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So I haven't posted in quite some time, and I figured it might be time to update for my irregular readers, a.k.a. those who I don't talk to frequently on the phone or in another medium. Basically, I'm in love again, for real this time. Here's the skinny on how it happened:
Around the end of January I was online at like midnight and I started talking to this girl, initially we were just shooting the shit, we wound up staying on AIM until like 6 am before she went to bed. I didn't initially think anything of it until I logged into AIM the following Sunday and we talked until 9 am... and did the same for multiple days in a row, culminating in her sending me her cell phone number... Emily, is her name... We talked on her cell for a bit that night (it was prepaid so we couldn't talk infinitely, plus i had bad signal where I was) and kept talking for awhile. Over the duration of our talks, I found out some things about her, some things about myself, I learned that she had JUST broken up from a 5 year relationship the night we met, and of course there were some issues associated with that - whether or not I could risk being a "rebound," etc. Over the next month, however, none of that mattered, it didn't stop me from falling hard for her, and she for me.
We discovered an acute connection we share, emotionally, psychologically... shared feelings from a place we couldn't explain but that we knew were nonetheless real, and STRONG. The first week in May I took a trip to meet her in Georgia (Dawsonville to be precise) and things went wonderfully. The second our hands touched I knew what we'd been feeling was real, every bit of it.. the second we kissed... fireworks, lights and sounds went off in my brain, there aren't words to explain how amazing it is, how amazing it has been. There are things I'll omit for personal reasons, but suffice it to say that I'm there again, a month to the day that we met. A month to the day our relationship began, just in time for her birthday.
Now those of you who were around for the aftermath of my last relationship, who have no doubt heard about my questionable tastes will be proud to know that I've done my homework here... as per my usual, she's intelligent, funny, a brilliant conversationalist ( which should be evident since we averaged 12 hours a day of conversation the first month we were talking), but she works, drives, and has goals which she intends to reach. Of course she has issues, as do we all, but the compatibility, the passion, the affection... is all there. I love her, as much as I've ever dared love anyone, including Rachel. This has the potential to be IT... the big it.
The rest of my life is amazing as well, as I write this having just brought her car back to her house in order to pick her up from work later. I'm living with my best friend and his girlfriend, in Decatur. I'm working overnight security for a firm whose owner has done security for everyone from the Rolling Stones to Willie Nelson. I'm in a very good place, my finances are going well. Hell, right now I'm on her desktop (slow desktop is slow, it has less than 1 GB of RAM) updating this, monitoring Facebook and Yahoo Messenger as well, all while watching the Burn Notice marathon:-)
So for those of you who care, who read this... everything is good in my world. I'm happy, in love, and things couldn't be better. Emily is my friend, my partner, and my first real lover... and if you know me... you know what it means for me to say that. Thanks for reading.
Rest In Peace James Owen Sullivan, a.k.a. the Rev from Avenged Sevenfold.
July 27th new album
Oh and Coheed and Cambria's Year of the Black Rainbow is amazing as well, as is Jennifer Knapp's Letting Go.
Two records I recommend picking up.