sad day
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Life online is an odd beast, I have had an internet connection since
around 96, 28k modem and it moved like a wounded dog, over the years I
have made acquaintances, some friends and some very good friends. I have
met heroes due to the internet and discovered more music than I could
imagine.
I have friends in Salinas, London, Chicago, Leeds, Glasgow, New York and
other far flung places, St Albans for example. You know these people but
you don't really know them, the lady I know in Salinas I know she works
in a funeral home, that she is divorced, loves gardening, has an 18 year
old daughter that loves English music, wears a lot of hats and considers
what the Americans play to be football. Her daughter plays or played in
a band.
The lady from St Albans, I have known her online for it must be 5 or 6
years, she came from Jersey, likes indie music, calls the man she loves
by an abusive name whenever she talks about him, she has consistently
made me laugh more than any other woman and has a problem with her
tummy.
Another friend again I have known for 6 years, maybe longer, I know that
she works at a record label, that she is married to an Australian,
vegetarian, her parents keep a couple of small white dogs, one died
earlier this year, and that her father up until last night was suffering
from cancer. He died last night and it really upset me, my relationship
with her started on a forum about a band we both had a common interest
in, then we both had blogs, that we still do and we read each others and
then we met a few times at gigs.
People wander into your life online, leave a shadow and then when you
turn your pc off, they are invariably gone, then there are the ones that
leave a lasting impression and when they have some one close to you go,
it leaves a mark on you.
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