THIS IS A READ-ONLY ARCHIVE FROM THE SORABJI.COM MESSAGE BOARDS (1995-2016). |
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email me if you are interested. |
if we can get through this round i might start sending more interesting stuff like the mysterious skull i found in my garage, something from my antique prophylactic collection, and other great stuff. |
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droopy, you rawk as usual. |
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http://www.christop.com my definition of art is anything that will fit in a nine by twelve envelope. really, anything you send will be okay, just make sure it isn't boring. |
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waffles, did you send it to my sorabji address? i didn't get it, at any rate. you can email me at the address below, it's more reliable. you too, j. i'm in now. again |
um yeah i did send it to sorabji, but i will send it to uswest thingy |
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tomorrow morning i go to the post office and mail all the stuff i've promised to send people over the past 6 months. mail art, mix tapes, movies, etc, etc. do i still have your physical address? is chlorzoxazon a muscle relaxant? when i die will i go to heaven? will angels pay my bar tab? is indomethacin a buzz? pharmaceuticals? anyone? |
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1.me 2.my friend katie 3.cyst 4.droopy 5.mark thomas 6.semillama 7.heather 8.waffles 9.gee 10.nate 11.swine 12.j the list is roughly in chronological order, so you don't think i am showing favoritism. that should do it for now. i am excited to see what you all have to offer. |
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I always miss stuff. |
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i have gotten patrick's, and promises from heather and nate that the shit is on the way. let's rock. incidentally, if anyone feels like emailing me at the sorabji address and then letting me know that they did it in this thread, i would be in much appreciation. i am testing to see if it is working consistently again. |
I'm sorry I failed you. |
i can't even remember what anymore. just stuff from junk drawers. and i was not ashamed. |
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I've told people how I've been making a papier-mache head, and they say, "oh, so you're the artistic type." no. I don't know anything about art. I can't draw. first-graders can make papier-mache. first-graders could also find cool things to put in a 9x12 envelope and send them off to agatha. I don't understand why it's taken so long for her to get stuff. it's just stuff. just the mail. nothing hard, nothing scary. |
like to denegrate the whole idea and make it not very interesting |
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but "totally, i sen her more crappy crap crap then she can shake a big ass stick at....yep....thats crap alright" seems different and i was already doing some oppositional thing with patrick for whatever reason |
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don't be an ass |
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first, how do i know what you sent? original photographs sound great "totally, i sen her more crappy crap crap then she can shake a big ass stick at....yep....thats crap alright" sounds like you dug stuff out of the neighbor's trash listen, i just liked the idea and didn't want to see it belittled |
l Heres some crap. |
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everything i have gotten so far has been way rad. |
luv you! *kissies* |
Upon reflection, I guess crap has feelings too. |
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gee, swine, and margret although i am not sure if she is doing it or not. if y'all are bailing, let me know so i can start shufflin and sending. |
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i'm just a bit.. uh... "tardy." |
swine, i'll be there in december- your spanking can wait until then. |
gee? oh, gee? are you sending me mail, or would you like to bail? either way is okay. let me know. |
Just so the rest of the world knows, I tried to play and the postal people rejected me. I'll give it another go. |
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now this is funny! OK! bravo! |
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C'MON!!... hurry up. I wanna play. I promise to send really fascinating art that with capture the soul and warm your heart. |
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sit tight and good things will come to you. |
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nate, you good boy. |
damn, people! |
at times i indavertantly become a cheap bastard. |
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oh well. what's canadian money really worth anyway? |
I bet the New Zealand postal system is way better than the Canadian. *sticking tounge out at Gee* |
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What did other people send in? Are we who were not involved in the first effort allowed to know? |
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now i have that 'waiting to get stuff in the mail' feeling- i love that (and i'll do it again) do you think that it should have some added requirement this time? a theme, maybe? |
