Hello out there internets! HELLO!

Poe here. With a challenge for May. Post to your blog during the month of May.
I know, I know, there's a Ning thing for that, but - you know, a little friendly competition between friends never hurts.
Why? Because Colin and I decided we wanted to post more to our blogs and we figured if we were striving toward a goal, we'd get into the habit.
However, we don't want it to be all "crammy" and come up with a bunch of crappy "here I am!" posts. (I know how you hate those, Daniel.)
We want it to be about posting stuff you want to talk about to your blog.

Here are the rules:
1. Post 2 or 3 times a week.
2. Aim to have at least 10 by the end of the month.

Seriously. Those are the rules. Colin and I were originally just going to do it between us, but I thought it might be more fun to open it up to the rest of our readers. (My reader, his readers. (; )

Heck. We even discussed - a prize.

Are you in? I'm in! Colin's in.
Comment here if you want to be in.
I'll make a big list. (Oooo. Colin! Look! Blog reading! We can read the blogs of people competing with us! :D )

The list and my number of posts will get stickied at the top. Or thrown in the sidebar. Whichever is less distracting.

Let's go!

Dear Poe -

Hi. It's your blog. It's been a while and I miss you. In fact, since you last posted, the spammers have found me and keep signing up. I went ahead and deleted them for you - and banned not only an email domain, but an IP address. But, I kind of miss you doing those things for yourself. Not to mention, my version is outdated and I really want to be shiny and new.

Just saying hello.

Love,
Your Blog

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Dear Blog -

I'm sorry. Those nasty spammers. How could they?! I saw how many people were registering, but figured I'd just get to it soon enough. Thanks for deleting them. And banning that one guy. (20+ registrations? Really? From one IP/domain?) Fortunately, I made sure to make comments expire so that old entries couldn't be spammed by people like that. I'll definitely look into upgrading your version. Maybe it's spam registration protection is better. And I think I'll start writing again. I miss telling you (and the Internets!) all about my day.

XXOOXX,
Poe

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I've been informed that I did not include the most important portion of the conversation I had with Mag and Roundeye. So. Here it is, in its entirety, as the portion which I was told should have been included makes no sense without the rest of it. (All typos are as they were sent to me. (; )

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Poe
I just got an email from my ex. O_o
We broke up in 2001.....
He sent it to my *work* email....

Mag
Nice, tell him he's a douchebag

Roundeye
Really? What?...Is he looking for his favorite sweater after all these years?

Poe
Okay. Two things. XD
1. Mag - yes. He really was when he terminated our relationship. How did you know? (;
2. Roundeye - How did you know I had his favorite sweater in my possession when he broke it off? XD
Seriously. I'm sitting in my classroom, giggling hysterically over y'all's esp. (;

Mag
Well what does he want? An ass kicking?

Roundeye
He probabally knows he was a fool to let you go and wants to tell you he is sorry for being a douche.

Poe
Mag - well. If you'd asked me 8 years ago, I'd have said, yes. He needs an ass kicking. At this point, I'm not sure what he needs. I'm not sure what he's expecting, either. It wasn't the best - termination - of a relationship. We'll put it that way. (It's not that it's a long story. It's more of "Do you guys really care?" (; )
Roundeye - I guess that's possible. Not sure I'm going to be forgiving that though.

Mag
Well I'm kia saying if there's an asskicking needed. I would be happy to oblige , not just an enforcer in game

Poe
Last I knew, he lived in *insert state here*. And it was 8 years ago. Meh.
Not sure he's worth the gas mileage/money.
(I think I would pay money to see the look on his face though. "You're here for - what?" "Enforcing!" *wham!* XD )

Mag
Don't worry after puttin the hurt on him, ill make him pay for gas

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These are my boys. See why I <3 them? (;
Can you say someone has offered to drive cross-country to lay on a beat down - and then extract gas money from said person - for you? (;

(I never thought I'd be able to say that. XD )

And, yes. It was Mag who determined all of you needed to know that he would get the guy to pay for his gas. (;

(Last note: State was edited out to be posted here. Mag knows the state in which the ex lives. I'm not sure why I edited it for you guys. Meh. (= )

I wasn't sure if I wanted to make this a private entry or not. It's - not - for now. So all of the internets gets to enjoy it! :D

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So.

I got an email from the ex-boyfriend yesterday. For those of you who have known me a long time, you will be aware that said ex-boyfriend broke up with me in 2001. By phone. After I spent two weeks at his place. Which is 1000 miles from mine. And then was dating another girl a week later. (No. Really. I'm not kidding. I got it from a reliable source. His roommate at the time. He was/is a good guy. The roommate, that is.)

Anyway.

I got an email from him.
To my work email.
He and I have not really spoken since 2001. He emailed me once before at my work email. Again, I say - he and I have not really spoken since 2001.

Have you asked yourself the question yet? "How did he have my work email?" (There you go. You knew you wanted to ask.)
Answer: He googled me, found me on my school website, and found my work email there. Because Goddess knows *I* didn't give it to him.

What did this email say? "Just thought I'd say hello."

Okay, seriously. Buddy.
You broke off that relationship. You picked up a new one and your life went on. It is now 8 years later.
What the hell are you expecting out of me?

Now, my boys were cracking me up yesterday.
For those of you not in the know, I have three people I email during the work day on a regular basis. It's a daily email that all four of us reply to.
I play World of Warcraft with all three of them. Two of them are male They are the boys. My boys. Whatever. (;

In any event, I shared with them that I'd gotten this email...

Mag: Nice, tell him he's a douchebag
Roundeye: Really? What? ...is he looking for his favorite sweater after all these years?

Keep in mind, I've never talked about the ex with either of them. They really knew nothing about him at all. Mag had no idea the ex actually behaved like an asshat. And Roundeye had no idea that I kept the ex's favorite sweater when we broke up. (No, really. I did.) I think I laughed for a good five minutes straight. I'm laughing now. Apparently, they know all. They are connected to my brain. Or they are just psychic. Who knows. But it's pretty funny, eh? :D

Anyway. Wonder what the ex wants.

Odd.