Phone Calls and Drunken Emails can be so much fun... December 23, 2004
It was on this evening that Joni pulled ALL her courage together and actually placed the first trans-Pacific phone call to Stephen. He was wrapping up a million things so that he could go to the office Christmas lunch and then take off the rest of the year, and she was wrapping some last-minute Christmas presents.
Joni had never been so nervous in all her life, and Stephen had never been so surprised, and so, the conversation was pretty funny to listen to... It pretty much consisted of both of them trying to figure out what the hell the other was saying with their funny accents! As soon as she got off the phone, Joni called Angie and told her that Stephen sounded like the sexy Wiggle (Anthony, for those of you without small kids...).
Stephen got off the phone, finished what he was working on, and then got his drink on with the office crew... Below is the email he sent Joni after that heavy office drinking session (drunken typos included)...
"Hi Joni,
It’s 12:20AM here. I just got back from my night out, and I’m still more than a little drunk from the combined effects of said night out plus Christmas party. Reall, I’m going to send this to you and then pass out – that level of fatiugue and intocication . Well, first I’ll drink about 2 litres of water – I tend to find that makes the hanbg0ver live-withable.
I guess the main thting I wanted to cover was having spoken with youn earlier today. I hope I didn;lt come acrtposs tooo badly. I apprecaite I probablyt seemed a biyt ramnblky and stilted – all I can plead is that i6t was at work and I was abit vcaught off guard. Also, I guess it was just the hearing of your voice – I guess, one always has an impression of a person one’s in touhc with, but I’d never really thought ablut what you might soi8nd like, and then there you were, American accent and all. I guess I just wasn;lt ready for it! I don’t knoiw whtehr I’m leadfing to anyhting especially here. I guess I justb felt I should tell you.
And, I’ll tell you one more thing: Ususuall after any night up alkl I’ve felt is morew alone thean ever, wisying I had someohtne to come home to, or to go home with. And with you in the wings., in a sence, I’ve felt happier about copomeing home than I tyhink I’ve ever vbeen.
OK, well thnat was the main thkisn I wanted to dsay ,a and so I guess I’ll send this and then get some micjmn needed sleep. I’ll hang arounbd for a little while and if you want to shoot a message back to me, fine.
OIK, so, fom your druckren and tireed friednl – I hgope all’s well, and I hiope I didn’t createw a bad imprewssion beforew
Thine,
Stephen"
It was on this evening that Joni pulled ALL her courage together and actually placed the first trans-Pacific phone call to Stephen. He was wrapping up a million things so that he could go to the office Christmas lunch and then take off the rest of the year, and she was wrapping some last-minute Christmas presents.
Joni had never been so nervous in all her life, and Stephen had never been so surprised, and so, the conversation was pretty funny to listen to... It pretty much consisted of both of them trying to figure out what the hell the other was saying with their funny accents! As soon as she got off the phone, Joni called Angie and told her that Stephen sounded like the sexy Wiggle (Anthony, for those of you without small kids...).
Stephen got off the phone, finished what he was working on, and then got his drink on with the office crew... Below is the email he sent Joni after that heavy office drinking session (drunken typos included)...
"Hi Joni,
It’s 12:20AM here. I just got back from my night out, and I’m still more than a little drunk from the combined effects of said night out plus Christmas party. Reall, I’m going to send this to you and then pass out – that level of fatiugue and intocication . Well, first I’ll drink about 2 litres of water – I tend to find that makes the hanbg0ver live-withable.
I guess the main thting I wanted to cover was having spoken with youn earlier today. I hope I didn;lt come acrtposs tooo badly. I apprecaite I probablyt seemed a biyt ramnblky and stilted – all I can plead is that i6t was at work and I was abit vcaught off guard. Also, I guess it was just the hearing of your voice – I guess, one always has an impression of a person one’s in touhc with, but I’d never really thought ablut what you might soi8nd like, and then there you were, American accent and all. I guess I just wasn;lt ready for it! I don’t knoiw whtehr I’m leadfing to anyhting especially here. I guess I justb felt I should tell you.
And, I’ll tell you one more thing: Ususuall after any night up alkl I’ve felt is morew alone thean ever, wisying I had someohtne to come home to, or to go home with. And with you in the wings., in a sence, I’ve felt happier about copomeing home than I tyhink I’ve ever vbeen.
OK, well thnat was the main thkisn I wanted to dsay ,a and so I guess I’ll send this and then get some micjmn needed sleep. I’ll hang arounbd for a little while and if you want to shoot a message back to me, fine.
OIK, so, fom your druckren and tireed friednl – I hgope all’s well, and I hiope I didn’t createw a bad imprewssion beforew
Thine,
Stephen"
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