Posted by Susan47 on October 26, 2005, at 21:52:57
In reply to Re: Elusive » Susan47, posted by Toph on October 26, 2005, at 9:11:22
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> Sailing, ah sailing. My parent bought a Sunfish when I was 12. None of my brothers was interested in it. But I used to sail out into Lake Michigan until the shoreline was barely visible.I have a girlfriend, my best friend, who grew up on Lake Ontario, sailing with her parents and her brother .. I lived on Lake Ontario too, briefly, as a kid, and I can tell you Toph, the one thing I really really miss is the giggly-frightening thunderstorms, the ones that shook the house to its core and rattled the windows .. I can also remember the beautiful colours of the sky as the storm came in. And the anticipation with the changing atmosphere .. and the first drops hissing as they hit the ground, and the steam, all the lovely wet steam and the smell of musty warm asphalt ... God, those were like, the best days of my childhood. Y'know? I never sailed like you did, but I wish I had. I wish I could do that by myself.
I might take lessons, you know?
I sailed a fair bit with my parents ... even in Hawaii, and although nature was heavenly and there was an incredible night sail between the islands, with warm wind and waves, whitecapped, and the phosphorescence, and it was all wasted ...."God knows how I'm still alive because those are the shipping lanes and once I was out in a tornado. I was barely able to get the mast down in time. I was in a few regattas but I sucked - not OCD enough, I think.".... I would have loved to have sailed with you, I wish, Toph, I wish I'd known you then, when you were a kid. Because I'll bet you were awesome. I would have had a huge crush on you. I'll bet there were a lot of girls who crushed you .. did you know it? Do you know it now? You were that for your wife .. are you still? Wow. Can you imagine? How fantastic, how fabulously full of emotional possibility a life can be ... I know how to make my dreams come true ... does that sound like a mantra?
"I always thought tipping over was half the fun, anyway. I love water, scuba, waterskiing, fishing, I was a swimmer in high school and college, I even own a Portuguese Water Dog which are also swimmers."
Wow. What a guy.. Portuguese Water dogs are absolutely beautiful, I love them. I think. Hmm. How big are they? Do they have long hair, or short? Short-haired dogs really usually smell way too much, for me. And long-haired dogs, if you don't keep their eyes, ears, and muzzle clean, well, you can just forget about getting close. Do you and your dog cuddle? That's the best part of owning a dog ...
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> I love you too, Suzie. You have entrusted us with your soul. I hope we have been good stewards. See you around and keep your jib trim.
> TophYou too, Toph. You too. And yeah, I still love you as much as I did before .. even more ...
MMMwah!
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