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TLJ
I hope you had nice dreams last night and not an SM nightmare. Are you all finished now? Happy with your work? It was hard to getup and out of bed this morning, just felt like laying in bed and reading comics and drinking cups of tea while the rain beat down on the window…..if I think about it hard enough I’m there. Maybe I’ll use up some more of those sick days. Toodle-oo
Shauny
*Edumacation – 2nd June 1998
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S: TLJ
Hey, thanks for the education last night in Dial-Up Networking and Telnet – you’re a Unix Queen! I did some more mucking around last night changing the prompt and setting up aliases. They only keep the setting for that session though. I want them as default – I know they’ll be a setting somewhere – do you know where it is – could be in the /usr/passwd file maybe. Anyway, enough of that techo talk. thanks for a wonderful night last night and I’m glad you din’t get too upset at yr thrashings at gin rummy! i was very sporting in my loss at Spit I thought.
I had a dream last night that I had a big toenail – just on the left foot.
catch ya honey. hope you’re having a great day, Shaun went all the way, with tlj!!!!!!!!!
I like this – can we do it again?
Again?
Again?
Again….
Shaun
T: alright sweety, here’s how i think you can do it. vi or pico your .cshrc file and set up aliases in there – for example, an entry could be
alias dir ‘ls-la’, or
alias exit ‘bye’ or something like that. if this doesn’t work, i don’t know what will – is this what you wanted to know?
i hope this email has been informative and helpful. now i gotta print some stuff off.
speak to you later, love tlj
S: TLJ
Another quick Q then. What is your .cshrc file? Also how do I do a list of .cshrc files from the root searching all subdirectories (so I can find where this file is stored?) Yes, what you wrote below is what I want to do
you are a legend – very informative and helpful – thank you baby
Yes, please speak to me later.
Shaun
T: the file is stored in my /student/tl** directory. it is a hidden file, thus you have to do a dir or ls-la on it as ‘-a’ shows all hidden files. does this answer part of your question? oh – you mean on your machine????? umm try ls-al anyway, and i’ll get back to you if this doesn’t work ok?
glad to be able to help in any way.
love tlj
T: sorry i mean alias bye exit as is the one in my .cshrc file.
S: Does this mean you can type bye at the command prompt and it will execute exit?
T: if you want you can pico my .cshrc file but don’t fuck with anything ok? punk…….
S: Only with you sweety – I don’t wanna pico yr files anyway – not after my telling off last night!
T: was pretty jovial this morning and wanted to jump up and down and see you
S: Ahh, wish you coulda…
T: but just feeling very sleepy now.
S: Me too….zzzzzz
T: have a great time tonight, TLJ
S: I’m debating whether to go or not….maybe find out how much it costs first…YOU have a great time tonight too – whatever you are doing
Shauny
T: YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you’re getting the hang of it – so am I actually. i thought i’d only learnt to email at uni…
tlj
S: TLJ
Decided not to go tonight – I’m too tired and should save some cash (I can watch DC instead!). I want to go next Tuesday to the Iron Duke (perhaps you can go to that one?). Hope yr having a good day and hope you get yr SM finished today.
Shaun
T: i think tonight sounds even better – aren’t all those noise bands you love so much playing??? i think you’d really have fun. anyway, i’m sorry you’re not going…….i wish i could go.
love tlj
ps – any more luck with .cshrc thing????
T: wanted to come see you, but was busy printing
S: What kind of piss-poor excuse is this???? So you’d rather be printing than coming to see me. I hope it was double-sided colour and not some cheap B+W you picked up on the corner.
T: and now it’s 1:30 and I’ve got to get home to do sm before josh comes.
S: Read that last sentence back (with a perverted mind)….I really don’t wanna think about it.
T: hope i can see you tomorrow
S: YOU BETTER
T: love ya sweety, tlj – ring ya from home (and bed)
S: You did – thank you!
*From home – 16th May 1998
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T: look how fucked up everything is here when i dial up from home. how can I fix this>>>>>>>>>>>?/////????????????
pleas ee help with this dileea!!!!!!!!!
