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Saturday, June 14, 2003

Sitting in the lunchroom for a minute. I felt drawn back here to read the email once more that says "I love you Karen". I sometimes wonder what power you have to cause the butterflies to take flight within me. I don't really care. You make me feel alive and happy and that's enough for me. Even seeing your emails the second, third or fiftieth time evokes the same reaction.

2:21 AM Karen

Friday, June 13, 2003

In a perfect world there would be no war, no hunger, no sorrow and I would be free to be with you.

Sometimes we think we don't remember events and yet we do. I think that our subconscious just protects us by blocking them out. That is the way of the conversation at the edge of the river. I would be lying if I said that I remembered none of it. I think, after you told me what you thought I hadn't remembered, it all came back. I do remember most of it, if not all. I remember the total helplessness that I felt. How I felt that everything that I ever wanted was right in front of me but knowing that it could never be. Saturday was one of those perfect days when everything felt right and having people think that I was with you was the greatest compliment that anyone could have given me. Having Ryan say what he did was probably the best thing that was said all day. It was like we were accepted as a couple and nothing more. So when you pulled away, it was like a slap in the face to my alcohol influenced state of euphoria. My mind could not make sense of why it was okay all day and yet when it was dark, you no longer wanted to be with me. I don't blame you, please don't think that this is anything but an explanation of what was going on in my head at the time.

I remember that when you asked if I wanted you to leave me alone, I was so afraid that if I let you go at that point, I was risking losing the one thing that I had waited for all my life. I didn't know how to hold on, I just knew that I had to. Just like I knew that I had to tell you that I was in love with you.

Our conversation tonight proved once again that we are more than compatible. I could sit and talk to you for hours and usually do. I love that you get sidetracked when you are telling me something because you remember that there is more to the story that you feel you need to explain before you get to the point of the story. I can picture us lying in bed alternating between making love and sharing every thought that we have. Your voice soothes, caresses and teases me. I hear it even when you aren't near.

I want you to know that I meant what I said tonight. If there is someone that you trust and you feel that it is okay or that you want to share anything about us with them, I trust your judgement of people. I will never question it. I need to say that the sweetest thing that you said tonight was that maybe you should talk to Maureen to get her advice on "how to steal me away".
Sweetheart, what you don't realize is that you already did. You have my mind, body and soul. If you were to leave right now, I would be but an empty shell, void of all thought and feeling.

Now, on to the important thing from that night. The hotel room. That part of the evening was so unplanned that I could not have asked for more. I would have been perfectly content to sleep by your side in your car. So the suggestion of the hotel room caught me off guard. Part of me wanted to be with you alone somewhere where your inhibitions would vapourize, yet my conscience kept thinking that it was too much of an expense for those few hours. It does bother me sometimes when you spend money on something that is rather expensive because of me. I know you are a big boy and you control your own spending habits, but I don't want to be considered to be too much of an expense. I really don't expect it. I want you to know that. That being said, I'm glad you decided on the room. It is such a thrill for me to make love to you slowly and thoroughly and show you things that you may never have done before. It was perfection from the start of undressing you to you entering me with my back to you to falling asleep in your arms after making you explode with pleasure. I especially love waking up to your arms around me and your body responding to my touch.

In a perfect world there would be no war, no hunger, no sorrow and I would wake to make love to you every morning for the rest of our lives...

2:29 AM Karen

Thursday, June 12, 2003

Let me see, well it's raining. Funny, after only one and a half hours sleep, the rain doesn't seem as fun as it did the other night when I was walking home. It's raining harder too. So what's on my agenda for today?

I definitely need more sleep. Number one priority. Then some errands. After that, who knows. I brought home my sketchpads and pencils, so maybe I will do some drawing. I am not sure about my date for tonight. We are obviously not going to see LXG as per my previous post, so maybe my escort has another plan? I'm sure you will let me know sometime today. If you want, we can actually go somewhere and finish our conversation from last night.

Either way, consider yourself kissed good morning and I am going to go back to sleep now. Wish you were here.....

