yeaa..you do have a point..it does make me feel a little bitter today though, you're right about that...i just hope something happens, you know..

oh well, i'm going to try not to think about him today :P

Good idea!

 

Gotta think about the things you'd enjoy on any other day.

 

Just treat today like it's just another great day. Some people are celebrating? Hmmm ... I wonder what that's about. Oh well, can't be troubled with that. My day is here. I'm posting on my favorite board. I'm IM'ing my friends. I'm answering my email. I'm playing my guitar.

 

It's all good!

it's sort of hard to forget when your mum and dad are showering eachother with gifts and same goes for my brothers and their girlfriends, they're all over here getting gifts and laughing and i just wanna shoot them :D :(

(excuse my language)

 

FUCK THEM!

 

I'm sorry. That's way too harsh. That does really, really, really suck for you though. Right in your face. UGH!

lol yeah i know, my mum even said "awwww the only person who doesn't have anyone is Amanda" then i was like "Thanks for reminding me mum :D "

Oh, Mandy. I'm so sorry. If I were there I'd give you the biggest fucking hug right now ...

 

... but I'm not, so we're just going to have to survive.

 

OK - Imma jog back down to the post office again. I'll be back in 20.

 

PTFO

alright, byee byee

hello :)

 

The post office close to my house was closed today (for some reason), so I had to jog an extra mile to the other one.

 

BUT ... I stopped by the Salvation army store on the way back and found a huge stuffed teddy bear (about 4' tall) for $8!!!

 

Now my debate: Keep it or give it to my neice.

 

Decisions. Decisions.

awwwwwwwwwwwww that's cute! i say you give it to your neice, cos that's a great thing to do and she would think you were the bestest ever ;) :D

Yeah. I agree.

 

But I already named him, so there is already an attachment.

 

It's going to be hard.

 

AND, my neice has an older brother who is not going to be happy unless I get something for him, too.

ohh than keep it lol, what did you name him, can i nickname him bob?

do you like my new sig richard :D :cool:

No, I won't keep it. I'll just wait until I find an equivalent gift for Nolan.

 

The name is from a Kids in the Hall sketch:

 

Mr. Picklefeather

awwww so can his first name be Bob? Bob Picklefeather :D

Yeah!!!!

 

Robert (Bob) Picklefeather

score!!! wooot wooot!

What happened to the board? It died while I was out running.

 

Maybe if I run backwards to the post office I can turn back time and take us back to when everybody was posting.

awww yeah i know..you left and everyone missed you so much that they died, and I even made a post that Valentine's day should go and die :dizzy2:

OK ... let's go over to that thread and vent for a while ... and when we get that out of our system and start feeling life's love again we can come back here.

 

Ready, Steady, Go.

I'm back in my loving mood.

 

When I ran down to the bank I ran into a man named Arthur. Arthur and I have a back story.

 

BTW, this story is incredibly boring.

 

Last week, when I ran down to the bank to get some cash, he was waiting at the Wendy's fast-food restaurant on the adjacent block. After getting my money I walked by and declined to share any with him. I then went to the card shop, bought some cards, and then decided I wanted some breakfast. Back to Wendy's I went.

 

But Wendy's didn't have breakfast. Something seemed weird about that, as their windows were covered with advertising for their breakfasts. In fact, they had just run out. Did they run out while Iw as declining to share some of my $100 with Arthur? I took it as a sign.

 

But Arthur was long gone so there wasn't a chance to make amends. So I walked back towards my place, stopping at the McDonald's along the way. I bought a bacon bagel sandwich for my friend and a sausage one for me. Off I went, but guess who was outside.

 

Arthur was there. He recognized me and didn't say anything. I went up to him, took his right hand and put a dollar in it. I told him my story, how I thought it was a sign I needed to give him his money. He went into the McDonald's and assumedly got himself some food.

 

I had forgotten about this encounter until today. Again, running back from the bank ... I'm stopped two blocks from the bank by this man and this woman (who had been embarcing each other. "Hey," he said. "It's me."

 

I was Arthur. He introduced himself, gave he his name, and then introduced his fiance Carol. We talked for about six minutes about how he and Carol were going to get married in June, the fight he'd had with a small army of people (he said there were three) the night before, and about me giving him a dollar. "This guy gave me a dollar last weekend," he said to Carol, as if I'd cured polio.

 

It was cool to talk to Arthur and get to know something about him, but unlike last weekend's meeting I will always remember talking to Arthur today. Today he and Carol were celebrating Valentine's Day. They're clearly homeless and down on their luck, but they're still finding a reason to be happy today.

 

If they can be happy I sure as hell can be too. I may not have a Valentine, but I sure as hell have enough to not dwell on something lame like a short-sighted holiday. If I need a Valentine in order to be happy today, my Valentine will be my picture of Arthur and Carol embracing each other. While that may sound trite to everybody, it's the type of thing that makes me know that happiness is the dominant force in the world.,

:cry: awww richard..i loved that story, it made me feel good..thank you for sharing it with us :kiss:

Aww Richard. That's such a great story. I'm all happy now. Thanks for telling us. Just goes to show love does turn up just when we need to believe in it, but just not always in the traditional ways or from the people we think it will be with. What shows up is the answer we need :)

That's how I see it, too. I'm glad you liked the story.

 

There have been multiple times today when I've though about Arthur and Carol. They're pretty inspirational.

Mandy's already knocked up? Shit!

 

OK, bad news:

 

This thread almost fell off of Lastest Posts.

 

C'mon y'all!

Aww bless you Richard. You have a good heart. Always remember Arthur & Carol. I know I will remember hearing their story.