it's been way too long. i need to hear from you, but i suspect that'll only happen when i send you a too long double-sided hand written and slightly sloppy one stuffed in a too small envelope and loaded with too many stamps because i can't remember how much it actually costs to send a real letter through the mail these days. i miss Your sloppy handwriting. i miss your ramblings about your work, you daughter, your wife...(okay, not about your wife because let's face it, i don't think she ever really liked me). anyhow. maybe i'll just start and accumulate a few letters within the next few years and then send them all at once, like i did the last time. that was kind of fun. it's always funny to reread all of the "drama" i've been through years later...
it's a quiet friday night here... had a blissfully slow, lazy day off today. i've committed myself to actually walking slower on my days off. i don't wear a watch. i turn the cell off. it's fucken refreshing. more folks should try it, particularly here in the "rat-race capital of the world".
i know, i know...i've forgotten my routine in asking you...so here goes... what is it that you are reading these days? what music are you listening to these days? what films have you seen? i have to say that if you get the chance, you should watch "Bright Star". beautifully done film and, of course, heartbreaking. you know i'm big on heartbreak... i had begun to read the Agassi bio but just couldn't get through it, so i picked up a bio on our wonderful friend Mr. Bowie. afterall, you know, he's the reason we're even friends. remember? you spotted the bowie buttons on my way too large dance bag in the hallway in high school? bowie is the reason i've known you since i was 17... that's 27 years. wow.
anyhow. i'm reading the bowie bio and listening to rufus wainwright...out go the caps, sorry. i'm a lazy typist. all punctuation goes out the window as well. i'm sure you'll forgive me though...on account of your very very sloppy handwriting...did you know that i have to go through at least 3 readings before i get what you've written?! ha! i know i've never told you that...i'm hoping it doesn't hurt your feelings. i love your letters. always have.
okay. i'll stop here. and perhaps will start a real handwritten letter tonight. i miss you.
with love and a whisper,
china girl