And not just the ones in my head.
An odd afternoon yesterday. I hadn’t heard from my wife in several months and then received a message wishing me a happy birthday. My birthday is in August. Apparently she saw my party post here or on Facebook and assumed it was for me. Anyway, we exchanged some pleasantries and it was mostly good to hear from her again. I try not to think about how much I miss that old life that has been dead and buried for years now.
I also got an email from a woman I loved 13 years ago. It wasn’t so nice. She demanded that I delete a photo of her from a post I wrote here well over a year ago. I thought about it long and hard, sought out some advice, slept on it, and ultimately decided to leave the picture where it is. I did remove her name from that post which should make her invisible to a Google search. Had she made a polite request of me I probably would have done what she asked. I don’t respond well to being told what to do in a rude manner though. I did search my email archives to verify her claim that she had asked several times for the photo to be removed and as I expected, she had not. In fact, the last time we had corresponded was in 2008. In that exchange, she apologized for the manner in which she had ended our relationship and we both professed our love for one another. That was a better way to leave things than her latest correspondence. I found that missive unworthy of response. Well, I guess this post is my response.
In other unrelated news, when I first started playing darts in Itaewon, “Petro” Petrocelli was the President of the Seoul International Dart League and one of my mentors. He’s been back in the USA for quite some time now and is a sponsored professional darter in Ohio. His wife is a Filipina and I still hear from him occasionally on Facebook.
In darts, you have to double out. I just doubled down. Su Mi.
In quarantine news, the President announced last night that all of central Luzon, including Manila, would be downgraded from the enhanced level to general quarantine status. From what I’ve been reading that’s not going to make a bit of difference for me. Well, there are some rumors that restaurants will be able to offer dine-in service, at 50% capacity. We’ll see.
This one is for you too, Kevin:
Speaking of time, we are all going to run out of it someday. I hope that when I go I’ll be able to give a meaningful gift like this to someone who cares for me:
Does this video from the birthday party work on your computer?
As bad as I get, I’ll never be a Joe Biden though:
That’s all I’ve got for now. I suspect it is more than enough.
You’ve doubtless seen the news that Joe Biden let out a long, loud, liquidy fart on live TV while interviewing with someone. I sincerely hope he does that during the debates. (Assuming he’s still in the running.)
As for putting up the lady’s picture a second time… well, now you’re just rubbing it in. Heh.
I had a female Korean commenter visit one of my other blogs and command me to spell “Noh Mu Hyeon” the “correct” way, i.e., “Roh Moo Hyun.” I didn’t change the spelling. Using “Moo” instead of “Mu” is just stupid. Why make yourself out to be a fucking cow?
John – video played fine on my computer.
PS Don’t give up your day job to become a dancer. LOL
Kev, yeah it was kind of a dickish move but I couldn’t help myself. It’s ridiculous to get upset over something so innocuous. I enjoyed the Korean spelling lesson again.
Brian, are you kidding me? I was looking forward to the bars opening so I could start my new career!