[PRCo] Re: Black friday

[Derrick Brashear]

On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Phillip Clark Campbell
<pcc_sr at yahoo.com> wrote:
>        * From: Derrick Brashear <shadow at gmail.com>
>        * Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:02:17 -0500nono. the only issue is "black Friday" is not the
> same as black Friday. adjacency matters!
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> Derrick
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> Mr.Brashear;
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> Reading emails more closely I see that your 'status' may have
> changed as of late yesterday or today;  that may have strong
> influence on the 'nitting.'

nay. no, in this case it's because of the industry i work in and
people's reticence to take advice which
will solve issues or create an accurate picture, even as they are
either complaining bitterly of their experiences,
or making statements lacking a proper basis.

(and status? it hasn't. yet. not unless the lawyer called and i missed it)

> You'll object;  you are strong and I recognize that.
> I also recognize a delicate side.  A man never feels more complete
> than when he has a wonderful woman with whom to share life.

or man. no matter. i am not yet single in a legal sense, and then, i
will *only* be single in a legal sense.
perhaps, when that call comes, i will see if my wife and my girlfriend
can both meet me somewhere to share a beverage.

> Absent that leaves a void which the individual won't always recognize,
> not even those around him  --  not unlike the forest and trees
> issue.  This is truly a personal Black Friday isn't it.

it is what it is. each day has its ups and downs. i am in a hot dog
shop in the basement of a church in downtown Pittsburgh.
when i leave here, i will pick up a bottle of wine, a headlight for my
bike, get some tea, work, get my car, leave it for my girlfriend,
and bike across town to meet folks for a drink and reflections on 5
years of blogging; then bike back across town for other friends
premiering their video in a space which is a shared workshop
organization i'm a member of and volunteer at.

is life perfect? no. i have lots of work to do and i've hit a point
which i am having trouble getting past. is life awful? not hardly.

> I don't know you well enough to offer the correct sentiment;
> regardless, a void is still present when someone who was
> always alongside is no longer there.  I trust this void won't be
> detrimental and that the void may be appropriately filled
> somewhere ahead.  As with most other situations in life,
> a relationship is a double-sided coin as well.  While
> making one feel complete these relationships certainly
> offer their own unique challenges as well don't they!
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> Best wishes for a time of healing and a Most Happy Holiday.

Thank you (for that, it is, regardless) and you too.

Derrick