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| All nondual teachings are based on the premise that the true nature of a human being is consciousness. Ask "Who am I?" in the tradition of self-inquiry. In Yoga, Self-realization is knowledge of one's true self. Share quotes from favorite teaches such as the Buddha, Nisargadatta, Ramana, Adyashanti, Gangiji, Neelam, Byron Katie and Eckhart Tolle that inspire. You are invited to lovingly discuss these aspects of spirituality. Welcome! |
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| Hi Shannon - looks like a shiny new forum here! How about a little bio or something so we can get to know you. I'll bet this will be a busy one  |
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| Glenda! Shannon's our high priestess here and only through her and Victor's kind allowance do we have this site to cavort around:
http://www.yoga.com/ydc/corporate/corporate_document.asp?ID=229§ion=11&cat=189
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| Yoga is a method for doing a practice which takes one to the realization of the Nonduality. The nature of self enquiry 'Who Am I' is extremely difficult for a common man, and is confusing in many ways at later stages. Yoga provides variety of ways of reaching the true self depending on the person's nature. All the ways in Yoga without any single exception are detailed in only one book in a comprehensive way, and that is Shreemad Bhagavadgita. In fact, the self enquiry itself is one method from Yoga itself.
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| LOL! None of this high priestess stuff, Bruce. I am a fellow yoga practitioner interested in non duality teachings. That is all. |
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| Hey Bruce - I recognized the name but hadn't seen it around for awhile. Nevrtheless, there will be many who don't know Shannon at all so it would be nice to get some sort of idea of who is running the joint 
PS - I can't get the link to work
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| I can't get the link to work either. I'm also not sure what seperates this forum from the Philosophy and Religion. |
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| Well nuts, the link isn't working for me either now so...
Shannon Brophy
Shannon co-founded the Roots & Wings website, as well as the yoga.com website. Shannon is a dedicated yoga practitioner and an expert in the field of Natural Health. In addition to her yoga practice and occasional teaching of pre-natal yoga classes Shannon is a trained alternative healing practitioner and massage therapist. A former midwife, Shannon is a highly regarded national lecturer educating women in areas relating to childbirth and natural health and wellness.
At Yoga.com, Shannon has primary responsibility for article content acquisition as well as eCommerce product acquisition.
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| Beloved Brother Neel--the only philosophies I ever understood was Kant and I believe the Bhagavadgita--so I get ya mate.
kulkarnn - 2006-01-27 4:35 PM
Yoga is a method for doing a practice which takes one to the realization of the Nonduality. The nature of self enquiry 'Who Am I' is extremely difficult for a common man, and is confusing in many ways at later stages. Yoga provides variety of ways of reaching the true self depending on the person's nature. All the ways in Yoga without any single exception are detailed in only one book in a comprehensive way, and that is Shreemad Bhagavadgita. In fact, the self enquiry itself is one method from Yoga itself.
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Location: Somewhere in the Mountains of Western NC | I just wanted to chime in here and say hello and Namaste` Shannon. Best wishes in starting this new forum, I can't wait to read the interesting quotes. I'll start one, it's one of my favorites even though I can't figure out who the author is...
"For reasons we cannot know
Happiness and Inner Peace
Depend upon our relationship
To Beauty
To Gratitude
To Love
And to the Service
Of Something Greater
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| ...if yoga is about finding non-duality with yourself, and i am a gemini which is a duality based sign ( or whatever ), does this mean im going to have to work twice as hard to gain non-duality? or is it like a cancelling effect ( think double negatives... ) ????
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Location: Upstate NY | Think correctly. Decide carefully. Work diligently.
