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Webster's Birthday Celebration; Turning 40
Topic Started: Jul 12 2015, 02:18 AM (944 Views)
Tanya
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Turning back the clock...

Rewind the time to days long gone,
Turn on the radio and play this song..
Chris De Burgh - Lady in Red
Remember the game that tied us true,
A time that left pieces of you.

Fast forward to the end,
When we had become friends,
The clubs within a forum; beware,
For we had talked a few times there.

A game both won and lost,
Faded like a winter frost,
Time covered it up with a cloth,
But truth is, nothing was truly lost.

Stories told and shared,
A gift given; unaware,
A good time for all who was there,
In memories we chose to share.
By:TM for ML July 12, 2015

Back during Nitrous Days and the game being played, so many of us wrote out stories and shared them. We took part in the forums; re-created
the very same clubs in the game and made them our own. Various personalities shown. One went as far as writing a book and soon to be another.
But we...well we kinda fell into the very things we wrote about. Created something new when that world fell apart. A storybook world wrapped
up in reality but it is only the creation that most have ever seen.

"I idolize the world of make-believe for it is never as it may seem"
"Giving into what we need, never becoming what that need should be. Setting the world and our life free"
"Blending real with the impossibility of making it real; living within a dream called fantasy"


And to think, this was just our beginning. I remember telling you happy birthday even back then.

What I almost did for this day...

I almost re-created a story of yours. One of the first I ever read. But changed my mind. Not enough time to do it right. Not my place either.
Now if I were your girlfriend.... anything could have happened with any number of those old stories. :halo1:

I considered actually writing "Our Story" but once again, not enough time. AND once again I had to pause and think about that story as it stands
today. A story with no end should not begin on a birthday. A story we both share/shared in bits and pieces all over the net should not be shrunk
into a story that fits on a single page.

I wanted to to go to the Expo here in Columbus but that did not work out. I had every intention of sharing Muscle Cars. But didn't think posting
from the net was personal enough. **Photos I took would have been tho.**

I wanted to tease you about the very first thing you ever said to me. ~I went into the club; the one you were at with the intention of asking you
to come away from the forum and talk to me about the story you posted and at the time had not finished. I didn't though. I did however order a drink.
I didn't know you at the time but you said: "You'll be wanting a Mt.Dew, right?" I asked how you knew that and you said: "I've seen you around."
At the time, I thought our little ninja had said something to you but I learned later, she had nothing to do with it. I didn't visit often after that. I was
too surprised that you paid attention. ~ I didn't tease because I didn't know if you'd remember that first encounter.

And that brings us to the end of our 3 day countdown. Everyone is welcome to comment or add to this if they want to but there are two days left to go
and who knows what I have in store next......
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More to come!
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Heh, I included a pair of shades for ya, dear.

Now this particular countdown is all on me. Not explaining that. No need. The birthday boy will see what I mean. Hope you smile, Matthew.

Music

Soul II Soul - Back To Life
(playing this in 3 windows and all at diff points in the song. Awesome)

Memories... Matt and I have created many but ♫ Music ♫ is one shared all over the net in equal measure. Some tunes I know he'd just shake his
head on and move onto one of his own choice. Funny because I picked up on that really quickly.

Sandman (Elgene) and I created a music group on Facebook. After several failed attempts with it on my part, he brought Matthew into the group.
At first, I didn't think anything of it but after a few days, I paused and just watched the boy work a kind of magic I hadn't seen in a long time.
People began to join and post. As long as I say next to nothing and don't go posting too often, that magic still lingers. That was about 3 years ago.

Music became his and my spark. From that time on, we have shared music with each other going as far as tagging one another. Sharing playlists
has always been a thing of his but once in awhile a list will be with me in mind and often times goes hand-in-hand with a story of his. It took me
a long time to figure out the two often went together.

I can't explain the meaning behind music and why it was a big deal when it came to Matthew, other than to say, those who knew what was going on
in my life a few years back, knew I needed a way to express myself without shedding tears. Music is the direction I was pointed in and Matthew was
my closest match. He added flame to an already lit fire.

black crowes - she talks to angels
He is my angel. Enough said.

What is written Often has a personal meaning....

