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Excuse the ramble, I've had a long day and my back is numb.
I sometimes wonder if I made no impression for a first impression, and feel that I never really introduced myself to the board properly - sometimes feel that my fiction suit is broken, as it were, and that I maybe do not communicate too clearly as I often find that I have to reply to replies to my posts, or that a thread of mine dies. Anyway, hello to everyone.
Now, onto my story of the day - well year, a review of I suppose.
Some of you may remember that I have a girlfriend that lives in LA, while I am over here in England. Now the background of us is that we have known each other for ten years now, meeting through her friend and my friend sharing a year and a house at University, and a coinciding visit. I feel for her instantly, and after a few mumbled greetings finally got talking to her. We had a great night, sadly for me, fueled by the old dutch courage. Anyway, the dutch didn't agree with me, but when I woke up, worst for wear the next morning she was there (I'd fallen asleep on a sofa, she was asleep curled up on a chair). More falling for her. Then I went back to London from friend's university. She, along with her and my friend, visited, but it was awkward, partly due to my panic that she couldn't possibly like me, and so spent too much time looking for signs from each other, so it went a little odd. Then she went home. We visited a few months later, and tried to find to same signs, but for whatever reason I was sure they weren't there. Then she left for college and I felt my heart kick itself for not talking to her about it. Then I went home, and thought about her a lot. So I wrote a letter. There was no reply, and off I went to University, had a miserable time (another story) and then left with little but a bad job to go to. Then I got a letter, from her, some 5 years later. We wrote to each other, but moved around, and ended up in different relationships on different sides of the world, and lost touch again. Now I find myself in a relationship that isn't happy, and in a job I like, but is hard. After a long night working, I get home ready for another night on the sofa (the relationship was coming to an end around this time, but it was dragging on and I had nowhere else to live really) and decided to do a google search for her. Found a contact address, and sent an email. That was nearly 18 months ago. Since then we have gone from email, to letter, to visits, to phonecalls to visits to realising that we are made for each other and completely in love in everyway possible. Yes it's hard, what with the distance (the worst time of day is mid-day, when I think of something that I want to share with her, but realise that she is still sound asleep and miles away) and I miss her incredibly, but since being with her I have become a calmer and much happier person. And I'm off to spend christmas with her, and new year. Should be great. I had an idea of asking her to marry me on the stroke of midnight New Year's eve, but wanted to do things properly, and so wrote a letter to her dad asking his permission (well, not his permission, just saying that I would be happier with his blessing) so have put that plan on hold.
I have no idea why I'm writting this, to what end, I guess maybe the Genesh "love" thread got me thinking more about her, and I guess also because I just wanted to write something more than the usual one or two ill thought out lines of comment that I have so far managed on the board.
Oh, also this year saw me sell (for money and everything!) two of my scripts, and I have been asked to submit second drafts on both of them.
2004, how's it been for you? |
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