“Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But, since no one was listening, everything must be said again.” – Andre Gide
Emails to TLJ
FYI my dentist appointment is at 5pm -should be out about 5.30 – with a numb face (don’t call me numb face!)
I should’ve known that you wouldn’t answer any of my emails today. Ho-well. Wat’sup?
….or are you gonna tell me that our mail server isn’t working properly!
Teelyjo – ahm cummin ta git ya – lahk it ur nut!
Email to TLJ
Yes, yes – welcome back to the world of technology and email (and the reply button – no doubt you’ll have a gazillion mails to reply to and I will be last on the list because you talk to me so much anyway and you have to get home or go to lunch or meet someone else more important than me – and you ask me if I still write – do you still write? that is the new question). Will you come to China with me – I’d feel safer with you there. I want to go there – go to the villages and mountains – the great wall and lots of things. I’m gonna check it out at lunchtime. Why not….
Call me, your sick friend who loves you dearly
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Read yr Revolver on how to pick up the CD – tell ’em you are Shaun Hemsley.
I did it I did it – I won!!!!
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Congratulations on your fantastic achievements sweety. It’s a reflection of all the hard work and effort you put into it. Now, exactly when am I gonna get bored of you….
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I was driving home last night and I was mentally writing in my head and wanted to write the things down that I was thinking. Of course when I got home the washing up was more important and I forgot it all. This is kinda what I remember:
T****** is the queen of my world
She’s making rainbows with tapioca pearls….
Had more but it’s all gone…
“Don’t even bother trying to say something clever; clever is as clever does, no matter what it says.” –Ani DiFranco, “Deep Dish”
This was part of someone’s sig. I don’t get it. What do you think.
EYE dig EWE
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Please accept my humble apologies for having a short fuse last night. I was pretty tired and impatient and you were off on a million tangents, excited by your evening of big-screen TV and cousin chat. I wasn’t ready for the TLJ experience then – but I am now! I feel like writing writing writing but I’m here at stupid work…hope you can come see me and Lydia Lunch tonight but if not I hope some other time soon…very soon. Good day for now (I bet you are a long way off even waking up yet!)
Your friend, your pal, your one and only
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“Oh man, you’ve got great eyes” – Jesus Lizard
“Post future reality – it’s a real surreal world” – Inner City Unit
“AAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH” – Carmageddon
Just the things that’r popping into ma head right now LL! Better than SQL. Wuz thinking we could go out somewhere sometime, movie, theatre, art gallery or some such but yr such a busy thing and then you’ll be back at uni and not allowed out again. Mebbe a weekend sometime – and we have to have our video eve somewhen too (that’s making em – not watchen em!). And there’s the World Cup Final too – you renegeing on that one as well. You break yr plans – I’ll break yr butt! talking of which I read an interesting article on Advanced A*** techniques (for both of us) Will you read it with me – I’d like to know what you think – maybe we can do that stuff – if we do it right (and better) and it’s nice. Hope no one’s looking over yr shoulder!! “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH” – “My love explodes all over the world – for you, yes you!” Me 2 U bebbe!
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So how’d ya go last night – wuz the food any good – or did it put you in hospital (and that’s why you din’t ring me – cos I waited up for ya (making you feel bad?)). Anyway I still got to sleep without yr lullabies. I cooked a beautiful dinner and there’s some left if ya wanna come and join me for it tonight – or do you have a better offer?
Now you’re on the phone…
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T: honey, i hope you’re feeling better than you were this morning – hope your neck is feeling better, and if not, i’ll rub it for you. don’t be falling asleep in meetings and at your desk now – cause that would be rude and inconsiderate, and just plain lazy!!!!!!! sql is really hard to learn and revise, so i thought i’d take a break and email you. but this connection is very slow and i’ve already been disconnected once. so i’d better say goodbye before i get kicked off again.
love you heaps sweety. take care my english boy, love tlj
S: A little better this morning thanks. I forced myself to fall asleep on my side (but woke up on my front). Finally went to bed about 12.45. Will stay awake a long time tonight with you if you make it over – I hope so. Come rub me and my poor sore neck. Hope sql goes well today and you get everything finished the way you want to. Thanks for the mail, mail me again and tell me you love me ssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Take care my aussie oriental dream
T: yo, ‘sup? i’m using sandie’s laptop to dial in to uni and it’s working much better.
