*Happy Wednesday – 7th October 1998

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Email with TLJ:

S: How you today. Me – I miss you and want to go out tonight, with you and have some fun somewhere. I’d like to run round the library with you again one day. Yum Cha, bizarre ice cream. Anything and everything. I’m sorry you were too tired to make any sense last night!!!!! Actually I’m sorry I was tired too. I went to bed pretty much after talking to you – I couldn’t get to the SBS site so just videoed the movie anyway. I thought about you in the shower last night – it was yummy. Can i scrub your back for you?
(Anyone looking!)

T: i was tired???? what about you????

S: Ha ha ha! You gotta laugh – or else you cry!

T: anyway, i was falling asleep on the lounge at level four i was so tired this morning and felt really clogged up. am sick of work. josh says hey again.

S: So, you tell him that you see me all the time this time! Or you just email me all the time. I’m sorry you’re sick. I’ll look after you tonight sweet lips.

T: anyway, meeting starts soon, and i don’t have to take minutes anymore – yeah!!!!!!! i’ve got to send my timesheet to arjun – i’m getting slack now i’m not in admin, and god damn you guys and timesheets – you guys were absolutely hopeless when i was at CSC – but then i suppose you had other distractions – hah!

S: Yeah, but nothing memorable!

T: mail me babe, and yeah you can scrub my back cause I’m itchy everywhere.

S: Why so?

T: ps – notlih asked if i was going to kk null again on saturday – don’t know
i’ll be pretty tired after white-water rafting.

S: Yeah, you won’t be able to even stand up!!!

T: pps – this guy at uni is getting married!!!!! i don’t really know who he is – although i think i know who he is – and he wrote and told us, although i think he’s mentioned he was already engaged. i think it’s really cool – he sounds like he’s really in love and happy! i wrote him congrats. i love weddings!

S: Is that a proposal. I accept then.

T: i love you baby!!!!

S: Warm and fuzzy!

T: hope you’re having a great day

S: Not bad considering I’m at work.

T: hope to see you tonight if you’re not home late

S: Won’t be too late – will tell Margaret to get me out by six.

T: can i take a nap in your bed?

S: Sure can – anytime.

T: don’t want to get home late though,

S: OK

T: cause i’ve got a driving lesson tomorrow, only i’ve forgotten what time!!!!! ‘

S: DUH!

T: hopefully, my dad’s booking my driving test today, though i’m so nervous i don’t want to go for it.

S: You’ll be fine OK. Just do it and pass and you’ll feel great.

*Oh well – 2nd October 1998

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Email with TLJ:

T: sorry about the job. will speak to you later and come and cheer you up – will try my hardest.

S: are you looking anywhere else. have you put your name down at that place that gets commissions from making placements. Hope you’re having fun at the library. i feel really bad – wish i could be with you now.

T: promise to go to the beach with you very soon.

*Oi! – 1st October 1998

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Email with TLJ:

T: had a weird dream last night.

S: Me too (don’t ever leave me!)

T: josh came up to me and asked me why i had been avoiding him lately (cause i kept running off to do marketing work
and MIA- that marketing simulation game – stuff). and he said he wished i didn’t, cause he really liked me, and wanted us to hang around together more. i was really surprised when i woke up.

S: I think he does really like you.

T: anyway, what you been up to since last night??? got all my beach stuff, but josh didn’t send an email around about going to the beach – although di wants to go.

S: Man, I’m so jealous. I would rather be anywhere but here right now.

T: how about the panel last night – the wrestler’s wife? what did you think about that??? was it for real?????

S: All completely set up.

T: or did you fall asleep????

S: Wide awake baby.

T: anyway babe, got this meeting – hope it won’t go on for 4 hours like your ones do. mail (male) me……… that was originally a typing error!

T: mailed mel to say i was coming on sunday, and mailed nat to wish her a happy b’day.

S: I miss you! Come see me.

*User manuals and more – 30th September 1998

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Email with TLJ:

T: is it possible for you to get your hands on some user manuals for me.

S: Yes, but which ones – just SA ones or MS ones or something like that.

T: cause we’re working on end user documentation design and it’d be really good to have some examples from an outstanding company with really good management such as yours.

S: Cheeky!! How about an Expert Advisor User Guide?

T: please babe, could i borrow some??????

S: Anything for you sweety

T: i’ve actually got this SA one here (sorry, but i couldn’t resist nicking it).

S: Which one?

T: Josh says hi!

S: Was he watching – HI JOSH!!

T: i had all this CSC stuff that was supposed to be really useful for SDD, but i think it got thrown out

S: DUH!!

T: i left it somewhere – and now i’m really upset, cause they were all memories of you

S: Ahhh, sweety.

T: no, actually, i just wanted to keep it for further reference. They were all really quite useful – so i was pretty crappy about it.

S: How is your day? I’m fed up with this place. Management – you know…

T: anyway, can you please help??? thanks babe, tlj

S: Sure sweetheart.

T: any manual, thanks – a few examples would be great.

S: See what I can do for you babe

T: Preferably one that is set out well and easy to understand (not some teccho manual that you read before you go to bed).

S: Hmmmm….

T: I have the Expert Advisor Level 2 User training course (it’s actually not a manual, but a course in powerpoint).

