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BRIAN RAINSTORM SUGGESTS:
THE NEXT TIME YOU ORDER A PIZZA ASK THEM TO CUT IT LIKE THIS:
(The Last cut) [pizza cutter icon]
[arrows pointing down] cut this way [arrows pointing down]
[circle diagram with vertical stripes]
[horizontal line with arrows pointing left and right]
hold here
why? Less mouth burning! (IT COOLS QUICKER)
Brian Rainstorm's Waiting for THIS.
[arrow pointing up to] CALZONE
[arrow pointing up to] CHEEZY BREAD STIX
w/sauce [two small cups]
[arrow pointing up to] PIZZA
[large half-circle diagram with slices and yellow striped sections]
[arrow pointing to] FOLD; Pinchedges
Filling [written inside green rectangle]

[BOOK COVER - green, printed]
BASES
best baseball
stat ever
by Brian Rainstorm
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[CD-R - black marker on a Sony CD-R 700MB]
JUSTIN JUSTICE.com
ReadTom.com
18 songs

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Coworker Theory of Psychology | [box:] FIRST, AN ANALOGY:

[Two faces, left and right, with dotted lines from their eyes to an OBJECT in the middle]
NO! | YES!
OBJECT
Being viewed
This Theory is Brought To you by Doctor Brian Rainstorm

Doctor --> [square] (up here) | Societal | Doc,
Patient --> X (down here) | Success | Fix me | = NO!
Scale | Syndrome
where things
aren't even

TEAM of
Problem Solvers:
Addressing
Doctor & Patient | [big arrow] | the "Problem" or "Situation"
X | X | together as a [boxed:] separate entity entirely
Accountability & hierarchical | with each problem solver bringing in their own
status is equal level | unique talents and skill sets to the table.

= YES!
Note;
My idea is mostly
Philosophical I think. It's an approach
as to how to view the social dynamic
aspect of "treatment." Currently, its more
like Dr./Patient or Boss/Employee hierarchy structure. (wrong?)
I think the co-worker approach would be more effective.
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3/29/2017 (MAINE)
THE CO-WORKER THEORY OF PSYCHOLOGY

Psychology is the scientific study of the human mind and its functions, especially those affecting behavior in a given context.

Dudes, I could make an argument that psychology is everything under the sun and the very sun itself. I could make an argument to myself that there is no sun and if I won that argument then it wouldn't matter if there was or wasn't a sun. If I won the argument I could conceivably create my own universe and it would be real to me. I could make myself right. I'll stop now. Nietche kept right on going. :)

So here is an article I stole from the Internet from some site called www.business2community.com written by Jacob Shriar:

Note: All of this below comes from Shriar's article:

5 Psychological Theories That Every Leader Should Know

Read more at
http://www.business2community.com/leadership/5-psychological-theories-that-every-leader-should-know-01240181#ABzHqo34jbfhYhWR.99

The Hawthorne Effect
[The rest of this page is Jacob Shriar's article (four paragraphs on the Hawthorne Effect: observation raises productivity; 1920s factory experiments in Hawthorne, Chicago; workers worked harder for the attention, not the changes; micro-managing backfires, check in and give feedback). Not retyped here - it is someone else's published text, not Tom's words. Pages 2-4 of the printout are not in the photos.]
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[BLUE MARKER SHEET - lined paper, photo 4]
Empathy
is really
Sympathy
for the
Enlightened

[PAGE 1 - orange marker notes around the text]
5 1/21/ Freewrite
6 (beside the SCARED TO DEATH heading)
SKYPE [arrow down] 1 Thurs 19th / 2 Fri 20th / 3 / 4 Monday 21st / 7 (yesterday) [the "7" circled, a dotted ring around the dates]
[boxed:] Judy / Corey / Daddy / Butt Boy
-> [circled:] PAY DO NOW! $90.00 [unclear - could read 490.00]
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1/24/2017 (MAINE)
SCARED TO DEATH

Scared to death but not scared of death. Yes, I have been. But no, I am not. That doesn't make sense but it do believe it to be entirely true. There's been times in my life where I've been scared to do things. I assume that's fear of failing or fear of rejection. Other times it's a typical thing like heights or being in the open water and not being able to see very far below the top of the water. Or it's driving in snow or perhaps falling. Everybody's scared of falling I'd bet. Or it's scary insects or pelicans for some strange reason. I never turn my back on a pelican! Haha. I don't mind spiders, though...
But I must admit that large birds do have a tendency to freak me the f*ck out. So that's some of my scared to death stuff right there.

So I do scare easy. But not of death. I generally don't mind when most things die. Why? Reason number one is that everybody and everything dies. In other words, people way cooler and better than me are presently pushing up daisies. That's an irrefutable fact.

Secondly, because I'm highly logical about death I've done the math and there's about a 75% chance that death isn't that bad at all. What makes me say this? Let's break it down
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Rainstorm-style. What are the most likely things that happen after death? Or what happens when you die?

Most logically speaking it's probably like sleeping. I love sleep. I'd love to be a grizzly bear and hibernate for the winter. So if death is sleep then sign me up...haha.

The second most likely scenario to me is that death is not the end - I think that there's just a big reshuffle and recycle and you come back as something else depending on how you lived your life. You basically work your way up to being one of my cats...haha. That's as good as it gets. If you're bad then you come back as me! Because I'm friggin' miserable, roar! (Note: please slap the drama queen, thank you). But the general idea is that matter cannot be created or destroyed, we are all one and all that jazz. But if there is a god then I'd imagine he'd be into recycling. That's not too bad. At least it's fair. If this happens then I'm in good shape. I'll take my chances playing again. So that means that so far we are two for two in things that happen when you die that don't suck: Sleep or you get recycled and come back again.

Okay, it's God time! Woo hoo. Keep it simple... Heaven or Hell. Heaven is totally awesome or at least it should be, anyways. And hell is... let's think of something funny, shall we? Dennis Leary once called hell listening to Andy Gibb sing Shadow Dancers over and over and over and over again. To me, I think that hell would be
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being the bottom bun of a naked Roseanne Barr sandwich with John Goodman on top. That would just about do it for me. I would lose my will to live and sell my soul quite quickly to get out of that mess...

And that's where I get my 75 percent. Heaven, Sleep, Recycle vs. Roseanne sandwich. And of course, anybody who is anybody dies at least once...even the son of God for crying out loud! "Been there, done that" he says... So long as you can turn on the logical side of your brain then it's probably not so bad. However, if you think with just your emotions then death really can end up becoming the end of the world.

To paraphrase Mark Twain: "If I can't smoke in heaven then I shall not go there."

That reminds me of a joke I heard about twenty years ago: If you smoke after sex then that means that you're doing it too fast!

What should you gather from all of this? I'm not saying to kill yourself or anything like that - I'm just saying that if somebody dies then there's a good chance that they won't end up becoming part of a Roseanne sandwich and that itself is a very comforting thought...

At least it is to me.

- Brian Rainstorm
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1/21/2017 (MAINE)
FREE WRITING

Have you ever had one of those mornings where you wake up and say to yourself, "How the hell did I ever end up here - like this?"

Yes, I have. It's not the first time, either. Think of my life as a see-saw and you'll understand it better than probably I even do at this point. I hit the highest highs and also crash with the loudest thuds you can make. Soaring eagles and dead elephants. This morning the circus came to town. And there was a funeral.

Luckily, once you get past your first morning of, "God, just f*&%$ing shoot me." and you make it by that day and then at any time in your life AFTER THAT you gain perspective enough to know that it's not the end of the world no matter what it is. So that's when it's time to just be a drama queen for a day and cry poor me and be mad/sad and all that cry baby sh*t and get it out of your system. That's a healthy way to be I think.

See, I just had a happy moment. My fifteen year old female cat is belly up on her heated kitty bed with her two front paws stretched out in the air like she's flying and her back legs are wide open like a little hussie and she's dead asleep and as happy as I am miserable. But I made her happy. I made the bed, I plugged it in, I let her in my room...etc, etc... So I'm not so miserable anymore. Even when I first woke up and felt like
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crap my ten year old boy cat came in and threw himself on my head and took a nap on my back digging his giant claws into my shoulders kneading his bed and purring all the while.

