KEEP VOTING it’s not over yet.

me: it’s hard to read your webpage in China since blogspot is blocked, so I don’t keep up as well as I would like.

raymitheminx: i have raymitheminx.com
does that work

me: checking it!
nope, it doesn’t seem to fly

raymitheminx: oh well
sorry i missed you when you were here tho im sure it was more your fault than mine

me: oh well indeed.
probably.
ha!
no. I’m awkward and shy.
not much has changed in the past few (thousand) years
and I was barely in Toronto
but I’m back for good next year.
we can have a momentous meeting.
re-meeting

raymitheminx : u were shy of moi?

me: yes, and in general.
you’re inevitably buying into a probably awkward first meeting

raymitheminx : omg but we are buddies!
no way

me: BUDS.
hahaha!

raymitheminx: not allowed

me: thanks, that’s encouraging!

raymitheminx: its ok im an egomaniac i wont even notice you
haha

me: hahah!
raymitheminx: wait what, what are we doing here?

me: hm, yes, what.

raymitheminx: what time is it there

me: one thing that’s great about China (aside from the counterfeit dvds) is that it is not cold here yet.
it’s 1 in the am
I’m probably off to bed soon

raymitheminx: show me a picture of yer bf

me: hhaha.
he’s in pictures on my facebook.
hold on

raymitheminx: kai

me: he’s in toronto right now. keeping the home fires burning.

raymitheminx: are you in an open relationship
are you devastatingly lonely

me: the devastating one
ronry..

raymitheminx: sigh

me: I have been cursed with monogamy

raymitheminx : do you guys cry to each other in emails

me: do you feel that we already had some pretty fixed paths when we were like 17
no crying allowed
we haven’t deviated much from our respective paths

raymitheminx: do i feel that u and i?

me: no, we’re pretty ok with long distance relationships

raymitheminx: well u are in china and i am in toronto

me: yes, since we last knew each other
well, there’s that
but our mindsets, personalities, desires.
etc.
raymitheminx: um
hmm
well i was in a psyche ward
that wasnt really my plan

me: it’s never really a plan, I guess.
damn you, cutting holes in my theory
my theory is unbreakable!

raymitheminx: but more or less i guess im doing what i want to be doing
i wish i had more money and fame tho
re-ask the question

me: do you make money off your website?

raymitheminx: whoops
ads
and people buy my art
and my book
it is a platform

me: I still stand by the idea that to a certain extent, I could have in some way predicted your development, vaguely, having known you at 17.
that you would be doing something bold and writing related that that you were okay with having your personal life in the public domain.

raymitheminx: you invented me!
ha

me: that things would get difficult, that those things would have gotten better. and the bad memories would have greatly informed you as a person now.
in a dark cloud sort of manner.

raymitheminx: i wasnt going to have it any other way really

me: and I would be in a retartedly long 5 year relationship
and want to settle down.

raymitheminx: i kind of dismissed highschool and decided that being popular in the real world is more important

me: that’s true.
it’s good you caught onto that one early

raymitheminx: you want kids already?

me: not like the others “oh, glory days!”
ick, no
but I want to move in with my bf.
get a joint bank account

raymitheminx: !

me: get a real job (after law school)

raymitheminx: hahahahaha
you are going to be a lawyer?
but you’re a woman

me: yeah, I’m going to osgoode hall next year

raymitheminx: you mean legal secretary right
heh

me: that is why I’m saying ‘so long’ to China next year.

raymitheminx: you are taking law in china?

me: or should I say 再见
nope, I’m just working and studying chinese here. starting law school sept. 2008
ick, school. exams.

raymitheminx: you make me feel frivolous

me: don’t, you’re supporting yourself.

raymitheminx: my job is taking pictures of retarded flowers and what i ate last nite

me: you’re building a brand

raymitheminx: and you’re an adult

me: have you heard of tumblr?

raymitheminx: no

me: uh, pyjama pants are tucked into the top of my socks
my underwear has a picture of a cartoon pig on it.
sure, I live in China, but I’m still a bit of a baby.
tumblr is like blogspot for add people.
you should check it out. on the plus side, it’s not blocked in China *hint hint
hint
I’ve got one at goodriddancetobadnews.tumblr.com
I keep having to bounce around to different sites as blogspot is crappy here.

raymitheminx: ah
how is it for ad people
oh ADD
a.d.d.

me: haha!
oh, my bad.

raymitheminx: i thought you were giving me great marketing tips

me: hahah!
I wish.

raymitheminx : metoo
do you get hit on there

me: The living cost is SO low here.
a can of coke in a convenience store costs 20 cents.
but I get paid 15 dollars an hour
so I can work less, do more.
hmm, hit on.

raymitheminx: woah

me: not really.
I do get creepy fat old expat guys in bars sometimes.
it’s disgusting

raymitheminx: is it because you look like everyone else there

me: some guys treat chinese girls really badly. I get the spillover sometimes

raymitheminx: and wear glasses
do you snap

me: it helps me to blend in

raymitheminx: i want to go there right now and punch everyone GRR

me: seriously!
it makes you really depressed about boys. a lot of them are like kids in a candy shop here.

raymitheminx: jeez

me: some relatively decent guys just come here and end up sleeping with a lot of Chinese girls and leaving them in the lurch

raymitheminx: wicked

me: albeit, both sides are using each other, but it’s still skewed to the guy’s side.
well, depends on perspective.

raymitheminx: how are white women treated there
like aliens
sexless aliens

me: I don’t want to date a guy who comes and takes advantage
they’re treated alright, I suppose. But from their perspective, I wouldn’t want to date some other expat dude who’s just sleeping around because he can capitalize on his status.

raymitheminx: right

me: it’s a weird situation.
I’m glad I’m not dating here.
dating in general.
how is your mans
by the way did I ever tell you I started reading douglas coupland books?

raymitheminx : started?
i thought all chinese girls read them
my mans is goods

me: blah, seriously?
I have always mentally linked him and you