Author: Chessfun
Date: 14:43:10 09/09/01
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On September 08, 2001 at 18:15:45, Chris Taylor wrote:
>On September 08, 2001 at 04:39:59, Chessfun wrote:
>
>>On September 07, 2001 at 19:13:08, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>>
>>>To Whom it May Concern:
>>>I am hereby officially tendering my resignation as an adult. I have decided I
>>>would like to accept the responsibilities of an 8 year old again.
>>>
>>>I want to go to McDonald's and think that it's a four star restaurant. I want to
>>>play chess all weekend and have my father worried about the Hotel and entry fee.
>>>I want to think M&Ms are better than money because you can eat them. I want to
>>>play dodge ball at recess and paint with watercolors in art. I want to lie under
>>>a big oak tree and run a lemonade stand with my friends on a hot summer's day. I
>>>want to return to a time when life was simple. When all you knew were colors,
>>>multiplication tables, and nursery rhymes, but that didn't bother you, because
>>>you didn't know what you didn't know and you didn't care. All you knew was to be
>>>happy because you were blissfully unaware of all the things that should make you
>>>worried or upset.
>>>
>>>I want to think the world is fair. That everyone is honest and good. I want to
>>>believe to believe that Kramnik simply wants to show the world how good he
>>>really is, instead of asking for Deep Fritz in advance and make some easy money
>>>by memorizing some games.. Somewhere in our youth, we matured and learned too
>>>much. There are nuclear weapons, war, prejudice, and abused children. Lies,
>>>unhappy marriages, illness, pain, and death. A world where companies poison our
>>>water and our soil, and children kill.
>>>
>>>What happened to the time when we thought that everyone would live forever,
>>>because we didn't grasp the concept of death? When the worst thing in the world
>>>was if someone took the jump rope from you or picked you last for kickball. I
>>>want to be oblivious to the complexities of life and be overly excited by the
>>>little things again.
>>>
>>>I want to return to the days when children played hide-n-seek outside instead of
>>>being glued to a television, when games were as harmless as Chess instead of
>>>spine-ripping, blood-splattering mind numbers like Mortal Combat, and TV still
>>>had some shows on that weren't about sex, killing, and lies. I remember being
>>>naive and thinking everyone was happy because I was. Afternoons were spent
>>>climbing trees and fences and riding my bike. I never worried about time, bills,
>>>or where I was going to find the money to fix my car. I used to wonder what I
>>>was going to do or be when I grew up, not worry about what I'll do if this
>>>doesn't work out.
>>>
>>>I want to live simple again. I don't want my day to consist of Windows ME
>>>crashes, mountains of paperwork, depressing news, how to survive more days in
>>>the month than there is money in the bank, doctor bills, gossip, illness, and
>>>loss of loved ones. I want to believe in the power of smiles, hugs, a kind word,
>>>truth, justice, peace, dreams, the imagination, mankind, and making angels in
>>>the snow. So....here's my checkbook and my car-keys, my credit card bills and my
>>>401K statements.
>>>
>>>I am officially resigning from adulthood. And if you want to discuss this
>>>further, you'll have to catch me first, cause, "Tag! You're it."
>>>
>>>
>>>Pichard.
>>
>>Last week my dog got sick, with kidney failure. Tonight..last night..she was put
>>to sleep.
>>
>>Today is the saddest day of my life, my friend who always loved me
>>unconditionally, no matter what. My friend who always was happy to see me, who
>>always wanted to be with me. Now she is gone.
>>
>>This made me think about happier, easier times, times when I thought she would
>>live forever. Tears...god I loved my doggie so, so much...memories and pictures
>>everywhere. I have no clue what to do, where to go, I am simply stunned, I feel
>>like I could sleep for a year, but when I lay down I just can't.
>
>One thing you will always have is some good memories! God I bet your doggy
>loved you as well. Thats what doggies do. Its sorta unconditional.
>
>Chris
Hi Chris,
Thank you for your sweet thoughts and to all others who
sent me email.
Sarah.
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