In the time that I wasn't posting in the blog, I'd frequently overhear things that would make me think, "I've got to post that" before I remembered I was no longer in the blog business. I'd jot these down on whatever piece of paper happened to be handy in the hopes that I'd locate them in the future. As I find these little scraps that represent the goings on around me over the past few months I'll share them with the world. This is my favorite. (As a little background, for part of the time I was gone I lived in Boston's South End, a picturesque, gentrified, over-priced, extremely pleasant little neighborhood near the Back Bay and the Boston Public library. The South End also happens to be extremely gay)
Two men, one shorter than the other, in their late 20s/early 30s walking down Dartmouth St. at about 9:00 pm. The shorter of the two men is talking in an extremely animated fashionOH MY GOD! Really, he's AMAZING! He's like the Pedro of gay softball!
On a separate note. In my travels I have rarely had to wear business suits or even ties for the most part. Today, however, I had a client meeting. So, if I do say so myself, I'm looking quite nice in a new overcoat, nice suit, and a new tie given to me by nm over at seeking_irony. That chick may not be able to find irony, but she can locate a sharp tie.
Hello Blog, long time no see.
What do I want... Umm... Well, I guess I was just wondering how you've been?
Well, I suppose you're right, I would know the answer to that if I'd kept in touch...
Look, it's not that I wanted to end our relationship, things just got complicated. You always new that my work had to come first at this point in my life...
Yes, I know that's not how I acted before, but for the first two years the job just wasn't as time consuming; I was able to create some downtime at the office that I could dedicate to us. But things changed around this time last year...
Well for one, I've been on the road for almost a year, and a long distance relationship is tough...
OK point taken, you aren't really bound to any particular spatial position. I've just always thought of you as a DC blog...
Maybe you're right, maybe that is bullshit and it is just my fear of commitment talking. I know we've had a sort of on-again, off-again relationship. And when I rekindled it last March, I really did have hopes that it would be for good, but it just got too difficult. I couldn't dedicate enough time to you, not the amount of time that you deserve.
No, no, no, I'm not saying you're too demanding; you've always given me as much space as I wanted...
No there isn't anyone else. I've been traveling and working 16 hour days for almost a year. What do you think I just walk into a bar in some crappy Mid Atlantic town, sit down and start chatting up a blog? Come on, you know me, that's not how I spend my time...
That doesn't count, it was a discussion board. And besides, it was totally work related; I was looking for help with SQL server.
I will not be made to feel guilty about a totally professional encounter with a tech support message board; you and I hadn't seen each other in months. Look, I didn't come here to fight.
Well, I’m sorry my friends stopped visiting--
Yes I do think it is appropriate to call them “my” friends, they were “my” friends before they were “our” friends. What would you have said to them anyway, “How’s Chris, I hear he’s in Boston these days. Heard any good pirate jokes lately? Remember how Chris really loved those pirate jokes?” “Remember that time Chris wrote a 2000-word stream-of-conscious, diatribe about work stress and writers block? He sure is a wacky guy.”
Don’t get defensive, I’m not calling you uninteresting, it’s just likely that you wouldn’t have had anything to talk to them about.
I meant it when I said I’m not here to argue. I… I want to try again. I think I’ve changed. Changed for the better. I think things could be different this time. I’ll give you the time you need; we can get back in touch with the old friends. It won’t be just like it was in the beginning; we’re both a bit older. The twice-a-day, clandestine, frenzied, hour-long sessions at the office are a thing of the past, but that’s par for the course; it’s just how relationships progress.
So, what do you say?