An open letter to DanalogFollow

Dear Danalog,

I'm not going to pretend that your words in IRC last night didn't sting a little. I've always felt that we had some special, secret connection between us; a glimmering thread of forbidden love, unnamed and unexpressed, yet powerful enough to carry us both through the long nights. It was a shock to know that the silence was not the product of modesty and restraint, but of ignorance.

The revelation left me two obvious avenues; one, to indulge in my latent obsessive nature and begin stalking you in earnest. Your phone would ring in the night and you would answer silence, like the silence you've draped over me for so long, and you would know how much I truly love you. Perhaps I could mail you articles of my clothing, or frame you for some horrible crime guaranteed to make you a captive audience during prison visiting hours. Or maybe news that I had been arrested for throwing rotten yams at "Weird Al" Yankovic would convince you of just how much you really mean to me, and later, when I was snuggling close to my life-size Danalog wax replica, I would be comforted knowing that you were thinking of me.

But, with the outstanding warrants in mind, I have decided to take a new tack. Fate has thrust us together, Dana. Like trains passing in the night, we shall emerge both changed and unchanged by the experience; a fleeting moment, a mingling of molecules, our scents lingering in the air.

Danalog, I would like you to get to know me.

I'm Mia. That's really just a nickname; a shortened version of my middle name. I'm sure you can see my actual first name in my premium info, if you're interested, but I prefer Mia. I was born in Brooklyn, New York, on November 17th, 1978; that makes me a Scorpio. I'm a little over 5'8" tall. I'm not going to blab my weight, but I'll be honest and say that I'm a little chubbier than I'd like to be. My blood type is AB-.

I graduated from a state university in 2000 with a B.S. in Biology. I had planned to go to medical school, but I decided against it because I didn't want to face so many more years of school. My career took an interesting turn in 1999 when I got a job, through a friend, working for a company in Washington, DC that was doing contract work for Y2K preparedness. I happened to know COBOL, and the company was desperate for programmers, so despite my having no real love of computers, I wound up being a programmer analyst. I've been here ever since. For the past two years, I have been a lead software engineer. I've been married for the last ten years to a very talented professional artist who works way too much. He's a truly amazing person, though, and I live for the limited time we have together.

I enjoy listening to music. To get an idea of my taste, you can check out my lastfm profile here. I used to play the piano and the guitar before developing some nasty carpal tunnel syndrome in my right hand. I love reading; especially children's fiction. I'm obsessed with Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear, and I consider myself a huge fan of Roald Dahl, Robert Cormier, and J.M. Barrie.

If you know anything about me, it's probably that I'm Jewish. For as much as folks joke about it, I'm not particularly observant or anything. My parents were quite orthodox, but I started rebelling against it in my early teens and never really stopped. For the record, my ankles are totally naked right now. My father passed away when I was very young, and my mother was nearly killed in an attack that left her with some pretty serious functional problems. My grandmother raised me for the most part, until she passed away in 1995. I don't have any brothers or sisters, but I'm close to several of my cousins.

Another thing that gets joked about quite a bit is the fact that I am narcoleptic. It's really not as funny as it's made out to be in the movies and TV, but I have been known to conk out at inappropriate times much to the amusement of those around.

So, that's me in a nutshell. I think I'm a pretty fun person. I can be witty on occasion, and I'm quite easygoing and friendly. Now that we've gotten to know each other, I'm just positive we're going to be very best of friends.

Right?



I'll love you forever.

Edited, Oct 23rd 2007 3:08pm by Mindel

I couldn't get past this part, what else did you say?

If he doesn't want them, you could mail ME said articles of clothing.

I think Mindel is a pretty fun person.

Damn, I hate it when I miss some pretty awesome ****...

What I heard from this thread was hot admin on elder poster action, and so far its failing to deliver.

I think you need to spend a bit more time with your hubby hun.
It internet is a place where one's a faceless and can be a completely different person than Real life.

(Starts tossing Tomato's)

I wonder how ol' Aloof is these days.

Mindel's painter husband. He used to visit the site, but I guess he got busy.

He's a fun guy.

You think he'd be present at her important life events.

Mindel: If I was your husband, I'd go to every book club meeting with you.

He's doing good. He's cut back to about 80 hours of work a week

I'd massage her feet as she sleeps while painting masterpieces.

What's better than death by snu-snu?

Death by snu-snu with Mindel.