S: One day I’ll fix yr computer – or maybe Sandie doesn’t think I’m smart enough (or sexy enough – or rich enough – or English enough)
T: anyway mutha, hope the day finds you well.
S: Not bad at all my dear considering the lack of sleep
T: got bored of accounting – so went to check email. mummy’s going through this big clean up phase which is always inevitable after we’ve had something in the house fixed up. on the 4th july, josh has planned some big walk around manly (must be to the spit bridge methinks). also that day of the big end of exam party that ren told us all about.
S: Wish I could go with ya – would like to catch up with yr friends like Ren and Tom – I’m sure some of the others are cool too – is Laura going – when do I get to meet her – then she’d really have something to bitch about
T: so i’ll have to choose between the two. also mum says i can go on this cultural exchange thing to taiwan at the end of the year just before i start industrial training. i’m not sure, but may go if deb goes (she’s this old skool frien’ o mine). i don’t think sue or di or tu would be that interested.
S: You kow I’d miss you badly but what an opportunity – get going baby but bring yr booty back to me – maybe you can put me on to di and sue while yr away!
T: it’s like an asian thing – so i’m sure you’d like to go and meet all those sexy asian chicks,
S: Oh god yes – I’m creaming myself just thinking about it
T: but you’ll look out of place and i’m sure they’re only there to meet yello boys.
S: I can be yellow too (try hard Chinese too!)
T: cause you english boys just don’t cut it yo, and there’s no way you play ball or know enough about r&b to be a cool asian.
S: Yeah well fuck R&B. Asians are just in it for the hipness – they really wanna just go and pick rice and live in mud huts – not really interested in Tamagotchi and CK are they? All a big pose. Are you gonna fight me now??
T: oh yeah, and they always look 15 years younger than they really are,
S: Does that mean yr only 4?
T: and i don’t think yo r 15 fuck this shit don’t work ?no more. lost half my mesage mutha, get back to you later mutha fuckea man fuck – where’d all my writing shit go?
S: Well, such a pleasant way to end an email – thank you darling I’m sure your shit has gone down the toilet. Good luck with yr exams and HAVE A GREAT DAY. Call me maaan. Let me know how you went. I love you boogaloo
Email with TLJ:
S: My princess, this morning, this cold morning I pulled out of the driveway and onto the road to prison, my personal prison but my day would not be clouded by these dark thoughts. In the dullish light of the day, a beautiful silver-leaved tree shone out to me and spoke in a way I hadn’t seen in a long time. It spoke the whispered words of love and light and life. Without doing anything at all the tree made my day. Within that thought was a vision of you. Thank you.
T: thank you sweety.
S: Anytime (when I get the time – that’s a song by the Descendents – ‘When I get the time, I write a little rhyme – for you’)
T: i was just thinking the other day “how come shaun never writes me any poetry any more?” i suppose it’s because the wooing is over……..hmmmm?
S: Are you wooed? The poetry isn’t over – it’s being written every day.
T: i haven’t seen anything you’ve written lately, which is a shame, cause i was hoping you’d never stop writing.
S: I promise to never stop.
T: i remember when you started writing poetry when i first got to know you. you wrote this poem because hayden
had fallen while on some play equipment and about how worried you were – you told me about it.
S: Hmm..I don’t remember that – but a lot has happened since then.
T: i’m really sorry about what you and your wife and hayden have had to go through over the past week.
S: It’s been rough but I’m really glad Bronwyn and I have been able to still be parents for HJ despite us being separate.
T: thank you so much for your support too – it has been much appreciated. i really hope your wife gets to england and hope hayden’s 200% better by then.
S: I do too – it would be excellent for them both and everyone in England.
T: it’d be great for her to catch up with everyone. it’s only a shame you can’t see your friends and show hayden
off together.
S: We’ll take him when we go shall we?
T: and you really need to see your mother – she’ll sort you out!
S: She got me into this mess in the first place!!
T: missing you,
S: Not as much as I’m missing you sweety
T: i really hope hayden gets better soon,
S: Me too
T: and that you get to england soon,
S: we..we get to England.
T: love you, tlj
S: LoveUtoo sh
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