billytea! Happy New Year. I've been missing you. How's it going?

Hi! Um, to everyone. It's true, I've been dark. Not Angel dark, which comes in two exciting flavours, based on the percentage of cocoa. This has been work-related dark. It saw many late nights, including the crescendo performance where I was up until 6 am finishing a presentation, slept for an hour (the remarkable thing is that I managed to wake up at 7), went into work on the hottest December day in fifty years, wowed the clients in a two hour meeting and told my supervisor the moment we were out the door that he wouldn't be seeing me again until Tuesday. I? Rock.

Are you married?

Not yet. Hey, did you know that Christmas cards addressed to the two of us are accepted as evidence by the Dept of Immigration that our relationship is ongoing? I wonder how they'll feel about transcripts from this site. (We have a trump card. Wallybee has transcribed every single text message I've ever sent her. She's on her third exercise book. But we don't want to use that unless necessary, because as she notes, 'it's personal'.)

In fact, Biyi is returning to China in a little more than a week. I won't see her again thereafter until we get married (March 25! Mark your calendars!). And then we have to wait maybe another month for Immigration to let her back in the country. Boo. I've been learning Mandarin, which is silly fun. It won't be as much fun without her to practise on.

Also sad: the Year of the Penguin has ended! (The New York Times, incidentally, has recognised this fact, and proclaimed 2007 to be the Year of the Meerkat. We shall see.) I saw Happy Feet the day it opened here (Dec 26), and declare it rockin'. (Wallybee now calls me Happy Tummy. No respect.)

I suppose it's too late for Christmas cards, but if jointly-addressed Chinese New Year cards would also help your case, I'd be happy to help out.

Billytea and Wallybee are so fucking charming! I hope all goes smoothly.

I suppose it's too late for Christmas cards, but if jointly-addressed Chinese New Year cards would also help your case, I'd be happy to help out.

I was just going to say - I missed doing Christmas cards, so I figured maybe New Year cards... though now it's looking more like Happy Valentine's Day Cards. Well, anyway... yay, March 25th! I wish you both smooth Immigration sailing.

I suppose it's too late for Christmas cards, but if jointly-addressed Chinese New Year cards would also help your case, I'd be happy to help out.

No, that's ok. We really should have enough support as is.

In that case -- ah, screw it, I'M'A SUPPORT YOU WHETHER YOU WANT IT OR NOT!!! So there. Happy Christmas, New Year, Wedding (upcoming), and welcome back!

In that case -- ah, screw it, I'M'A SUPPORT YOU WHETHER YOU WANT IT OR NOT!!! So there. Happy Christmas, New Year, Wedding (upcoming), and welcome back!

Hee. Well, ok then. Oh, that reminds me, I have to write a history of our relationship. I've probably mentioned most of the stuff worth recording in Bitches. Off to threadsuck!

Waves at bt.

Hey folks. I just got caught up on everything in the last couple of days and wow....I think I scared my kids with the sudden onset of crying.

Instead of fussing about the New Year and all that - I just once again want to appreciate how wonderful it is to be a part of this fantastic community.

Amazon is currently suggesting that I purchase both Cocky by Kid Rock, and the Ultimate Collection of the Captain and Tennille. Amazon Recommends, I salute you! You are large; you contain multitudes. Let me know which one is steering.

I've been threadsucking Bitches 28. I'm finding it harder to maintain that I've never been drunk, because I'm having trouble explaining last January. I did, however, find my first ever post concerning the Wallybee, from Feb 2:

Also, I have a date tomorrow. Not sure that I expect too much from it, but it should be a pleasant lunch.

it should be a pleasant lunch.

Is that what the kids are calling it these days?