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| Sideshow:
The effect of signs such as gemini is limited to the bodily matters. If one is doing a true Yoga Practice (with mind involved), then the effect of signs on body does not affect mind. And, therefore, signs has NOHING to do with spiritual practice. But, with apology, I do not wish to get into astrology. |
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Location: Somewhere in the Mountains of Western NC | SS, it's okay my Mother was a Gemini. I just always knew I had to deal with 2 people. I would have to get know them both and then deal with them, whichever one appeared. What was really a challenge was when they both were present at once, Once they labeled my Mother as having a Bipolar disorder...I couldn't convince the Doctors what her real situation was...they wouldn't hear of it,
Thanks for telling us that there are 2 of you...now I know how to respond to you better,  |
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Location: Somewhere in the Mountains of Western NC | Hmm, do you think this guy wants to sell some insurance?? |
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| Hey Piel;
Can you knock this guy (sdfsdf) off the froum and get rid of his spam. It's always a spammer who ruins the moment.
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| Yogis:
Don't' click on the links from sdfsdf. It directs you to a fake Google page. Looks like a true hack to me. |
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This thread appears to be unmoderated. You can post to it
without logging in. It probably needs to have a setting changed.
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| I think this whole forum (ie realization) is unmoderated. |
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| BG - You're right. Sure doesn't take the creeps long to exploit a situation. |
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Location: Somewhere in the Mountains of Western NC | You guys are show offs!! So, care to share the secret code to the name color change??? BTW, I clicked on one of those insurance thingy's...nothing happened that I can tell. In fact, I recall now, nothing happened at all. Oh well. |
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| Cyndi - 2006-02-15 10:21 AM
You guys are show offs!! So, care to share the secret code to the name color change??? BTW, I clicked on one of those insurance thingy's...nothing happened that I can tell. In fact, I recall now, nothing happened at all. Oh well.
It might be an attempt to influence Google's page rank system to increase the spammer's listing level. |
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| >So, care to share the secret code to the name color change???
Log yourself off, top of forum page, then go back to the forum and Post Reply. You'll see a place to type a name. After posting, you'll see it's purple. Hum, maybe an enhancement to this site can be to change the color of the names.... |
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| Hey that is pretty cool. I learned something cool today. Now, I want to be this color all the time, |
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| C-I agree with you. Sometimes it hard being 'blue' all the time. |
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| Well, the other new thing I learned is that you can only be this color on this forum....not the others...it don't work. So, whenever I need a break from blue, guess this is the place to come to huh???
Am I blue
Yes I'm blue
It started the day I lost you
Nobody ever missed somebody like I do
Am I blue
Am I blue
Just this mornin'
over coffee
I sat there cryin'
cause you're gone long gone
I didn't know just how much
I was gonna miss you
till I spent my first night alone
Am I blue
Yes I'm blue
How could I have been such a fool
Now look at all the misery I'm going through
Am I blue
Am I blue
Tried to call and say I'm sorry
I couldn't get you on the line
You'll never know just how much
I'm wishin' you would show up
and say you've changed your mind
Am I blue
Yes I'm blue
It started the day I lost you
Nobody ever missed somebody like I do
Am I blue
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| Well I guess we might as sing the blues on this forum before the spammers overtake it or we get kicked off for being too goofy…
Blue, blue, my world is blue,
blue is my world now I’m without you.
Gray, gray, my life is gray,
cold is my heart since you went away.
Red, red, my eyes are red,
crying for you alone in my bed.
Green, green, my jealous heart,
I doubted you and now we’re apart.
When we met how the bright sun shone.
Then love died, now the rainbow is gone.
Black, black, the nights I’ve known,
longing for you so lost and alone.
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| Well I saw the thing comin' out of the sky
It had one long horn and one big eye
I commenced to shakin' and I said, hoo-eee
It looks like a purple people eater to me
It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater
One-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater
A one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater
Sure looks strange to me - One eye?
Well he came down to earth and he lit in a tree
I said Mr. Purple People Eater, don't eat me
I heard him say in a voice so gruff
I wouldn't eat you 'cause you're so tough
- One horn?
