as i was stuck in mind-numbing traffic while taking one my “shortcuts” to avoid all the highway traffic, i decided to go through my phone and find some old numbers and see if they still work. among the calls I made here are the entries i was most impressed about:
JAMESWRIGHT:
it was nice to talk to james, and even though it’s been well over a year, it really hasn’t felt like that long. made me wish his addiction to VIFL was stronger so i could hear more from him. whatever soccer game he was playing, i hope his team becomes a dynasty and makes him proud, because from what i understand now, that’s something that brings him true joy.
Jamesdillio:
for some reason, i expected him to be in the middle of putting on a concert. but even though our chat was short, he seemed like the same fun guy i hung around 6 years ago. i wonder if he still has a big hole in his ear (see picture below). by the way, he said he enjoyed the time he recently spent with several of you.
leo:
honestly i wasn’t 100% sure this was leo kempf. in fact, i’m still not. got a heavily-accented answering machine message, so i called back a second time in an attempt to understand it, and someone answered. after i asked for leo kempf, he said leo was on vacation, and that he was leo’s answering service… leo? an answering service? i explained that i was an old friend trying out some phone numbers and hung up.
soon after that i was home, so i didn’t try out other numbers, but i think i’m going to find other VIFLians, and add them for later.
update: even though i was sure i did not know another leo, i just realized that the leo above is actually the oriental driver my company uses to get us to and from the airport in san francisco. it explains everything, except why the guy who answered was ok with me calling the driver “leo kempf.” ha ha… i even asked if i had the number for deep thought design! that’s when the guy said he was leo’s answering service.
leo, i was impressed… now you should hire an answering service for when you are on vacation.
pictured below - the hole in the ear of a dill
hilarious. i got a new number like a year or so ago…..that’s funny. did this really happen?
James does in fact still have the hole in his ear.
It was good to hear from you Randy…sorry I’m such an abrupt conversationalist. I tend to dislike phones and the conversations had on them.
I’m going to be in Columbus and near Cleveland this summer…at some point we should have lunch together…I mean, if I’m driving 10 hours you could drive the last 2 or 3
actually if you are at all interested…there is a LAN party I’m going to in July (13th-15th I believe) in Hudson Ohio…I happen to have a spare ticket and space in my hotel room…you could come along. The actual gaming part of the event isn’t as fun as just hanging with cool people (www.gamerscoalition.com) and the memories made.
james don’t sweat the brevity of our conversion. i have same tendencies as you. plus i didn’t want to invade anyone’s personal time for no reason, so i was trying to keep the conversations short.