cadhla points to the anonymous love meme over in queenofthorns‘s journal. So I went and signed up, because everyone needs a little love. Even me. š
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It was today, just two years ago, that kitanzi and I were married in a courthouse in Atlanta, in front of friends, lovers, and several dozen strangers.
I cannot imagine anyone I’d rather spend every day of the rest of my life with.
Happy anniversary, sweetie. I love you, forever and always.
For all my emo whining about my computer earlier in the week, today is a day that cannot help but be a great day. Because tonight sometime about 8-ish, aiela will be arriving on an airplane, and I will be waiting to meet her!
This time itās only been 4 months since weāve seen each other. If weāre not careful, weāll get spoiled. š
Yay, canāt wait! š
I really ought to have written this all down last weekend, when it was still fresh, but as usually Iāve procrastinated. I imagine Iāll still manage to be entirely long-winded, so hereās some cut-tags to spare your screen. š
Iāve been pretty quiet lately, but its not that there hasnāt been a lot going on. Some of it hasnāt been good, but Iām not going to talk about that here. Drop me a line if you really want to know about it.
Iām choosing instead to focus on the good stuff. Thereās actually a fair bit of it about. In fact, hereās a bakerās dozen really cool things that are going on in my life right now.
- My creativity has actually been sparking lately. Iāve now finished more songwriting in 2006 than I did in all of 2005, including some stuff Iām rather proud of. Better yet, Iāve been playing more music than I have in months, which is a sure sign that Iām feeling better about the world. Iām adding new songs to my repertoire, which is helping me keep from being bored with what Iām doing musically, which in turn inspires me to write more. I actually got stuff Iād written recently onto online songbook.. I even went and made a second index page that separates the song by year, which will make it easier for people to find the new stuff, even if it does highlight just how little Iāve written in the last few years.
- We had not one but two housefilks in February, and each featured wonderful faraway visitors. The first was the official GaFiA housefilk, and featured such luminary travellers as sdorn, sdelmonte, and batyatoon! The very next weekend, there was a gathering at joyeuse13 and abovenyquistās house, in honor of the visiting celticdragonfly! Yay faraway people I donāt see often enough.
- In spite of all the cramping our budget has suffered since the middle of last year, as of this moment our bills are all paid up, and weāve gotten rid of a number of small debts that were being carried on our books. This puts us in excellent shape, if weāre careful and prudent, to reach our goal of paying off *all* our debt by the middle of 2007!
- kitanzi is almost done with her physical therapy following her shoulder surgery in December, and is feeling much better and stronger than she had in many many months. Crappy health is definitely one of the things Iām looking forward to putting behind us as we move further into 2006.
- Speaking of feeling better, we both have been feeling much better rested in the last week, since we acquired kitanziās early birthday present: a mattress pad. The pad is made out of a three-inch thick slab of four pound memory foam, and the difference it has made in the comfort of our sleeping is astounding! Many of our aches and pains have been reduced since we started sleeping on it.
- Thanks to klrmn (who I miss terribly since she moved to California, but thatās a different post), we now know where to go for all-you-can-eat made-to-order sushi. Yummmmmmm.
- One of my best and oldest friends, Jeff, has finally joined LiveJournal. Jeff has been my writing partner, confidant, and brother-in-arms since we were both in Jr. High school, and Iād love to introduce you all to him. So go say hi to hejira2006,and add him to your friends lists, because honestly, if you are the sort of person who likes me, I think youāre going to like him too. (Just be nice to him — I donāt want him to be scared off. *grin*)
- Another of my best and oldest friends, vila_resthal, will be getting married in August. Dan is the editor of Aphelion Webzine, a project he and I have worked together on since its inception ten years ago. (And if youāre inclined to like reading or writing original SF/F fiction, go check it out. Itās a groovy place. We take filk lyrics, too. *grin*) Iām so very happy to see him happy, and I really like his new lady love, and am looking forward to the wedding, which will be held at the same time as ApheliCon 2, the second annual Aphelion writers cookout party.
- I now own a Macintosh computer! tarkrai acquired a 17ā G4 iMac, which he gave to me for my very own. He claims that itās a bit quirky but isnāt sure why, but so far I havenāt actually had any trouble with it. And itās pretty. And itās cool. And itās a Mac. Shiny! Thanks, Smac!
- Just in general, I have the best friends in the whole wide world. Yes, I do.
- We have tickets to see Great Big Sea in concert in Atlanta in April! I am *very* much looking forward to finally seeing them live, after all the amazing reports weāve gotten from our friends about their shows.
- Iām leaving on a plane tonight to spend the weekend visiting aiela, my girlfriend who lives near Canada. *grin* This will be my first ever trip to Michigan, and Iām hoping to sneak across the border for a day so I can *properly* say Iāve been to Canada, rather than having simply been trapped in a plane on a runway there for 3 hours. š And I get to meet her fiancĆ©, davehogg, who has become a Friend In His Own Right, much to be delight. I donāt get too see aiela often enough, so Iām very much looking forward to the trip.
- Last, but not least, I am still married to the most amazing, beautiful, intelligent, sexy, and all around wonderful person in the entire world. I am absolutely the luckiest person on Earth. And I never, ever forget it.
