The Unexpected.

[vakkotaur]

And no, I don't mean the old radio show.

A few years ago I encountered the one and only bronxelf_ag001 and must have made a decent impression. Yesterday, to my surprise, I received an invitation to her wedding. Considering her "short list" is really short (single digits, it seems) I was rather boggled for a while. After all, I was someone she met under decidedly non-ideal conditions, for a few days on and off, a few years ago.

But she also made quite an impression. Those who have actually met Bronxelf and not just said hi & bye, know this is inevitable. An impression big enough to actually get me to consider going. Yes, to New York City. Yes, to the Bronx. Yes, for a wedding. Normally I tend to avoid weddings on principle of maintaining comfort... and my views on cities are fairly well known. That they are much like ionizing radiation: Can be useful in small doses, but prolonged or intense exposure is unhealthy.

Not that I expected to never set foot in NYC, but I expected it'd be something planned in a cooler season and probably to see michaelmink. And not the weekend after AnthroCon. Anyway, after a bit of checking this and that, I've decided to go. And hopefully jmaynard will be able as well to act as guide some of the time.

So, plane tickets have been purchased. A hotel room has been reserved. RSVP has been sent. And I am questioning my sanity.

Comments

random reply.

[bronxelf-ag001.livejournal.com]

People are always kind of boggled about the people I choose to be close to. Many people never quite understand the mechanisms by which I choose the people I call friends. I suppose it is only natural that sometimes even the people themselves would be confused.

Way back when, in the wilds of MN, when I was having one of the worst summers of my life you wandered down there every weekend and made jokes. You laughed at *my* jokes. You understood jokes that no one else understood. We developed a code phrase out of it, even. You brought me messages. You delivered messages. But overall you just were *there*, in a way that very few people were during that time. You have no idea how much these small things saved what precious little sanity I had, during those 9 weeks I spent in MN.

You have always been on the short list. I just needed a spot to place you and Jay. I have always considered you to be my friend-- in fact you are one of my favorite people, really. I think you are smart-- damned smart. And funny. And boingy. And just... I don't know, just all around *good*.

And that's how you got on the short list. You just didn't know you had gotten on 3 years ago.

xo
elf.

Sanity...

[jmthane.livejournal.com]

Some of us question your sanity anyway... :-Þ

But not about Elf. Like I posted on her LJ, I find her intimidating. But then, I find lots of people intimidating until I get to know them better. There are a few that I'm willing to make the effort to break out of my shell to get to know better. As far as LJ goes, they're the ones on my "Friends" list (and note that everyone on my "Friends of" is on my "Friends"). Some of them I've had the pleasure of meeting in person. The others, I would like to.

Including Elf. Except I wouldn't want to first meet her in a dark alley late at night when she's royally pissed off at something or someone, then I'd rather be out of the line of fire, I think...

Re: Sanity...

[vakkotaur.livejournal.com]

I have come to expect other people questioning my sanity.

Re: Sanity...

[jmthane.livejournal.com]

Oh, good - I'd hate to disappoint you. ;-)