Gaia: PLAY-POD! - EVERLAND

Re: What Color (or WHO) is Your Monkey?

http://buddingspritelet.gaia.com — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:11:34 GMT

Hm, I'll have to ponder this a minute...

I grabbed some of my family

Geez, there's always one!

Re: What Color (or WHO) is Your Monkey?

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:25:38 GMT

A Monkey Par-TAY???

Sounds good to me! I need a diversion from the insanity of moving!!!

Here I brought some cake ...

some decorations ...

and some drinks ...

and Samme already has shared lots of Monkey Games up above in Sammeland ...
check it out!!!

and now all we need are ........
the MONKEYS!!!!

Everyone bring a monkey to Party Down!!! or bring 2!
and what are they up to these wild and ca-razy monkeys???

this one is wants to be become a hair-stylist!!!

Yay MikeyD ... for wanting to play with our monkeys!!!

Re: What Color (or WHO) is Your Monkey?

http://MikeyDineen.gaia.com — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:26:31 GMT

Peridottalotta, I officially declare you and hereby crown you Queen of the monkeys, for giving me this link. here's a buncha monkeys saving a suicidal vat or maybe it's just a barrel of laughs, Mike

I love all these Monkeys and feel we should all get together for amonkey party weighed down with nuts to nibble and bunchesof beautiful bananas. What y'all think?

Re: Hiding in Everland Reading Shel Silverstein and Eating Chocol

http://jenagriffiths.gaia.com — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:16:41 GMT

well well well
I finally found this place
now I know where all the chocolate in the world has gone
there's a chocolate hole here created by our beloved Dryad

I must tell you something a freind said to me a few days ago
while we were sitting in the sauna
I lamented the fact that I seem to be growing a tummy
for the first time in my life
i used to have a chocolate slab tummy when I was a child
from climbing trees and wrestling boys
but now here I am on the wrong side of the chocolate wrapper
getting flab instead
what is going on?
Well, my friend said, she heard that eating too much choclate
is a substitute when one is missing the sweetness of life!
My god, she nearly cured me.
But I fixed that. I decided, 'She's lying!!'
Why can't we have both.
I've seen both. Winnie sent me a picture of me
having both. I hope she posts it here one day.

You know I must be honest,
I have been feeeling very left out of this secret society thing.

Winnie, you mentioned you were going to make me a member
about a hundred years ago but I never got the invite or I never saw it
I guess you had to do a Harry Potter thing and jsut blitz my chimeny
so I could see the invite peeping out above junk email.

Shel Silverstein
I'm going to have to be radically honest
at the risk of feeling like a philistine
never heard of him til this second
well as they say, it's never too late to have a happy childhood
love the stuff posted here,
the *sniff* icecream that's the tallest in town

the things I love?
all of you playing here
chocolate
all winnie's paintings and poems
yours too!
oh, yes. women with strong backbones.
have you noticed? Winnie's is getting stronger
by the minute. It must be the chocolate.

they say everything living is either growing or dying
every second. Like a plant.
So if you move a plant into the sun and give it water
and food it grows. If you lock it in a dark room it starts to wilter

cartwheels all round
xx

Re: Hiding in Everland Reading Shel Silverstein and Eating Chocol

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:36:23 GMT

Hi Winnie, I thought I'd stop over here in Everland and shave some Shel and
eat more chocol with you! Oh no ... Shel is inside a lion!

It's Dark in Here
by Shel Silverstein

I am writing these poems
From inside a lion,
And it's rather dark in here.
So please excuse the handwriting
Which may not be too clear.
But this afternoon by the lion's cage
I'm afraid I got too near.
And I'm writing these lines
From inside a lion,
And it's rather dark in here.

(I'm glad there's chocolate in here too!)

Re: Hiding in Everland Reading Shel Silverstein and Eating Chocol

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:49:35 GMT

HI Winnie and Shel,
I'm eating some Chocol and does anyone else like "Dots" ? you get them at the movie theatre and well, you usually have "left-overs" ... we got the JUMBO box today when we went to see Juno ... my second time, my daughter's first. She liked it ... and we shared DOTS and chocol.

and here's another Shel ... for ye all ... and it is so appropriate for me here in Portland as it was yet another rainy springy, rainy, splendiforous day! It rained, the sun came out, it rained, the sun came out, it sprinkled and two blocks over - the sun was shining! Then, it showered and a mile away there was a rainbow!

It's Springtime in Oregon and it is rainy and pink blossoms are everywhere!

Rain
by Shel Silverstein

I opened my eyes
And looked up at the rain,
And it dripped in my head
And flowed into my brain,
And all that I hear as I lie in my bed
Is the slishity-slosh of the rain in my head.

I step very softly,
I walk very slow,
I can't do a handstand--
I might overflow,
So pardon the wild crazy thing I just said--
I'm just not the same since there's rain in my head.

