hate calls knocking in the dark

Oh the crumbs of past relationships can be bitter. Bill called this morning. Well, last night. It seems something I sent him led him into reading my journal again. Not in depth or anything, just enough to get general impressions, I think. He didn’t know details or how I helped Jen Bishop move, for example. I wish there was someone I could talk to about this with. Someone that knows the both of us. Seems to be a familiar want though, what with my father on the scene.

 After my long day of hyper-reality sleep-dep I finally crawled into bed at two only to be woken by ringing at four. In my exhaustion I thought it was my alarm and couldn’t understand why it wasn’t turning off. It’s only fair and fitting that I was confused even before I picked up because it didn’t go away for almost the entire conversation. Two hours of swearing and hanging up on me only to call back seconds later. Poor thing. It must be hard to be so angry. Keeping such a thing harshly smoldering at all times must take so much energy. Blearily saying hallo led me to the “so you have someone new” conversation. Well, okay, rant. I began by hesitatingly said “yeeaass?” to get an instant “fuck you, you fucking bitch cunt” *click*.

Everything just sort of continued off that, but for more obscure reasons than I can apparently grasp. It seems that my being involved with Gavool means that I don’t care for Bill. I, of course, do not see the connection, but I suppose that’s okay. I see that there’s no explanation forthcoming and I know that anything I say is going to filter through many layers that all seem to have nothing at all to do with me. The fact that I don’t see my current with Gavool as a new thing is also apparently hearsay. How dare I still Love the people I used to. Our three year relationship is now empty and dust because I continued to care for people I loved while I was with him. Very strange. Nothing I can wrap my mind about at all. Over the course of our ‘discussion’ I discovered for the first time that he’s never left anyone on good terms ever. I think that may be part of it. Never experiencing positive goodbyes could make the concept something alien. Also, asking if that’s a viable theory equals cruelly cutting him down.  I know was too tired to attempt diplomacy, but I know as well that I didn’t say any hurtfully intended thing. Not one mean word voiced in my mind or past my lips. I think he hung up four times anyways.

Funny thing is that if I were even a slightly crueller person than I am, I wouldn’t have been actually home last night. I would have made the phonecall explaining that I am full aware of the implications of staying over two nights in a week and how they don’t count because I say so. I can imagine him simmering upset only to eventually wake my roomate with the ringing. “No – sorry – she’s not here” at three in the morning. *chuckles* Would serve him right for asking some of the questions that were hatefully thrown at me. However much I’m sure he doesn’t want to think about it, he still asked personal sex questions. I may just decide at some point he’s a masochist. I could so easily see him picturing me lying with someone else and feeling betrayed. Wanting to burst in, death in hand. In fact, now that I think about it, I would lay money down that he did that before calling me. He even pulled out the orgasm thing. “You got it with him – didn’t you?” Wow – fragility. I suspect that if I were to attempt to be hateful back, he would feel justified and therefore be a bit happier. Almost I wish could find some for him. It wouldn’t be honest, but if he could lose even a little bit of the blackness, he would be so much better. I love him, I don’t like to hear him so ruined. The only victim I’ll have the time for.

I’m glad he called, though the utter teenager angst of a lot of it was a bit much. At least I know now he’s not deleting my e-mails off-hand. Reminded me of Domni’s ex who torched all her belongings and as luck would have it, he direct quoted a note that I got earlier this week. That made me chuckle. My humour hates me. Those two would have gotten along if they’d ever let themselves. They could have sat in a coffeeshop and bitched about me. Ah sigh, he can’t punish me anymore, I’m mine again. Why is he trying this? I didn’t understand and still I don’t understand, and nor will I ever be properly told. If it’s so distateful for him, why not change things? Why not change them when I was still with him if they were so awful? Oh sorry – I was told when I ask these questions I’m putting him down again. *sighs* When he calls again, I’ll have to be more awake so I can find other ways to word them. Certainly I was told this was my last phonecall, but I think I was told the last one was too. None of these have really stood out as anything new though apparently his heart is “actually broken” now. Which, if I were feeling like it, would lead to the question, ‘then what was it before?’. I don’t though. I don’t feel like any of this. That’s likely part of the why-I-don’t-care he’s upset about. No anger? Why then, I obviously have no feelings on the matter. Or something. Wish he’d tell me. When we were together, I was continually telling him to write things down, because he’d become too defensive to ever actually say anything to me. Glad I got the phonecall, now I hope I finally get a letter.

