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Jan 27, 2009 08:43

Ed and Hank

Last Thursday...

Disclaimer: Hank told their story to Annie Proulx. Jack and Ennis are all hers. Ed and Hank belong only to each other. Rating: G $$: Nope.

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elena_62 January 27 2009, 23:17:45 UTC

Hi, 'Blue!

No, I haven't read this chapter yet! And not even the last few ones. I'm dramatically behind.

But since a while I wanted to say that I stopped reading only because of lack of time. I liked and like a lot your fic. The idea is absolutely original and you really are good with words. I remember how I was feeling funny in my tummy when Ed and Hank were remembering some bad moments of the past: with your words you manage to create empathy. And the visual bits are also great.

In fact I had the problem of staying behind also with another fic I like a lot (The Crookedest Street by Jimmy/gnashsang) and I solved it taking the word file with me during Christmas Holydays.

I suppose it is a bit cheeky, but... you wouldn't have the Word-file, would you? Or anyone out there?

Anyway thank you very much for writing!

Ciao

Antonella *batting eyelashes, but doubting that it will work ;-)*

myeyesaintblue January 29 2009, 18:53:47 UTC

That is all so nice of you to say. And I'm glad you asked for the files. I only have the earliest posts in Word, but this should make me get going and get the rest downloaded or copied into it. (I should have been just doing it as I went along, but because of all the pictures Hank takes, and how old the computer is, the hard drive is prit' near full and I have to do a bunch of deleting of stuff first to make room.)

I'm a bit under the weather with a bad cold at the moment, but I'll try to get to it as soon as I can. My email address is myeyesaintblue@yahoo.com if you want to let me know about far back you need.

I can hardly breathe for laughing jennydcf January 28 2009, 02:13:06 UTC

I was a little sad at the beginning, but after the bowling started it just kept getting funnier. Well, Dubya and Cheney aren't funny, but I did like the fact that after making the "salute" to Bush, Obama proceeded to ream him out (politely but pretty thoroughly.)

I love "Ya-know-I'd-really-rather-be eating-some-pancakes-instead Ed." And I love the Ed that looked at Hank as though he were pancakes, or pie. But most of all, I love this one:

But... 'n this is a real big 'but'... in a whole lotta other situations... like when ya said ya wanted ta put tha' ring on yer finger... 'n standin' next ta me at tha' gay pride rally... 'n when ya put yer hand on my arm in the park... 'n when our bible-thumpin' neighbor Bob came ta the door... 'n in tha' bar at Mt. Hood... you sure as hell ain't predictable at all ( ... )

Re: I can hardly breathe for laughing myeyesaintblue January 29 2009, 19:18:57 UTC

Yeah, Hank was sad at the beginning too, but going bowling with Ed sure helped. And the rest it too, of course.

And Hank did admire how Obama managed to politely ream out Bush during his inauguration speech as well. Hank knows he could never manage the polite part. And we all particularly liked the line about 'rejecting as false the choice between safety and our ideals'. (Hank's still having Ed pinch his ass every day to make sure he's not dreaming.)

And yeah, Hank knows he's very, very, lucky, and even though he may make a lot of dumbass jokes, underneath it all he is very thankful (and maybe sometimes still a little amazed) to have Ed with him.

Glad they still made you laugh and haven't bored you (yet anyways)! :-)

Doesn't get any better than this... animas1 January 28 2009, 02:32:55 UTC

I don't which is more hilarious: " shed, truck, meteor" or "dumb, borin' predictable and cheap". I just love how Hank can handle Ed so easy and natural-like which is certainly one of the things Ed loves about him. Difficult people know they are difficult to handle and really appreciate people who don't even notice... like Hank.

And then there's always the acknowledgment of the depth of their love and appreciation for each other:
"tha' don't mean that I don't love this place... 'n ev'ry single minute of our dull 'n borin' 'n predictable life here together..."

And the absolute best:
"...no matter which Ed shows up... yer still my wild thing 'n ya still make my heart sing... 'N I can only hope you feel half the same way about me..."

I'll tell you, it doesn't get any better than the way you got them here in this story. Thank you

Animas

Re: Doesn't get any better than this... myeyesaintblue January 29 2009, 19:30:49 UTC

So glad they made you laugh! And that is all so nice of you to say.

Hank does gotta admit that he knows he can be difficult too in his very own unique and annoyin' ways, and yeah, he does appreciate Ed taking it all in stride and knowing how to handle him as well. (Both figur'tively and lit'rally. :-))

Thanks!

Always good to hear from you joetheone January 28 2009, 04:30:07 UTC

Thank you for the update, always good to hear from you guys. You know I love bowling and Pat does not but he loves the WII but I'm not sure Ed would like to spring for that game, but I can tell you it sure is a lot of fun. I cannot get Pat to spring for it as well since, he is sort of cheap and we go to our friends to play. They have been in Hawaii for 3 weeks so we have been going over and watching their house and playing WII maybe for my birthday but our 1985 TV may not be as much fun as their 42" LCD TV. LOL oh well, we are happy as well. Antiques are the one area he will spend money on ( ... )

Re: Always good to hear from you myeyesaintblue January 29 2009, 21:32:05 UTC

Yeah, Ed would most definitely NOT want to spend money on WII. And Hank would LOVE a nice, big tv but Ed wants to wait 'til their 19" set stops working. Hank may take a sledge hammer to it real soon. That should get it to stop working alright. About all Ed will splurge on is good beer since they started buying it a while back. Your friends' trip to Hawaii sounds great. Next time you should invite yourselves along. We'll be happy to house-sit the WII and the giant tv ( ... )

Re: Always good to hear from you joetheone January 29 2009, 23:26:16 UTC

I had to tell you what my mother did when I was living at home. We had an electric stove and she wanted a new one real bad. So one day I noticed a piece of tape over the one knob and my dad asked her what was up she said that burner was not working right. About a month later another piece of tape then a few months later another piece of tape until we were down to one burner. Then one night she had pizza ordered which my dad did not want and he said why not. She said all the burners did not work. My dad was a bit gullable and usually a Mr. Fix it but that night they went to Sears and my Mom had a new stove in two days. When the delivery men said they wanted to take it away for junk she said OH NO put it in the basement I can use it for canning. My father said but all the burners don't work. She smiled and said well they do if you take the tape off the knobs. So my Mom won that battle she got a new stove and put the old one in the basement for canning. I always laugh when I think of that ( ... )

Re: Always good to hear from you myeyesaintblue February 2 2009, 18:43:56 UTC

LOL! Thanks! I love the story of your mother and the stove. Maybe Hank should try something more subtle like that with the TV... Nah... he'd rather just take a sledge hammer to it.

I can't imagine how difficult it must be to have long-time renters who have fallen on hard times and can't pay, 'cause like you said, you rely on that money to pay your own bills. So... I sure hope you got all of your rents this past weekend.

These two... graciesdaddy January 28 2009, 12:45:20 UTC

...are STILL phenomenal after 2 years! You take GOOD care of Our Boys!

Since Heath died, I can't watch BBM, either. :(

Re: These two... myeyesaintblue January 29 2009, 21:36:07 UTC

Thanks! That is so nice of you to say. And yeah, Hank has always been after Ed to watch BBM with him, but now Hank realizes he's not sure if he could watch it again either. He's hoping they can watch it together someday, 'cause it's such a great movie.