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damn guess i got a little... (well, i'm not really sure it what it was) |
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i have 3 things to send in mail art. does this count? can i get in with just three things? |
I thought this might be interesting if we limit people and see what they make out of it...ya think? hell she could take it one step further and assign someone, crayon art on mcdondalds napkins, or magic marker art on magazine pages, or acrylics on toilet paper...the possibilities are endless.... |
possibly an inspirational object, like a word or subject... my suggestion: Mark Thomas. |
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I find limiting myself to certain, light, lenses, film, subject matter oftens brings about some very stunning pictures........but it's easy for me to start jumping all over the map anyway. i just like the idea *...of locking a monkey in a room with 2 crayons and a piece of paper and see what happens..." so to speak... i really don't care though, i will let others have a chance at this one since i got in on the last one. |
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did anyone get any mail yet? it may be a little soon. |
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Bathroom-----lots of artsy stuff there Kitchen------wide open to imagination Bedroom------self explanatory Or maybe geographic,so we can all enjoy the vast expanse of cultural diversity, and "appreciate" each others locale? |
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It's great! I have't finished reading some of the more bizarro items. Agatha, the little book with the pictures is outta site! Great job and thanks again for the fun treat!!! |
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i like the little picture picture/story book and the cover of the dirty french novel (which, like some kinds of love, combines the absurd with the vulgar) and page 204 with the observation on the proper types of entertainment taped into it and the rest of it that i'm still in the process of experiencing. |
I sent the dirty french novel. I bought it on the sidewalk outside a bookstore under an awning during a rainstorm in paris one evening last summer. did I tape excerpts from a jehovah's witness magazine onto the pages? they somehow got my friend's address and would wake us up to share the good news. |
is taped to my french smut. i knew it was from you, by the way. i almost sent some american smut. i've got a collection of sex books from the 50' and 60's - either novels or "scholarly" books written by fiction writers who needed extra money - but i forgot. |
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There is a way to be tracked, he can go into "history",and see where you've been.I'm not sure how to circumvent that, maybe someone here could pass that info onto you,if not, my s/o's cousin is a computer whiz[and a fool,he just got himself a woman from the internet,and he's terrified of her!She came from Wisconsin, and she's extremely jealous,[and trust me, he's no prize],but he's afraid of her,and wants to get rid of her,and thinks she may stalk him.]Anyway, I could probably find out from him how to get rid of your "cookies", but I would prefer not to go to him with this,but will if I have to.Another option, there is always help from both your server,and your computer co.,but hubby might be able to access that info, so if you call,they'll keep records, and he might be able to find out.We'll work out something to get him off your back.If you want to run away from home,you can always come here,its almost time for Mardi Gras,and I know you would enjoy that. As we speak,I'm recording that radio program for you,and I know that it will cheer you up, they're so funny and perverse,I went to their web site a few minuets ago, and they had a pic of Hillary Clintons tits with "Walton and Johnson" tatooed on them. |
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J, go to their site, you'll love it!I've listened to them for years,but they keep getting sued and kicked off the air, when you hear them, you'll know why.But they are extremely funny. |
Hillary....nice rack!!! |
You can log on in the AM's and hear the show,I promise, you won't be disappointed.They're divinely disgusting!They just cheer me up every morning. |
I would love to log every morning to hear them but they won't supply us with speakers on our equipment. They tried it once and there were too many people listening to Howard in the morning....productivity is way down. Each spring I go to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina for a vacation and I listen to a couple of guys down there by the name of 'Lex and Terry'. They are a hoot. We could never have stuff like this on radio in Canada......broadcast regulations have enough problems with Howard as it is. |
you can't leave here...... |
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"pas de cravache pour josanne." illustre. i dig it. i wish i had the whole thing. and could read french. |
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Maybe I'm just dumb. |