Re: Hiding in Everland Reading Shel Silverstein and Eating Chocol

http://LightDancing.gaia.com — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:57:16 GMT

Writer Waiting

Oh this shiny new computer -
There just isn’t nothin’ cuter.
It knows everything the world ever knew.
And with this great computer
I don’t need no writin’ tutor,
‘Cause there ain’t a single thing that it can’t do.
It can sort and it can spell,
It can punctuate as well.
It can find and file and underline and type.
It can edit and select,
It can copy and correct,
So I’ll have a whole book written by tonight
(Just as soon as it can think of what to write).

~ Shel Silverstein ~

Re: Hiding in Everland Reading Shel Silverstein and Eating Chocol

http://LightDancing.gaia.com — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:03:31 GMT

WELCOME CHANIN! Oh Boy! Do we have a surprise for you! Stay tuned . . .
coming soon to a PLAY-POD Near You . . .
Something Special About Chanin . . .
What could it be?

(I told you that I like secrets!)

Re: Hiding in Everland Reading Shel Silverstein and Eating Chocol

http://FuelCellGuy.gaia.com — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 05:16:00 GMT

This is great. Thanks for the invitation and the treasure hunt. My favorite Shel Silverstein poem has to be Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout ( Would Not Take the Garbage Out). It makes me laugh and at the same time contains a message about recycling!

Re: Hiding in Everland Reading Shel Silverstein and Eating Chocol

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 02:50:56 GMT

Eighteen Flavors

Eighteen luscious, scrumptious flavors -
Chocolate, lime, and cherry,
Coffee, pumpkin, fudge-banana,
Caramel cream and boysenberry,
Rocky road and toasted almond,
Butterscotch, vanilla dip,
Butter brickle, apple ripple,
Coconut and mocha chip,
Brandy peach and lemon custard,
Each scoop lovely, smooth, and round,
Tallest ice-cream cone in town,
Lying there *sniff* on the ground.
by Shel Silverstein
from Where the Sidewalk Ends ... !!!!

and tonight in honor of this poem, I'm trying some of that chocolate, lime and cherry (though I might go easy on the lime!!!)

love you Winnie for creating this "secret" place!!!! :-) peri

Re: Hiding in Everland Reading Shel Silverstein and Eating Chocol

http://LightDancing.gaia.com — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:08:44 GMT

Re: Hiding in Everland Reading Shel Silverstein and Eating Chocol

http://thistledew.gaia.com — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:55:24 GMT

Love, love, love that Chocolate song. The cravings are hitting hard now and it's too late to make a run to the store! No more Valentine's chocolates to be found in the usual places. No hidden pre-Easter stash stored yet. Wait! Those chocolate covered Luna Bars might do the trick. I could peel off the coating... However, next week I will feel compelled to sing a different tune!

~ The Diet Song ~

Well breakfast black coffee one slice of dry toast no butter no jelly no jam
Lunch just some lettuce two celery stalks no booze no potatoes no ham
Dinner one chicken wing broiled not fried no gravy no biscuits no pie
And this dietin' dietin' dietin' dietin' sure is a rough way to die

So pass me a carrot stick peel me a prune a glass of skim milk and that's all
Turn off the TV for the Big Mac commercial it's drivin' me straight up the wall
And I'm think' of french fries sausage and waffles spaghetti and cookies and cake
And each night I'm dreamin' of chocolate ice cream and
I'm starvin' to death when I wake all for your sake

You're fixin' the kids all those creamed mashed potatoes
But it's bouillon and water for me and you got a lock on the refrigerator
Lord knows where you're hidin' the key
And while I am starvin' for food late at night I'm starvin' for lovin' from you
But you say that when I can see my own dick you'll be glad to look at it too

So supper two pieces of cauliflower raw some beefsteak the size of a nail
One sliced tomato a small dab of slaw I swear I ate better in jail
Stop eatin' that pizza right under my nose girl that's the least you can do
And put down that candy bar while I am singin' I'm starvin' my ass off for you
And when I am dead with the insurance paid you'll look down at me and you'll grin
You'll say well the boy tried and he suffered and died
But don't he look good when he's thin

Re: Hiding in Everland Reading Shel Silverstein and Eating Chocol

http://buddingspritelet.gaia.com — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 17:07:36 GMT

A Chocolate Song :)

Re: Hiding in Everland Reading Shel Silverstein and Eating Chocol

http://elisaspot.gaia.com — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 14:02:36 GMT

why can't we all stay happy and eat like that??

Re: Hiding in Everland Reading Shel Silverstein and Eating Chocol

http://ayla.gaia.com — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 12:47:44 GMT

This is fun! I had boys so they loved the gross ones! Most beloved:

Warning

Inside everybody’s nose
There lives a sharp-toothed snail.
So if you stick your finger in,
He may bite off your nail.
Stick it farther up inside,
And he may bite your ring off.
Stick it all the way, and he
May bite the whole darn thing off.

Re: Hiding in Everland Reading Shel Silverstein and Eating Chocol

http://LightDancing.gaia.com — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 08:50:27 GMT

ONE OF MY FAVORITES!

Re: Hiding in Everland Reading Shel Silverstein and Eating Chocol

http://thistledew.gaia.com — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 06:32:01 GMT

Dryad, to me you are like a blond, warm, super-soft fuzzy world to gently sink into for the evening. A perfect way to end an evening after Jesus Christ Superstar.