I said Mr. Purple People Eater, what's your line
He said eatin' purple people and it sure is fine
But that's not the reason that I came to land
I wanna get a job in a rock 'n' roll band
Well bless my soul, rock and roll, flyin' purple people eater
Pigeon-toed, under-growed, flyin' purple people eater
We wear short shorts - friendly little people eater
What a sight to see - Ow!
And then he swung from the tree and he lit on the ground
And he started to rock, a-really rockin' around
It was a crazy ditty with a swingin' tune
Sing a bop-bop-a-loopa-loppa-lum-bam-boom
Well bless my soul, rock and roll, flyin' purple people eater
Pigeon-toed, under-growed, flyin' purple people eater
I like short shorts - flyin' purple people eater
What a sight to see - Purple people?
And then he went on his way and then what do ya know
I saw him last night on a TV show
He was blowing it out, a-really knockin' em dead
Playin' rock and roll music through the horn in his head
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| You guys need a hobby. I just started this really wonderful work out, it promises peace and joy, and perhaps a complete understanding of life, it's called..... YOGA! You really ought to check it out! |
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| Okay I'm game with purple:
Purple haze all in my brain
Lately things just don’t seem the same
Actin’ funny, but I don’t know why
’scuse me while I kiss the sky
Purple haze all around
Don’t know if I’m comin’ up or down
Am I happy or in misery?
What ever it is, that girl put a spell on me
Help me
Help me
Oh, no, no
Hammerin’
Talkin’ ’bout heart ’n’...s-soul
I’m talkin’ about hard stuff
If everbodys still around, fluff and ease, if
So far out my mind
Somethings happening, somethings happening
Ooo, ahhh
Ooo, ahhh,
Ooo, ahhh
Ooo, ahhh, yeah!
Purple haze all in my eyes, uhh
Don’t know if it’s day or night
You got me blowin’, blowin’ my mind
Is it tomorrow, or just the end of time?
Ooo
Help me
Ahh, yea-yeah, purple haze, yeah
Oh, no, oh
Oh, help me
Purple haze, tell me, baby, tell me
I can’t go on like this
Purple haze
You’re makin’ me blow my mind...mama
Purple haze, n-no, nooo
Purple haze, no, it’s painful, baby
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| GJ - You guys need a hobby. I just started this really wonderful work out, it promises peace and joy, and perhaps a complete understanding of life, it's called..... YOGA! You really ought to check it out!
Dude, breathe.... |
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| Hey GJ,
There's a book I can recommend for you too...it's called Light on Yoga....like, Lighten up already,
Besides, I've done my Yoga for the day, you do know that I do Bikram's Yoga, |
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Dudes! Rock Out! Bay Guy's a rock 'n' roller!
Not!!!
Check it out, *I'M* *JUST* *KIDDING!!*
Dude!!!
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| Whooaaa, this is getting really good....talk about Self Realization....Rock~n~and~a~Rolling~ BG, don't deny it, yes you are...I know you like Led Z.,
Wow!! I really like this new forum....it's so groovy,
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| >Dudes! Rock Out! Bay Guy's a rock 'n' roller!
Not!!!
Check it out, *I'M* *JUST* *KIDDING!!*
Dude!!!<
See what an open board will do...even BG is into it...I think....
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| >Dudes! Rock Out! Bay Guy's a rock 'n' roller!
Not!!!
Check it out, *I'M* *JUST* *KIDDING!!*
Dude!!!<
See what an open board will do...even BG is into it...I think....
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| Well, at least you're not GreenJelloCONFUSED,
That's okay, BKS will shed some *light* on the fusion, I'm so  aren't I,  |
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| Thanks for the fun CyndiBluWho CyndiLuWho CyndiLuBlueWho PurplePpleEater Cyndi:
Govinda Jaya Jaya Gopala Jaya Jaya
Rasha Ramana Hari Govinda Jaya
Onward to the beloved...but sometimes the blues sound so **** good when we lose sight of all that!