Okay. Less miserable. But fleeting. It's like I temporarily forgot that I was miserable.

That is the sentence that you should underline or write down because that's what you want to avoid in life.

There are two ways of living. Actually being a pretty happy person or else making the main goal of everyday to be to forget that you're actually unhappy and to do this for as long as possible by using whatever means necessary or that are at your disposal.

It's not always clear cut, black and white, on a conscious level and it's not always a bad thing, either. It involves having some degree of self-awareness. Obviously, if you're miserable then you want to be happy. Duh... but what you want to avoid is picking something that makes you temporarily happy but ultimately is going to only lead to more unhappiness down the road.

Say you're a druggie, a boozer, an overeater - whatever... if you're miserable that you're a druggie then don't try to find escape through drugs. That just makes for more of a mountain that you have to climb. Druggies should eat cookies and overeaters should do some cocaine!!! Is that what I'm saying? Essentially, yes.
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Only try to kill that misery with something not bad for you if possible. At the very least minimize the damage.

The goal is to actually become a happy person rather than to forget that you are unhappy - even if you find a way to forget that you're unhappy all the time...

I'm older now and I can see the difference between the two. It matters! I can't explain it other than to ask you what is love? I can't give you a scientific explaination nor can I touch it or feel it or show it to you in some tangible form... but we all know it exists. This is that type of thing.

It's better to work to be happy than it is to work to forget that you're unhappy.

Not bad. I just sat down and freewrote this and it turned into some useful advice... and I feel less miserable now. Haha.

See, that's why making it past the first, "God, just f*$%ing shoot me" is so important...

If this quote doesn't belong to anybody than I'll take it:

"Shit... it makes flowers grow" - Brian Rainstorm (unless somebody else said it)

So now I'm kinda thinking that I've always been a see-saw person. I seek high highs which can lead to low lows...I get that much. But what about forgetting that I'm unhappy? That's a deeper
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well. I'd have to really pause and reflect on that one. I think that I might be able to make a case that I've changed over the last ten years or so. I think I may have morphed from being happy to being unhappy but I just kept living a life where I did things to forget or hide that I was unhappy. In fact, the transition was so subtle that I actually didn't even really notice it until now...

Unfortunately, I think that just may be the best way to describe life in the United States from 1950 to 2017 (and counting!) for a majority of Americans...not to mention a lot of other people in a lot of other different countries as well.

Hey look, my cat's lying on her back flying again... how cute!

- Brian Rainstorm

0 <------ 50 ------> 100
[blue bar] [GAP] [red bar]
[yellow cone of sight from the dragon's eyes up to the bar]

"See the dragon,
like
Rainstorm"
- Brian

8/6/2017
brianrainstorm
.com

1 sentence:
I'm Tom Jensen, a 47-year-old lyricist with 31 albums' worth of songs - 120
finished, 300 more ready to go - and I'm building a live, collaborative
songwriting venue and online platform where musicians, audience members,
and dreamers co-create new music in real time and share in the profits.

My name is Tom Jensen. I'm a 47-year-old lyricist with 31 albums' worth of
original
material - 120 completed songs and over 300 more waiting for music
and singers. I'm looking to launch a live, collaborative songwriting venue paired with an
online platform where musicians, fans, and dreamers co-create new music in
real time and share in the profits. A live moderator will relay online audience
input directly to the stage, and contributors could register through an app to
receive original songwriting credit and potential future revenue. The key point:
The material is ready, and it's strong - tested, structured, and organized to move
people. Now I need partners. I'm looking for a benefactor or business-minded
ally with vision, contacts, and the resources to help launch this creatively and
commercially. I need a guaranteed salary, basic health coverage, and start-up
funding. From there, the sky's the limit: a hit album, a Broadway show, a
licensing empire, a global remix challenge - or maybe even start your own record
company. We're also scouting a physical location - ideally something flexible,
hospitable, and inspiring, where audience participation and revenue can coexist.
If the vibe is right, it could be a café, a co-op, or even a furniture store. I've taken
this as far as one person can. The rest starts now. Contact info is at
collabtunes.com.

3. The Tech (The Glue)
• An app that tracks contribution.
• Creates fairness and transparency (im money "he said, she said" about who wrote
what).
• Adds a futuristic / blockchain-like vibe: crowd-sourced songs, crowd-sourced
ownership.
• If one blows up, everyone eats. That's sticky.

4. Attract Partners (The Money Flow)
• Attract talent with dreams of fame + ownership.
• Attract patrons with the live experience + merch/food/books.
• Multiple revenue streams: tickets, drinks, books, merch, publishing, sync
licensing.
• You're not gambling on one hit - the machine itself is the product.

5. Your Position (The Role)
• You don't have to be the frontman.
• You're the curator, the architect, the word man behind the curtain.
• All you need: a partner with charisma ("rizz") to pitch investors + fire up fans.

6. The Dream vs. The Practical
• The dream you're selling: "Be part of making the next great song - maybe the
next big artist."
• The practical for you: salary, healthcare, sign-on bonus, cut of proceeds.
• To get stability while the project experiments.

7. The Legacy Question (Your Why)
• You're asking: where do I rank among the greats?
• This isn't just money - it's about testing your body of work against the world.
• That's what makes it more than a hustle. It's history you're aiming at.

To answer your last question, "is this tight?" - Yes, this is tight. The structure is sound.
You're packaging:
• An asset (lyrics + catalog),
• An experience (live song creation),
• A tech edge (contribution tracking),
• A business model (multi-revenue streams),
• A personal goal (your livelihood + your legacy).

My name is Tom Jensen, a 47-year-old lyricist with 31 albums' worth of original
material - 120 completed songs and over 300 more waiting for music
and singers. I'm looking to launch a live, interactive songwriting venue - an in-person
space combined with an online platform - where musicians, fans, contributors,
and desperate guests collaborate in real time to create original music and share in
the profits. A live moderator would relay online audience input directly to
performers on-site, and contributors could register through an app to officially
receive songwriting credit and potential future revenue. At this stage, my
presentation is focused on one key point: the material is ready, and it's solid.
Show my work to someone who knows writing - lyrics, craft, storytelling
- and see what they say. I'm confident it will stand for itself. But now, I need
help. I need a benefactor. I need a business-minded partner with contacts,
vision, and the ability to get this off the ground. I need healthcare, a guaranteed
weekly salary, and a share of funk up front. And I need a few other things we
can discuss. Like, I'm open to doing anything with this collection. I don't need to
be famous. We could make other people famous. We could build the greatest
album of all time, launch a Broadway show, license songs for games and films,
or host a global online challenge where people compete to reinterpret my lyrics.
I've taken this as far as one guy with a pen, a notebook, and a phone can go. I
need collaborators, a location, and a launch. We're actively seeking a physical
space that offers hospitality, nourishment, and enough flexibility to support this
creative ecosystem - ideally with opportunities to earn some income from the
audience and community. We could even run this out of a furniture store, if it has
the right vibe. Thanks for your time. Contact information is available at
collabtunes.com.

The 120 songs he wrote all the lyrics for and then asked singers and musicians
from all over the world to turn his words into songs proves it can be done. He's got the
lyrics to 250 more songs just waiting to be added to that collection!! But what if instead
of using YouTube as our platform - what if we took it to a physical location and yet still
let the online audience participate?
What if instead of bands coming to a venue to perform live songs - what
if they came to create new songs live on the spot?
Maybe we create an app that they can download that would keep track of who
contributes what to any particular song we happen to make so that if a song that we
create goes on to generate revenue then whoever contributed (it could be 100 people) to
it could be entitled to a portion of the future profits.
Basically, use my big block of poems and current catalog of songs to attract talent
which attracts patrons. First we sell a dream of getting rich and famous. Then we sell
them stuff - food, drinks, merch, books, whatever... In the end am looking for a nice
sign on bonus, a weekly salary, a portion of all the proceeds and healthcare, ;)
That's the main idea. I don't need to be well-known for this to work. I am better
behind the scenes. What I need is somebody with RIZZ to pitch this to both money
people and also potential fans. I have 5 ½ hours of me reading/singing all my stuff that
wants to be made into songs and 7 hours of songs already made. So I have a ton of lyrics
that I can do ANYTHING with. We have a rock star and three with all my stuff
and skip the music making live in person sog all together. I care about TWO THINGS:
me being able to pay my bills and live a life doing this and then trying to take all this
that I've done over my last 29 years of rhyming and lets see where the world thinks that
I stack up with all the other poets, song writers, lyricists and word men in history! Am I
ok? Better than average? A few good ones and blah? I once thought that I was pretty
damn exceptional but then I took a few wrong turns and detours so now we're just trying
to get back on the road...