Good sleepy-pies to you, love and kisses, your fan Tracky-Dacks.
S: TLJ
This message looked fine when it got through to me – when did you send it?
I got my printer working – yeah!
Thank you for calling me late last night – I’m sorry I got tired real quick and had to go straight to bed after talking to you and now I’m up again at Eight am!! I smell of cigarettes and MUST have a shower today!!
Baby, you the best
Shaun
*Hell-o – 18th February 1998
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Hey, my dearest. Come see me and I’ll write you poems you’ll never forget. Come fall in the bliss. come watch my TV. come logon to my virtual console and welcome to the love-in.
Your hunny
Shaun
T: hun, how you going?????
what you up to babe – ee? i’m coming to see you – i hope, after kickboxing. but only if i can have a sleep, a cold beer out of your new fridge, and watch the footy on you new baby (the tv) and then some real crap like independence day on your new video player.
i’ve been trying to get josh to sit down and do sm with me all day, but he keeps fucking off and eating – after lectures and then after tute, so I’m fucking fed up – and i’m not waiting around for him later. i’m coming to see you! i just figured out that i can hand sm in on thursday anyway.
catch ya honey. hope you’re having a great day, Shaun went all the way, with tlj!!!!!!!!!
*Good losers – 15th February 1998
Email exchange with TLJ
T: i had fun yesterday despite losing cards – had plenty of fun playing cards with you – can we play again?
S: Sure but only if you behave like a GOOD LOSER!
T: anyway, hope you’re having a great day
S: Not bad – think positive…
T: I woke up really hungry this morning.
S: Yeah – me too – perhaps you shoulda eaten that stuff I gave you last night!!!
T: i’m just in early waiting for accounting
S: Conscientous young lady that you are.
T: i tried to read my accounting in bed last night but fell asleep, so i have to catch up.
S: Surprise surprise – wish I coulda bin in yr arms sweety
T: how are you this morning?
S: Back and neck still sore – can’t wait to lie down!
T: everyone treating you pleasantly?
S: Yeah I guess. I’m starting to like people these days (Jeez – what’s wrong with me!)
T: i’ll catch up with you later.
S: Yeah – I hope so.
T: i’m still really tired.
S: I’m not too bad considering all the late nights. Starting to get used to being constantly tired.
T: did you get the mail i forwarded from josh yesterday?
S: No, send it to me – what is it?
T: speak to you later.
S: Please do my dearest
T: i’ll be working on sm with josh today, but i don’t know where yet.
S: Good luck – hope you get it all done. You able to come out Sat night or not until Tues night? I may go watch Craig play soccer on Sun pm but if you can get out I’d rather go for a walk with you in Lane Cove Nat Park. Look forward to speaking with you naked lady. Love your skin, love your everything
T: yo, join the posse and…..the BIT experience with fiona G and …….the chapstick boys and other such ludicrous names for josh, marty and jeff’s (aka the bit boys) rap group.
S: What’s all this about???
T: anyway sweety, how’s your day been?
S: Pretty good though pretty tired too.
T: i was sooo tired before i just fell asleep on the couches on level four.
S: Wish you wuz cuddled up with me.
T: i left what i’d done for sm with josh, who’s going to work on it tonight.
S: Did you do much? Are you happy?
T: anyway, think i’ll go home now as i’m so tired and there’s nothing else for me to do.
what time will you get home? I’ll call you.
T: why no email from you today except the one you sent this morning.
S: didn’t I send you others – maybe not – bin busy Probably.
T: i’m really hot in here.
S: I’m hot now talking to you!!
T: speak to me later???????
S: Oh yes!
*I found you far from home – 9th February 1998
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Time is moving swiftly now. Things are pretty weird. I hope you can stay with me. I miss you and want to wake in your arms or you in mine, even for only the briefest of moments to feel your skin next to mine. Angel, I will walk you home.