ilovebees.com

Alrighty – I am way too fascinated.  There’s a new alternate reality deconstructionist puzzle game. Like House of Leaves, but on-line, for those who don’t play them. (See here).I am wholly in love and getting sucked headfirst into www.ilovebees.com  There’s a ‘so far the run through’ page here at http://bees.netninja.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page. I may not emerge from my room the next few days. I will be too absorbed. This is slick work. It’s pretty how well this is being done. Has this ever been done on-line before? Is this a legitimately new thing as pure marketing??? I am strongly suspecting that Mark Danielewski might be an inspiration to the writer of thier mysterious text, perhaps even the artist behind the thing. The syntax, the writers fingerprint strikes similar.

It’s an interesting site to use as the jump off base. Margaret runs her own honey business in Napa Valley, California. Dana, her niece, has been building and running the website. Dana has been trying to fix the problem, as mentioned in her blog (ilovebees.blogspot.com), but everything so far has only been attacked with code and hidden text as well. The text creates full fairy-tale stories and letters with Shakespeare references and pieces of Classic novels interspersed with lines from the U.S Army Handbook creating the narrative of someone shipwrecked on an empty sand beach. The blog, by the way is entirely fictional. Utterly. All of it is except the other players. Well, SOME of the other players. It’s a beautiful thing the mystery people have going. These, of course, are pretty much assumptions. Gads it’s pretty. Entirely false maybe real universes. My favorite.

As the discovery of this “hacking” is tied to the Halo ii trailer release of a few days ago this is quite easily a marketing ploy, in the later frames, the www.xbox.com was replaced with www.ilovebees.com, but I do not care. This is too nice. Too perfect. I haven’t played one of these in an age.There is a countdown what leads to the end of Augus. I have a feeling that they will be unable to end it satisfactorally, but Microsoft is finally doing something worthwhile. They’re finally making Art with thier money.

This is enthralling.

EDIT:

So it looks like the rabbithole has far better production than the actual game. Pity.

I can’t vouch for the sexual favours

Just got this letter. Come out and support our local artists!!

CR Avery is in trouble… not sure if you know about the play he’s doing right now “gonna change my tune”… anyways the theatre is going to shut him down unless he can pack the place… the last few nights have been dead… what with luminares and such… they actually tried locking him out of the theatre… so we’re just trying to put bums in seats at this point… it’s a great show so if you could put word out on the radar we’d appreciate it… the show is at the railtown theatre 138 e cordova… doors at 8:30 $10 if you can afford $10… $5 and sexual favours if you can’t.

Choce bit from work:

i just got over this girl but i couldn’t get to sleep cuz i thought about her and had a dream about her but i am over her!!

PS i need a gf

and in the other corner:

I have a problem . I just got over likeing this guy and i had a dream about him laast night and i don’t now what to do because i’m oveer him,but after in my dream he said he likes me but i don’t now? P.S. I NEED A BF
HELP HELP HELP HELP HELP
sWEET AND sOUR power

I love this job.

some illuminaires pictures, well the before dark or faerie dust sort at least, to be found at http://pics.halkeye.net/gallery/000c71k9 Mostly Ethan on a tall bike.

I didn’t know I could look like that

I’m tired, covered with glitter, smell faintly of hotub, have no hickies, have been to a festival, two parties and and helped someone move, all while successfully avoiding the menfolk, and have arrived home at ten:thirty the next day in someone else’s clothing. *cackles* I think Illuminaires was a success this year. Just a bit.
take you away to the story, my dear

it’s hard to pinpoint exactly, but I’d say sometime around the turn of the century

My friend Jay is setting off the fireworks this evening. He’s hassling me again to get my ticket. This year I might just go for it. As it’s only twice a year, I almost always miss it. Last time I was in line I got smucked by a truck. Certainly I’ll have better luck these days. I don’t know who I’ll run into tonight, but it’s certain to be fun. Afterwards there’s a posh West Van party with Jacques. Live music & socialites. I love going to parties where people bleed blue when you cut them. I always have far too much fun. Hottub with a view of the city. I’ll have to dig out my most uninteresting anti-wet t-shirt contest underwear. Not, of course, difficult, but something to keep in mind. *chuckles*