Yeah, this is tight - you've got the bones of a big idea here, Tom. Let me break down
what you just laid out and why it works:

1. The Catalog (Your Asset)
• 120 already-produced songs.
• 250 more lyrics waiting.
• 5.5 hours of raw recordings + 7 hours of finished songs.
~ That's proof of concept + a pipeline for future content. You're not starting with
"maybe someday soon." You've got material today.

2. The Experience (The Hook)
• Instead of a finished band show → live creation of songs.
• Audience gets to witness lightning-in-a-bottle creativity, raw and risky, instead of
polished.
• Online component keeps the circle global.

My name is Tom Jensen, a 47-year-old lyricist with 31 albums' worth of original material - 120 completed songs and over 300 more waiting for music and singers. I'm looking to launch a live, interactive songwriting venue: an in-person creative hub combined with an online platform where musicians, fans, and special guests collaborate in real time to create original music - and share in the profits. A live moderator would channel input from online audiences straight to the stage, and all contributors can register through an app to receive songwriting credit and a proportional share of any revenue the music generates. This is about co-creation, transparency, and giving people a stake in what we build.

At this point, my message is simple: the material is ready. It's structured, diverse, personal, and filled with potential. Show my work to anyone who understands songwriting - lyrics, rhythm, character, soul - and I believe it will speak for itself. I've got ten full albums already made with original music, and 21 more albums broken down into spoken-word demo "Set Lists" - 13 songs each, all waiting for music. In total, I've got over 12 hours of music and lyrics either finished or mapped out. Some of it lives as lyric videos, others as voice recordings with rhyme after rhyme after rhyme. This is not a vague idea - it's a massive archive of real songs and potential hits, meticulously organized and ready to go.

Now I need help. I need a benefactor. I need a business-minded partner with contacts, vision, and the ability to get this project off the ground. I need basic healthcare, a not-crazy weekly salary, and some good faith upfront money to prove you're serious. I don't need to be famous. We can make other people famous. We could build the greatest album of all time. We could start a record label. We could launch a Broadway show, license songs for games and films, host a global remix challenge, or run a hybrid café-performance space with full audience collaboration. These songs are lottery tickets, and I'm ready to scratch them off with anyone who wants in.

I've done everything one guy with a pen, a notebook, and a phone can do on his own. I had over 10,000 subscribers on YouTube back in the early days before I took a break from making music for over a decade. Now I'm back with a vengeance. I've organized everything - lyrics, demos, themes - into 31 concept albums, each one built like a Beatles album: with style, tone, narrative arc, and emotional purpose. Every lyric was ranked, sorted, and arranged by strength.

Center Page (Handwritten):
At some point I want to try to do something with my lyrics and music.
My cats are dead - I have no dependents. [?]
I'm free.
My perfect plan would include trying to do something with Adella Del's music and there is another great youtube singer who recently passed away - Mary Cigarettes. All three of us are very different but would attract a similar audience.
I'd try to take over a bar somewhere and have contest to find the right singer to cover their songs. Find a financial backer to fund the project.
I am going to try to promote my music/lyrics and would like to get some attention on her music so even if you don't want anyone to do anything with her music then we can still set up something to benefit people who love her music.

Right Page (Printed):
This is the best stuff I've written in over 20 years of grinding. I even included an "intro poem" for each set list.

Right now, we're actively scouting a physical location to serve as home base: a bar, café, co-op, or even a furniture store - any place with the right vibe and flexibility. It should offer hospitality, light nourishment, a welcoming creative energy, and a setup where we can generate revenue from both the audience and the music we create together. We'll keep track of who contributes what. If a song hits, contributors share in the success - maybe you own 4%, maybe 12%, depending on what you added. Even if we don't go viral, this can be a sustainable, revenue-generating model where artists earn a real living.

We could livestream sessions with global input, use AI voices to test out celebrity covers, or turn one song into 20 different styles - from country to EDM to spoken word. We could host open mic nights. We could run songwriter karaoke ("Tom-a-Roake") with guests covering lyrics from the archive. We could build a catalog for sync licensing. Or we could focus only on making something brand new. I'm wide open.

All I need is the right team. The right launch. The right place to begin. I'm not looking to talk to the masses right now - I'm looking for someone who sees what I see and wants to build something lasting with it. This is a collaborative, creative, revenue-sharing engine hiding in plain sight.

Visit collabtunes.com to see the work. Let's build something amazing - together.

Thank you for your time,
Tom Jensen
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My name is Tom Jensen, a 47-year-old lyricist with 31 albums' worth of original material - 120 completed songs and over 300 more waiting for music and singers. I'm looking to launch a live, interactive songwriting venue: an in-person creative hub combined with an online platform where musicians, fans, and special guests collaborate in real time to create original music - and share in the profits. A live moderator would channel input from online audiences straight to the stage, and all contributors can register through an app to receive songwriting credit and a proportional share of any revenue the music generates. This is about co-creation, transparency, and giving people a stake in what we build.

At this point, my message is simple: the material is ready. It's structured, diverse, personal, and filled with potential. Show my work to anyone who understands songwriting - lyrics, rhythm, character, soul - and I believe it will speak for itself. I've got ten full albums already made with original music, and 21 more albums broken down into spoken-word demo "Set Lists" - 13 songs each, all waiting for music. In total, I've got over 12 hours of music and lyrics either finished or mapped out. Some of it lives as lyric videos, others as voice recordings with rhyme after rhyme after rhyme. This is not a vague idea - it's a massive archive of real songs and potential hits, meticulously organized and ready to go.

Now I need help. I need a benefactor. I need a business-minded partner with contacts, vision, and the ability to get this project off the ground. I need basic healthcare, a not-crazy weekly salary, and some good faith upfront money to prove you're serious. I don't need to be famous. We can make other people famous. We could build the Broadway show, license songs for games and films, host a global remix challenge, or run a hybrid café-performance space with full audience collaboration. These songs are lottery tickets, and I'm ready to scratch them off with anyone who wants in.

I've done everything one guy with a pen, a notebook, and a phone can do on his own. I had over 10,000 subscribers on YouTube back in the early days before I took a break from making music for over a decade. Now I'm back with a vengeance. I've organized everything - lyrics, demos, themes - into 31 concept albums, each one built like a Beatles album: with style, tone, narrative arc, and emotional purpose. Every lyric was ranked, sorted, and arranged by strength.
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This is the best stuff I've written in over 20 years of grinding. I even included an "intro poem" for each set list.

Right now, we're actively scouting a physical location to serve as home base: a bar, café, co-op, or even a furniture store - any place with the right vibe and flexibility. It should offer hospitality, light nourishment, a welcoming creative energy, and a setup where we can generate revenue from both the audience and the music we create together. We'll keep track of who contributes what. If a song hits, contributors share in the success - maybe you own 4%, maybe 12%, depending on what you added. Even if we don't go viral, this can be a sustainable, revenue-generating model where artists earn a real living.

We could livestream sessions with global input, use AI voices to test out celebrity covers, or turn one song into 20 different styles - from country to EDM to spoken word. We could host open mic nights. We could run songwriter karaoke ("Tom-a-Roake") with guests covering lyrics from the archive. We could build a catalog for sync licensing. Or we could focus only on making something brand new. I'm wide open.

