Fat Ass and Fiery River: A Pictorial Fairy Tale

[csecooney]

WARNING: This entry contains cussing. Lots of it. Really. Stop reading if it bothers you.

Once upon a time, there lived a woman of Westerly.

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[_stranger_here]

The thing is, you and jerks like that are not living in the same world. Sure, you share some overlap of physical area; but his life is being lived in a toxic sphere (diesel clouds and noxious muck!) that's far from the rarified air you breathe. Because you are somewhere else entirely: you are moving through your very own version of the world, which you are creating. You are taking the materials you are given and you are reimagining them, suffusing them with new color, setting them aglow. You are spinning them out all around you as you go, building a brave new world. And most wonderful of all: you are putting your visions into words that invite others to share the view with you. You open the door so that we may widen our own worlds to connect with yours, and visit

[csecooney]

You know, I love you? I hope you know that? I don't think I ever told you, but I might as well, right here and now. I love you. And I've been missing you, actually, and thinking about writing you a letter. I'm jealous every time Amal says she chats with you on g-chat or talks with you on her landline (I mean, it's a two way jealousy, in that I'm jealous of both of you for each other's sake. But it's not a BAD or BITTER jealousy.)

I mean, it's not like I don't have your number. I could totally call you.

Maybe in the fall, when things slow down and I'm not playing desperate catch up on my few days off. I owe so many phone calls and letters, but there is a pleasure in finally getting to them. And I look forward to that pleasure with you.

And thank you. I'm glad you inhabit an intersecting world similar enough to my own that we can recognize each other in passing. I hope you are well.

[_stranger_here]

You have my number and you can totally call me, any time. We can sing showtunes together over the wires!

I am also caught up in a kind of long-term work madness that leaves me sorely overdue on everything including contact with friends; but I'm about to change all that and then I shall get better acquainted with this revolutionary newfangled technology called Phone.

Oh: and I love you too, Claire. It just sort of snuck up on me, somehow. You're pretty damn lovable.

P.S. POINTS TO KAREN FOR GETTING TAGLINE REFERENCE

[csecooney]

Tim Curry all the way, pal.

"Ooh, you'll love my (ahh-ahh-ahh) TOXIC LUH-UHV!"

Re: P.S. POINTS TO KAREN FOR GETTING TAGLINE REFERENCE

[_stranger_here]

Thank you. I will spend my points on this comment:

The photo you posted, of your burgundy posterior? I didn't realize what it was at first -- I thought perhaps some kind of hat! -- so I was just looking at it as an abstract shape. Therefore due to that circumstance, this may be the only time I will ever be in a position to comment *appropriately* on your bottom: and I will just remark that as abstract softly rounded shapes go, it is IMMENSELY PLEASING to the eye.

Re: P.S. POINTS TO KAREN FOR GETTING TAGLINE REFERENCE

[csecooney]

WHY, THANK YOU!

I rather thought so myself, but I had to be SURE, you know!

Re: P.S. POINTS TO KAREN FOR GETTING TAGLINE REFERENCE

[csecooney]

...And I thought I'd provide photographic evidence just in case anyone else was wondering. It would make, however, a GINORMOUS hat, but perhaps those are coming back into fashion. Perhaps add some clockwork? A birdcage...

[tithenai]

What Karen said.