Stories are seldom ever in black n white. So much grey lingers behind words. Plenty of people know this too and choose to hide behind
a picture, not their own. Behind today's way of communicating... text, chat, pictures that share an expression....
No one really cares... But I do.

If I want to fall into a story, I'll ask for a story to read. Several friends love to write stories and don't even hesitate to write or share
a story. Lovely. Matthew has been writing stories for what so many would say: "A very short time." True enough, he hasn't been writing
a lifetime but he has been reading a lifetime. He is one of the better writers in my opinion. He writes stories much better than I ever did
and I have been writing my lifetime. I stopped writing stories because I stopped liking any of them. Others did too. But...
Matthew doesn't stop writing. His stories take far longer for him to write than I wish. :copperhead: But he still writes, other things~
I fell in love with the man in his stories. The writer behind them. I came to love the man himself over time as well. Many know it
which brings us to another part of Matthew's and my memories shared.

Webster and Tanya Got Married: An online love story that many still believe
Don't kill me Matthew. Hahahaha

Matthew and I get along well. We can tease each other in such a way, friends found it cute. Often times they found it sweet. We became
a couple to so many people who know us both. A friend kept telling us to get married and after a long time.... we played the part we
were asked to play. ((In reality, I was already married. not a single soul cared)) After awhile and time away from facebook and the one
who asked us to marry, it all faded away. :cry1:

I've been single almost 2 years now and only 3 have ever asked if Matthew and I are still bonded together. Honestly? We are but not in the
way so many wanted us to be.

Forum Days

This was a time I was trying to find somewhere to belong. I never knew I already belonged. ((Thank you, Matthew)) I had a forum a couple
years before I knew Matthew. A beautiful forum a friend or two really helped me create. It was a small forum that belonged to those I was
close to at the time. I am still close to a few but very quiet with them all. Back then, it was a forum for helping others get through things
they could not do on their own. It faded once I realized I was one of those same people. In need of help. I denied it and lost the will
to keep that forum going. Friends faded.

But I have had 4 since knowing Matthew. All failed lol. I still have two around. One from a couple years ago but unused for anything more
than storage and one from a year ago that I tend to keep to myself. that seems to be changing. Anyway, it was Matthew's forums that
I felt at home with. The old ones were my favorite. This one has rubbed off on me now but mostly because of the couple of new friends
made here.

Being useful to Matthew is a huge payoff. It has went a long way to me finding my way. Odd huh? LOLI found peace within a friend.
And I found love that I never even knew was being given. I couldn't see passed all the games. I am beginning to now though.

and that ends today's festivities. Tomorrow, I hope to bring tears to Matthew's eyes. Old poems and new ones will be mounted in
pic form and shared. This time he will be able to download them if he wants to and with my blessing.
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For Matthew's one more day celebration, I mentioned poems. Those poems are already on my forum. He'll remember most of them.
Adding this little break in the festivities to explain a bit before I really dig in and begin posting.

Those following along. (not u Matt, u already know this)........ Poems are my way of speaking. Music is our way
of speaking. Picture posting is Web's way of doing almost everything. Clear? Good.

Matthew and I had time alone online together. Nothing naughty but I'll let people think what they want to. It keeps things interesting.
A group that was private. I needed his attention and at the time, didn't care how I got it. It worked well. He enjoyed it as much as I
did or he wouldn't have bothered with it. After awhile, I got greedy. I closed that group but not before capturing things created there.
Mostly things I wrote on covers. and a few more personal conversations that will never be shared. People think I am joking when
I call Matthew my best friend. I'm not joking. He truly is my angel and in so many ways, I owe him. Everything.


