Dear SIP Intern,



On behalf of the Sacramento Internship Program, we would like to
congratulate you on your acceptance into the Program!  We feel that your
skills and previous experiences make you an exemplary candidate for this
program.

We thank you again for applying to the Sacramento Internship Program 2007!
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at our office.
You will receive more updates via e-mail about our upcoming meetings in
the days to come, please check your e-mail regularly and often.  See you
all very soon!

 HELL YEA!!

Every artist dips his brush into his own soul, and paints his own nature into his picture-as he does in living his life.                               -Henry Ward Beecher

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The Paintbrush

I keep my paintbrush with me, wherever I may go,

In case I need to cover up, so the real me doesn't show.

I'm so afraid to show you me; afraid of what you'll do,

I'm afraid you'll laugh or say mean things; afraid I might lose you.

I'd like to remove all the layers, to show you the real, true me,

But I want you to try to understand; I need you to like what you see.

So if you'll be patient and close your eyes, I'll remove the coats real slow,

Please understand how much it hurts, to let the real me show.

Now that my coats are all stripped off, I feel naked, bare, and cold,

And if you still find me pleasing, you are my friend, pure as gold.

I need to save my paintbrush though, and hold it in my hand,

I need to keep it handy in case someone doesn't understand.

So please protect me, my dear friend, and thanks for loving me true,

And please let me keep my paintbrush with me, until I love me, too.

I think this poem explains really well what a lot of us go through in our lives.