The children aren’t very interesting today. Usual questions to eachother, “what do you look like?” I tell them flat out every day I work this that if anyone makes the slightest fuss about skin colour, I may yank their membership. Oh fear. I’m sitting here waiting for Gavool. This part is the real waiting. He’s out there somewhere. If I think about it, I can see him. I’m realizing I worry a little too, but not in concrete ways. Mine are all neglectful leftovers from the last relationship. “will he want to talk with me today? will it be worth it for him to take the time from his day?” Useless things, untrue and habit. It’s almost surreal to not be scared of him. I learned to live with so many rules that it was ridiculous. Call if I’m out for over 2 hours, tell exactly who I’m with, what we’re doing and if there’s anyone else. Be home by THIS time else you’ll be punished. Now I have a list of warning signs: BEWARE THE FALLING ROCKS – fragile ego ahead.

I was talking about Gav with my friends Aiden and Nicole last night. Quite a few of those ‘it’s nice to see you happy’ comments. They’re both good friends of mine, though newly a couple. It’s a joy to spend time with them. It was if I felt him just in the next room. Aiden said he’d come with me to Calgary some time if he could meet him *smiles* Another, ‘go. leave. move out there.’ person. I’m starting to suspect it’s always the people who know me best. *shakes fist at Vancouver* Now that word is spreading I’ve let him go, he’s gone, there are all sorts creeping out of the woodwork hoping to ‘console me’ or.. something. Idiots. I didn’t know that really anyone knew you were even around or existed. I’m beginning to wonder how old I’ll get until that particular phenomenon fades. Mid thirties? *shrugs* Least most of it is amusing.

Four:fifteen. Crossing mental fingers that he’ll be here soon. I’d like to have him over before the flesh people arrive. If nothing else, I’ll have to have the bother of getting properly dressed. Evilness. I’ll try to nab a digicam off someone to take pictures and so post them. Maybe I’ll just take my idiot point & click. It’s not like I don’t have film lying around at all times. Should have brought it with me when leaving town, but all thought of it escaped my mind until he had left. Having certain people around has me used to digital. I went through some of the Cam archives. Found us enduring SWAT together. Two seconds of standing in the livingroom all gothy and more time sitting with Ray. It crashes my computer there’s so much data to wade through, but really, at three a.m. it’s not like I have anything better to do. My mind replays the hours when watching the pictures go by like cells. “we were sitting at ethans now, on the couch” play scroll animation play play. The walls fading into darkness, then oh! a kitchen light. That would be you making sandwiches. *laughter* If I were anyone else, this would be obsessive.

Four:twenty-eight. I swear, this minute hand is like the left hand of Lucifer. I think rather than bore you, (that odd mystical you who apparently may read this), to tears with more of this, I’m simply going to post this and let it be. Go read some more Calvin & Hobbes.

My fish is as listless as I am.

Woke today to tight muscles screaming me from sleep. Unconcious curling into the pain. Make it Stop! Too much walking, I suppose. Too much on too little. Not really eating, not really sleeping. Fuel and rest escaping the radar. Stepping delicately over my trip-wires to glance nonchalant back over thier shoulder as soon as I’ve realized they’re too far gone. Damned green-tinted bastards. Tonight is Illuminaires! I must recover. I suppose it’s almost lucky that today is a stuck sitting day. Working the chat room. Heat calling for cream linen with it’s sweaty voice streaming in with the sun from the window. This skirt is too short to leave the house in. My skin is prickling already and it’s another hour until the sky bakes clean blue in the kiln.

I don’t know who is coming over this evening, but I expect two of three to arrive. Ethan’s been talking of making lanterns. I sincerly hope he finds supplies. I would love to make something today. Actually take these hands and let them Be. Framework pasted with tinted paper. Also small, not a quick toss-off heart this year, but perhaps flame. Make fire. Swerving panels curling upwards. Idealized and scarlet tongued two hands high.
I should call Jaques and see if there’s to be a blanket this year. Leslie and Monica and the rest of the older folk. It would be nice to see David. If I see Angela, I may take her up on the offer of being on the board of the Historical Society. I still feel too young, but not so much now I’m living in such shadow. Jaques’ my tie now that Bill won’t talk to me. French flavoured ribbon tying me to so many people. Almost family I never see except by chance. I have to remember also to find out when Fringe is this year. He’ll be on the board and I want the End Party details.