*Le Sigh*

As many of you know, occasionally I dig up someone from my past that may or may not know me and bug them in email. I don’t know why I do this. Sometimes it is someone that was a great friend or merely an acquaintance. Other times it’s someone whom I don’t even know personally. I just shoot for it. What can it hurt? Who knows you may even cultivate a new relationship with someone. My Fiancee often jokingly calls me ‘stalker’ when I approach these various people. But I figure if they’ve got their email address out there than they are happy to take your call. And if they want to talk–great! If they don’t… no problem! At least I tried.

As I’ve mentioned in previous emails, I’ve had conversations with Noel Paul Stookey of Peter Paul and Mary, Roger Ebert and other famous people. Recently I contacted the person who scored the music for a play I was in years ago. He was even kind enough to make a digital copy of the score and sort of give me a personal interview if you will. Chan Poling, successful solo artist, composer of commercial soundtracks and former member of the band The Suburbs even posted a comment on my blog once! Aside from famous peoples [who probably expect the occasional crazy fanmail] I’ve contacted several people whom I know [and are not famous] just to catch up.

I recently contacted someone from my past whom [I thought] I had once had a friendship with–albeit a short one. I was in 4th grade and we occassionally carpooled together. Since my mom taught Phys.Ed at the school she drove us. He was this cool guy that was really into Star Wars and LOTR back in the day. He likely helped fuel my interest in those subjects. Anyway–really cool guy. Well, I attempted a classic “Hi there remember me” email and I even got the right person. Unfortunately, he doesn’t remember me. 🙂 Oh well.

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Update!

I recently sent an apoligetic email to the man that I know and his wife. Seeing as they hadn’t responded in some time I took that to mean that they had no clue who I was and I should back off.

Here’s the transcript:

—–Original Message—–
From: Adam C. Kooyer
Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 2:45 PM
To: Recipient
Subject: Sorry!

Jim, Monique,

I realize you must think I’m crazy now. And since you’ve not responded
I’m almost certain you have no idea who the heck I am. 🙂

Thank you for your cordial responses and I wish you well!

Take care,

Adam Kooyer

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Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 17:15:29 -0500
From: Sender
To: ‘Adam C. Kooyer’
Subject: RE: Sorry!

Hi Adam,
Just wanting to get back to you. Jim is not always good at getting back to
people right away. His schedule has been pretty crazy lately. I apologize
for that. He does remember you and no, we don’t think you’re crazy.
For a little bit about what we are doing with our life you can go to
yqrevolution.org. We have started a nonprofit ministry to reach un-churched
youth. The site will tell you more, if you are interested.
God Bless,
Monique

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So that was nice! Perhaps I will reunite with Jim in the near future and catch up on his life. 🙂

“This union, is there going to be meetings?”

“Of course”
“No meetings.” [gunshots continue]

Name that flick! It isn’t: Herbie the Love Bug.

Occasionally, I doodle in meetings. We all do it. I’ve thought about making a book of all of my doodles. I used to keep the slips of paper that I drew on and I think I still have a small stack at home waiting to be scanned. Here is a recent one I did about a week ago when I was in a co-worker’s cube waiting for him to finish a conference call…


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Inspired somewhat by the new Herbie: Fully Loaded coming out this summer, I drew this from memory. I was only one number off on the license plate. I originally had the “7” as a “4”. I’m surprised I remembered 5 characters correctly!

Killer Weekend

I love it when a weekend is packed full of events. This weekend was no exception. Heather and I spent most of Saturday just hanging around the house. The so-so weather was enough to keep us indoors most of the day. We also had a great dinner on Friday night. However—I think we were both suffering the after effects of possible slight food poisoning. We both felt ill most of the day. So it was a good day to do mostly nothing. I struggled with the Tivo that Heather recently purchased from Adam V all day long. Then the damn thing wouldn’t fit in the armoire where we keep the NES and the Satellite System. I was pretty miffed by midday. I did help the neighbor kids find their baseball in our backyard and later that night I ventured over to Adam Vs for their BBQ. It was pretty late so I didn’t stay long. But I got to try some of Tom Harty’s patented guacamole… which incidentally is derived from the same recipe that my patented guacamole comes from. So I challenged him to a dual. Andy also said he would participate. Adam V will be the judge for IRON CHEF GUACAMOLE! Now we just need to pick a date and hire the judges.

Sunday was a crazy day. After deciding I was going to get a new piece of furniture for the Tivo, I convinced Heather to come with me. My plan was to head over to Ashley furniture to try and find a matching piece for the bedroom. She suggested Best Buy. I agreed they might have something simple we could get so we were off. When we arrived we didn’t find much in the normal entertainment system area, so I suggested we head over to the Computer Furniture area. I wanted to show Heather a $300 entertainment credenza* that I had my eye on.


*Entry: cre•den•za
Pronunciation: kri-‘den-za
Function: noun
Etymology: Italian, literally, belief, confidence, from Medieval Latin credentia
1 : CREDENCE 3
2 : a sideboard, buffet, or bookcase patterned after a Renaissance credence; especially : one without legs


Here is what happened. We got to the area that I wanted to show here and the thing was on clearance. It was marked down to $169! What a deal! But wait. There’s more! The guy that was manning the department told us that all floor models were an additional 75% off. That meant the credenza was now $40. Talk about sweet! So we left Best Buy with:


Heather’s new office chair


An Entertainment center for the Tivo and bedroom electronics


My entertainment credenza (for my records and misc. stuff in my office)


Two black leather ‘entertainment cubes’ True Seating Leather Storage Ottoman with Serving Trays


And some clearance CD Racks for Heather

Sunday was a blast too. We got up early, went to Byerly’s for breakfast and then grocery shopped. We returned home, went for a bike ride and then laid in the sun and enjoyed Margaritas. Later I hooked up the PS2 and the Dreamcast and enjoyed some classic gaming. Sunday afternoon Matt stopped over with the Miata and we gawked at it for a bit and then we three–Adam, Heather and He–went to our friend’s house for a Barbequee. Wee! On the way back from the BBQ I took Heather to DQ for a tasty treat. It was packed! We returned home, and went to bed. So it was a great weekend overall! Yesssssss.