7:48 AM Karen

Wednesday, June 11, 2003

Had dinner with the one of the most important people in my life. After having me wonder all evening what ammunition you would have when we met as far as things that I have said in the past, you had to rely on your memory.... You and I both know that there is not enough time in one lunch for our discussions. Tell you what. Jot down a list, point form, just enough to jog your memory and you and I could take days discussing it. We could discuss it in a hotel room and the discussion could be sidetracked and it would still go on for days. But if you want to bring the list tomorrow night, we can certainly cover my, I mean the finer points... :) I mean we have until JULY 11th when League of Extraordinary Gentlemen comes to a theatre near you!

Anyway, have to watch the clock, seems showing up 21 minutes late is rather frowned upon here. No matter for the breaks that you miss, or the extra time that you put in before your shift helping, those things are not counted. Anyway, I may write more later, depends on the journey home.

You were meant for me and I was meant for you.....

11:57 PM Karen

It only seems appropriate that I should wake to sunshine after dreaming of you. Good morning my love.

Among my many musings on my way home last night was love. What is it really? We say it all the time. We love a person, our pets, certain foods, music... So I looked up love at dictionary.com. The main theme was an emotional attachment or a feeling of tenderness. I think people should stop using the term where inanimate objects are concerned. But then again, I guess things like food and music and the way clothes feel on you could be considered an emotional experience....

Some day I will figure out if there are actually any Libras out there who can have an opinion and stick to it. I know I can't. I think I know what I think, then all of a sudden a new perspective hits and I am no longer the steadfast oak tree, I am the willow that bends in the wind, never really losing what I believe, but taking on and considering what others think and feel as well. Ah well, the curse of being the scales.....

Speaking of horoscopes, thought you might like to see your Chinese one. You might find the last line interesting.

Anyway, I have to go now and sleep some more. I may have a date tonight and I want to look my best....

8:02 AM Karen

Walking home tonight, or should I say this morning, it started to rain. I had forgotten how much I like the summer rain. Not cold like spring or fall. Just slow gentle rain that doesn't soak but just refreshes you. It reminded me of things long forgotten. Days when we would beg our mother to allow us to go out and play in it, the sound of it on the roof of the soft top trailer that my parents had when I was a teenager, gently coaxing me to sleep. I remember one incident with a friend's boyfriend at the time. My friend was in the hospital and Tim (I think that was his name) and I had gone to visit her. On our way home, there was a downpour. We didn't hide under a tree, or in a building like most teenagers would have, no, we splashed each other and jumped in puddles and basically behaved like children the whole way home. What I remember most though is that we laughed. I think people need to laugh more. What's wrong with splashing in the puddles? Why should it be limited to small children?

I also remember that the first story that you sent me began with a downpour...

So anyway, tonight's walk was thoroughly enjoyable. Have you ever played out little scenarios in your mind that you know won't come true, but you kind of wish that they would? That's what I was doing tonight. Little things like meeting your parents and being alone with you in your own place... There were more, but far too many for me to list here and still get some sleep. Just totally harmless wishful thinking. I'm sure you know what I mean...

So I am going to go and get some sleep now. This should tide you over for a while, but you know me, there will always be something else to say.

4:34 AM Karen

.... Underneath your clothes, there's an endless story
There's the man I chose, there's my territory...

Sorry, just kind of stuck in my head. I know you won't see this til tomorrow, and by then you may be knee deep in it, but it is 1:10am and there are over 100 tickets in queue. Only Brad is here after 3:00 so there will most likely be a queue when you get in tomorrow morning. Forewarned is forearmed so they say.... I say what are you going to do with four arms?

I have so much more to say right now, words that are just screaming to get out of my head and onto the screen, but alas, time is not my friend tonight. So much to do and hours to go before I sleep. Maybe I will write when I get home.

Give you some reading material for tomorrow while I sleep...

1:11 AM Karen

Tuesday, June 10, 2003

Walking home
Three or Four am
Every lurking shadow
Waiting to transform
Into danger.

The silence breaks
with a snapping twig
Footsteps
Are they mine
or imagined?

I catch my breath,
heart pounding
waiting to see if
they come closer.
But they are gone.

Silence ensues
and the beauty of the night
once again enfolds me
Reminding me that a new day
is about to begin.

