Date: Sun, 18 May 1997 21:40:51 PDT From: Irish Rose Subject: filler: My introduction of sorts Hi. I have been lurking here for some time and will admit frankly that I was extremely hesitant to come forward due to all of the high anxiety here during the past few weeks. Coming from a free e-mail service doesn't help my cause, but I thought, "Well, what the hell, I'm no weirdo" (unless you talk to my friend Wendy ;) My name is Rosalee but I've been known as "Irish Rose" for most of my 30 years. I guess I do go on and on about the Irish, Ireland itself and "the Troubles" so much because i was born in Belfast and can remember the chaos that reigned there ( and sadly, still does) since I was six years old when my family left. So much of my writing is mired in violence, anger, helplessness and fallen heroes and though I attended university and achieved an Honours BA in English and Political Science, I still feel that i should be, well "doing more" for the "cause". Enough of the political grandstanding, Rosalee!! I think this group is fascinating with a wealth of talent and unique personalities. I suppose one just jumps in, as it were, with subs and such. I have only been on the Internet for a few months and cannot believe the incredible cornucopia of information on absolutely everything. How do you all keep up with all the messages and writing so much while working all day to boot? I am, as they say, "between jobs" at the moment and am doing cat-sitting (yep, babysitting bunches of felines) to help pay the bills. I don't care if I am alergic to the little critters or not because they are great company and most of my customers pay well. Gotta go work on a sub and get offline before this lightening outside fries my modem! regards, Rose. --------------------------------------------------------- Get Your *Web-Based* Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------