt know much about to begin with. My boss is definately kinda of a prick but he's a good guy at heart and I know he has the best of intentions and wants his business to grow. To all of those who live around me I encourage all of you to come in and look around, heres the link to his page. http://cagesandbirds.com/

On to the stuff that I really enjoy talking about the most, the women who inhabit my life and are my inspiration for life. Angel and I have'nt been as close lately as I'd like. This may sound odd but she will know what I mean when I say I miss touching her. Touch for me is a direct connection that allows me to know a person very intimately and there are few people I am close enough too to actually have any degree of physical contact with. Angel often reminds me of how good of massages I give, though I thinks its mostly flattery, but if any of you other women in my life want one I'd be glad to have you give me an evaluation. I've read a few of ANgel's blogs and I saw a poem I wrote for her on there and I was touched to see it and I also saw one I wrote about her and im not sure she knew it was about her, but oh well. Starfire and I havent talked a whole lot lately but I wish we would, I really enjoy our conversations and its too bad we live so far apart because in the long run I think our relationship could be like Angel and mines, very friendly and inimate to such a degree that both are very comfortable with one another and in positions to help the other as friends. But my biggest source of concern right now is Sunshine who never actually moved away and is going to SOCC right now and we saw each other last wednesday night after my theatre final. Oh man, I had been missing her so much. But last week Lips told me he had seen her too and that they had talked for a bit, well it turns out she has a boyfriend in Georgia, and now im kinda in that sad angry mood. Cause it freaking sucks that she has a BF and now I have absolutely no possibility for any relationship with anyone around here. Guess im gonna ahve to move to find someone, but I was hoping I could meet someone here who I could have shared a common home with so that we could both get away from here and be able to talk about it later. Oh well, still sucks though. Somebody please e-mail me so I have someone to talk to. E-mail is Quixote_Thoughts@yahoo.com now.

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