I became insane with long intervals of horrible sanity. Edgar Allen Poe
The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all. - H. L. Mencken Many people would sooner die than think; In fact, they do so -Bertrand Russell What I have been telling you, from alpha to omega, what is the one great thing the sigil taught me — that everything in life is miraculous. For the sigil taught me that it rests within the power of each of us to awaken at will from a dragging nightmare of life made up of unimportant tasks and tedious useless little habits, to see life as it really is, and to rejoice in its exquisite wonderfulness. If the sigil were proved to be the top of a tomato-can, it would not alter that big fact, nor my fixed faith. No Harrowby, the common names we call things by do not matter — except to show how very dull we are ... -James Branch Cabell
2002-03-19 - 11:39 a.m. I almost forgot to change the beginning of this entry. I started it over the weekend and have covered that in other entries. Not much exciting has happened since my last entry. I have a cold now which isn't fun. It means I can't visit my father today, it isn't fair to him or anyone else there. In January 2000, I got a new computer, a real one. Before that I was using a 486 and it was too slow to handle the Frühead.com Wall. I now became part of the Frühead online community. I met most of you who read this there. The first person that I met in real life from the wall was Carey. She was going with her choir to Ireland. Though they lived in Baltimore they were flying out of Newark Airport. That isn't that far from me so we arranged that I would meet her at the airport. It was a totally insane idea so of course we both loved it. Soon after that I did another insane thing and went to Allentown, Pa via Baltimore. Carey needed a ride to the show and I got to see her choir perform in the bargain. This was the first time that I met Shelly. We've been the Batnose Brigade ever since. The next time that the Batnose Brigade got together was the bigass Fr�party weekend. At the Appel Farm show I met two dear friends, Frances, and Leah. I really got close to Leah at the house party the next day. I had met both of them online before this but this was our first time meeting in person. Frances moved back to England soon after that so I've only seen her once since then. Between the first two Batnose Brigade meetings was the debatable Toad's show. Shelly and Carey couldn't make it and they insist that it didn't even take place. That is where I first spent time with Marti. She was actually standing right near me at one of the Westbeth shows and I somehow managed to not notice her. Considering that she is a beautiful redhead that's pretty surprising. We met at the Irving Plaza show but this was the first time that spent serious time together. Marti was my bridge to the TMBG crowd. She lives in Stamford CT so she counts as a local friend. At FRFF 2000 I met Neal for the first time. That was also the first time that he and Carey met in real life. I didn't actually see much of either of them there. They were somewhat preoccupied with other things J. Shelly had a surprise for us there, she brought the camera shy Jaci one of the original Shellywall crew. I think I met more friends between December 1999 and July 2000 than any other time of my life. I'll now fast forward to Frücon 2001. That is where I first kissed the hands in the flesh of the Swoonable Renita and My Favorite Betsy. At Frücon 2000 I never had anyone to hang out with, in 2001 I had to schedule time so that I could see everyone. It is amazing what a difference a year made. We are in the homestretch now. At the very last Früvous show I went to before they went into hibernation I met Heather. We had both gotten there way early and we spent the time waiting together. Even after making so many other friends it still surprised me that someone took such an instant liking to me. I think that she is the only person that became friends with from just meeting at one show. She just got married last year, this is her husband Jason with her in the picture. What is the thing that women who read my diary have for guys named Jason? I'm not sure where I first met Melissa, she sort of crept up on me. She lives in New York and at some point she entered my consciousness. I know it was sometime after the last time I've seen Früvous. She lives in the City so she is one of the people I can just call and ask to do something on short notice. So that's it. I have more friends that this but these are the people that I actually get to see and make plans with. It isn't true that I like all Früheads but I certainly like a disproportionate number of them. They are a fun bunch. I signed the Pro-Truth Pledge: please hold me accountable.
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