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I got french filth from cyst, odd pages of comedic subtley from nate, a letter to mark Thomas discussing "Leaving Las Vegas" from R. C. (or maybe from Mark, i dunno) - she puts those slashes in her handwriting too, prints from patrick, a postcard advertising the Wiseguys' new album (swine i think), the wonderful little art book from agatha, a map to the Royal Ontario Museum (Gee?), a receipt from a Texas medical facility (Droopy?), a page from an Arizona newspaper (J, I presume), plus some things I can't place to people: a blue slip of scrap paper with what looks like book titles and authors and Dewey Decimal System numbers, a used envelope with a girl drawn in marker holding a heart in each hand, an envelope with mailing instructions on the side and a piece of paper inside with a silver star and the words "Communication revolution", and an old receipt from 1936 for a child's purchases at Monnig's "The friendly store" of Ft. worth (droopy again?) How wonderful. I think I will send some of these things on to others and keep many. I must do better for the next round, My contribution was small and not really reflective of my creative side. when's the deadline? Thanks everyone! |
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today I had to open an envelope I had sealed, stamped and addressed because I realized I had spelled "expendable" wrong. can't have that. I recently made a deck of cards with little pictures like in the book. I sent them all to the guy who pissed me off last night, the guy I sent the letter with the spelling correction. little self-portraits that looked like the devil girl in the tattoo on his leg. the cross between bjork and tura satana. he touched me and then said I had to go because he had to watch tv. liar. I'm all done with that shit but he can't fucking behave like a normal person like I'm pretending. it's better this way. of course. |
I'm just a big flop. |
did everyone get it except for me? now i'm horrified that it might have gotten lost and it's not coming |
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today I mailed a pack of necco sweethearts to a friend in ft. worth. I wrote his name on a little post-it note, taped it onto the candy box, slapped two 33-cent stamps on it, and dropped it in a mailbox. along with a letter to the guy who pissed me off last night and another letter to a crazy friend in seattle. hey, droopy, here's another french smut cover for your viewing pleasure: http://msnhomepages.talkcity.com/DownsizeDr/hallter/droopy.html |
if you're using NETSCAPE: ctrl-H, ctrl-A, delete don't ask questions, just do it. it will delete your history. if you're using that microsoft product, just hit the button that says "history" and start clicking on sorabji addresses and hitting "Delete". Agatha: SUCCESS! i could identify swine's, droopy's, cyst's, mark's, J's (but only because the postcard has her address on it,) and agatha's. the others, i'm not sure about. leaves. i got leaves. i couldn't place the handwriting, though. it was much cooler than i imagined. i can't wait for the next one. |
I got a blondie patch, J I am looking at you? key receipts from texas, B&H Supply, which i thought was the camera supply company, but it's not so nevermind. i too got the leaving las vegas letter, haven't finished reading it yet, some francs? Cyst I am looking at you....... so other random items i can peg......i kinda wished i was a little playful with my pics, kinda dull i know, agatha have you set parameters for the next one? I wanna play.......I have an idea i think... |
a photo of someone's wife's tits. i wonder who? |
Anyone want to claim the things I couldn't identify with people? |
kinky. |
1. due date: march 15th. is this too soon? 2. size: must fit into a 9x12 envelope. 3. max enrollment: 25 people. 4. everyone will be required to write a memory from their childhood down. childhood can mean, say, up to 18 years old. it can be as brief or as long as you would like. i will compile them into a book. i may also put them on my web page, so you have to be okay with that. 5. in addition to the childhood memory, you must send however many people sign up's worth of stuff that addresses the theme "childhood." you can interpret this as loosely as you like. you can send 25 different things, or 25 of the same thing. i will probably scan some of the stuff and put it on my web page, just so you know. don't be freaked out by the theme. you can interpret it however you like. i just feel like maybe the last one was a wee bit too loosely structured, so maybe a vague theme might give this one some structure. 6. please send $3 this time. two dollars wasn't enough, and this one will be bigger. if you send your stuff and find that it weighs more than three dollars, you could also send a self addressed stamped envelope with the correct amount of postage on it. i can also send something priority mail for just under $3. canadian and or international people, you will need to figure out your own postage. you can just send a self addressed stamped 9X12 envelope, that will make things easier on me. 7. email me to sign up, i will make a list on the stupid delphi website and move most of this discussion over there so that we don't take up mark's bandwidth. okay? does this sound cool with everyone? |
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i promis eto be much cooler next time - i just slacked off completely the first round. |
I hope I get a condom. If I do I'll give it to the boy I like. hint hint. |