S: A manual is a bit different. I’ll bring them – you’ll see. You know anyway I’m sure. Smartypants

T: so please just get anything you can lay your hands on.

S: Can I lay my hands on you?

T: you are so predictable – i didn’t have to read this line to know what was there – i should have known.

S: I got three manuals for ya. And last week’s South Park (not this week’s yet) which only had one episode (and a repeat).
Come cheer me up. When do you want these manuals?
Tonight?

*Fat (again) – 28th September 1998

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Email with TLJ:

S: I think I’m getting fatter again!
“People who live in glass houses
Should not throw their spouses!”
Please forgive me for being a miserable bastard this weekend. Let’s go do something (cheap) one night this week. Even just meet somewhere and go somewhere nice – just look at something – maybe the beach at Manly or something like that. What do you think?
Have a fantastic day and hope all is well with the study.

T: i forgot the library book that’s due in today. it’s a three-day loan, so the fine is $5 a day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and i’m not coming in tomorrow. i was thinking of going home and coming back to return it, then maybe seeing you tonight. are you going to physio and massage???

S: Just physio – you can meet me there or I’ll meet you at home. Would love to see you OK? Watch the rest of the Maxx (and leave at least an hour before taking you home!!)

T: anyway, got the outline done but i think it’s all wrong. had to come in just to hand it in, but waiting around to see di, sue and tu, cause i think they’re in today.

S: I hope you catch up with them – I love the way you love your friends

T: think di had a great time at mso ball (everyone knew everyone – you know how it is).

S: Young Asian girls make friends everywhere?

T: hopefully, josh, mel and I can meet for SDD

S: Get any nasty emails?

T: cause i want to leave some free days to go out with laura, mich, and jo, and you of course.

S: You’re a sweety.

T: anyway, mail me with what you’re doing. love ya babe, tlj

S: I did that didn’t I. I watched a little bit of Red Sorghum last night but fell dead asleep after about ten minutes. Love ya 2 BABE!

*Cake – 26th September 1998

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Email with TLJ:

T: to that blond chick? (nearly wrote chink by mistake) don’t find too many blond chinks around (well, not natural at least – they’re all bottle blonds) except they’re never blond – their hair turns out grey!!!!!!

S: I guess to the blond. Talking of grey – mine is on the way back – will have to sort that out next payday i think.

T: i was just speaking to my bro the other day, and i said i’d like the wedding cake made of profiteroles

S: When did you decide to marry your brother? Isn’t that illegal?

T: (you know and drizzled with toffee – croquembouche – sp???? or something like that) cause fruit cake and 5cm
thick icing’s not really my thing.

S: Good fruit cake with icing is great. I hate profiteroles – like eating chocolate snot.

T: but really rich chocolate would be nice too. i saw this thing on weddings in vogue, and there was this beautiful wedding cake coated in a thin layer of 24-carat gold!!! no shit!

S: Can you eat it?

T: have you heard of sweet art? make all these fancy-arse cakes. tried to show kath in the car one day when we were driving past – it’s in Paddington. pretty cool to look at – but all a bit tacky really.
anyway babe, really hungry, got to go to tute, see ya later, tlj

S: It’s no suprise yr hungry – you probably haven’t eaten for twenty minutes.

T: ps – i still havent’ finished IS&OD outline though i wish i had, because now i just have to come in in my hols to hand it in – sob – cheer me up babe!

Pull yr socks up baby!

Serenade – 25th September 1998

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Email with TLJ:

T: well, it’s a rainy day, so i don’t feel like doing much.

S: Hang on – and if it’s a sunny day?!!

T: wrote the sdd group an email – just waiting for all the abusive responses……

S: You’ll only get abusive responses if yr email was abusive (or your team members are pricks)

T: sue is going to the MSO ball tonight with DI!!!!!! so i’ve got nothing to do –
well, besides seeing you…….

S: Well, talk about feeling second rate! Can’t you go to this thing too – if you want to?

T: it’s a pity you can’t lie about your salary like Sandie does. (i think she said she was earning 80,000 when she was really earning 50,000! dad sent in my Taiwan application form (i think) today.

S: I hope it gets lost in the mail and you can come stay at my place for a month!

T: and i’ve got some compaq gossip. remind me to tell you my unity party story. well, i’ll tell you now. rob (jackie’s boy – friend, not son) knows jason lee (the head guy in the unity party) from law school. and the unity party is having its launch tonight, so mum thought sandie should go to the launch ($50 a head) to meet “career people” – well, they’re all lawyers just about. but sandie has opted for a night out with her snowboarder/compaq friends and jackie – and they’re going to be taking lots of illicit drugs i imagine (sandie’s looking forward to getting her hands on “ekkies” and a
man i suspect). she’s been in lots of trouble with all her compaq workmates about gossiping – it’s so funny, pathetic really.

S: Because she gossips or is she the one they are all gossipping about.? She’d better be careful – people are cruel.

T: anyway, have a great day. see you tonight?

S: You better!

T: i know you might be busy with the party though, and you’ll have to get an early night.

S: Won’t be busy with it tonight but will need to get to bed probably before 3am

T: actually, so do i since i have a violin lesson tomorrow.

S: Will you serenade me one day?