So, whatās really cool and good in YOUR life right now?
I came home from work yesterday to find, on my desk, a pair of Herseyās chocolate kisses and a Valentineās Day card from kitanzi. Inside the card, she said she was giving me the chocolate kisses (with a hint as to where I could find the rest), along with a pile of āyessesā which I could use to answer any request I could dream up.
We had a very enjoyable evening. š
This isnāt actually a new song, but itās one that took a long time to be finished. I started writing it in 2001, and intended it to be a birthday present for kitanzi. But it wouldnāt quite come together, and so it got put aside. About a year later, I revisited the lyrics and finished them, but could never quite find a tune to fit them that made me happy. So I started looking around for someone to compose the music, and it finally ended up in the hands of katyhh, who did a wonderful job of it.
The song was debuted during katyhh and shannachieās concert at Gafilk — it was the first time Iād heard the tune, and the first that kitanzi was aware the song even existed. Definately one of the highlights of the con for me. š
It seems appropriate to post this today. Happy Valentines Day, my dearest kitanzi.
LOVE MAY YET SURVIVE THIS FALL
Lyrics: Rob Wynne / Music: Kerstin Drƶge
© 2006
The breeze is blowing through the grass
The stars are shining bright
Your voice echoes inside my head
From when we talked last night
You told me that you missed me
I wished that you were here
And this moment all I want is
to hold you warm and near
Have you ever seen the rainbow arch
Above the waterfall?
Did you think that it meant something good –
or anything at all?
Have you ever wished upon a star
or called dreams from the sea?
If so, youāll know why all I want
is to have you here with me.
Iāve camped on sandy beaches and Iāve
walked along the strand
Iāve climbed green mountain paths to find
The highest place to stand
But I never found a single place that
Ever felt so right
As when you took me in your arms
And held me in the night
Have you ever seen the rainbow arch
Above the waterfall?
Did you think that it meant something good –
or anything at all?
Have you ever wished upon a star
or called dreams from the sea?
If so, youāll know why all I want
is to have you here with me.(Bridge)
Iāve learned a lot to get this far
And I know this much is true
Whatever path I walk next
Will be one I walk with you
Cause time can bring surprises
No one ever could have seen
And love may yet survive this fall
As winter yields to spring
Thereās still a thousand miles that cannot
simply be erased
But we have hope and love and truth
And dreams we havenāt chased
And so until this distance is
A memory of the past
I give to you my heart to hold
And trust that love will last
Have you ever seen the rainbow arch
Above the waterfall?
Did you think that it meant something good –
or anything at all?
Have you ever wished upon a star
or called dreams from the sea?
If so, youāll know why all I want
is to have you here with me.
Today, I finally got the answer I’d been waiting for.
It wasn’t the answer I had hoped for, but its the one I had come to anticipate.
Still, for all the pain and anguish, it was worth the effort. The value is in the journey, not the destination. Hope you find what you’re searching for, love. It must be out there somewhere.
Love May Yet Survive This Fall
Lyrics by Robert Wynne
Music by Katy Drƶge
Ā© 2006
The breeze is blowing through the grass
The stars are shining bright
Your voice echoes inside my head
From when we talked last night
You told me that you missed me
I wished that you were here
And this moment all I want is
to hold you warm and near
Have you ever seen the rainbow arch
Above the waterfall?
Did you think that it meant something good –
or anything at all?
Have you ever wished upon a star
or called dreams from the sea?
If so, you’ll know why all I want
is to have you here with me.
I’ve camped on sandy beaches and I.ve
walked along the strand
I’ve climbed green mountain paths to find
The highest place to stand
But I never found a single place that
Ever felt so right
As when you took me in your arms
And held me in the night
Have you ever seen the rainbow arch
Above the waterfall?
Did you think that it meant something good –
or anything at all?
Have you ever wished upon a star
or called dreams from the sea?
If so, you’ll know why all I want
is to have you here with me.(Bridge)
I’ve learned a lot to get this far
And I know this much is true
Whatever path I walk next
Will be one I walk with you
Cause time can bring surprises
No one ever could have seen
And love may yet survive this fall
As winter yields to spring
There’s still a thousand miles that cannot
simply be erased
But we have hope and love and truth
And dreams we haven’t chased
And so until this distance is
A memory of the past
I give to you my heart to hold
And trust that love will last
Have you ever seen the rainbow arch
Above the waterfall?
Did you think that it meant something good –
or anything at all?
Have you ever wished upon a star
or called dreams from the sea?
If so, you’ll know why all I want
is to have you here with me.
This is one of those songs that Ā took a long time to be finished. I started writing it in 2001, and intended it to be a birthday present for kitanzi. But it wouldnāt quite come together, and so it got put aside. About a year later, I revisited the lyrics and finished them, but could never quite find a tune to fit them that made me happy. So I started looking around for someone to compose the music, and it finally ended up in the hands of katyhh, who did a wonderful job of it.
The song was debuted during katyhh and shannachieās concert at Gafilk — it was the first time Iād heard the tune, and the first that kitanzi was aware the song even existed. Definitely one of the highlights of the con for me. š