Slice of a conversation I had recently with a random Tapestries character. This is a loosely paraphrased reconciliation of said conversation.

Me: Hi how’s it going!

Them: I love roleplaying with you! You’re amazing and you satisfy my emotional needs. Also my mate is unsatisfactory and you are somehow different.

Me: Your mate is amazing! He’s a really good roleplayer and you are lucky to have him. I enjoy roleplaying with you and him.

Them: Yes or something like that. Hey lets focus on you. I am having feelings of attachment and possession I think we should totally spend more time together.

Me: Yes having a mate is nice! My mate is attractive and super smart and makes me feel loved and special and precious.

Them: Oh. You have a mate. That’s… nice.

Me: Yes! We are both so fortunate!

Them: Something just came up kthxbye.

Every conversation since then:

Me: Hi!

Them: Hey. How may I help you.

On Friday my mate asked if I’d like to join him for Bay to Breakers. Registration was closed so I told him I could register at the expo on Saturday.

He checked to make sure he had his registration done and found out he was actually not registered, so we decided to go to the Expo together to register.

He picked me up at my place and we go to the Expo and registered, then we had brunch at a local greasy spoon and chatted.

Then we went to my place to get some overnight stuff, and back to my mate’s place where he tried to get some work done but couldn’t because I was too distracting.

On Sunday morning we got up at 5:30a to get ready for Bay to Breakers. We had a quick breakfast and loaded up his truck with our fursuits, then headed out to find parking. Fortunately we found a parking spot, although it was about a mile from the start. He asked if I thought we should look for a spot closer, but I suggested that if we did that we might miss the spot we had found, so we took it.

We got suited up and walked over to the start point, watching all the early runners stream by. We walked past the start because we missed it and then backtracked a block to the start. We met Shawkagh there and began to walk the route.

Zarafa and Shawkagh asked me and Spotti if we wanted to have dinner, but we declined because we were both pretty tired and wanted to go home and rest. Shawkagh and her mom gave us a ride back to Spotti’s truck (after we walked another mile around the park, which had a fence up around it seemingly for no reason). We went home and had a nice relaxing shower, then we got some food, and had a long cuddly nap.

Later we got up and had dinner with Spotti’s mom-in-law and his older son, then we just chilled for a bit before going to bed.

This morning Spotti made breakfast for me and gave me ride home.

There was so much fun and so much excitement over the weekend. I was delighted to share all those things with my my mate. He’s very supportive and caring, and I feel special and loved.

I am pleased to be back in my home town and at work this morning with my co-workers, with whom I really enjoy working. Tonight will be nice too because I can relax at home.

I’m very happy today.

I am driving down to Califur departing early on Friday morning and returning either Sunday evening or Monday morning.

I have room for one passenger. If my passenger wants to pitch in for fuel I would appreciate it but it’s not required. Mostly I want someone to come along so I don’t have to drive down by myself.

If you want to drive you’ll need to know how to drive a stick shift and you’ll need to have a current California driver’s license.

I have 29 cubic feet of cargo space which is just about enough for one fursuit box with my box in and my bag on top.

• Got credit score over 720
• Got credit line increase from Discover
• First $10k limit credit card get
• Obtained Barclay Ring card (only available to those with excellent credit)
• Amex upgraded from Gold to Platinum
• Offered $25k personal loan from Discover (did not accept)
• Maintained average utilization below 35%

Now waiting for Barclay to deliver plastics before I request a CLI.

Billy Joel – Only the Good Die Young

ProHoeZak – Cookie Drip

Too Short – Pop that Pussy

Kanye West – All of the Lights

Tim McGraw – Indian Outlaw

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Eddie Coon was my mate a long time ago. We were just kids and we should have known better, but he wanted to know what it was to be loved, to be taken advantage of and ultimately to have his heart broken and I was only too happy to oblige. What was the most frightening was seeing in his eyes every day what he wanted and knowing that one day I would give it to him. At times in a waking dream I can feel his hand tight around my wrist and his soft, full lips saying please don’t go, with his eyes begging me to end it by pulling away. Today he carries with him the scars on his body that he begged me to give him and I have no doubt that every time he sees himself in a mirror he remembers what it was he wanted. I imagine his later lovers tracing the scars and asking about them and that through them I become a part of every relationship he’s ever been in, or will be in. I thought then that I was in control and that I was taking what I wanted but I know now that those marks are something he took from me. The lesson learned is that although I can never protect him from what he wants I can protect myself.

I think of him when I hear certain songs and certain artists. This is a list of songs that make me think of him. At the time we both loved Sarah McLachlan, Dave Matthews, Barenaked Ladies, Green Day. I sometimes wonder where he is today. I haven’t talked to him since he was at Harvard.

Sarah McLachlan – Building A Mystery

I can’t say much about this song other than it played a lot on 92 Moose in those days, up in Maine.

Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds- # 41

A very important song, I love this live version. The picking is delightful and Dave’s voice just makes me shiver. I wanted to stay, I wanted to play, I wanted to love you.

Barenaked Ladies – These Apples

The live version from Rock Spectacle, one of my favorite albums. A song about naivety and falling into love without understanding the consequences; that one should never take for granted that because love is given freely, that it is given lightly.

Nine Inch Nails – A Warm Place

Soft and quiet with a little trepidation. I think of soft gray eyes and fingers that could trace a perfect outline of my body, eyes closed. This song is a departure from the band’s usual style, like Tick-tock to Dean Koontz. I imagine that when I die this is the last song I will hear in my head.

The first:

Vinyl record: A promo-only release of Offfshore by Chicane

8 track: Awakening by Mystic Moods Orchestra

Cassette tape: Listen to the Radio by Don Williams

Minidisc: I never bought a prerecorded MD

Digital Compact Cassette Tape: She’s So Unusual by Cindi Lauper

Laserdisc: Robin Hood (Disney)

Digital download: Best of Strange Cargo by William Orbit