All I need is the right team. The right place to begin. I'm not looking to talk to the masses right now - I'm looking for someone who sees what I see and wants to build something lasting with it. This is a collaborative, creative, revenue-sharing engine hiding in plain sight.

Visit collabtunes.com to see the work. Let's build something amazing - together.

Thank you for your time,
Tom Jensen
---
At some point I want to try to do something
with my lyrics and music.
My cats are dead - I have no dependents.
I'm free.

My perfect plan would include trying to do
something with Adella Del's music and then
is another great youtube singer who recently passed
away. Mary Cigarettes. All three of us are very
different but would attract a similar audience.
I'd try to take over a bar somewhere
and have contest to find the right singer
to cover their songs, find a financial
backer to fund the project.

I am going to try to promote my music/lyrics
and would like to get some attention on her music
so even if you don't want anyone to do anything
with her music then we can still set up
something to benefit people who love her
music.

---

My name is Tom Jensen, a 47-year-old lyricist with 31 albums' worth of original
material-120 completed songs and over 300 more waiting for music and
singers. I'm looking to launch a live, interactive songwriting venue-an in-person
space combined with an online platform-where musicians, fans, contributors,
and special guests collaborate in real time to create original music and share in
the profits. A live moderator would relay online audience input directly to
performers on-site, and contributors could register through an app to officially
receive songwriting credit and potential future revenue. At this stage, my
presentation is focused on one key point: the material is ready, and it's solid.
Show my work to someone who knows writing-lyrics, songcraft, wit, storytelling
-and see what they say. I'm confident it will speak for itself. But now, I need
help. I need a benefactor. I need a business-minded partner with contacts,
vision, and the ability to get this off the ground. I need healthcare, a guaranteed
weekly salary, and a chunk of funk up front. And I need a few other things we
can discuss later. I'm open to doing anything with this collection. I don't need to
be famous. We could make other people famous. We could build the greatest
album of all time, launch a Broadway show, license songs for games and films,
or host a global online challenge where people compete to reinterpret my lyrics.
I've taken this as far as one guy with a pen, a notebook, and a phone can go. I
need collaborators, a location, and a launch. We're actively seeking a physical
space that offers hospitality, nourishment, and enough flexibility to support this
creative ecosystem-ideally with opportunities to earn some income from the
audience and community. We could even run this out of a furniture store, if it has
the right vibe. Thanks for your time. Contact information is available at
collabtunes.com.

---

The 120 songs he wrote all the lyrics for and then asked singers and musicians
from all over the world to turn his words into songs proves it can be done. He's got the
lyrics to 250 more songs just waiting to be added to that collection!!! But what if instead
of using YouTube as our platform - what if we took it to a physical location and yet still
let the online audience participate?
What if instead of bands coming to a venue to perform live finished songs - what
if they came to create new songs live on the spot?
Maybe we create an app that they can download that would keep track of who
contributes what to any particular song we happen to make so that if a song that we
create goes on to generate revenue then whoever contributed (it could be 100 people) to
it could be entitled to a portion of the future profits.
Basically, use my big book of poems and current catalog of songs to attract talent
which attracts patrons. First we sell a dream of getting rich and famous. Then we sell
them stuff- food, drinks, merch, books, whatever... In the endi am looking for a nice
sign on bonus, a weekly salary, a portion of all the proceeds and healthcare. ;)
That's the main idea. I DON'T need to be well-known for this to work. I am better
behind the scenes. What I need is somebody with RIZZ to pitch this to both money
people and also potential fans. I have 5 1/2 hours of me reading/singing all my stuff that
wants to be made into songs and 7 hours of songs already made. So I have a ton of lyrics
that we can do ANYTHING with. We could make a rock star or three with all my stuff
and skip the music making live in person gig all together. I care about TWO THINGS:
me being able to pay my bills and live a life doing this and then trying to take all this
that I've done over my last 29 years of rhyming and lets see where the world thinks that
I stack up with all the other poets, song writers, lyricists and word men in history! Am I
ok? Better than average? A few good ones and blah? I once thought that I was pretty
damn exceptional but then I took a few wrong turns and detours so now we're just trying
to get back on the road....

Yeah, this is tight - you've got the bones of a big idea here, Tom. Let me break down
what you just laid out and why it works:

1. The Catalog (Your Asset)
- 120 already-produced songs.
- 250 more lyrics waiting.
- 5.5 hours of raw recordings + 7 hours of finished songs.
-> That's proof of concept + a pipeline for future content. You're not starting with
"maybe someday." You've got material today.

2. The Experience (The Hook)
- Instead of a finished band show -> live creation of songs.
- Audience gets to witness lightning-in-a-bottle creativity, raw and risky, instead of
polished.
- Online component keeps the circle global.
---

1 sentence:

I'm Tom Jensen, a 47-year-old lyricist with 31 albums' worth of songs-120
finished, 300 more ready to go-and I'm building a live, collaborative
songwriting venue and online platform where musicians, audience members,
and dreamers co-create new music in real time and share in the profits.

My name is Tom Jensen. I'm a 47-year-old lyricist with 31 albums' worth of
original material-120 fully written songs and over 300 more waiting for music
and singers. I'm building a live, collaborative songwriting venue paired with an
online platform where musicians, fans, and dreamers co-create new music in
real time and share in the profits. A live moderator will relay online audience
input directly to the stage, and contributors can register through an app to
receive official songwriting credit and potential future royalties. The key point:
the material is ready, and it's strong-tested, structured, and built to move
people. Now I need partners. I'm looking for a benefactor or business-minded
ally with vision, contacts, and the resources to help launch this creatively and
commercially. I need a guaranteed salary, basic health coverage, and startup
funding. From there, the sky's the limit: a hit album, a Broadway show, a
licensing empire, a global remix challenge-or maybe even start our own record
company. We're also scouting a physical location-ideally something flexible,
hospitable, and inspiring, where audience participation and revenue can coexist.
If the vibe is right, it could be a cafe, a co-op, or even a furniture store. I've taken
this as far as one person can. The rest starts now. Contact info is at
collabtunes.com.

---

3. The Tech (The Glue)
- An app that tracks contribution.
- Creates fairness and transparency (no messy "he said, she said" about who wrote
what).
- Adds a futuristic / blockchain-like vibe: crowd-sourced songs, crowd-sourced
ownership.
- If one blows up, everyone eats. That's sticky.

4. The Business Model (The Money Flow)
- Attract talent with dreams of fame + ownership.- Attract patrons with the live experience + merch/food/books.
- Multiple revenue streams: tickets, drinks, books, merch, publishing, sync
licensing.
- You're not gambling on one hit - the machine itself is the product.

5. Your Position (The Role)
- You don't have to be the frontman.
- You're the curator, the architect, the word man behind the curtain.
- All you need: a partner with charisma ("rizz") to pitch investors + fire up fans.

6. The Dream vs. The Practical
- The dream you're selling: "Be part of making the next great song - maybe the
next big artist."
- The practical for you: salary, healthcare, sign-on bonus, cut of proceeds.
- You get stability while the project experiments.

7. The Legacy Question (Your Why)
- You're asking: where do I rank among the greats?
- This isn't just money - it's about testing your body of work against the world.
- That's what makes it more than a hustle. It's history you're aiming at.

To answer your last question, "Is this tight?" - Yes, this is tight. The structure is sound.
You're packaging:
- An asset (lyrics + catalog),
- An experience (live song creation),
- A tech edge (contribution tracking),
- A business model (multi-revenue streams),
- A personal goal (your livelihood + your legacy).