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| Jambo - 2006-02-15 9:30 PM
Govinda Jaya Jaya Gopala Jaya Jaya
Rasha Ramana Hari Govinda Jaya
Rock on!!! |
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Location: Somewhere in the Mountains of Western NC | Jambo - 2006-02-15 9:30 PM
Thanks for the fun CyndiBluWho CyndiLuWho CyndiLuBlueWho PurplePpleEater Cyndi:
Your welcome!
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| Are you guys ready?? Jambu, BayGuy, Greenjello, are you in??
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| Cyndi:
I'm tempted, but I can't think of any songs right now that will piss anyone off... |
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| Couple thousand rounds of "I'm henry the 8th I am, henry the 8th I am I am" is pretty annoying, and easy to do with cut n paste. |
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Location: A Blue State | Somehow, I think that this forum has gotten totally off-track.
Songs for self-realization:
"Om nama Sivaya..."
"Ganesha sharanam, sharanam Ganesha..."
"Radharani ki jay, Maharani ki jay..."
"Om namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya.."
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| >I think that this forum has gotten totally off-track.
I agree with you my brother. Let's start chanting...Maybe if we can get a moderator, we can turn this into a Kirtan forum.
Jai Gopi Jana Vallabha
Jai Girvara Dhara
Jasoda Nandana Breja
Jana Ranjana
Jamuna Teera Banachari
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Location: Somewhere in the Mountains of Western NC | I was singing this song in the car today with Bono...it reminded me of this thread.....I like the U2 version though, 
When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the slide
Where I stop and I turn and I go for a ride
Till I get to the bottom and I see you again
Yeah yeah yeah hey
Do you, don't you want me to love you
I'm coming down fast but I'm miles above you
Tell me tell me tell me come on tell me the answer
Well you may be a lover but you ain't no dancer
Now helter skelter helter skelter
Helter skelter yeah
Ooh!
Will you, won't you want me to make you
I'm coming down fast but don't let me break you
Tell me tell me tell me the answer
You may be a lover but you ain't no dancer
Look out helter skelter helter skelter
Helter skelter ooh
Look out, cos here she comes
When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the slide
And I stop and I turn and I go for a ride
And I get to the bottom and I see you again
Yeah yeah yeah
Well do you, don't you want me to make you
I'm coming down fast but don't let me break you
Tell me tell me tell me the answer
You may be a lover but you ain't no dancer
Look out helter skelter helter skelter
Helter skelter
Look out helter skelter
She's coming down fast
Yes she is
Yes she is coming down fast
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| >GJ - Man, can't we even get spammers who speak english?
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| Oh no! It's a secret message from the super chiefs to wage war upon the infidel non yogis! HELter skelTER!!!!!!! |
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| Jambo - 2006-02-21 5:41 PM
>GJ - Man, can't we even get spammers who speak english?
I thought the dude was chanting but forgot the words...
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Charles Manson really ruined Helter Skelter for me....
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| Bay Guy - 2006-02-21 9:11 PM
Charles Manson really ruined Helter Skelter for me....
Ruined a lot of things, didn't old Charlie? Gotta wonder what messed him up, must have been some truck load of karma. |
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Location: Somewhere in the Mountains of Western NC | Bay Guy - 2006-02-21 9:11 PM
Charles Manson really ruined Helter Skelter for me....
BG, you have to get beyond all that...Helter Skelter is still a great tune!!! Charles Manson was an idiot. In fact, I can't even think of a proper name..idiot doesn't even sound right. Oh well. |
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| im sure i could dig up a ton of lyrics to make people mad...
The question is....do i really want to?
nah....
i dont think right i know i feel that it is very yogi like...
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Location: A Blue State |
No, don't make people mad, it spoils their buzz. Be happy, think happy.
I just got a CD by Agni Deva titled "Smaranam {A garland of Kirtan}".
I'm really enjoying it.
Anybody else heard Agni Deva?
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Location: Somewhere in the Mountains of Western NC | Oops, one of those strange phenomena's going on...must be that Shiva energy. Anybody feel it right now?? I am. It's very strong and very powerful. This planetary alignment is really interesting and can be very powerful.