i might have been the one who sent that key, nate. it's been so long i can't remember. i almost sent a set of lock picks, but i didn't think any sorabjites should have those. |
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it was a bent handcuff type key. big one though. gee, you getting laid? you trying to tell us somehting? |
your sure do buy a lot of keys there droop! |
4.8 miles from me personally, cyst? sounds like it's hulen mall. by the way, if any of you got a receipt or whatever with an address on it - that's my old address. if you mail threats, bombs, or used underwear there it will be received by a barrel-chested guy named salvatore. figures nate would have lock picks. now that i think about it, the key that i sent was an old timey ward key. |
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my friend moved back to ft. worth to escape an ex-girlfriend he only ever referred to as "monster." she dumped him for a heroin user who plays stand-up bass. he's a super nice, cute little jewish guy with a southern drawl. he wants me to visit, but there are other places I would rather go. |
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I just thought giving Ishmael a funny looking condom would be an interesting hint as to how I felt about him. Not as neat as punching him in the face and so-on, but not bad, eh? |
Agatha, they're all right, your little book really rocked. were we supposed to use those great big envelopes? If so I got my measurments way off. Next time I will be better. |
here is where the mail art list thus far is, and any other info will be there, too. you need to get a user name and password to log in. i know it's lame, but it's free. anyone else who wants to participate can send me email or post on the delphi page. |
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But I tried? |
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Delphi is just laid out in this really funky way that wierded me out for a minute there. Mark's got the right idea with his message interface. |
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Here's a question: have you ever laid down on the floor just to look at the room in a new perspective? |
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And I tilt my head when I'm concentrating on someone too... |
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(Not all that short, I admit, but I feel short on the inside, too, so that's got to count.) |
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I am 5'6". Rhiannon is what I consider medium height. Now fess up. |
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i'm 6'10". you're all wee things. all three women on my team are 4'11". but they all wear heels that bring them up to about 5'3". |
my sister is just under five feet, also. she's badass. i am five six. |
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Once, I had the nickname of "Stump" for a short while. It's probably the most appropriate nickname I ever had. Gee, no offense. What's funny is I always imagined you as shorter than me. Not because you're a woman, but how you come off online. For the record, I have a mental image of most folks here being taller than me, even before I saw pictures of any of you. I defintily get the tall vibe from Cyst, Swine, Czarina, R. C., and even Margret. |
I've never actually had any problems with it. I get into movies theatres far cheaper than normally. I would get carded, but people here basically know me. It's actually really useful to be so small. I think people should get disability for being over 6 ft. if anything. |
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and the appropriate term to use when referring to me is "sweet thang." |
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she told me. |
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LITTLE MEN TAKE ON FULL SIZED WHITE WOMEN! |
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He ran around throwing monkey wrenches in everything, changing management signs, changing the walk light from green to red and don't walk vice versa, and other weird miscellania. Very good book. But the authors whole purpose of puting him in the book was about their point of view. What their world must look like. Their faces at the same level of asses and crotches, and their response. The mgt. |
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or what their perspective might be. |
I want a tax break too. |
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planes - this was my last plane trip to acapulco: at the airport i am put on the plane first. i roll down to the door (hatch?) of the plane in my own chair and they put me on a special narrow wheelchair and wheel me back to a seat at one of the bulkheads (where the partition between first and second class is and where there is a couple of feet of room in front of the seat) and i transfer into my seat. they fold up my chair and store it in this little closet in the bulkhead. at acapulco i wait till everyone else is off the plane and am then once again put into the narrow chair. this time, of course, i have to go down those stairs they place against the side of the plane. i am hoisted down by two guys who nervously jabber to each other in spanish all the way down. it's a little like