*Oh baby baby – 15th August 1998

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Hey – just dropping ya this note to cheer up yr day (if it’s bad in any way). Please accept my humble apologies at the lack of content in this note but be aware that it is sent with great love and thoughts for you.


Directions to the physio:

Walk from the station down Victoria Road. At the crossroads with Archer Street go straight across on the Chatswood Chase side. Just after the sushi bar and just before the entrance to Chatswood Chase there’s a small kind of mall. Downstairs is an Asian grocery, and up the ramp is some food and clothing shops (amongst other things). Go up the ramp and then up the escalator. the physio is around on the right. It’s only a small mall so you’ll find it easy. Love to you, angel baby. I had the best time last night and today’s tiredness is worth every second!

*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.

*This next morning – 10th July 1998

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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

*This morning – 9th July 1998

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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

ummmmmm….. – 20th June 1998

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T: BABY, I’m SORRY FOR WAKING YOU UP THIS MORNING….. try not to do it again
only you should have been working!!!!!!!!
love ya heaps, no joke, tlj

S: I’m not sorry – I’m never sorry of the opportunity to talk to you. So here I am back at work – yippee! My love is likewise – fret not sweet angel – everything happens for a reason.

*I want……… – 15th June 1998

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T: ………… a big bowl of gelato!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
smeared all over you and let me lick it off!!!!!!!
how are you sweety

S: Not bad at all thank you very much dearest!

T: what time will you be home?

S: About 6-6.30 – I have to buy some vegetables and figure out what ahm gonna cook tonight – you want dinner?

T: still got those unix tests so i can go to your place and mark unix after SM?????

S: No, you’ll have to go straight home to bed young lady….

T: what time you going home???

S: Dint you just ask me that

T: or are you working hard!!!!!

S: Working hard! Oh yeah! Kinda…. Sorta….!

T: See you in the batcave Robin
DJ Freaky Fuckhead
tlj

S: TLJ
Did you go YumCha? What do you mean you did nothing? I’m real proud of your marks in SS+N you know – one day I’ll ask you to marry me – but not if you get SMARTER than me (and don’t say you already are!)
Catch me soon I hope sweety – what’re yr plans?
Shaun

T: YOU CHEER ME UP SOO MUCH – don’t ask why i’m emailing you at this time – since i came home, i’ve had a shit time. I

T: hey, i wrote this last night when i was having a really bad time with SM. i’ll tell you about it later. anyhow, what time are you going to be home tonight? my connection to uni keeps fucking up – i had to reconnect about 5 times in half an hour last night!
anyhow, done nothing today – hope today’s been more productive for you.
catch you later, will ring, love tlj

S: TLJ
Hey gorgeous! Did u know I love u?
Shaun

T: i love you!!!!!! thank you for my most excellent prompt – only now I don’t know how people will react.

S: Does it matter! You jest tell em someone who loves you changed yr prompt!

T: love tlj
ps – i love you

S: Me too!!!

*Where you be? – 12th June 1998

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S: TLJ
I offer you my unending affection and undying love – so where you be? Why you no call? Why you no mail?
I be missing you muchly. I want to talk to you (always). Can you visit tonight? Tomorrow night, sat morn, mon pm?
How are your new sunnies?
Come wash my dishes again so I can pull yr pants down.
Thank you for your cleaning last night – I had a great time in your company. Let’s read a play.
Shaun

T: don’t you read email. i just sent you two (make that three).
tlj

S: As the Del-Emmas say – ‘Yeah-yeah’!

*Have a good sleep? – 10th June 1998

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T: hey, i’m soo tired

S: Don’t fall asleep! You can sleep at my place tonight…

T: everything is shit.

S: Everything? Hopefully not.

T: can’t wait to see you

S: Me too sweetlips

T: i’m so fuckin shitty man – how about you

S: Not too bad, pretty tired too but I got a Pentium 100 chip for nothing today – just need a motherboard now. I burnt my fingers this morning…

T: your emails will cheer me up though.

S: Why did the turtle cross the road?
To go to the Shell garage.

T: come see me!!!

S: When? Where? I’ll do anything for you!!!

T: i’m gonna miss you when you’re gone.

S: Me too, but it won’t be for long I promise.

T: love you honey!!!!!!!!

S: Love you too sweety – see you later alligator

*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!

*Hell-o – 18th February 1998

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S: TLJ
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!!!!!!!!!