That wallpaper cracked me up! I loved how there were even objects on it (because Legolas would obviously know what to do with the Horn of Gondor). Of course, Gimli was perched on the Prince's shoulder but the irony is that Legolas/Gimli has always been a squick for me. Those two have a bromance . . . without the sex! *g*
You will be so proud of me. I read through all of that correspondence and didn't even get choked up . . . once! Ha! My reputation is intact. *preens*
I did, however, grin like an idiot the entire time and now my face muscles are a little sore. Hmm . . .
I think what amazed me about reading all that is how little we've changed. I mean, of course, we've each had major life experiences that have shaped us as people, but those emails are still recognizably us. Don't you think?
And it's bizarre (in a wonderful way) how a little correspondence can bring back memories so clearly. Like my wallet getting stolen? I remember that! And how I'd just begun teaching because I'd quit my previous job? Wow. And I'm still teaching. Those were the days before my LJ was f-locked too because I didn't have psycho-stalker problems back then.
I also know why the correspondence cut off so abruptly. It was a combination of me finally leaving my old ISP (and you always used my personal POP3 email) and my Great Hard Drive Failure of late 2007. I didn't have your email saved anywhere except my Netscape address book (yes, I still used Netscape back then!) so when I lost my drive, I literally lost everything. Plus, if you'd tried to contact me through email again, that account had already been deactivated. Oh, what a mess.
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You will be so proud of me. I read through all of that correspondence and didn't even get choked up . . . once! Ha! My reputation is intact. *preens*
I did, however, grin like an idiot the entire time and now my face muscles are a little sore. Hmm . . .
I think what amazed me about reading all that is how little we've changed. I mean, of course, we've each had major life experiences that have shaped us as people, but those emails are still recognizably us. Don't you think?
And it's bizarre (in a wonderful way) how a little correspondence can bring back memories so clearly. Like my wallet getting stolen? I remember that! And how I'd just begun teaching because I'd quit my previous job? Wow. And I'm still teaching. Those were the days before my LJ was f-locked too because I didn't have psycho-stalker problems back then.
I also know why the correspondence cut off so abruptly. It was a combination of me finally leaving my old ISP (and you always used my personal POP3 email) and my Great Hard Drive Failure of late 2007. I didn't have your email saved anywhere except my Netscape address book (yes, I still used Netscape back then!) so when I lost my drive, I literally lost everything. Plus, if you'd tried to contact me through email again, that account had already been deactivated. Oh, what a mess.
We can't let that shit happen again!
/super hardcore fist bump/