[SHEET A]
My name is Tom Jensen, a 47-year-old lyricist with 31 albums' worth of original material--120 completed songs and over 300 more waiting for music and singers. I'm looking to launch a live, interactive songwriting venue--an in-person space combined with an online platform--where musicians, fans, contributors, and special guests collaborate in real time to create original music and share in the profits. A live moderator would relay online audience input directly to performers on-site, and contributors could register through an app to officially receive songwriting credit and potential future revenue. At this stage, my presentation is focused on one key point: the material is ready, and it's solid. Show my work to someone who knows writing--lyrics, songcraft, wit, storytelling--and see what they say. I'm confident it will speak for itself. But now, I need help. I need a benefactor. I need a business-minded partner with contacts, vision, and the ability to get this off the ground. I need healthcare, a guaranteed weekly salary, and a chunk of funk up front. And I need a few other things we can discuss later. I'm open to doing anything with this collection. I don't need to be famous. We could make other people famous. We could build the greatest album of all time, launch a Broadway show, license songs for games and films, or host a global online challenge where people compete to reinterpret my lyrics. I've taken this as far as one guy with a pen, a notebook, and a phone can go. I need collaborators, a location, and a launch. We're actively seeking a physical space that offers hospitality, nourishment, and enough flexibility to support this creative ecosystem--ideally with opportunities to earn some income from the audience and community. We could even run this out of a furniture store, if it has the right vibe. Thanks for your time. Contact information is available at collabtunes.com.
---
[SHEET B]
The 120 songs he wrote all the lyrics for and then asked singers and musicians from all over the world to turn his words into songs proves it can be done. He's got the lyrics to 250 more songs just waiting to be added to that collection!!! But what if instead of using YouTube as our platform - what if we took it to a physical location and yet still let the online audience participate?
What if instead of bands coming to a venue to perform live finished songs - what if they came to create new songs live on the spot?
Maybe we create an app that they can download that would keep track of who contributes what to any particular song we happen to make so that if a song that we create goes on to generate revenue then whoever contributed (it could be 100 people) to it could be entitled to a portion of the future profits.
Basically, use my big book of poems and current catalog of songs to attract talent which attracts patrons. First we sell a dream of getting rich and famous. Then we sell them stuff- food, drinks, merch, books, whatever... In the endi am looking for a nice sign on bonus, a weekly salary, a portion of all the proceeds and healthcare. ;)
That's the main idea. I DON'T need to be well-known for this to work. I am better behind the scenes. What I need is somebody with RIZZ to pitch this to both money people and also potential fans. I have 5 1/2 hours of me reading/singing all my stuff that wants to be made into songs and 7 hours of songs already made. So I have a ton of lyrics that we can do ANYTHING with. We could make a rock star or three with all my stuff and skip the music making live in person gig all together. I care about TWO THINGS: me being able to pay my bills and live a life doing this and then trying to take all this that I've done over my last 29 years of rhyming and lets see where the world thinks that I stack up with all the other poets, song writers, lyricists and word men in history! Am I ok? Better than average? A few good ones and blah? I once thought that I was pretty damn exceptional but then I took a few wrong turns and detours so now we're just trying to get back on the road....

Yeah, this is tight -- you've got the bones of a big idea here, Tom. Let me break down what you just laid out and why it works:

1. The Catalog (Your Asset)
o 120 already-produced songs.
o 250 more lyrics waiting.
o 5.5 hours of raw recordings + 7 hours of finished songs.
-> That's proof of concept + a pipeline for future content. You're not starting with "maybe someday." You've got material today.

2. The Experience (The Hook)
o Instead of a finished band show -> live creation of songs.
o Audience gets to witness lightning-in-a-bottle creativity, raw and risky, instead of polished.
o Online component keeps the circle global.
---
[SHEET C]
1 sentence:

I'm Tom Jensen, a 47-year-old lyricist with 31 albums' worth of songs--120 finished, 300 more ready to go--and I'm building a live, collaborative songwriting venue and online platform where musicians, audience members, and dreamers co-create new music in real time and share in the profits.

My name is Tom Jensen. I'm a 47-year-old lyricist with 31 albums' worth of original material--120 fully written songs and over 300 more waiting for music and singers. I'm building a live, collaborative songwriting venue paired with an online platform where musicians, fans, and dreamers co-create new music in real time and share in the profits. A live moderator will relay online audience input directly to the stage, and contributors can register through an app to receive official songwriting credit and potential future royalties. The key point: the material is ready, and it's strong--tested, structured, and built to move people. Now I need partners. I'm looking for a benefactor or business-minded ally with vision, contacts, and the resources to help launch this creatively and commercially. I need a guaranteed salary, basic health coverage, and startup funding. From there, the sky's the limit: a hit album, a Broadway show, a licensing empire, a global remix challenge--or maybe even start our own record company. We're also scouting a physical location--ideally something flexible, hospitable, and inspiring, where audience participation and revenue can coexist. If the vibe is right, it could be a cafe, a co-op, or even a furniture store. I've taken this as far as one person can. The rest starts now. Contact info is at collabtunes.com.
---
[SHEET D]
3. The Tech (The Glue)
o An app that tracks contribution.
o Creates fairness and transparency (no messy "he said, she said" about who wrote what).
o Adds a futuristic / blockchain-like vibe: crowd-sourced songs, crowd-sourced ownership.
o If one blows up, everyone eats. That's sticky.

4. The Business Model (The Money Flow)
o Attract talent with dreams of fame + ownership.
o Attract patrons with the live experience + merch/food/books.
o Multiple revenue streams: tickets, drinks, books, merch, publishing, sync licensing.
o You're not gambling on one hit -- [boxed, with a drawn arrow pointing at it:] the machine itself is the product.

5. Your Position (The Role)
o You don't have to be the frontman.
o You're the curator, the architect, the word man behind the curtain.
o All you need: a partner with charisma ("rizz") to pitch investors + fire up fans.

6. The Dream vs. The Practical
o The dream you're selling: "Be part of making the next great song -- maybe the next big artist."
o The practical for you: salary, healthcare, sign-on bonus, cut of proceeds.
o You get stability while the project experiments.

7. The Legacy Question (Your Why)
o You're asking: where do I rank among the greats?
o This isn't just money -- it's about testing your body of work against the world.
o That's what makes it more than a hustle. It's history you're aiming at.

To answer your last question, "Is this tight?" -- Yes, this is tight. The structure is sound. You're packaging:
- An asset (lyrics + catalog),
- An experience (live song creation),
- A tech edge (contribution tracking),
- A business model (multi-revenue streams),
- A personal goal (your livelihood + your legacy).

Do I try to reach a thousand
literary critics
or a million people

Hello,
This is Paul's second letter to the Corinthians:
Now that I have your attention...I have some helpful words of advice for any future situations that may arise regarding your beauty and any unwanted potential suitors that may be charmed into a spell by it...
- If there is someone who has fallen in love with you (like me) then there are some things that you should avoid saying and/or doing around that person (like me). A lot of this involves some common sense that someone with blonde hair may or may not possess. For instance, if some one (like me) writes you a poem about their undying love for you and in that poem you are referred to as an angelic figure then there are roughly two responses that would be typical:

Response one - This response would be a friendly thankyou in which the subject of adoration (you) politely accepts the gift of words and meanings but makes it clearly known that there in no interest in persuading the desired aim (love) that the poet (me) expresses for his subject of adoration (you). If a blue mountain card is used then graphics should be plain and friendly and attempt to use images which contain very little imagery and symbolism that a gifted poet could easily pick up on.

Response two - This response would be one of gratitude, but more importantly, reciprication. This response would indicate a mutual feeling of love and some level of adoration. A response of this nature would evoke more poetry of the same nature and even stronger feelings by the poet (me) for the subject of adoration (you). If a blue mountain card was sent then the graphics would contain colorful and vivid images. In a response of this type then the images presented would be of a symbolic nature in which objects or images might include hearts, angels, or ROSES.

Your response - From the eyes of a poet, your response is looked at as a mixed signal. The words are perfectly in tune with response one where as the word "love" is not mentioned and there is no expression of mutual endearment on the basis of romance. However, when imagery is taken into consideration, the feelings of response one are questioned. A symbol of a rose goes hand in hand with love and romance. Therefore when a poet (me) receives a blue mountain card with one image from response two and a messege from response One then his mind twists and bends and his perplexion drips out of his brain through ear from his brain. When this happens then the poet's health becomes uncertain for this is a strange condition.

