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Stuff.

Stuff is very strange right now. i feel like i am living on the edge of some deadline i just still cannot grasp the true concept of. And i am staying. i am going to stay here in NYC and see what happens. i am going to see whether or not i have the wherewithall. The strength. The ability. The. i look into the future. My future. i am seeing nothing but bleakness and sadness. Blah. Blah. Blah. But maybe i am painting a piture that is a little to dark. Not as things will be but as i see them. There are thousands upon thousands of people here who are living alone. Then they meet. This is how life works.

i don’t want to seem all melodramatic and mushy. i am trying to be less selfish. i am failing. It’s always me. me. me. When i should be glad for Andrea. Looking into a blank page and thinking “wow”. Still.

Today i dropped my keys into the subways tracks and two burly men had to get them for me. For a few minutes i felt so discouraged about life.

Today we went to see Chicago, and it was pretty good. Last week we went to a Yankees game (vs. Arizona, go fig.) i cannot do these things in Tucson. Here i cannot see my friends. But i can visit. i think.

i need to find something new to talk about. i’m sorry.

Something new… like work? i’ve been working so much. And there is more to come. Someone is quitting, so in the next month we’re all scheduled to work something like 64 hours a week. This sounds bad, but the security of knowning i’ll have money to visit if i want (or eat) will be good. Plus, all that working will keep me from feeling lonely. Maybe it is a good thing.

Here i am at this edge of things, and i don’t even know what’s good or what’s bad. Just what’s now. Now is that Andrea is not gone yet. Now is that i need to shut the hell up and stop being such a child. Now is i need to learn to not need people. That’s what everyone is telling me anyway. Now is this… and maybe this is good.

Damn it. i’m blabbering.

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*hugz* we all have to face a few things alone…you’ll be fine…

June 20, 2002

wow, they’ll actually rescue your keys off the subway tracks for you? NY rocks!

June 20, 2002

sometimes, nyc has this way of making things seem ok. btw, did you get my message?

well, then led to now, and now will go into tomorrow…i need to learn to not need people, too.a little alone time, finding strength…i hear ya

At some point we all have to face things alone. But you can do it and you’ll be okay. And I love you.

June 21, 2002

i am so fvcking glad you decided to stay and rough it out…you still rock em!!!

I went to see the Cubs play Arizona… Hey! No assumptions! My Cubbies won! So it was, like, the second game they won all season, but that’s beside the point! I got to go to Wrigley Field. *lick*

June 21, 2002

what’s wrong with needing people? There isn’t a damn person in the world who can make it through completely alone. unless they’re the freakin’ unibomber or something. did I already say that I love you? oh yeah, and I was also wondering where that quote about the lists came from.

I love you woman, so much you don’t even know. I am so glad you are staying and I know you are going to do well because you are stronger than you think. You underestimate yourself even more than you overestimate me. Things will be good. I love you. I love you. I admire you.

i missed your “blabbering” this week… that’s one thing that sucks about us being so far away from each is other and having busy lives… but you know i think of you every day… and I KNEW you could make this choice, and I KNOW you will do just fine… you are looking at a blank page yourself, and you can write your story however you want. i love you.

Sometimes we need to go through darkness in order to see the light.