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So hey there, my faithful readers (I can never seem to write that without snickering to myself in my mind sarcastically), I am wondering just how many of you really read my blog, and how many are just random posts on alphainventions.com. So, I am inviting you to my chat room. Of course, it’s not MY chatroom, it’s owned and run by ICQ.Com, and that’s the website you’ll need to visit to get there. You can either create an account, or go straight to the chat page as a guest. Under General, there is a room called ‘LOST”. That is where I spend most of my time. Due to certification issues, my screen name there is ‘Maggpye”.
Anyone who wants to drop in, I’m usually around once or twice a day, or you can say hi to my buddies Tony50, LOST, Verbal Assasin (who is cranky, I’ll warn you,) Amos, Bellz, Acataleptic, Blue Mule, Evil Monkey, and everyone else. Don’t be shy, just jump right in and start talking with people – You’ll be amazed how addicting it can become… I’m truly interested to see if I meet any of you there!
See you soon, I hope!
Have you heard about alphainventions? It’s this crazy website where all kinds of random blogs are continually cycled through and displayed, and you can go there and sign up to have your blog displayed in the cycle. Up until yesterday, the busiest day I had ever ever had was when I got 51 hits on my blog, and that was an EPIC day for me; I signed up with alphainventions yesterday and got over 220 in one day! Plus, you get to see all kinds of other blogs you would never have known existed. Give them a look… www.alphainventions.com
Well this surely isn’t what I planned on…. But here it is.
I have grown to have feelings for someone I have never met. Someone who lives far away, someone who has a host of issues and for all kinds of reasons my logical mind says I should avoid.
But also, someone who is witty, funny, tender, shy and incredibly sweet, and honest about what he’s been through and what he struggles with. Someone who, although never having met me, makes me feel understood and accepted and, well, liked for who I am. And for me, that’s big.
Yes, yes, I know what you’re thinking, just a few posts back there is a whole big warning about people on the internet and what creeps they can turn out to be. I KNOW. I GET IT.
This is just… well… different, and I don’t know how to explain it. Neither one of us was online looking to MEET someone; neither of us was looking for a relationship of any kind. This just… happened.
I like him a lot. I actually want to meet him. I know I have to be very careful, but I have a feeling of trust with him that I haven’t had with anyone else I’ve chatted with. It’s not hot lust, it’s not swooning head over heels… it’s a warm sense of hope; I guess that’s the best way I can describe it.
I think about him when I’m at work. I think about him when I’m washing the dishes. I would say I think about him when I’m watching TV, but I hardly watch TV because I’m usually on the computer chatting with him. We talk for hours.
He’s talking about coming out for a visit; I’m looking forward to it. I would never, NEVER have said that about anyone online before. I have no idea what to expect… but I am actually willing to find out.
So… I like to chat. I chat online. I chat with all kinds of people. When I chat, I have certain rules. Similar to rules I follow in my blog: no names, no addresses or phone numbers. Nothing that will identify me or leave me at risk because hey, you never really know who you’re dealing with, do you?
I meet people that I develop friendships with. Certain people in the chat room I frequent I have known for some time. I know about their lives, their hobbies, their likes and dislikes. In a weird way, we are kinda close. And I like that. I don’t have a lot of friends, and in my current situation it is nice not to feel alone. Sometimes we chat in the main room. Sometimes we’ll open a private chat to talk one on one and catch up or talk about a certain issue one of us is dealing with that isn’t for open discussion. Sometimes it’s just too noisy in the main room for two people to maintain a conversation.
Recently I met a person who I felt rather close to, who became rather attached to me. Now, I can’t tell you why, but somehow I ended up breaking some of my own strictly held rules. Even as I was doing it, I heard that voice in my head saying “don’t do this Magpye, what are you thinking?” But ultimately, I did. What happened next was a bizarre string of events where this person became controlling and jealous, calling me during the day when he knew I was in a conference, he was accusatory, he spied on me in the chatroom without my knowledge and accused me of ‘cheating’ when I would talk to other friends… man, it just got scary. I ended up having an anxiety attack last night over the realization that I had left myself open for all kinds of trouble. Now, I don’t think he’s the kind of guy who would cause that kind of trouble, I really think he’s a lonely guy looking for something to have in his life… but the idea… thank God my friend D was there with an atavan to calm me down. I couldn’t breathe, I was freaking out. And you know the topper of the whole thing? I felt horrible that I had hurt HIS feelings. I really did. After the names he called me and the things he said.
And for what? An online chat.
People, if you chat, beware. Have a set of rules to keep yourself safe and DON’T BREAK THEM.
Well now kids, since the Magpye is all on her own and flying solo these days, she gets to make all her own decisions, and she feels like celebrating. One of the first things I want to do, of course, just because I can, is get a new tattoo. I know exactly what I want, only I have no idea what it is, and that’s why I need your help. Makes perfect sense, right? Of course it does – I am the Magpye! Who hasn’t been paying attention here??
In Pirates of the Carribbean III, At World’s End, we see Captain Jack in Davey Jones’ Locker, manning the Black Pearl and a crew of misfit Jacks. Several are shirtless and we see a multitude of tattooed torsos. Now, kids: I have a tattoo OF Jack, what remains but to get a tattoo of JACKS’? On his left shoulder there is a large black circular tattoo that looks tribal in nature, but he never holds still long enough to get a really clear look at the design. I have been up and down the internet repeatedly, and do you think I can find any reference to the tattoos of Jack Sparrow, other than the sparrow itself? UGH!!! That’s why I am counting on you, friends and neighbors. Anyone out there can do better than me, anyone can find me that design in a printable format suitable for reproduction by Dean, my favorite body artist at Lost Art Tattoo in downtown SLC, THE place to go if you want it to last a lifetime?? Man I wish I had a pic I could post of the Jack Sparrow he put on my leg, the man is a genius. It looks more like Jack than Johnny Depp himself.
So people!! Anybody out there that can help a Magpye out?? I NEEEEED that design, and I don’t know where to get it. I promise, you’ll be my best friend for the whole day. Who’s got first dibs??
