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Alicat Member Elite
since 1999-05-23
Posts 4094Coastal Texas 
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How did it happen? Seemed such a commonplace happenstance. Decided to check email, just to see what might be there, and lo! something was there...a request for an interview. Smiling that such could happen, of course I replied with "Sure.", for not much can flatter a poet as that request. A few more email exchanges and a ICQ chat window was opened, and the question/answer session commenced. And yea there was rambling and musing, great meandering and whimsical thinking, and I knew at the very least, I had acquired a friend...nothing more, nothing less. Just a person from somewhere else to occasionally send messages to during idle download times. Then did hap a wonderous thing. Over time, the messages became more frequent and long, more emails came and went, and quaking slightly in my combat boots, I asked if it would be OK to call...something I had not done in over six years. Admission was granted, phone card purchased, and the call was made at a pre-determined time. The card was for six hours...it expired on me that night. As did the others. But I knew those were the best investments I could ever make, for the fragile friendship blossomed and grew. And there was something there, something odd, yet seemingly normal...comfort. Security. The knowledge that to this person I could divulge anything, and have it go no further. So too did my beautiful friend, for such did I see within her glowing personality and wit. I grew to crave each message, addicted to each call, growing ever slowly in love with one I had never seen. Then, timidly, a photo was sent and received, and I wondered if this was indeed the person I had conversed with, online and off. She spoke of plainness, or normality and blandness. Average on a good day. And I was floored at the beauty I gazed upon in two dimensions. Was this she? Or was this her friend posing with her children? But inward I knew, and felt the wanderlust quicken within this frail vessel. I liked her. I really liked her. I was very much in like with her. I was smitten. I was deeply in smit. I was twitterpated. Perpetually silly was I. I was in love. I was loved. And radical thoughts and plans formed and began implemention. I eagerly await the culmination of all my preparations, when I can pack my car one last time, light a cigarette, and set out upon that long highway, knowing that someone will be there at the end of the drive. And her name is Satiate. Alicat, the kilted twitterpated kitty [This message has been edited by Alicat (edited 09-15-99).] |
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Nicole Senior Member
since 1999-06-23
Posts 1835Florida |
And be here I will, with open arms and heart to greet my soul home. All of my love to you sug Satiate |
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DreamEvil Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 2396 |
Now this is an example of what Passions is about! You two bring a smile to my face.  One question I would ask though. Alicat, has your wanderlust been cured? ------------------ Pain is life, life is short, I will endure. DreamEvil© |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
AHA!! The Twitterpated Satiated Kilted Kitty So this is the reason you never made it to DC..... I shoulda known.... Nevertheless - Isn't it just totally awesome to get to know who someone is from the inside out, rather than from the outside in????  [This message has been edited by Nan (edited 09-15-99).] |
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Alicat Member Elite
since 1999-05-23
Posts 4094Coastal Texas |
Satiate: Thank you love...eagerly I await the time when I can finally bring to end this transcontinental journey. DreamEvil: Thank you so much man!! My wanderlust will be cured once I can park my POS car for more than 12 hours. Nan: Thank you so much for the lovingkindness you have so aptly demonstrated once again. If I could have made both trips, know that I would've. DC was in my heart, but not in the minds of my new supervisors. Whoa...I sincerely hope these twitterpations never cease. Alicat the kilted twitterpated kitty |
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Christopher
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-02
Posts 8296Purgatorial Incarceration |
A and  and a little  too!Bravo, bravo, bravo for you! You've brought a smile to my face kitty-boy! Thank you for that warm fuzzy feeling that's making my heart beat faster! (And who knows, others may follow in your footsteps, I know I have recently found someone who's becoming a VERY good friend!) |
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Serain Junior Member
since 1999-10-16
Posts 17Gresham, OR |
thank you mr cat it sounded truly from your heart |
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Temptress
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-06-15
Posts 7136Mobile, AL |
I keep reading here, and keep finding delightful things. This is one of them. All I can do is smile. : ) Good journeys to you both. ------------------ Don't gain my affections and cover my eyes. In blindness I will only swing harder. |
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Watcher666 Senior Member
since 1999-10-13
Posts 1606 |
Congrats to you both.Soul mates are so hard to find! ------------------ Illusion...what we see and what we do...it's all up to you. |
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Nicole Senior Member
since 1999-06-23
Posts 1835Florida |
And the journey begins...  By this time tomorrow, the first chapter will end, and the next will begin. |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
I am soo happy for you two and I can relate to this one oh so well, in fact it brought a smile to my face and a tear to my eye at the same time. Best of luck to both of you, may your years together be rich with love. |
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Systematic Decay Senior Member
since 1999-09-15
Posts 1301That place with padded walls and funny people in white......... |
AWWWW!!!! This was so sweet!! You guys are lucky to have each other. So heartwarming.------------------ "Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage." -Billy Corgan- |
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Alicat Member Elite
since 1999-05-23
Posts 4094Coastal Texas |
I know this comes late, but here is the ending to this story. I flew up at the end of October to meet the one who so enraptured my waking and sleeping thoughts. And I fell. Not only with such a beautiful area, but also more deeply (as if that was possible) with this long-distance personae. One week flew by with unseemly haste and again I boarded a plane for home. Home. Once warm and colorful looked pale and ill. Then I knew I could tarry no longer. And while the fires inside were still stoked I took to packing my meager belongings and placing them in my car. I left that night. That was on Monday, the first of November. And after many vistas, a blown water pump, several overheats, the heat of Arizona, the strange laws and statutes of California, the winding mountain pass of Mount Shasta, and the drizzly, rainy, intra-state drive, concluding 2700 miles, I finally turned off my car, and unpacked that following Friday. When I looked into the mirror, I found that not only had I ended my search, but my wanderlust had been cured. Alicat |
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Marilyn Member Elite
since 1999-09-26
Posts 2621Ontario, Canada |
A beautiful ending to a beautiful love story, my friend. Congratulations to both of you. |
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Skyfyre Senior Member
since 1999-08-15
Posts 1906Sitting in Michael's Lap |
Big grins and heartfelt applause. What a wonderful gift the both of you have found in each other. Congratulations. --Kess ------------------ You cannot choose the way of your death, but the path you choose will determine its own end. |
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Deep Blue Me Member
since 1999-11-04
Posts 396By a big lake |
This is so cool, Al. Congratulations on taking that step into tomorrow. DB |
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Munda Member Elite
since 1999-10-08
Posts 3544The Hague, The Netherlands |
I'll be back for this one later for now...68 |
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