A few of those covers will find there way into the celebration. What they say will be explanation enough. Of course the poems tell
stories too. Most all I do for his birthday tells something. Anyone can post pics and say Happy Birthday. I enjoy putting more thought
and time into it. At least for Matthew, I do. Oh and my kids. haha

Back to working on stuffs I go.
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I'm just going to be blunt, as it's the only way I know how.
Are you two a couple, or something?
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Jul 14 2015, 12:40 AM
I'm just going to be blunt, as it's the only way I know how.
Are you two a couple, or something?
She's one of the closest friends I've got, Identity...let me put it to you like this: I can count on one hand and part of the other hand the number of close friends - both online & offline - I have...Tanya's on that list. :devil1:
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identityissues8
Jul 14 2015, 12:40 AM
I'm just going to be blunt, as it's the only way I know how.
Are you two a couple, or something?
Nothing wrong with being blunt. More people should be.
Webster answered the question well but I'll add my own thought
to it. Most have wondered that same thing almost from the day he and I began
talking. We have never met but are close. Time allowed that to happen.
If it appears we are a couple because I go crazy for his birthday or anything
else you may see, so be it. But we are just close friends.

Close friends, best friends, friends trusted.... We love them unconditionally.
And if bold and caring enough, show it.
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Jul 14 2015, 02:27 AM
identityissues8
Jul 14 2015, 12:40 AM
I'm just going to be blunt, as it's the only way I know how.
Are you two a couple, or something?
Nothing wrong with being blunt. More people should be.
Webster answered the question well but I'll add my own thought
to it. Most have wondered that same thing almost from the day he and I began
talking. We have never met but are close. Time allowed that to happen.
If it appears we are a couple because I go crazy for his birthday or anything
else you may see, so be it. But we are just close friends.

Close friends, best friends, friends trusted.... We love them unconditionally.
And if bold and caring enough, show it.
^ ^ ^
...what Tanya said. :)
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Shall I continue? Or give Matthew a break? :halo1:
:caution1:

No worries, the mush is almost over and so are all the pictures. I've taken this birthday of his to an extreme, hopefully he never forgets.
He can spend the rest of our lives getting even. I don't mind. I've summed up the past 6 years in what honestly amounts to very little.
No pun intended. It would take forever to truly get to the heart of our friendship. But I can also sum it up in a short little piece.
Shall I do that now?

Tanya (not a quote ever said this way ie. never a quote till now)
 
Hello Matthew,
I have something I want to say and want it shared with all who care to listen/to read. I thank you for being my friend.
I thank you for taking the time to get to know me. I thank you for caring enough to never give up on me even when
I almost gave up on myself. I thank you for putting up with all my crazy thoughts and emotions. I thank you for never
getting upset when you knew I was hurting or crying. I thank you for being the brat you chose to be with me no matter
how many people thought it was for other reasons. I thank you for teaching me that life doesn't have to be all bad even
when bad is all around me. But, I thank you most for sharing who you are with me when you refused to do that with others.
That is what friendship is about. That is why I love you and don't care what others think about it.

You say I am one of your closest friends.... I say you are my very best friend.
Forever your friend,
Tanya


This is the tear-jerker part I warned about. The only thing missing is our favorite songs playing in the background for you.
((they are playing in mine, however)) Hugs n kisses, Matthew. If you shed even one tear, I made my point and a wish
come true as well. You know what I mean.


Tomorrow is your birthday and the day facebook becomes the main attraction attached to your birthday. As you saw in a post,
our friends (and my kids) are looking forward to it. Not much mush will be there but I'm sure a few will give you crap to which
you should respond to in kind. Like old times. hahahahahahaha

Time to tweet and blog and then either find something to do around the house or sleep. Not sure which.
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Well, no more likes seen from Web so not sure how the previous 2 posts went. ^o)
Too much maybe? I don't know.

I did forget to say: that was 3 out of 3. This brings us to a close.
I could have edited even. -_-

I loved the mush I put into the posts best. Storytelling truth can be .... educational for some
and really sweet for the one receiving. and the end of all this...
a quote that wasn't a quote till posted..... :wub:

I set out to share a bit about Matthew and I and I think I ended up sharing far more than that.

All of it says: "This is who I am" "This is who Matthew is with me"
"This was our start to where we are now"

But where is Matthew and I right this minute?
I'm sure Webster has a response for that question.


Rooster,
You said:
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That is a beautiful thread you have going over there, thank you for sharing it with us. :)

There is a "rhythm" to it, I don't want to break that, so I am taking a few days off... :P

Please continue, it really is beautiful.

I seen the like you got from him. Think you could explain what you meant by "rhythm" ? :p2:
Beautiful..... What makes it so?