The poet believes that the blue mountain card comes only from the intentions that a response one would represents. But when a rose appears things get strange and wheels start spinning. Please refrain from blue mountain cards for awhile until you practice on some other people first. It may be a good idea to try something a little less demanding such as an email like this, for example. Typing is easy and if you're having some trouble with certain words than I suggest consulting a dictionary. Please take what I say as the truth and may it help you out in the future. Please respond via email or telephone or letter.

Thank You, Love Tom

died he would never tell anyone anything again. Three bullets and three blanks. Three lives and three deaths. As he placed the barrel up to his temple he muttered one word and pulled the trigger. A thunderous shot was fired as he fell to the floor dead. His last word spoken with his last breath; "Independence"

Grandma Dizzy
Grandma: head - [unclear] (save).
P. 1288. You're one [unclear] of
my babies. My son should
be saved
touches him. Her one of the
babies. Sees good as evil.
Grandma - looks @ sky.
fetal position child of
god.
She = salvation
theory of Grace

Short handwritten note in cursive on torn lined paper. References being 'restored' (underlined), a line about a good man and elephants, ending 'the best of us - good morning'. Personal note, largely cursive and partly illegible.

[BINDER LABEL - marker]
SONG &
POEM
Summaries
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[THE TYPED LETTER]
Hello,
This is Paul's second letter to the Corinthians:
Now that i have your attention...I have some helpful words of advice for any future situations that may arise regarding your beauty and any unwanted potential suitors that may be charmed into a spell by it...
- If there is someone who has fallen in love with you (like me) then there are some things that you should avoid saying and/or doing around that person (like me). A lot of this involves some common sense that someone with blonde hair may or may not possess. For instance, if some one (like me) writes you a poem about their undying love for you and in that poem you are referred to as an angellic figure then there are roughly two responses that would be typical:

Response one - This response would be a friendly thankyou in which the subject of adoration (you) politely accepts the gift of words and meanings but makes it clearly known that there in no interest in persuing the desired aim (love) that the poet (me) expresses for his subject of adoration (you). If a blue mountain card is used then graphics should be plain and friendly and attempt to use images which contain very little imagery and symbolism that a gifted poet could easily pick up on.

Response two - This response would be one of gratitude, but more importantly, reciprication. This response would indicate a mutual feeling of love and some level of adoration. A response of this nature would evoke more poetry of the same nature and even stronger feelings by the poet (me) for the subject of adoration (you). If a blue mountain card was sent then the graphics would contain colorful and vivid images. In a response of this type then the images presented would be of a symbolic nature in which objects or images might include hearts, angels, or ROSES.

Your response - From the eyes of a poet, your response is looked at as a mixed signal. The words are perfectly in tune with response one where as the word "love" is not mentioned and there is no expression of mutual endearment on the basis of romance. However, when imagery is taken into consideration, the feelings of response one are questioned. A symbol of a rose goes hand in hand with love and romance. Therefore when a poet (me) receives a blue mountain card with one image from response two and a messege from response One then his mind twists and bends and his perplexion drips out of his brain through ear from his brain. When this happens then the poet's health becomes uncertain for this is a strange condition.

The poet believes that the blue mountain card comes only from the intentions that a response one would represents. But when a rose appears things get strange and wheels start spinning. Please refrain from blue mountain cards for awhile until you practice on some other people first. It may be a good idea to try something a little less demanding such as an email like this, for example. Typing is easy and if you're having some trouble with certain words than I suggest consulting a dictionary. Please take what I say as the truth and may it help you out in the future. Please respond via email or telephone or letter.
Thank You, Love Tom

STATS

Premise: Life As we know it
is Fiction. Not Real. A simulation
binary code ones and zeros. Electric
pulses of electricity/energy. We're
A Fucking game! Entertainment for
a higher Being. What is our goal?
STATS! It's just a race to the leader
board.

[Left edge, an arrow pointing down]
EFFORT AMOUNT
highest Level (top)
LOWEST LEVEL (bottom)

[Column heads, top]
thinking | doing | thinking & doing
[Column heads, bottom]
thinking | doing | thinking & doing

[Top red band]
MAX RISK/Reward
start [with a smiley face]
finish
MAXIMUM RISK/Reward [with a smiley face]

[Green band]
THE SAFE ZONE

[Bottom red band]
NO RISK/Reward
start
Finish
NO Risk or Reward

STREET RHYMES STOP CRIME
SIDE WALK SONGS
Musicians turn my words to Songs. I have albums of music and books of poems/lyrics waiting to be turned into music.
My idea is to find a bar/restaurant and make music from my words during the day with local musicians live w/ audience/patron participation and play the music made at night - both live jams and kareoke-type sing alongs.
The Kicker: My best friend is a singer and songwriter from Denmark who would be able to play "live" for us here via Web Cam from her livingroom in Denmark I.E. "Live" Performance... she has BILLION dollar talent :)

---
The picture bank
It's a money holding service that allows homeless to set a goal savings amount where they can deposit a little each week and yet not be able to take it out until they reach their goal. If they do not reach their goal then the money stays in the program and is not returned to them. If they reach their goal then they can take the money out or set a higher goal with the same restrictions...
THIS IS FOR THOSE WHO ARE REALLY determined to succeed but are afraid of temptation or carrying money...
Complete Transparency with this system.
The picture part is the I.D. w/ name and account number.
ALL KEPT MONEY will be Put BACK into the program. 100% will be used For showering facilities and mental health care (no graft!)

---
- What is the real estate market's over view of the homeless problem in San Francisco?
- Are there any locations in S.F. that could tolerate a central gathering of the homeless population?
- Is there any "benefit" to the "elite" in not addressing the homeless problem? I.E. keeping the status Quo?
- What about the feasibility of a sponsorship of a relocation plan to take those in shelters and give them a permanent residence/place to live in another locale/state option... i.e. a less expensive cost of living place...
- Or.. Think of a mining town in which a business owns everything - these people can be monetized and utilized as low cost workers provided their basic needs are met... Exploitative-Yes-but life improving. win/win.
---
The picture bank

It's a money holding service that allows Homeless to set a goal savings amount where they can deposit a little each week and yet not be able to take it out until they reach their goal. If they do not reach their goal then the money stays in the program and is not returned to them. If they reach their goal then they can take the money out or set a higher goal with the same restrictions...

THIS IS FOR THOSE WHO ARE REALLY Determined to succeed but are afraid of temptation or carrying money...

Complete Transparency with this system.

The "picture" part is the I.D. w/ name and [?] account number.

ALL KEPT MONEY will be PUT BACK into the program. 100% will be used for showering facilities and mental health care (no graft!)

An old gentleman wanders into a bar and sits himself down next to a young lady wearing gray pants with vertical stripes. Her hair is short and tucked neatly inside her matching derby hat. She's trying hard to smile but something seems to be troubling her. You don't have to be a doctor to notice a thing like that. The man casually walks over to her and explains to her that he has some experience in helping people solve their problems. Thinking it to be another cheesy pick-up line, the young woman denies that something is bothering her.

"Nothing's wrong," she says as she takes a sip of her colored refreshment (aptly named a green dinosaur).
"Surely something is playing on your mind...why don't you tell me why you appear as if you have lost something."
"I haven't lost anything..."
"Then perhaps you have found yourself involved with something of an unpleasant nature?"
"That is correct...however, it is not just necessarily me who has the problem."

"Go on my dear."
"Well, you see, I have begun to notice that my college has many female professors and yet we spend all our time studying male authors. I feel trapped in this patriarchal society. I mean we only spent one week on Emily Dickinson and we spent two weeks on some poem written by a guy named J. Alfred Proofrock. And my teacher was a woman. If it was a genre then I would label it such a tragedy."