going down a very slow escalator between two guys who are arguing with each other. acapulco is nice. i'm there for a week and drink lots of margaritas and cerveza from this bartender who calls himself sam. he loves to introduce me to the local guys as bob, john, bill, etc. back home. reverse the process. two guys yammering, up the stairs. this time, though, i forget to bring the chair on the plane with me and let them stow it with the rest of the luggage. back in the u.s. i am put in the small chair to get me off the plane, and then put in a big bulky chair to get me to the luggage pick up area. where i am greeted with: "what wheelchair?" i waited for 15 minutes in agony until finally somebody finds it. on both trips i was carrying weed stuffed inside the body of my wheelchair. clothes - clothes don't fit me well, either. especially pants. i buy these specially cut pants from germany from a place called rollimoden (rollstuhlfahrer moden). being chased - women actually seem to like me better in wheelchair. probably has to do with the fact that if they run they know i can't catch them. if i got money for every time somebody said stupid things to me, i'd never have to work again. |
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Then I started thinking about all the "little people" in fantasy novels and RPG's hobbits and dwarves and halflings and such. Would a halfling actually want to be called that? Such lack of foresight in these things. And how come you never hear similar terms for tall people as much? And if you do, there's usually some admiration in it. Just remember, you tall folks: You 're all too big to fir on the escape rockets. |
I don't think there is. I don't really care what people call me. It's never been a big issue with me...it's a good question. Halfling. Yeah. I guess it wouldn't be very nice to call someone that. |
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it's not a contradiction, you just reminded me of it, so I'm sharing. |
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But wait -- didn't the dogs sniff yr chair while you were waiting to board? Last time I flew to NY/we were all lined up to check our bags & they came thru w/the drug-sniffing dogs/right there in the middle of the terminal. |
the frame of the chair i had at the time was made of tubular aluminum that was sectional and could be taken apart if you really, really tried (it involved a lot of hammering). i dismantled my wheelchair, made theses little sausages of weed with plastic wrap, and stuffed all the available space with contraband. when the chair is put back together, it looks like it's one piece, so it never occurred to anyone that there could be drugs in there. the chair i could do that with died, though. in fact, the story of its death is on agatha's web page. the one i've got now is a solid-frame and can't be taken apart. well, maybe the back rest. i'll have to take it apart sometime. i wonder where my hex wrench is. |
I have three mail art entries so far. Who's still sending shit? Let me know. |
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And I thought I was dragging my ass the whole time I was being punctual. |
come on, people! get on the stick! |
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sorry doing my best i'm going to get on the stick as soon as I can get off about 7 other sticks (from work). This w.e. for sure. really worked on it last weekend, almost done. 1-10 completed, 11-14 3/4 done, 15-18 started. i knew it would turn into an obsession. even so, it's not going to be perfect. but i have to document it before letting it go too, for my sister. (she saw some of it, and it was her childhood too.) do you have a scanner? |
'cept the story. am i supposed to send that hardcopy or email it? there may be a little delay due to weather. |
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although, it just occurred to me - are there19 people participating or 18? if 18, wouldn't it have made sense to sent 17 things, because you would not count yourself among the 18? |
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If any last minute people want to join the mail art thing, email me. |
When I get a chance I get on here to look to see what's going on...not much lately.....heart gave a start a while ago when L (Lucy?) had something to say :0) R.C. seems to have clammed up on her dealings with the Chef. What happened? Enjoyed Nico.......and Patrick. Welcome back J!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Tell us all about it, J. At least what you can manage to remember. I do hope you had enough fun so that chunks of your memory are gone. Seen any chupacabras? |
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She's going to Guatemala too. I told her about the Guerilla warfare. And that my dad volunteered to go to a drug warehouse there and get the coordinates so they could blow the fuck out of it. And they did. But I didn't say it to tell her that what she's doing is wrong and that she'll die a horrible grotesque death. It is an adventure after all. |
I'm glad you had fun, J. We missed you horribly. |
nate, swine, sarah, spiracle, any others who i haven't heard from, this reminder is for you. i don't care when the stuff gets here, i just want to make sure people are reminded of this trivial event. |