Yep, determined to drag you in somehow. Posted Image


Jewel is suppose to take part too and did with a couple of quick pic posts so far and a sig she is sporting. As long as her pc
and internet don't throw fits on her... I am sure she'll find a way to do more. Here and other places too?

She's been supportive. That says a lot about a new friend, I think.

haha, I want our little band of misfits to be in this together is all. I am not asking too much.


I am editing...

I see Web is around. *waves* Okay, now what to say....

I know Rooster wants me to continue but where do I go from here? What can I say more?

I could go back to the beginning and this time, ask Matthew all the things I wanted to back then
but.. would doing so change our friendship? Make it different than it is? Make it more? Make it less?
I have no answers for those question and I have no questions left to ask from then. The very
beginning was a game. No more and no less even if I did make a few friends I wouldn't trade
for the world. Matthew wasn't one of them right away. Our friendship came so much later. Later,
at a time, the game was coming to an end. Funny, how that works really when Matthew and I
still have "game moments."

Speaking of games.... Matthew and I found things we both liked. For example....wrestling.
I don't care for it much anymore We played a wrestling game for a short time.
I stopped shortly after beginning however lol. But... we went a step further and wrestled just
to mess with each other. Pinning took on another meaning. :interesting1: We took turns. :p2:
Of course, I had to turn it into a different kind of wrestling and mud became involved. If I
remember correctly it had something to do with a pic and also something someone mentioned
on facebook. So mud baths and wrestling. Interesting little game, yes? But watch out because
he has a pin to the wall coming up tomorrow..... a kiss perhaps to prove I can still get away with it
even if I am dating someone. ((people put too much into things. friends can be friendly and still
be innocent too. as long as it doesn't become a group thing. :anger1: ))
Hey Matthew... What will you do if I pin you to your chair; straddled no less? I bet
Webster comes out to play. ((see how I change the name... that has meaning too))

Hmm... wait.. sports!! Been a long time since I went toe to toe with Matthew on this...
Navy vs. Notre Dame

Ah, facebook....Tomorrow is going to be so interesting. Maybe even fun lol I'll have to remind
people I am NOT the center of attention. Meh. Poking... ya know, that used to be a favorite
passtime of Matthew's. I'd post something about returning pokes to those who poked me
and he would come along and repeatedly poke me. Then he would let Webster out and
that turd would try and get others to group up and they would all poke me together.
Little sh!ts!! They even got a couple of the girls to help out.

Now I will draw this to a close. Seriously. Tomorrow is the final day. The day Matthew turns 40!
And Webster turns 4. See what I did there? :copperhead:
Tomorrow is all about play and play means having fun, being silly etc. etc.
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After editing above, a nap and well, okay, not sharing that next bit....
I realized this whole birthday celebration is missing something more
important than my trip down memory lane or even about Matthew and
my friendship.

It's missing the tales of Webster. Something I can't even share. Not
the today Webster anyway. ((not that Webster's changed his tune
but I no longer follow close enough to talk about him))

I know Webster loves his politics. I know he enjoys science(I do too) I know
he can get pretty crazy with sports too. Well, he gets crazy with certain teams.
I know there are other topics too but those ones are his primary.
I know he is part of several forums but I don't follow then. I am not part of them.
I'm pretty sure he has been with a few forums for a long time too. Other's..
not long at all.

I was part of few forums with him but those forums either changed and I wasn't
informed; disappeared or I no longer bother with.(Happens when you forget
passwords and are too lazy to bother changing them.) One or two forums, I
stopped going on because I no longer felt welcome.

Webster's Life might be tangled with mine but its only locked to a couple
of places. Most of his time/life is far removed from me. Some of the rest of you
are more aware of what he does than I am.
You are the ones who should be
able to add your own time knowing him to all I have done.

and this post Webster is more like something drawn from a "Webster-sized totem"
even with how small it is. J/S


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I first met Web on Atrium I think, then I joined Wober and he was there too. heh lots of bugging me with the hippo in their shoutbox. I joined here a bit after Wober.

He really loves to enter chat threads with an ice tea or some other drink in his hand.

Like that? lol
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