"So you feel that female authors are inadequately represented and unappreciated in the literary world?" The creeky man crossed his legs as he pulled a pencil out from the chest pocket of his suitcoat.
"Oh absolutely! Just scan any silibi."
"First off, tell me about your home life...are you married?"
"No, do you see a ring on my finger?"
"Are you presently with somebody?"
"No, I was with someone but it didn't work out."
"I see...what do you do for work?"
"I am a college student. I don't work. Well, I work over the summer for my uncle as a sausage vendor down in the city. We go around to baseball and soccer games and the like, but at school I don't have the time.
"Then who pays for your school?"
"My father."
"What does he do wherein he can afford you the luxury of attending a fine academic university."
"He's a renowned plastic surgeon. He's performed procedures on Hilary Clinton, Michael Jackson, Brooke Shields, and Joan Rivers...thirty-four different surgeries - actually."
"He seems like quite a successful man. And your mother?"
---
"She's a retired topless dancer. My parents met in Las Vegas and they got married to each other after the paternity suit. It wasn't me, though...that was my brother who...well...you know...anyways, my mother and I don't get along that well."

"I can imagine. But let us not digress much further. Tell me more about what you dislike in school."

"Oh yeah, I forgot what we were originally discussing: women in literature. It seems like women authors don't get the credit that they deserve. When people think of the greatest authors of all-time how many women are on the list?"

"Did you know that the man's brain is up to twenty-five percent larger than a woman's? Perhaps the very answer already rests between your two pretty ears?"

"Sir, quite frankly, I do not think that that fact has anything to do with it...I believe that the truth can be found when one realizes that our society is not the same. We may be able to sit here in the same bar, engaging in the same conversation, even sipping the same drink...but our worlds are still very different. You were born a man and thus your future is bright with hope. You could grow up and be a doctor-"

"I did!" Exclaimed the tall and lanky gentleman. The black leather designer shoe surrounding his left foot glimmering in the dim light of the table lamp.

"Thus you are proving my point. Your limit is the sky. No little girl ever gets to believe that she will grow up to be president. The best she can hope for is secretary of state. And do you know why?"

"Please tell me your answer."

"Because somebody has to be the first lady!"

"But what does that have to do with literature?"

"Wise men say that knowledge power."

"Very wise men indeed," He agreed.

"You notice that throughout history there has always been a war between the sexes. Even before race, religion, creed, or what have you - long before the first blood from the first war was shed- there was first a battle at home. If the men had to fight then that meant that somebody had to stay at home and tend to the needs of society."

"That may be true, but tell me more about that job you had working for your uncle. Actually, wait one moment...I have a certain sausage that I must tend to..."

The old man escaped to the restroom and returned eight minutes and thirty-seven seconds later.

"Sorry for the brief interruption," he remarked somewhat sarcastically as he rejoined the woman at the table.

"Did you have to go powder your nose?" she asked.

"No, I have a cold." The old man pulled out a gold lettered handkerchief from his pocket and blew his nose.
---
"Sorry my new friend, but I have to go... I have a paper I have to write for my literary criticism class. " The young woman smiled and summoned the waitress for the bill.
"You have been helpful to me tonight. I had a lot that I needed to get off my chest..."
" - Perhaps you still do?" Old creeky interrupted.
"Maybe so, but let me at least by your drink for you." The young woman began thumbing through her purse for the green.
The waiter approaches with the bill, and upon seeing the woman pulling out a ten-dollar bill from her purse, he proceeds to place the white receipt onto the man's corner of the table. He smiles and walks away.
"I guess he thinks I'm your father." The old guy smirks.
"No, that was my English teacher."
"Point taken."
"Good night."

Mary, FUCK! I've NEVER Been this messed up before in my life. I Convinced myself I was over you before I really was. I told Corey it was cool for him to do whatever he wanted to in regards to you. Now, my insides are turning to knots and my HEAD is spinning. I can't deal. I'm not even sure the Beatles can help me. Say a prayer for Sgt. Pepper. Pardon me for rambling. I love John Lennon! I'm fucked. IF I watch you kiss Corey or Corey kiss you one more time I'm biting my arms off. IF you get together and break up, my life is turned upside down. You take, you won't let go. I'm too good of a friend to Corey to let you ever Fuck him over, I've seen what you can do to guys. My sanity and Corey's is worth not having your friendship. I'd fight Tyson if Corey asked me to. Maybe this is all bullshit that I'm saying because I'm pissed at myself for saying that about Michelle. I don't care, FUCK EVERYONE! If you're like what you were like at Denny's and
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Country Q with me every time you're with Corey I'll never talk to you again. I DONT get blown off by my best friend, besides good boy #1, just because they're with someone, That sucks more than what's in my vocabulary. It burns! I'm not a strong person. Sometimes I need my friends more than most people. I love you but I just can't smile. It kills me that my love is more than sisterly at sometimes, O.K. one day my head's cool-sisterly, next day-wait a minute, I think I love Mary more than I love myself. I love myself. I love my self ALOT. This is unfair to you and Corey, though, what I'm being like, I can't stand either of you getting hurt and if you hurt each other, oh shit, Please be staight up with me, You kept saying you didn't like Corey like that and I trusted you. I've been thrown for a loop, Funny, Tanya and Michelle are so far from my head now. Bang, Bing, Boom... gone. My In Love with Mary Phase is in full effect. Alexis is a GREAT kid, I love her, like HedgeDog loves me, Platonic Baby! I often want to be a purely Platonic Person. Sucks to be me, Rubbed in my face like shit.
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Like, mmm... right now. Who knows how long I've loved you. You know I love you still, will f wait a lonely lifetime? If you want me to I will. Love you forever and forever. Love you with all my heart. Love you when we're apart. Shit I'm droppin bombs in your ears. Of all the reasons I couldn't get with/stay with Michelle, You were on top. I'd see your face whenever I was with her. Story of my life; I love Mary, Mary loves Corey (maybe), Corey loves me. THREESOME! just Lingeling with ya! ha ha! I'm even stupidly, funnily dumb when I'm heavily thinking slash depressed, When I and Corey wrote that love letter to Heather, I helped, it was easy, I substituted my name for Corey's and yours for Heather's, It flowed like chocolate syrup on chocolate pancakes at Bickford's. If I'm fucking with your head at all I'm sorry. I wouldn't want to win the bet on whether or not your head is able to be fucked with or not. The girl I love and my best friend, sucks to be me. Rubbed in my face like shit.

You are essentially doing the job of a computer. You are easily replaced. You are not creating anything of value. You are not inspiring... greatly... you should be a muse at worst... (if you're not creating...) I didn't write poetry about you - that's how I knew. Motherhood will do it for you - but you can't force it.

Kristin just got married, She's 31. Sometimes you just have to go through the process...

Balance 000. What in your life is too much...not enough? What's your biggest weakness? Turn it into a strength.

How long could you survive in an empty room with nothing but time. Why is that? What's closer to ultimate happiness: wild Western capitalism or a meditating Buddhist. Would it really be cool to be famous?

When it comes to looking at the future...and it sucks...looks bleak...well...what do you do about it? Make it worse or better? I make it better everyday. I make myself better every day, too.

You are living in a fear based economy...driven! Always be conscience [conscious] of that. You feel this way because they want you to. First thing you need to do is walk outside for 30 minutes to 1 hour. Somewhere that could pass for natural...like a religion...trees/animals preferrable. You need to rethink the existence of matter...focus on energy - positive/negative...feel vibes/pay attention to intuitions, too. The end result of your journey...or my journey thus far is my truth... (2) We are all energy. (3) We are all One. (1) We are all made up of Atoms...(4) yet look at the construction of an atom...technically atoms are hollow/empty... (5) 'LOVE, that's what keeps our atoms in place' -Lady Weaver. What you consume/absorb becomes part of you. Meat=murder, death, kill, media=dumb, war -> hence he's negative...

So with all that in mind you can begin to simplify/unclutter what is real vs. what is part of the system to control you...but keep in mind the balance thing. My life is currently incorrect...but it is so so easily fixable. My core is inspirational. My heart is filled with love. Even if Denmark girl doesn't pan out...I'll rebound. Quickly. haha.

Most of this is Weaverly teachings... with my spin. There's WAY MORE!!!. but you wouldn't believe me.

google: {struck: [?]} Pinial gland.

ALSO could be that the negative connotations/associations from ALL the evil companies you do business with is rubbing off... bad aura and karma...Like eating meat=murder...

