*My stuff – 7th August 1998

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My stuff came this morning. Oh my God, there’s loads of it I don’t know what to do with it!!! Gotta sort out space first…..you should see it all. The movers dropped one box with a mixer in – damn – hope it still works. Still made it in to work close to on time!

How are you, angel? I miss you dearly – think about you all the time. Wish to write you huge long poems about my love for you and how much you mean to me – will probably start when I’m retired (you will still be with me then won’t you? – looking after our seventeen children?). You are the best.

From me to you – all my love.

*Thanks gorgeous – 6th August 1998

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T: …for seeing me yesterday

S: Let’s do it again.

T: and for jeff

S: Anytime – anytime – anything for you!

T: i picked him up from Revolver this morning and didn’t really have too much trouble convincing them that i was
the great Shaun Hemsley in person

S: But you are nowhere near as great as me! (Actually, you are much better..)

T: or at least convincing them that I slept with you!!!!! ha!

S: Yeah – they know me pretty well and my passion for ‘young Asian birds’!

T: but now i’ll be going to sleep with jeff.

S: Oh well – should I tell you who I’m sleeping with…

T: just saw notlih and he told me what you told me last night about seeing you.

S: Yeah, yeah – we got our stories straight so you’ll never know what we actually did…

T: actually, the guy at Revolver was having a bit of a domestic with his gal (got quite ugly – i was feeling very intrusive) – so he wasn’t really interested in who i was – he didn’t even ask! just handed it to me.

S: I think he was shy of your outstanding beauty.

T: by the way, how come you didn’t return my call!

S: Fell asleep in a meeting..

T: still taking me home tonight?

S: Absorutely

T: gotto go to my meeting now. love ya babe, tlj

I know you guys like doing this psyche stuff – 5th August 1998

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T: how did you fare?
coming to see you this afternoon. wanna give me a lift home?
see ya babe, tlj

S: Absorootry! How did I fare with what?
If there’s any babes round here then it’s you sweety.
Shaunus the Menace

T: didn’t you get the questionaire thing? or are you just too busy for such trivial pursuits? tell me the results tonight.
ps – i’ve been offered a job, but it’s only thursdays 8-9pm! it’s a really shite cause i don’t come in on thursdays, it’s late, and i have to catch a train in and back when i’ll be only getting about 21 dollars. Also, we’ve been fucked over by the uni – we did a 6-credit pt subject – Accounting Info Sys, which was only recorded as a 4-credit point subject. So we graduate with 142 credit points and don’t get recognition for the extra credits and hours of work we did!!!!!!!!!! so, i’ve just had sex yet again.

S: Yeah – I’ll do that thing later. Is there much point to the job then? What happened to the one on Monday? Sorry about the sex…..Love ya!

*WELCOME BACK!!! – 27th July 1998

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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

Write – 20th July 1998

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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

*For my beloved sweetheart – 17th July 1998

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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

*You’ve got great eyes – 15th July 1998

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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!