9:28 PM Karen

Well so much for thinking there would be no questions. I could field all of them with vague answers except the "where did you sleep" one. That one took a little sidestepping of the real answer. Oh well, it really doesn't matter. It doesn't seem that anyone is thinking anything terrible, not that I would really care if they were (about me anyway). I was surprised that Mindy said that she was talking to you outside the washroom and that you said I was sick. I am only surprised because I don't remember even being in the washroom and I don't remember you saying that Mindy was even around. No matter. It is done and over with, at least for another year. Maybe next year I will be better behaved.

You looked like you were having a really good day today. I know I have probably said this before, but Nicole obviously brings out the best in you. I overheard Dana tell Sherry that you and she (Dana) were going to see the Incredible Hulk after Nicole's dinner, so I think that maybe I will just bow out of the whole dinner thing. I knew that you wanted to go see the movie after, and you and Dana have already made plans to go together, so there is no need for me to go to the dinner if you already have someone to go to the show with. Did all of that make sense? Let me re read it. Okay, yes it did.

Anyway, I have to go back to work now. Looks like a busy night ahead. Hope school was good. I will probably write more later. Maybe I can come up with some profound thoughts between now and then.... :)

7:10 PM Karen

Okay, far to early to be blogging, but wanted to say good morning to the love of my life. Good morning sweetheart! ~Kiss~ I was reading an article the other day and it made me think of you. It was about older women and younger guys. "I initially told her I didn't feel comfortable calling her my girlfriend but over the course of the conversation I realized for all other purposes she was my girlfriend!" It reminded me of the conversation that we had in Williams that day when you told me that you had finally come to realize that if being your girlfriend meant that it was me that you wanted to talk to and tell things to, and me who you thought about alot of the time, then I had become your girlfriend. I remember that you looked so sweet and almost excited to have discovered that fact. Another picture for the photos of the mind.

Well, I know this was short for now, but 3 hours sleep is not nearly enough to get through this day. I may write more later, we'll see how I feel. If not, I will see you at work anyway. Have a wonderful day.

7:56 AM Karen

Well, another day soon put to bed. I wish someone would come and put me to bed... Oh to be young enough again that someone would come in and sit by the side of your bed and ask how your day was. The biggest crisis was that you tripped and skinned your knee. Would I really want that again? Well, since I really don't remember having it the first time around, maybe... But being a big believer in fate and destiny, I guess that wishing things were different is in part, a great waste of time. We all have a path that we were chosen to take. Whether you believe it was by fate, or that God has things that He wants from you in your lifetime, I still believe that there is a grand scheme that governs our choices. It doesn't really take into account which choice you will make, that is governed by free will, (Then you get into the Matrix and that is a whole new discussion) but I think that the actual choices are predetermined due to circumstances and upbringing. Wow back to philosophy. I guess I have come full circle today and it is now time to go to bed. Well maybe I should wait til I get home. I will see tomorrow what the day will bring, so long as it brings you I can face anything else....

2:30 AM Karen

Well, it's late and I want to go to sleep now. I am tired of beating a dead horse about aft and scheduling and audits and the injustice that would be scoring people on their jobs. I think either you do your job or you don't. It shouldn't be a question of whether you can do it fast enough, although I do recognize the importance of timely responses. It should be based on quality, not quantity and customer service not customer response. And it should be judged by mentors who have worked in the trenches with the rest of us, not those who get to sit in the big chairs and pass judgement, even though they have trouble working one ticket correctly, let alone four and on a time limit with the possibility of an audit or a QA thrown in just for good measure. Boy I haven't even been back a full day and I feel the walls coming crashing in. Maybe sleep will help.

I know that you don't want to read about work, so I will turn the rant off now. I emailed you to see if you are still up and online. I thought you would still be awake, time and homework waits for no man. You aren't responding though so you have either turned off the computer or fallen asleep on your books. It's kind of an endearing site that I have conjured up in my head right now, you asleep on your books... Makes me want to be the one to gently remove your glasses, drape a blanket around your shoulders and turn the light out.

Anyway, with that serene vision in my head, I am ready to go back to face the angry masses that await in my queue. I am now revived and will treat them with nothing but kindness and sympathy for their returned ignorance....