There is only one person on this Earth who
I have ever had the courage to truly reveal myself to...
To everyone else I'm just a voice on a video,
or telephone, a picture on a business card, a paragraph
in an email or a page in a book.
That's been my choice and has led to a
hollow existence... a collection of bits and
pieces that could never accurately portray what
is embodied in the whole... I'm trying to
change that. If I can then I think that
I shall find the fulfillment that my
heart is now seeking... if I can't then
let my failures act as a warning to
anyone who happens to read this. if I
do succeed, then look towards me for hope and
inspiration so that you might follow my
lead to carving your own path; within the mold and contours of your
own footprints.

Yet Regardless of where my fate lies or
where I end up
on this great journey that is life just
know that there is wisdom to be found
in my story... in ALL of OUR
stories.
Much love,
Tom

[THE FREEWRITE PAGE - photos 1 and 13]
Tom Jensen
Poetry
9/30 Freewrite [check mark]

Hi Ho, Hi Ho - its off to Maine I go...
If it were an island its:
I Row, I Row - its off to Maine I Row...
If I was a landscaper in Main:
I Mow, I Mow - its here in Maine I Mow...
If I was something else I'd sing a
different song. I'm unpoetic today. I
used it all up yesterday writing my
poem. Usually poetry comes to me -
it is much, much harder when I have
to go to it. I can force myself
to ryhme but I can't for myself
to think - good anyway. I'm not sure
why but I only notice pain in my
hand when I write during this
exercise. It must me subconscience.
Has the beeper went off yet? It
should have. I come here from Maine
and I leave to go to Main from here.
Next year I'll go to school in
Maine. Maine will kill my car.
175 Thousand miles is how many
trips to Maine I wonder? Back and
forth is 200 miles.
875
200 ) 175,000
875 trips to Maine (round trip)
is the equivalant.
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[THE NOTEBOOK - LYRIC VIDEOS]

[PAGE 1 of the list - photo 12 - numbers 1 to 30 in the POEMS column]
LYRIC VIDEOS
SONGS | POEMS
Breaking the chains | EXIT THE SANDMAN
Nature of Man | PUZZLE PIECES
Train | REHAB
Fallen clouds | UNWINNABLE
Rainyday Sunshine | DAYLIGHT AGAIN
Now Boarding | WATCHER (THE)
Rocking the World | RAT PARK
Let Down | NAME IN LIGHTS
Clean wipe to the slate | LIVING LARGE
Breaking her heart | RAIN | (10)
worth the wait | PERFECT WORLD
warmer waters | HIVE MIND
Blessing in disguise | HAVE NOT
House of shattered glass | HALF TOLD
Alison's Airplane | CLIMBING THE LADDER
Ripples | SNIPERS SONG
Last cup of coffee | GET OUTTA MY HOUSE
Maybe Someday | EX-POEM
Coming of Fall | ANOTHER
Perfect Imperfections | THIRTY SECONDS | (20)
Right Between the eyes | SMITTY'S ANTHEM (NO TEARS)
Trash can | PEN AND PAPER
Stranded | TIME BOMB
How can you | TRAFFIC
Here I am | MONETIZATION
Frames | let me in
pen a pad | my precious
pretty toys | downward spiral
still thinking 'bout tonight | paradigm
GYPSY MAMMA | status quo woes | (30)
Summer's the time | dirt
TABLE FOR TWO | twisting the knife
FIGHT FOR PEACE | something in my genes
AS FOR ME | entirety
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[PAGE 2 - photo 11 - 50 to 70]
LYRIC VIDEOS / SONGS / POEMS
stay big
rival
Violence is their solution
empty bottle
rest in power
discartes
Pardon me
meet michael hawk
let me live the dream
heart strings
tom's psalm
matches to burn
complicated subject
slip stream
crystal ball
multiverse
applied faith
hurting her knees and pride
fences
call it fate
nothing at all
f the w
intellectual property
light
advice
never expect it
playing chess
shadow of smoke
birthright
shades
shadow boxing
he said she said
first glance
spot
friend
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[PAGE 3 - photo 10 - 80 to 100]
LYRIC VIDEOS / SONGS / POEMS
look her up
history to me
picture something nice
heresy speaks no evil
one night stan
happy place
cutie pie
fate is a word
bird on a string
jewelry box
believe me
betrayal
lost and found
face to face
let it ride
endless chorus
pandora's box
best left
alcohol
better than it seems
enemy of this state
fear
dora
lament
I am
monuments
nameless
below zero
expired
cry me a river
another history lesson
Obamafication
pushing the button
hideaway
triangle
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[PAGE 4 - photo 9 - 110 to 140]
LYRIC VIDEOS / SONGS / POEMS
listen
victim of fate
that's that
miss you kiss you
open and closed
wheat and chaff
innocence lost
timeless to ten
lovely infinity
can't have that
empty eyes
on the rocks
rest in peace
love it or leave it
happy birthday
disciple of dirt
kneeling
chameleon
walking paradox
corey storey
uncashable
cop asked the witnesses
cement
midas touch
pokey waiter [unclear]
groovy gravy
solitary parade
this very room
big shoes
either way
riding a wave
synergy
hypocrite
permanent lies
it doesn't matter
michelangelo [unclear] ...
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[PAGE 5 - photo 8 - 150 to 170]
LYRIC VIDEOS
SONGS | POEMS
Unity | aim what she said on [unclear]
Dead End | does the fire still glow
Fresco | bite of the apple
Untitled Unlabeled | chit chat chatter
Fallen walls | brain game
Sleepwalkers | valentine woes
Visited a place | bft
singer songwriter | change
overrated | devil's friend
Tonight's Moonlight | steady calm
Water Flesh and Bone | speak
In the pouring Rain | poorest chorus
Little bird | staking the flag
Here and Now | sides
One slip of the knife | quest for immortality
dirt nap
down
somewhere
smiles and frowns
rumors from heaven
never be
invisible prison
studio
little more time
moth
shield
we are the ones
deep seeded
what I'll do
come for a ride
beauties and beasts
it is your turn
used to be
what we share
michelangelo and marble
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[PAGE 6 - photo 7 - 180 to 210]
match maker
she
internal bruises
stars
carry on
looking for love
sunlight
first class
smell the flowers
melody of sorrow
leaving california
trying times
never more
low down
venus
united we stand
rescue
daddy taught me
gettin' juiced
fancy words
where I am from
pretty gold bracelet
pledge
times up
keeping up
cliff hanger
only shared with you
night light
pretty fountains
smack dab
running free
apocalypse now see ya later
how and when
spinning
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[PAGE 7 - photo 6 - 220 to 240]
still walking the earth
h2oh
surviving the stairs
monarch
fuzzy math
dom vio
cinabon girl
fifty ways
she don't come easy
trump
gloucester seventeen
chomsky song
shadow of the dome
like rolling a bone
east timor
secret room
trending
forget me knot
always moving
end game
another quarter
mickey d's
kicking the can
gate keeper
glass house
blank pages
sleepless
man enough
turbulence
sunday morning sex
other times
patching the hole
linear
thick skin
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[PAGE 8 - photo 5 - 250 to 270]
beast
after the fact
blame
first place
good morning day and night
insomnia
flim flam man
apples and oranges
making a killing
actress
dancefloor
my garden
in the shape of an angel
watering the weeds
silhouette of a stranger
flow
in a jiffy
harry patch
building a castle
good seat
dot dot space
lyrical groom musical bride
resolutions
shepherd
unwritten and unsaid
mic drop
messy room
forever
dying day
flyswatter of love
ten feet tall
fields of time
old friends
which is which
ocean side
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[PAGE 9 - photo 4 - 280 to 310]
rage
knowing the know
my best friends
no thanks babe
concrete people
ganging time [unclear]
day to day
clinical depression
hidden evils
half full
bricklayer
sky and light
right by sight
thirst
there it goes
heavy machines
learn from the masters
oh juanita
light on the white
pesto growing corn [unclear]
learning your route
fourteen days
lonely clouds
beware of the morgans
story of my life
end of the road
it could be you
penny wise
rockstar dreams
spreading the word
battle cry
solving problems
bottom of the lake
gift