I'm watching Animal Planet show on the frog crisis. More than third of frog species are endangered. A fungus is killing them.

I wrote three raunchy poem in writing group today. I'm not a raunchy poet, but that was the prompt we were given. I'm an obedient poet (at times) so I obeyed.

This is one poem I wrote tonight.

Leslea Newman,
whom I admire
in that 13 year old girl poet who just discovered self kind of way
that any 32 year old woman who fancies herself to be a poet in her own right
ought to have gotten over long ago;
sentenced us- we six gathered to write on the third Thursday of the month
to attempt to craft raunch in the least sexy abode of the library.

Due to scheduling snafu,
our regular room was occupied by a girl scout meeting;
the library's "friends" were holding their own monthly gathering
in the second room we were sent to.
Embarrassed librarian, perhaps herself guilty of scheduling errors,
says we are welcome to write in the staff room until other group departed
.
In October, at local poets gathering
our muses over eager ears fixated
when poet laureate told us that she heard that
we were, in fact, a group that welcomed
a bit of raunch.

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Today is my one month anniversary on Nutang; I just realized. I posted by first entry on 10/19 at 3:47 PM. I've earned 41.5 cents so far. I like Nutang a lot. It's very freeing to me. I use Nutang as my personal journal and it's cool to paid for having a personal journal. Bonus! Happy anniversary to me! Hopefully I'll make payout within the next 11 months; that's my goal!

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Yesterday night I thought I had this illness on the run, but this morning it came back hard. I still haven't gotten my blood work back. I'm glad have this journal, because journaling calms me down. I feel like this sickness is ruining my life. I'm glad that you all are here to support me, even if you don't know me in the flesh. Thanks!

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I'm up and it's early, but I can feel the sleepiness at the edge of my awakeness. And I'm just like "already?" I checked all my blogging sites already. I made about 50 cents and happily well crossed the 1,000 view goal here. I hope after some breakfast, I'll get some more energy. But I don't know.

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I deleted an entry here accidentally, which made me angry. I had a doctor's appointment at 2:30. They took about 8 tubes of blood; they are going to run 14 tests. Everything they tested for I could deal with having, accept for lime disease and diabetes (love my chocolate), but most of the test were mineral and vitamin deficiencies. Now big deal there; just another pill. I just know I can't go on feeling like this. Even typing this entry is hard. I keep making tedious mistakes.

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I went to the doctor's. They took 8 tubes of blood (ouch!). I was tested for 14 different things (most of which I could deal with; one of which, lime disease, I really don't want). The results will back on Wednesday or, at latest Thursday. I don't care what's wrong with me; I just want it fixed. I couldn't get to the bank today, although I tried and I had to miss a speaking engagement for the first time in my life, at least I called ahead.

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