Ha. Everything but the girl. Nice.
Last week I upgraded my Macbook’s hard-drive to the 320GB Toshiba MK3252GSX. At £66 it was a bargain, and being a Macbook the upgrade can be done on the kitchen table in about three minutes.
One result of this is that I can now fit my entire music collection on my laptop – I used to just carry a small selection, whilst my main library was on an external drive that was a bit of a bore to plug in. This week I’ve been stuck on the playlist “Not played recently”, and wow, what a treat it has been. What a wonderful gift music is. Rediscovering all this old stuff that I’ve not heard in ages. Pink Floyd. Everything But the Girl. Genesis. Beth Orton. Joni Mitchell. Dick Gaughan. Nick Drake.
Another result of the upgrade is that I’ve rediscovered my video collection which, like my music, had been languishing on an external drive. I was staggered to find that I have 567 home-movies, many of which I haven’t seen in years. My favourites were those taken in the first few months of my relationship with *Twinkle* (I haven’t shot so many since then). She’s so funny, and so cheeky. Watching those really brings it home to me why I love her so much. I wrote a little while back about a difficult patch we were going through then, and how we had ‘lost touch with one another’s realities.”
After 6 months apart, the love I feel for her is not grounded in or dependent upon any physical realm. It’s not her cutey looks, her kind words or her personality. It’s underground, it’s her spirit, her ‘soul’. That’s been so important, as when there’s ripples across the surface, I just look below – the water is calm, rich, full of life.
Thus, watching those videos of her in hysterics due to me looking terrible in a photo that she’d just taken of me (etc) have been a great reminder of just what a joy it is to be with her on a ‘superficial’ level. She is so lovely to hang out with, and I can hardly believe that I have been so fortunate as to be destined to be her husband. I mean seriously, I can hardly believe that someone who fits so perfectly with the ‘girl of my dreams’ is coming to the UK next week to marry me. It’s a miracle!
I have a lot to thank Sheffield uni for, and a lot to thank the world in general for.
Thank you world
(now please tell Apple to get on with the MobileMe launch. .mac was due offline 9 minutes ago but it’s still working!).