fuck. i haven't been paying attention. i'm too tired to read through this immense scroll. so what do i need to do? please email me the details. please? |
today I'm going to finish #18 and then all I have to do is the knots, and maybe scan the darn things since i put so much BLOOD, TOIL, TEARS AND SWEAT into them. and then mail 'em. i hope you all deserve this. |
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when j's stuff gets here, i will have six entries including my own. i've had four bail outs. |
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All of you slackers, get posting your boxes! I mailed mine months ago! (Except J, 'cause she just explained why she hasn't done it yet.) |
So get up on it, you dorks! |
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anyhow, just wanted to let you all know that i worked on the mail art a lot this weekend, cut out over 400 little pictures, covers are printed, text is copied, so it shouldn't be too much longer here. some of you may want to email me your addresses again, just in case. use the agatha@hell.com email address, or shortycowboy@home.com. i have most of them, and i will email to make sure that they are right before i mail stuff out. hopefully, your patience will be rewarded. |
Speaking of mail, moonit, has my candy gotten there yet? |
oh no thats not right. um yeah. good candy! |
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Ah, but they weren't my dollars...they were work's dollars! Hee hee. I'm glad you all are enjoying the candy, though... I wonder how much it would cost to send a medium sized avon lady to new zealand? I'd probably have to fed ex her so she would arrive crisp. |
a nose should arrive in the mail for you around saturday. |
Platypus, I sent you about three emails, one had a plan on how to meet your neighbour, the other was a many thankyou'd email, and the last one was a thanks again email with the offer of a free gift with no purchase necessary. With much questioning as to what you'd like.... grr wooohooooie I need a new nose - so sick of this bloody flu thats going round. |
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1. small round toy with a face and a chain- the chain moves around to make different noses on the face. i didn't explain that very well, but you'll understand if you sent it... 2. zorro book 3. kazoo and helicopter- platy? 4. play money 5. little yellow coat 6. story about the library- nelly? 7. story about being lonely and going in the woods- sem? 8. greek money- platy, or droopy? 7. old black and white photo of a little girl in a white dress sitting on a lawn i think that's it. i promise this stuff to you by mid december. it will be kind of like a christmas present. 7 |
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And Agatha, you will get your shrine. It's already made, I just have to fix some pieces that fell off. Though....if I were *really* ambitious, I would make you a new one, since this one isn't as nice as it could be. It does have a Christmas theme to it, though. Maybe I can find a better picture.... |
Spider, you are so cool. You should punish me by sending it to me two years late. I think two or three of those things are from JustMiceElf, who posts about once every two months now that he's all married and shit. |
Is the greek money in coins or paper? If it's coin, I probably sent it. And if the play money is monopoly money, that might be something I sent too. Not sure. Trying to remember is sort of fun. I'm not sure what address you have for me right now...you might want to email me. I would be very sad if some undeserving sod living in one of my former abodes got my mailart, since I've moved a lot in the past few years. p.s. YOU ROCK! |
I think you did send the kazoo and the helicopter, I remember them coming in the same box. The greek money was paper, I think it might have been you or Droopy. I think the play money was justmiceelf, but I'm not sure. Oh, I just remembered something else... a small envelope of stamps- I believe they were African? |
And yeah, I'm married and shit, but still around. I'm working through career issues, taking a darkroom class, and running a couple of different projects as well. |
Congrats on getting married, by the way, even though now you don't play games with me anymore. Tell us about your wife, and your career crisis. How's your doggie? |
http://verba.chromogenic.net/archives/2005/01/cameramail.html#more |
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jesus christ. my printer is out of ink. i'm going nuts. |
sweet. I loves my lazer printer. this pic is going on a blank wall beside our bed: He fixes the cable? |
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Dave is going to a Father Daughter dance with Cleo in February. Hehehehehhehe. |
hehehehehhehe, indeed. |
I've certainly paid my dues with annoying child-related events, dontchanow. |
no respect. |
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piece of work and hung it in my office. a 5' x 3' picture of this child greeting you as you enter my office....the best. i also rasterbated a goofy pic of our boss for his door. |
http://sithoughts.mu.nu/archives/Evilmonkey.jpg and put it in our stairwell. I made it pretty big too, 40 sheets of paper. |
i'm going to rasterbate something huge and have kinko's print it on clear adhesive backed sheets |