Monday, Nov. 01, 2004 - 1:01 p.m.
Background to the awaited CD Compilation
I met P online about 4 years ago. I think it was mid 2000 but it may have been late 1999. We were both stuck in loveless marriages - I was at "We're separated but living together for the sake of the kids" and he was at "She won't have sex with me anymore now that she has the house and kids".
I worked at a place with very lax internet security and managed to use chat services to talk to him during the day. After a while, this extended to occasional phone calls. We initially connected on a purely sexual level but moved to an intellectual/friendship level over a period of time. He was, as one stage, the unfortunate recipient of the Wayne Factor on one occasion which understandably dampened our communication for a while.
Fast forward to last year. I received an email in answer to an ad for an FB and recognised the email address as the same - I had changed mine. Wrote back surprised and delighted, however he explained that he had a instinctive feeling it was me and had answered accordingly. Having both left our marriages, we continued our communication in a safer environment and then gradually drifted apart again thanks to family and work commitments.
I received an email from P last week, catching up on news and asking if I would like another CD compilation (you thought I'd forgotten about it didn't you?). P is a musician and works as a "sound person" (don't know the correct term sorry) for a radio station. He has the most amazing ear for music which not only enables him to pick fantastic songs for me (usually from unknown bands that I grow to love) but just the order that he puts them in flows like a river.
I am not creative. I never have been. It doesn't bother me because I'm so good at other things, especially logical tasks. So without being jealous, I admire all the creative people I know. ms-do and kuinip are brilliant artists and P a musician. I can sit and watch video clips for hours and am always fascinated by the ideas they come up with, their extension of imagination, and often wonder how it would be to live with a creative brain for a day.
When the CD compilation arrives, I will post the track list. Probably won't be able to comment on any of it because I won't know it ... yet ... but after a couple of listens I will be able to provide three descriptive words for each song and within the week will be able to name the song when it first starts.
P is the type of person I can see sharing a couple of glasses of red with; discussing life, love and universe; I would never have to change or select a CD to listen to because his amazing musical ear will have that sorted. Sounds like a great evening to me.
t.