*Hesitate, you die – 5th February 1998
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Wrote some stuff on 3/2/98 but my system crashed and lost it! Anyway was great to see you yesterday even though you din’t get yr haircut! There will be lots to talk about (as always). Hope you had a good time at the concert last night. Speak to you soon.
*You’ve changed your place in this world – 2nd February 1998
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Well – it has been a little while since writing in here. We had a great time on Saturday looking at tattoos – I love doing stuff like that with you – hope we can do it more in the future. And on Sunday of course everything changed upside down (for which you must not blame yourself). I don’t know what is going to happen now. I am waiting for your call.
*Back and forth, between the good and the bad – 28th January 1998
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My head is going crazy. I have a bad headache this morning. The thing I fear most is losing you. You are very special to me – I love everything we do and know we can work it out. I think about all the things we could do together and I want that more and more. I know people may be against us but I still think things can work. I wonder if you feel the same way though – if you have doubts about your lasting love and the c-word everyone else says you are afraid of – commitment. I don’t ask anything of you in that way – I know you are young and free and my love may choke you. I know you may not stay even after I may leave my wife. My decision on that part is not something I am taking lightly. There are many more factors involved than just those involving you and I. I really would like you to be around if my decision was to leave her – I would definitely need your help and love – I know you do not want to be involved in my decision and I understand that but you have to be involved in some part if that is what I decide. In reality, the decision does not involve you because I know you cannot give me any guarantees (remember I ask for none). It is between myself and her. Please please don’t leave me now. I want to share times with you at the beach, in the city, with your friends, with mine (if I still have any), at uni, with work and study, everywhere (but only when you want it!).
Dead thoughts
Ban the bomb
Or bring it on
I hope they drop one
On London
Time is running out
You’ve heard it before
About the threat
Of nuclear war
I hope they drop
A bomb on my head
It’ll be an advantage
Being dead
You came to see me this afternoon – man it was hot! I’m glad you got home OK afterwards – I hate watching you walk off into the distance! I was already missing you. I know I have said it before but you are the best! I had fun exploring today and hope we can go do it again next week – I really like to find my way around new places like that. I used to go explore my local suburb and find all the hidden paths next to houses and stuff like that – can be an advantage sometimes when you have to run away from the police or something! Sweet angel TLJ – you make my heart race and my head spin – all the poetry within me is for you. Hold me.
*Could I hold on, should I hold on to you – 27th January 1998
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Honey. These past few days have been a terrible trial for me. All seems about to change. I feel a big wave coming towards me and I expect it to crash. I’m frustrated with having to hide you, to sneak out to call you, to plan carefully our movements and stories. I want to be able to call you and see you whenever we feel like it. Every day seems bleaker to me at home. I can’t stand to hear future plans knowing what I know, I can’t stand to touch or kiss – I’m sinking into a pit. You are there, I know you will hold my hand but how long will you stay around. I need to talk to you about this. I need to discuss my future. Baby, know that I love you deeply and want to have the right relationship with you that you so desire.
What’s going on?
Have you ever felt like you don’t know what’s going on?
Do people ever look at you like you’re doing something wrong?
Do people ever look at you and don’t like your face?
Have you ever felt really out of place?
Will some people not accept you for the things you do?
Will some people not understand ‘cos you are simply you?
Do you ever feel like crying ‘cos of what other people do?
If you’ve ever felt this way then I’m just like you
Paranoia? Persecuted? Listening to the jazz show now – things are getting better. I’m at work and will be able to talk to you soon – always cheers me up.
Swimming in a sea of content
No lifebelt here
No rescuers near
One by one dropping into the sea
A sea of perfect harmony
No crashing waves come to kill
No serpents to bid you ill
No need to save the fool
Cos I’m swimming in a swimming pool
Wish everything was this easy. Things didn’t go too well this morning – I understand everything you are saying. I know I’m a pain in the butt (no pun intended!) – I don’t want to lose you (not as a lover) – I know it’s hard to deal with and things may get scary. I need to know that you will stay with me – I don’t want anything else from you – have no expectations for anything else. So hard to write this all down, so hard to know what the future holds. “Could I hold on, should I hold on to you..”