Hey, did you know Jesus works at Dell here in Austin when he's not singing? I even have the playbill to prove it. He even TALKED to ME after the show! I'm not kidding!

I'm singing myself to sleep... after my Hostess Cupcake(s)

Try not to get worried, try not to turn on to
Problems that upset you, oh.
Don't you know
Everything's alright, yes, everything's fine.
And we want you to sleep well tonight.
Let the world turn without you tonight.
If we try, we'll get by, so forget all about us tonight

Everything's alright, yes, everything's alright, yes.

G'nite and turn you clocks forward my dear friends,
Cat

Re: Hiding in Everland Reading Shel Silverstein and Eating Chocol

http://LightDancing.gaia.com — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 06:17:49 GMT

Magic

Sandra's seen a leprechaun,
Eddie touched a troll,
Laurie danced with witches once,
Charlie found some goblin's gold.
Donald heard a mermaid sing
Susy spied an elf,
But all the magic I have known
I've had to make myself.

~ Shel Silverstein

This is a Mighty Chocolate "S" for "You Know . . . . . . . . . ....

WHO

Who can kick a football
From here out to Afghanistan?
I can!
Who fought tigers in the street
While all the policemen ran and hid?
I did!
Who will fly and have X-Ray eyes
And be known as the man no bullet can kill?
I will!
Who can sit and tell lies all night?
I might!

~ Shel Silverstein

Re: Hiding in Everland Reading Shel Silverstein and Eating Chocol

http://thistledew.gaia.com — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 06:09:49 GMT

Ah ha! I went a-huntin' and a-huntin' and found you guys! Thanks for the secret clues to finding this wonderful place. As I'm reading through A Boy Named Sue, I knew I had heard this story before but for me it never came from a book. Honestly I thought it came from a very big and dark figure by the name of Johnny Cash. I had no idea Shel Silverstein wrote this? Johnny Cash just moved up a peg in my book! See, growing up I thought we were the original Hee-Haw family, pretty much everyone could play an instrument. A Boy Named Sue has always been and forever will be etched in my heart.

What??? Hostess cupcakes! Let's mash them together with the Twinkies... yummers!

Re: Hiding in Everland Reading Shel Silverstein and Eating Chocol

http://LightDancing.gaia.com — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 06:05:26 GMT

Here are some things that I like:

1) The word "meal." I love it when people say they are going to share a "meal." It is also a word that means ground up grain, but that is beside the point. I like saying "A meal on the table." I also like the word beverage. "Would you like a beverage with your meal?"

2) I like it when my daughter Lezlie says the word "LOAF" and when my daughter Laura says the word "TUBE." Laura is very nice about saying "TUBE" but I have to trick Lezlie into saying "LOAF" sometimes by drastic measures like buying her a Loaf Pan. When we do not hear each other talk, we do not know if there are any words that we love the way we say. I have a rather desperate lisp. You see? You didn't know that at all, did you? My typing does not lisp.

3) I like Secret Societies. I like Secrets of all kinds. I don't like Secret Societies because they keep people out, I don't want anyone kept out. That is a SELECT SOCIETY. I like Secret Socities because they are secret. Anyone can be in my Secret Shel Society, but it is still Secret. Except I went and told a lot of people about it.

4) I like the way the word Chocolate didn't quite make it on the title here. " Hiding in Everland Reading Shel Silverstein and Eating Chocol " yeah.

This is a piece of news: I think the librarian in my famous story who hated Shel (and made me become militant in my Shel'ness) didn't like him because she heard that he wrote for Play-Boy. He wrote for the New Yorker as well, which some people find more offensive than Play-Boy. I took the New Yorker during college. I remember days that were so horrible that they were saved only by The New Yorker showing up. I would sit in class knowing that it was snowing up a blizzard out side and that my car would be covered and I'd have to dig it out before I could go home, knowing that my wide belled Levi's would be soaking wet to the knee and frozen before I got to my buried car, no less got it dug out, knowing that my acres of golden hair which I was too vain to cover with a hat would also be wet and then frozen, knowing that nothing good was ever going to happen again and then I would think . . . "Maybe The New Yorker" will have come

Back to what I like.

5) Knowing people who would play dress ups with you if you lived in the same town and who you could have Champagne Frock Parties with and write on the sidewalk with chalk and spray each other with the hose and hold your finger over the hose hole and make rainbows and you would hold the rainbow and your friend would dance in it and then you would change places. And you would be fifty-three and not six and you would still do it.

6) Jena's red glasses.

7) Cat went to see Jesus Christ Super Star tonight and wrote "cool beans" on her "is." I just love that. I also know every single word and note of JCSS by way of listening and dancing to it in 1971 ad naseum and then having replay when April did the same thing in 1996 ad+ad+ad+ad+ naseum. Do you think you're who they say you are?

8) This song: Six soccer socks walking down the hall . . . WAIT! O.M.G.!! U-Tube, do you believe it? Nostalgia-on-a-stick. What an amazing creation.

9) That new super soft stuff that they make bathrobes out of and blankets and stuffed animals. My bunny socks are made out of that and they are warm and super soft. I'm going to find them now.