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Location: Somewhere in the Mountains of Western NC | I wish somebody would go over there and click on one of those ?????? thingy's and see what happens. I double dare you - Sideshow.
No BG, I haven't heard of that CD by Agni Deva...I'm been more into Temple Music....without the words lately. I can't find a whole heck of alot. Like this new Rasa CD, "Temple of Love", is absolutely wonderful, except I am tired of hearing the chanting because it sounds the same, over and over. I'm not sure if Kim is pronouncing the words correctly and I've heard that is not good when you don't chant properly. My husband hasn't heard it yet, so the verdict is still out on that CD. I do LOVE the music, it is exactly what I like to hear, without the words. Anybody know how to filter out the words on a CD??
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| Jambo - 2006-02-14 7:46 PM
Hey Piel;
Can you knock this guy (sdfsdf) off the froum and get rid of his spam. It's always a spammer who ruins the moment.
By the way how does he get to have that magenta tone to his screen name?
argh - he's been a pain in the ***
UPDATE - I fixed everything here now. Sorry for the hassles and spam. |
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Location: Somewhere in the Mountains of Western NC | Piel - 2006-03-03 7:05 AM
argh - he's been a pain in the ***
UPDATE - I fixed everything here now. Sorry for the hassles and spam.
Looks like the party's over Jambo...no more singing and no more ????'s,
BTW, Sideshow, Did you ever figure out what those ????'s were anyway?? It's probably for the best that I didn't know, |
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| Cyndi - 2006-03-03 10:11 AM
BTW, Sideshow, Did you ever figure out what those ????'s were anyway?? It's probably for the best that I didn't know,
When you don't have a font capable to displaying the characters contained in the text your browser will display ????. Often this is the case for asian languages since they don't use the "standard" aribic character set. If you were to install a character set for chinese, japanese, and korean, you'd see 90% of these ???? change into some sort of readable character. |
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Location: Somewhere in the Mountains of Western NC | I know this....my Tibetan friend emails me all the time and half the stuff doesn't display correctly. So, did you ever get to see ??? change to Chinese characters?? Interesting.
Actually, some of the those Tibetan and Chinese software programs are very corrupted...I wouldn't dare use that software on my computer, no way Jose. Once I did it for a the Buddhist Center so they could print their scripture texts, it wiped out my hard drive, drove me crazy. I bought them a computer to do for themselves...talk about screwed up...finally, I told this Chinese guy he had to clean it up, I was not going to pull my hair out over that one!! |
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| Cyndi - 2006-03-03 10:58 AM
I know this....my Tibetan friend emails me all the time and half the stuff doesn't display correctly. So, did you ever get to see ??? change to Chinese characters?? Interesting.
Oh, okay. No I never got the characters to change. BTW, if you want to see your friends complete email you need to figure out what character set he's using, and download it from microsoft. They had the japanese, chinese and korean sets on the updates site for a while, but it's since disappeared. You also might find it hard to find whatever set they're using for Tibetan or Sanskrit or whatever your friend is using.
Actually, some of the those Tibetan and Chinese software programs are very corrupted...I wouldn't dare use that software on my computer, no way Jose. Once I did it for a the Buddhist Center so they could print their scripture texts, it wiped out my hard drive, drove me crazy. I bought them a computer to do for themselves...talk about screwed up...finally, I told this Chinese guy he had to clean it up, I was not going to pull my hair out over that one!!
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| >Cyndi - Looks like the party's over Jambo...no more singing and no more ????'s
And just when I was finding my voice.....Guess we'll have to take our show on the road to the Yogi coffehouse scene.
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Location: Somewhere in the Mountains of Western NC | Yea, like where were you tonight...we didn't see you at Starbucks in Asheville. Perhaps you were with that crowd hanging out at Hot Topic/Spencer's and I just didn't recognize you, oh well, catcha next time??? Oops, gotta be careful with those ?? thingy's |
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