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the end is near - October 14, 2004 � � |
soulseek
July 10, 2003 - 8:27 pm amazing how one year flies by. you can cram a lot into 365 days. and it's always fun to look back too. this day will live on in my memory because it is the day i "met" my girlfriend. the weather was warm and sunny, unlike today which is quite the opposite. certain events fell into place to get me on the same cyberspace as she. first i used to use audoigalaxy for d/l tunes. secondly, i heard from pitchfork media about a reliable alternative. it was called soulseek. sounded cool. when i d/l the program and got set up i was pleasantly surprised. not only did i dig the layout but i was cashing in on some wicked tunes. you can also see who's d/l from you(kind of like napster) and oh, little known fact about bill: i used to "talk" quite a bit the defunct napster. anyway, i had just d/l some puffy amiyumi(yes of course i know what song it was) and someone was getting it off me. a certain glitter-bomb to be exact. i initiated the conversation because the name was pretty interesting. i think i asked (her) if she was going to see them. and it began...we talked about music mostly that night. i found out that there was this really cool person on the other end(or other side) i also asked if i could add them to my "buddy list" they said yes, of course. i had an inkling that the person was female on the other side. it wasn't until the following saturday night that i knew a lot more of glitter-bomb. i had an immediate liking to her. and, she could make me laugh. not just chuckle, like laugh so hard it hurts. i mean after a week i was in love. i didn't know what to expect from it all. but i knew we could get along just by what we had in common. over the next few weeks and months we would find out a lot about each other. and more and more i really liked this girl. it kind of happened fast, but i think we both knew.(or hoped) honestly this was my first(and only) internet style friendship(and relationship now) so glitter-bomb became courtney and pepi8(that's me) became bill and our internet and real lives would meet face to face. almost a month from that first little chat on soulseek we would meet on my front doorstep. i had asked court out about two weeks into our little chats. there was a gig that was happening in pittsburgh but not in canada(until later) and i asked if she wanted to go. things could have been different now had she said no. and i don't want to think about it. i still can't believe our little chats blossomed into a meaningful realtionship. court is always thoughtful, polite, kind, witty, adventurous, beautiful and intelligent. i left out about a hundred more things too. amazing pretty much sums up what she is. my life is enriched for meeting her. i've become a better person in some ways.(well i try to be). and i will continue as long as i live. so the casual chats became a friendship and the friendship turned into love. i couldn't ask for a more loving or caring girlfriend. she is the best. i stopped by my future apt. today. to strip some more wallpaper, but it was already done, courtesy of my landlord to be. the new windows were just being installed too. so i stayed to scrape off old glue and to tidy up. i talk also to my landlords wife a lot. she mentioned as she was leaving, that i have a beautiful girlfriend(she met court about three weeks ago) and that i am lucky. i would have to say yes to both. |
