Hello, hello, it's good to be back, it's good to be back.

[davywavy]

Did you miss me, Yeah, while I was away,
Did you hang my picture on your wall?
Did you kiss me, Yeah, every single day,
although you couldn't kiss me at all?

Well, after a brief hiatus, I'm back. I'd like to thank everyone who asked or got in touch to ask if I was okay and find out where I'd gone - sesquipedality, autumn_storm, interior_lulu, stickette, puddingcat, faerierhona, student_heaven, hiromasaki, cygny, omentide, karohemd and eddyfate thanks all of you - and special thanks to ukmonty, for ringing from San Francisco to find out what was up, cryx for ice cream and then hippo- and bananaphone- related nonsense at just the right moment*, and rosamicula, for the largest steak I've ever seen in my life.

Where did I go? Well, without going into too many details, I was bloody miserable and then I cheered up again. Life's like that sometimes.

One of the things about being bloody miserable (at one point I found myself almost emitting the eternal cry of the pathetic - "Life hasn't turned out the way I wanted, and it is everyones fault but my own! Oh, woe!". That's how down I got) is that it really puts life into perspoective - and the perspective I got was that, whilst I might be down right now, I normally have a bloody great time of it and browsing through photos brought that all back.

I've been thinking of doing the grand David Lj photo retrospective for a while, and looking at all those memories made me think; "Yeah. It's been great, hasn't it?" Of course, any photo retrospective needs a soundtrack and with that thought I had to decide...Little Angels' "Too much, too young?", perhaps? Or Kiss' "God gave Rock and Roll to you"? But really, given my cheese-rock heritage, there really was only one song to choose.

Yesterday, there were so many things
I was never told
Now that I'm startin' to learn
I feel I'm growin' old

'Cause yesterday's got nothin' for me
Old pictures that I'll always see
Time just fades the pages in my book of memories
Hands in my pockets but no hand in destiny
I'll keep on movin' along with no time to plant my feet

'Cause yesterday's got nothin' for me
Old pictures that I'll always see
Some things would be better if we'd all just let them be

Yesterday's got nothin' for me
Yesterday's got nothin' for me
Got nothin' for me

Yesterday there were so many things
I was never shown
Suddenly this time I found
I'm on the streets and I'm all alone

'Cause yesterday's got nothin' for me
Old pictures that I'll always see
I ain't got time to reminisce on novelties

Yesterday's got nothin' for me
Yesterday's got nothin' for me
Yesteray's got nothin' for me
Yesterday



^{*Linette - you may consider any outstanding dinner-debt paid in full :)}

Comments

[rosamicula.livejournal.com]

Are you married? If not would you like to be?

PS I am poor, mentally unstable, can't drive and am thinking of starting my own business.

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

She's not kidding.

[rosamicula.livejournal.com]

He fails to point out that he is partially responsible for the first two problems.

[hiromasaki.livejournal.com]

A marriage proposal? Hrm... Depends on the answers to the following four questions:

1) You are female, correct?

2) Are you emotionally capable of being without your S.O. for periods of time up to 3-5 days, yet incapable of being physically seperate when you are together? (Read: If I have to go on a trip or out with friends, you're okay, but when we're in the same room, you cling physically.)

3) Do you purr when scratched behind the ears / given a backrub / etc?

4) Do you live or are you willing to relocate to the Greater Akron area, Ohio, USA?

If the answers to all those questions are "Yes", then I may have to go ring shopping, dear. ;P

[rosamicula.livejournal.com]

1) Definitely female. Very female. Breasts, long hair, scared of spiders, the whole deal. I think I'm a little older than you though...

2) Sounds perfect to me. I demand total attention when my SO is around, but don't much mind what s/he does when not around.

3) Oh yes.

4) I teach so I can do that anyway, and I am getting a little bored with London...


White gold, round shank, 3/4 carat reverse brilliant diamond please. ;P

[hiromasaki.livejournal.com]

1) Long Hair! Double bonus. :) And I don't mind older, smarter, or stronger.

2) Yay! ;P

3) Ohh yes!

4) How soon?

Only 3/4 carat? Sure.

So, how soon can you get over here, my bride-to-be?

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

1) One out of three ain't bad, then.
2) You really don't know what you're letting yourself in for here.
3) Honestly, you tarts.
4) The sooner the better...


I refer you to the note on question two...

[hiromasaki.livejournal.com]

Oh, come, come now Davy. A little 'cross-the-pond flirting never hurt anyone. Isn't that right, dear? ;P

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

Why, the very idea of me using my LJ to chat up American women for me to meet when I come over! Absurd! Scandalous!

[hiromasaki.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Just tell that to aerin.

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

I have not yet begun to flirt :)

[rosamicula.livejournal.com]

Still, who would expect a Yorkshireman to play cupid?

[rosamicula.livejournal.com]

All you ever do is flirt. The whole point of your lj is to stalk women around the globe...

[rosamicula.livejournal.com]

You are so bitter...

[rosamicula.livejournal.com]

My, you are an impetuous boy! I do like the sound of a man who isn't intimidated by women who are older, stronger or smarter, than him - pretty rare in my experience.

I've added you to my f-list so you can check me out in greater detail...;)

[hiromasaki.livejournal.com]

Intimidated? No. I have no intimidation issues with that whatsoever.

Worried they'll find someone "better" since they are stronger/smarter? Constantly. Hence #2. Physical contact is more reassuring to me than any verbage. Someone who is demure physically makes me uncomfortable. Especially when she's either exceedingly funny, smart, or beautiful. Someone who runs up and hugs and grabs arms and clings and makes their presence known physically caters to my insecurities quite nicely. Unfortunately, it's rather hard to find someone like that who's interested in a relatively shy person like me.

Confidence is not my strong point. Impetuousness I can do. ;P

[rosamicula.livejournal.com]

Impetuous and articulate - you're just getting more appealing by the minute, aren't you?:)

I agree with you totally regarding how reassuring physical contact is - and conversely how alienating it can be when that physicality is rejected (speaking as someone who is sometimes criticised for being too demonstrative).

As for confidence, I have stacks of it, about some things anyway, but have always been much more attracted to shy men whom I have to draw out than confident guys who hit on me.

[rosamicula.livejournal.com]

Impetuous and articulate - you're just getting more appealing by the minute, aren't you?:)

I agree with you totally regarding how reassuring physical contact is - and conversely how alienating it can be when that physicality is rejected (speaking as someone who is sometimes criticised for being too demonstrative).

As for confidence, I have stacks of it, about some things anyway, but have always been much more attracted to shy men whom I have to draw out than confident guys who hit on me...

[hiromasaki.livejournal.com]

O.o

WHY are you in London and not here? :P

[rosamicula.livejournal.com]

I'm asking myself the same question:).

And I keep sending stuff twice because I navigate by backspacing and I'm occasionally a bit clueless. You techie people are so critical...

[hiromasaki.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes we are critical. But only in the nicest, most sarcastic manner possible.

[rosamicula.livejournal.com]

Sarcasm is good. Sarcasm is sexy.. just so long as you can take it as well as you can give it:)

[hiromasaki.livejournal.com]

Have a double-triple clicking problem, do we?

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

No, she just thinks that her comments are worth reading again and again...

[rosamicula.livejournal.com]

Go away and stop interrupting.