I know of what you speak. I got back in touch with my BFF from 8th grade. She was on her second husband, who had spina bifida, she lived in West Virginia, and was horribly lonely. She would email or IM me several times a day. I finally blocked her on IM and then her husband started IMing me!!!! I am SO GLAD I never gave her my email address.
I've tried to march in the Slayer Pride Parade ...
Joyce ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Natter 58: Let's call Venezuela!
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Vortex - Apr 09, 2008 11:40:07 am PDT #715 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Scrappy - Apr 09, 2008 11:41:04 am PDT #716 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
A guy I work with is marrying a girl he went to school with from kindergarten up to 10 grade. They lost touch for many years, ran into each other at some alumni get together and now are very happily engaged.
Trudy Booth - Apr 09, 2008 11:42:16 am PDT #717 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I went to a job fair yesterday at my alma mater and am sending off a follow-up resume. This is just the email that goes with it. Any thoughts before I send it off would be appreciated:
Dear Ms. M_____,
It was a pleasure getting to speak with you yesterday at the ____ Career Fair. I very much appreciate your insights on my desire to change career paths.
Attached please see the requested electronic version of my resume.
Kindly let me know if there is any further information I can provide.
Best regards,
Trudy Booth
Thanks, guys!
megan walker - Apr 09, 2008 11:49:10 am PDT #718 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
A guy I work with is marrying a girl he went to school with from kindergarten up to 10 grade. They lost touch for many years, ran into each other at some alumni get together and now are very happily engaged.
You never know. My father was engaged to someone when he was 24 and she was 17. 50 or so years later (and after my mom died), he ran into her sister at a reunion and decided to get in touch. They married soon after.
lisah - Apr 09, 2008 11:50:34 am PDT #719 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
Minor edits
It was a pleasure speaking with you yesterday at the ____ Career Fair. I appreciate your insights on my desire to change career paths. As requested, I am sending you my resume.
Glamcookie - Apr 09, 2008 11:56:37 am PDT #720 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
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Exactly the edits I would have made.
§ ita § - Apr 09, 2008 11:56:48 am PDT #721 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My father was engaged to someone when he was 24 and she was 17. 50 or so years later (and after my mom died), he ran into her sister at a reunion and decided to get in touch. They married soon after.
How many ladies are in this story? Miss A, engaged to your father at age 17--is this also your mom? The woman, Miss Z, that he married soon after--whose sister is she?
The head transplant reading has made my right arm tingle distractingly. Today as a workday is entirely too long.
Trudy Booth - Apr 09, 2008 12:10:16 pm PDT #722 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Thanks, guys!
megan walker - Apr 09, 2008 12:12:10 pm PDT #723 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
How many ladies are in this story? Miss A, engaged to your father at age 17--is this also your mom? The woman, Miss Z, that he married soon after--whose sister is she?
More like, my Dad was engaged to a women (Miss A), broke it off because she wanted to settle down right away, fought in World War II, went to college, met my mom on a blind date when he was 37 and proposed almost immediately, was with my mom for almost 30 years until she died, bored himself to tears for a few years, went back to his hometown for his 50th reunion and ran into Miss A's sister, contacted Miss A (who lived in Reno!), and proposed to Miss A a few months later. It was quite a surprise since I was the only one of my siblings who had even known he had been engaged once before.
sumi - Apr 09, 2008 12:13:51 pm PDT #724 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!