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Sorry for the random “Email 2” post all weekend! Sometimes things go awry when you’re on the road back from Denver and you have no internet and then you get home and immediately fall asleep … Anyway, onto our regularly scheduled thisislifeinawesomeness …
Last week, I wrote about Modern Courtship. Today, let’s talk about my emails with another man in my life—my dad. Consider this my belated Father’s Day post.
When my dad first got a computer, he’d need help with basic stuff like turning the thing on. The first IM he got resulted in him calling me and exclaiming, “how did YOU get on to MY screen???” But he’s come a long way, so far that he’s switched from PC to Mac, edits his photos using open-source software, and sends around those ubiquitous LOLCATZ and isn’t-this-amazing-this-3d-sidewalk-chalk-painter-man emails.
However, the most wonderful thing about email and my father is that he sends pictures. Lots of pictures. He loves to take pictures, and he loves to send pictures. Sometimes they have funny subject lines (“I sat down to watch the Texas game and” followed by a shot of Nali sitting in his chair); often they have funny pictures of the family pets—and occasionally the family. When I first started visiting Aspen, I sent tons of photos to Dad because Dad has always wanted to live in the cold, so it was something we could share. While I often talk on the phone with my mom, email keeps me connected to my dad.
But some vestiges of old remain. Most emails contain some iteration of the following:
Pretty fucking A-W-E-S-O-M-E!
Luv ya!
Dad
Since he also subscribes to my blog via email, I fully expect a response to this post with some version of the above. I’ll be looking for that email tomorrow…
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