Catching Up

Wow. Not much time for blogging (or writing of any kind, except maybe a grocery list)with the Sis and Mother visiting. But I'm jumping on quick before I head off to bed.

Went to see Inception on Saturday night. It was the IMAX version. Nice. I really enjoyed it. Jeff liked it too. It was long, at almost 2 1/2 hours, but there wasn't a dull moment during the entire movie. The special effects were fantastic. Very visually appealing movie. Loved the concept.

Busy, busy, busy on Sunday. No writing. Just run, run, run pretty much all day. Went shopping for shoes and a clutch purse to go with a beautious red dress I'm wearing to an event two Saturdays from now. I call it my Jackie-O dress. I'm pretty fussy when it comes to dresses. Hard to please. But this dress, I love. It's beautiful in its simplicity.

As a writer, I'm pretty shy. But I think we're a shy lot, over all. I can socialize but I'm kind of out of my element at events with lots of people at them. I'll have to get used to it, though, because I need to get to conventions to network. So . . . It's good practice, I guess.

Got a really interesting idea for a story/novella or book. Not sure how long it would be yet, but the idea pushed to the surface of my mind at work today. Been with me most of the evening. This may be the story I work on when I'm finally completely finished with Dirty Business. The end is near! Yes!

A month or so ago I posted a tarot reading (not going looking for it because I'm too tired and lazy, so no link, sorry) which said that I'd hear from an old friend. Wow. I did hear from an old friend whom I hadn't heard from in about twelve years. Well, more like he hadn't heard from me. I moved and got married and changed my name and country. So yeah. I was a tad bit hard to find. But he found me.

Turns out he'd been looking for me for the last decade or so. I lost my notebooks I kept the contact info of friends in. But even trying to find him via the internet hadn't brought any luck. Turns out he was on facebook and the pic he posted of himself showed only as a thumbnail. His style was completely different in the pic, and it was only a thumbnail so I didn't click to enlarge it. I thought it was another person with his name. The last time I looked for him was last Tues. He contacted me on Wed. Que spooky music.

In the message he sent me he included a pic of him from probably over twelve years ago, when he was sporting green spiky hair. The last time I saw him, I think his hair was bleached almost white. He so doesn't look like that now.

He'd been to many different countries and had been on many adventures, so he hadn't really been around either. He mentioned what a relief it was to have finally found me again, which he did via a family member of mine that he'd met a long time ago and had exchanged emails with.

I feel relieved too. He was one of those people that you connect with, feel close to even if you don't spend much time with them, and feel a loss when you realize you've completely lost contact with. I thought of him as kind of a little brother. He was a good confidante, as well. He said he'd missed me "heaps". I've missed you heaps too, Michael!

Really weird how accurate those tarot readings are. I think every one of them describes a friend of mine to a T. This friend keeps popping up in every reading. We don't spend much time together either, but there's a close connection there as well. Funny too, because this person starting popping up in the readings about a year before I ever even met them. A person I have great respect for, whom I could see cultivating a lifetime friendship with. Those connections are rare. For me, anyway. I get along with most anyone, but my close friendships are few and far between.

Life's a strange thing.

I'm rambling. I'm going off to bed with a book. Over and out.