{"id":337,"date":"2008-12-25T12:31:19","date_gmt":"2008-12-25T20:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jerslife.com\/word\/?p=337"},"modified":"2011-07-04T18:18:07","modified_gmt":"2011-07-04T22:18:07","slug":"christmas-new-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jerslife.com\/word\/christmas-new-years","title":{"rendered":"Christmas & New Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"img_5521\"Christmas Eve was saved by my friend Claus.<\/strong> I worked with Claus on my first film 4 years ago, and again a few months ago. \u00a0He saw me eating alone in a restaurant and popped in to say hello. \u00a0He didn’t know that Cecilia was back in Sweden. \u00a0He didn’t know we were still together. \u00a0 I told him, “I don’t know if we are still together<\/em>.”<\/p>\n

He said that I shouldn’t be alone on Christmas Eve. \u00a0He invited me to spend it with him, his wife & newborn son at their place downtown. \u00a0While heading down there, I forgot the directions so had to run back to the house, through the record breaking snow. \u00a0when I returned to the stop, the bus was just pulling up. \u00a0When I had to transfer, the driver let me out early so I could run to catch the next shuttle. \u00a0I caught it just as it was pulling away. \u00a0All day long, people were waiting 30-60 minutes for buses. \u00a0Somehow I made it to Claus’s apartment in 24 minutes.<\/p>\n

I thought of her <\/em>often while looking out the window of their comfy apartment, 17th floors above downtown Vancouver. \u00a0A beautiful spread of wine, cheddar cheeses and\u00a0p\u00e2t\u00e9 brought a comfortable calmness to me. \u00a0The small and ornate Christmas tree reminded me of what she <\/em>always wanted… \u00a0what we always needed.<\/p>\n

I had a wonderful time and after calming down a bit (I was running!!) I relaxed and enjoyed the conversation, the warm company, their inspirational views on the industry… \u00a0 \u00a0 and the view.<\/p>\n

Where will I be for New Years?<\/strong> I think my message to a Swedish member of couchsurfing.com summarizes it best. \u00a0Here’s the copy\/paste.<\/p>\n

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Hej!<\/em><\/p>\n

I have an romantic adventure coming up and I may need a place to sleep for a day or two. \u00a0I’m scheduled to arrive in Copenhagen on Dec 27th at 13:30. \u00a0I have not scheduled a train yet, so I’m not sure when I will arrive in Halmstad.<\/em><\/p>\n

What’s the occasion?<\/em><\/p>\n

A surprise visit to my girlfriend. \u00a0She’s been staying with me in Vancouver over the past 3 years. \u00a0She’s been struggling to get into makeup artistry and I work in the film & video games industries. \u00a0She is often waiting for me to come home, while I work and try to get residency for us both here in Vancouver. \u00a0 I’m from Michigan originally and trying to make a home base in Vancouver.<\/em><\/p>\n

I think John Lennon said it best “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.<\/strong>“<\/em><\/p>\n

She’s been waiting 3 years for me, and I’ve been working too much. \u00a0Even the little time we get to spend together was rushed or distracted. I’m no longer want to wait for my job to settle down and I want to tell her, I want to show her, in person, that she means more to me than anything.<\/em><\/p>\n

So there’s my romantic tale. \u00a0Who knows how it will end. \u00a0If you are interested in helping me out and learning a little bit about Vancouver and the film & game industries… \u00a0or just to be a part of a fairy tale…<\/em><\/p>\n

…we should talk more!<\/em><\/p>\n

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How will this end? \u00a0Indeed. \u00a0Am I crazy? \u00a0Well, she’s always wanted me to be myself. \u00a0She always wanted me to dump the shyness and be free. \u00a0I was always afraid to give her my heart, because I wasn’t sure if life would allow use to be together. \u00a0If things went wrong with the film & game industry in Vancouver… \u00a0 if I wasn’t able to fix my unhealthy arm… well… \u00a0I may have had to return to the US, and I didn’t want to take her away from her career in Vancouver.<\/p>\n

Anyhow, I guess this is it. \u00a0I will give her what she’s always deserved… \u00a0 what we <\/em>deserve. \u00a0Will this tale have a fairy tale ending? \u00a0Will I become the person I know I am? \u00a0Will she see our future?<\/p>\n

Whether or not we are together…\u00a0 I owe this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Christmas Eve was saved by my friend Claus. I worked with Claus on my first film 4 years ago, and again a few months ago. \u00a0He saw me eating alone in a restaurant and popped in to say hello. \u00a0He didn’t know that Cecilia was back in Sweden. \u00a0He didn’t know we were still together. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jerslife.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jerslife.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jerslife.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jerslife.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jerslife.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=337"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.jerslife.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":339,"href":"http:\/\/www.jerslife.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337\/revisions\/339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jerslife.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jerslife.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jerslife.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}