In a message dated 05-18-95 RICK ARNOLD wrote to LEE JAMES:

LJ> RA> Tell me everything about yourself? You sound like
 RA> =my kinda guy. . . .

LJ>Hey Rick, How are you?

 RA> Doing ok, but from reading below, feel I would be much
 RA> better off, if I were with you! exchanging poetry in
 RA> person, <g>.

LJ>I'm okay but i think you are a bit confused, I'm a
LJ>lady with long, dark brown hair, Golden-Green eyes.

 RA> I'm a gentleman in need of a lady, and I have long, light
 RA> brown hair, just hacked off my beard to a moustache.
 RA> Grey-Blue-Green eyes, 6' tall and 175 lbs., a little better
 RA> than average looking, Taurus. And, yes, on occasion,
 RA> confused, or at least bemused.

LJ>I stand about 5'1". I enjoy music of all types except rap, I
LJ>sing and love to dance.

 RA> I like all kinds of music, even some rap. I like to dance
 RA> too. I have a deep voice and enjoy singing in the shower,
 RA> everybody can carry a tune there, <g>.

You should here my daughter, she sounds like a bull-moose while having his
peanuts pinched.

LJ>In my spare time I draw sketch free-hand and occasionally

 RA> I like to draw, but can't, so instead dabble with paint and
 RA> color on occasion.

I wish I had learned that part of the art. It depends on my mood and patience
span if I did pick up the brush instead of a pencil.

 RA> =write poetry. I say spare time because I have two children
 RA> and =that doesn't give me very  much spare time at all.

 RA> I can relate to that! Had my sister's twins here a couple
 RA> of days ago -- double trouble from 19 months-old.

Good lord twins! Not me thank you. I think my six and seven yr. olds are a
hand-full, but twins not for me.

 RA> =Being single and raising two kids is not easy. I also
 RA> enjoy the =time I spend on the computer which is usually
 RA> after they  are in =bed or in the mornings after they are
 RA> at school.

 RA> Quite right, single and kids is not an easy combination. My
 RA> two kids are with their mother. But these things happen. I
 RA> enjoy the computer and use it for work as well.

Im sorry to hear that, not that I wouldwant to see any mother without their
kids believe me. I just went through that. My kids lived with their father's
mother for the last 3 yrs. and I just ( in January ) got sole custody back.

LJ>I enjoyed your poem. It kinda turned me on. i like poems like

 RA> Glad you liked it. Even more glad it turned you on, lately,
 RA> cybersex is as close as I get to being turned on, <g>.

Yeah tell me about it! Well I might get lucky soon enough, he is supposed to
take me on a romantic weekend in 2weeks.

LJ>that but my boyfriend hates it when I read things like that
LJ>or
 RA> Well, we'll have to do something about him; he's the wrong
 RA> attitude. After you're turned on, he's supposed to help
 RA> keep the engine running and tune it, like a mechanic, and
 RA> ensure the motor purrs until it roars.

He does sometimes but not all the time, I think he fights it.

LJ>like the romance  novels. He says that it gets me all worked
LJ>up
 RA> =and that the fantasy will never come true.

Im so RA> I would help fulfill your realities and fantasies.

LJ>But what does he know.

 RA> Exactly.

LJ>BTW- If you're wondering about the eyes, it means that they
 RA> =change colors and when I'm in a really good mood they glow
 RA> a bright =yellowy gold.

 RA> Mine change from blue to gray to green and points in
 RA> between, and I still haven't figured out which color is
 RA> what mood. Get a babysitter, come on over to my house and
 RA> we'll sit around and drink a few martinis and read poetry
 RA> to each other and see who gets more turned on.

I only began figuring out the color changes Because my ex-husband pointed them
out to me one night when we were in bed and he noticed ---
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