I have so many ideas for blog topics to post and little or no time to actually type them out. But just the other day, while hunting through my old files to look up an address for a thank-you note, I stumbled across our collection of old IM chats, circa February-April 2003. Some of the dialogue was so priceless that, even now, it causes me to laugh aloud. HOW did we manage to function at such a fever pitch of energy, staying up past midnight routinely to chat? WHAT did we find to talk about for hours on end, I've sometimes asked myself since then, since covering our convictions and life histories surely couldn't have taken that long? Apparently we spent quite a good bit of time on frivolous small talk:
MarquisLeFocht: I actually caught myself skipping down the hallway in anticipation of tonight's chat. Am I in love, or what?
KatyLaCastafiore: Let's ponder this.
KatyLaCastafiore: You would know best.
KatyLaCastafiore: Which do you think?
KatyLaCastafiore: Did you bang your head on the ceiling?
MarquisLeFocht: Nope.
KatyLaCastafiore: Well, that's good
MarquisLeFocht: Just very, very happy.
KatyLaCastafiore: Even the great goblins, the great orcs of the mountains, ran stooping with their heads almost to their knees.
KatyLaCastafiore: What's for supper tonight?
MarquisLeFocht: Do you have to ask? My specialty, of course.
KatyLaCastafiore: Dead ground-up cow and boiled processed white flour product?
MarquisLeFocht: That sounds about right. What about you?
KatyLaCastafiore: Cold leftover grey sludge.
MarquisLeFocht: Oatmeal, gruel?
KatyLaCastafiore: I think it was potato soup in another life.
Or:
MarquisLeFocht: Just you wait and see!
KatyLaCastafiore: I will, at that.
KatyLaCastafiore: At least the waiting part.
MarquisLeFocht: You will too.
KatyLaCastafiore: Waiting and waiting and waiting...
KatyLaCastafiore: Growing really bored...
MarquisLeFocht: I'm sorry.
KatyLaCastafiore: Growing really old...
MarquisLeFocht: No, you're not.
MarquisLeFocht: You're not even 23 yet!
KatyLaCastafiore: Oh, yes, I am. Every day I grow older.
KatyLaCastafiore: Well, I will be soon.
KatyLaCastafiore: Twenty-Three, that is.
MarquisLeFocht: You didn't say older; you said really old.
KatyLaCastafiore: I'm not afraid of admitting my age.
MarquisLeFocht: You were when we met!
MarquisLeFocht: Ha!
KatyLaCastafiore: No, I wasn't afraid of that!
KatyLaCastafiore: Ha!
MarquisLeFocht: I won!
KatyLaCastafiore: No, I did!
MarquisLeFocht: Did not!
KatyLaCastafiore: Did too!
MarquisLeFocht: Not, and I said it first!
KatyLaCastafiore: I said it second!
MarquisLeFocht: So you lose!
KatyLaCastafiore: No, I win. I was playing Aces are highest.
MarquisLeFocht: Oh bother.
KatyLaCastafiore: Ha, ha!
KatyLaCastafiore: (Just laughing, NOT starting another round!)
Or:
KatyLaCastafiore: I think it will be very important to kiss you every morning before you leave.
MarquisLeFocht: I figured.
MarquisLeFocht: That would be nice.
KatyLaCastafiore: Studies show that men who kiss their wives in the mornings have a lower incidence of heart failure and accidents.
MarquisLeFocht: You're just saying that!
KatyLaCastafiore: (Although if you're going out of the door dazed or something I'd think you'd be MORE likely to step in front of a truck)
KatyLaCastafiore: No, I'm sure I read it somewhere!
MarquisLeFocht: Yes, I'm sure you're sure you did.
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Isn’t it fun to read all that old stuff? Last night for our anniversary Nathan and I were reading a bunch of our old emails and chats that go way back. Lots of good memories and a LOT of time spent on instant messenger, that’s for sure! :-P
I re-read our old emails and chats and laugh because I remember how terribly CLEVER we thought we were, not to mention the jazzy little thrill of all the flirtatious remarks -- some of which make it somewhat mortifying to wade through the chats now. :)
-- SJ
That's right! You WERE afraid of admitting your age. :)
That's TOTALLY different! The man was obviously scoping out my age for the purpose of ascertaining my eligibility, so I was absolutely justified in being coy, which is comPLETEly different from starting a new job and wanting to hold my cards close so people won’t disrespect me when they find out how young I am!!
Yes, I remember distinctly how clever we thought it all was at the time, and how...quaint it all would sound now. But still very fun to laugh over!
ALWAYS kiss your spouse before you part at any time day or night and not only will you live longer, life will go much better for you too. Or is that about obeying your parents? :) silly late night humor is always amusing!
And not only were you coy about your age, you were downright amusing! Especially to Peter and all who heard your banter!
-Geni
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