Good night sweet prince....

12:35 AM Karen

Monday, June 09, 2003

Well, looks like the fallout is minimal to non existant. Questions have been fielded with vague answers, no knowing glances from the participants in the events, nor from people who have talked to said participants. I don't know how you did this morning, but all seems to be right in the motive world this afternoon/evening. I ache, however, I am not really sure which marathon is the cause of that ache. ;)

I don't know if you have seen this yet, or if you will look again tonight to see if anything is added. What do you think so far? I hope that you like what you see, and aren't too worried that the site will be discovered. If you feel it necessary, I can change the names, or leave them out, to protect the innocent. Only problem is that I'm really not sure which are the innocent, so everyone will have to have a new name....

Well back to the real world again. Lunch seems to be such a long way away. Besides, you have studying to do (or at least reading).

6:39 PM Karen

Okay, so it doesn't look too bad. Still a work in progress though... a whole lot of work for something that only one person other than me is going to see. But then again, that one person is the one that matters....

11:34 AM Karen

And so it begins.... I think I could probably say more on here than I can in my journal anyway. I will just have to find out how to security protect it. I love my journal mostly because I can write things down and try to make sense of them. The other reason is that there are events in my life that happen that I can't share with anyone but you. Sometimes that makes me sad because I am bursting to share the happiness that you instill in me, but seldom is there anyone who would understand me the way you do. This journey that began so long ago is still, to me, so new and exciting. I look forward every day to seeing you, or just making some kind of contact.

I realized this past weekend that you have changed me. Things that I would have, and have, done before I cannot see myself doing anymore. I no longer feel the need for spite in my relationships and that is a big deal. I know that you probably do not understand that as you don't know what I was capable of before. Suffice it to say that the realization that hurt is okay without retaliation is a major turning point in my way of thinking. Also with that comes the knowledge that when the smoke clears and things are put in perspective, the fact that rash actions were not taken makes the relationship that much more solid and trusting. I know this sounds cryptic, but the more you know me, the more the mystery will unfold....

8:56 AM Karen

Funny how our lives take twists and turns down roads that we would never have imagined ourselves to be on. Maybe that's what keeps making us wake up in the morning. To see where we will be taken today. I wonder how many people can actually say that where they said they wanted to be 10 years after high school is where they are even 20 years later. And better yet, how many would actually admit to even imagining the paths they took to get there. We think we are in control of our own destiny, but in my humble opinion, it is destiny that controls us.

I was reading Michael Kuiack's blog, (I linked it so you could read it if you wanted to) mostly because I find him rather hard to read, or so I thought. Turns out that he is a stone with many facets. I question that someone of his obvious intelligence and gifted literary abilities can be so cynical in everday life. Is it that this job, this company, has made him so? If that's the case, why stay? I understand that you need the means to support your family, but how much support are you giving children when your attitude is that you will never get anywhere because there will always be someone ready to knock you back down? Rachel is working on a society course for school that has a quote from a New York Phsyciatrist that says , and I am paraphrasing, that parents raise their children to commit suicide. That they give them no hope for the future and basically raise them dead. Rather a sad state of affairs, especially when you know people who have the attitude that there really is no hope for a better future.... Hmm, philosophy at 8am. I must be getting too much sleep.

I'm here because I was giving the blog idea some more thought this morning. It would have to be an exclusive site of course, shared only by the author and hopefully one dedicated reader. Still trying to decide if the pros outweigh the cons. Pro #1. No more writers cramp!

Then there's the security issue. What are the chances, with the thousands of blogs out there that unwanted eyes would fall upon this one? Although if no one knows the url but you.... I think that would be my one and only con. But then again, there is probably a better chance of my journal being found. That and the lost art of the hand written letters, although there is no reason that both aren't achievable. Pros - the previously aforementioned stress relief on the hand. The subject of the majority of what I write would not have to wait months to read my thoughts, although two minds that meet the way these two do seldom need to see things in writing to know the other's thoughts.

Okay, as I now edit this, I have found the other con - How often do you make typos when you are writing?

8:36 AM Karen