Char's Blog
Blog Power
If you're looking for a phonecall from an "old friend" I suggest a blog posting with a link to an online profile! Within days I received not the standard email form of communication but a phone call no less! I have greatly underestimated the power of my blog!! This is a first in approximately three years (during which time I will note, in his defense, that I have not called him either.)
He has some concern that I not bring direpute to his position of Councillor with the City of Abbotsford. Fully respecting his wishes I have revised my link one that is more acceptable for him. While I can not say with certainty, he alluded to the grey coverage in his respective photos. No discernable difference from my perspective. (For a brief moment I posted photos from the respective sites but upon further reflection I recognized that the following images would be more entertaining!)
Original Photo
Updated Photo
One thing is certain... there is a reason why our alma mater is hosting a reunion for us this summer. Yep... that's me... 1st picture of four starting on the right! Long time ago now!!
Has the 'art' of 'blogging' fufilled the pop culture prophecy that eveyone will be famous for 15 minutes, or merely made such insights meaningless because of the sheer number and complete absense of qualifications of people who can now be found merely by typing their names in Google?
Are online journals a technologically assisted insight into the minds of those we care the most about, or are they merely insipidly taking the handwritten musings of our friends out of the dusty attic where they truly belong ? Will I love you more if I have a deeper understanding of your stream of consciousness, or will you just piss me off ?
But the most important questions, after being sent this particular blog, are quite simply two-fold:
The first question is, where is Charlene in these pictures ? I couldn't find her, and I knew her well 20 years ago (I didn't know her well in a Biblical sense, just in case Darryl periodically reviews these postings).
That said, I have posted my personal e-mail. My first inclination was to list my e-mail as 'noneofyourbusiness@private.com' , but it occurs to me that Char must have at least several friends who underestimate the value of cable TV and instead check out her blog from time to time. And so I make this offer. I can think of at least ten deep pink embarassment moments from Char's misspent youth at Trinity Western University. First 10 people to e-mail asking for details, and I'm giving them up.
Finally, the second question is even more disturbing. What is the wife of a respected Baptist minister doing posted pictures of naked men in pools on her personal blog ? When she recalls with fondness old male friends in her mind, are they all naked and cartoons ? Do the spouses of all clergy have these dark hidden fixations with the naked male cartoon form, or is this something unique to Char ? Can a flesh and blood pastor really compete on an ongoing basis with the fantasy based male cartoon form?
No doubt all these questions and more will provide rich 'blog' fodder for the musings and confusings of my ole friend Char. Something to keep her busy when her husband leaves her again for another man, if I understand her previous posting.
And, as this is her 'blog' (Look Mom, I own a blog ! You are NOT bringing that THING into this house !!) I leave it to her with affection.
An old Friend
Funny that you hold such a dim view of blogging given that, for years, you plied your spleen as a columnist for the Abbotsford Times (http://www.abbotsfordtimes.com/issues02/013202/opinion/013202op2.html) and distributed said columns by email list to all your ole friends. Surely your reply is not a case of jealous inclination?