Arliss wishes Ronald all the best and great success in his

fantastic and HIGHLY LUCRATIVE new job!!! She is so very happy

to discover that he is gainfully employed. She wishes that SHE

was as well! Oh WELL.....she realizes that her "calling" to "suffer"

as a "Starving Artist" is indeed a High and Lofty one and that she

is truly Priviledged to have it. She also realizes that "starving"

is NOT the worst thing that could happen to her, and reaches around

to pat herself on the back!!! She is Thrilled to be in such Illustrious

company as Vincent Van Gogh who himself never sold but ONE painting in

his entire lifetime. Arliss at one time had also sold one painting. Vincent 

lived all alone and misunderstood in Arles for years. Arliss lives near her 

Mother who has NEVER understood a single THING that Arliss has ever said.

Arliss also remembers that Vincent cut off part of his ear when the woman

he loved refused to return his affections. Arliss pierced her OWN ears when

her Mother refused to allow her to have them pierced as a young teenager.

Arliss remembers that Vincent went virtually insane from the frustrations

that he experienced due to not being able to make others see the value of 

his work. Arliss experiences great frustrations when she tries to make people

understand what she is trying to say through typing on an AOL message board. 

She realizes just how CLOSE to going insane that she feels when something she

says is misunderstood on one of those boards.......

Arliss shudders to think of the extrodinary coincidences that are becoming 

clearer moment by moment and wonders.......does anyone suppose that this is 

anything like the *AMAZING* Lincoln-Kennedy comparison of a few years ago?

Arliss thinks that Arliss thinks entirely too much.......<g>