More Floating E-mail - Jan 19th, 2001 to March 18th, 2001
From: xharris@ucsd.edu
To: bridge.carson@fandomhigh.net, rory_gilmore@fandomhigh.net, dawn.summers@fandomhigh.net, willow.rosenberg@fandomhigh.net
Date: January 19th, 2001
Subject: Buffy's Birthday
...absolutely *nothing* happened to screw up the party.
This worries me.
Dawn and Willow can explain that one to you, Bridge and Rory.
Okay, Buffy looked at me a *little* weird when she unwrapped her present and found five (cheapity because unlike some people I can't actually make my own) cell phones in the box? But I explained that whole 'keeping everybody networked so people know you're not dead and thus you don't get yelled at and if someone's actually in danger of being dead they can call for help as demonstrated last week' concept, and she was pretty pro- lack of yelling. And anti-being dead. Plus, and I quote, "Shiiiiiny."
love, Xander
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To: m.parker@fandomhigh.net, callisto@fandomhigh.net, samuel.anders@fandomhigh.net, rory.gilmore@fandomhigh.net
Date: February 14th, 2001
Subject: Valentine's Day
I'm not sending Bridge anything today, because, well. I don't know what he's doing or if he's got somebody to be doing it with, you know? I wouldn't want to screw anything up for him if it was the one lottery-winning e-mail that didn't bounce, but I don't want him to think nobody's thinking about him today either. This is me trying to be all mature and stuff, yeah, because part of me is all hi Jake, can I borrow that marker, thanks, MINE, but most of me just wants him to be happy.
So if *this* e-mail's the powerball ticket, could you guys just make sure he *is*?
love, Xander
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To: Shop Buddies + Bridge
Date: February 20th, 2001
Subject: Robots that don't suck...exactly
And now for your monthly dose of Sunnydale WTF: some guy at UCSD built a robot girlfriend. She got sort of rampagey when he dumped her, but she didn't really suck. (And okay, I can see that coming from a mile away, so I'll just say NOT DIRTY now, except for with all the stuff he programmed into her it probably is.) She was just kind of...sad. Really *hot* - the dude knows his stuff when it comes to plastic people. But I totally get the thing you were saying now, Bridge. If I'd asked him to build me a robot-you, I wouldn't have to be psychic to tell that it wasn't *you*.
~Xander
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To: bridge.carson@fandomhigh.net
Date: March 18th, 2001
Subject: Hey
You probably noticed I cut back on the anniversary stuff, except for where you're not getting these so no, you didn't. But if you were, you would, except if you were you probably wouldn't because if you were you'd have been able to write me back too and then probably not so much with the stopping.
It's just I don't know what's up with you now. It's been months; there could be somebody else. There's *probably* somebody else. In a weird way I kind of hope so, because you deserve to have somebody who loves you. Which I do, but I mean somebody who's actually there to do it.
Plus in case it sounds like I'm trying to compete for guy-of-the-century here, there was the thing with the thing, which was supposed to be a one-time thing but has actually been a couple of times thing, even though it's in no way a Thing. Which is to say I'm not dating anybody but I'm not sure I feel like I have the right to still be sending you Happy Anniversary e-mails twice a month, y'know?
But a year ago today - for *me* at least - was the day you faked me out up in room 614. (Aaaaaand the day I wore leather pants and got possessed by a fairy, but let's stick with the parts that involve kissing, m'kay? Those are the important parts.) And I may be too far away to celebrate that with you, but I want you to know that from where I'm standing now, it was one of the best days of my life.
love you, Xander