Posted by Atticus on August 15, 2004, at 6:05:26
In reply to yes, yes, yes...pound the table....yes, posted by Jai Narayan on August 14, 2004, at 17:42:20
Wow, talk about irony. I love "When Harry Met Sally", but it's a bittersweet love. Alyssa and went to see that movie on our first date in college, and she bought me the Harry Connick, Jr. soundtrack for the subsequent Valentine's Day. We held hands, tentatively at first, then confidently, for the first time during that movie. And we kissed for the first time after I'd walked her back to her dorm after seeing the movie, while we were still under its spell. We used to take out the CD every Valentine's Day or anniversary after that and slow-dance to it. So "When Harry Met Sally" is simultaneously associated with the happiest days of my life and, now, the pain of losing Alyssa. Life is strange, eh? Ta. Atticus of Atlantis, of the Ui Fiachrach Muaidhe branch of the clan Odubdha ("Odubhda," medieval Gaelic, translates as "Dark Chieftan" or "Black Prince," both for our hair color -- we're black Irish -- and the nature of our deeds as invested princes under King Niall's brother, Fiachra. We were described by the 17th-century Irish poet O'Heerin as "The music-loving hosts of fierce engagements." Our primary duty: defend the Moy estuary in County Mayo against Viking marauders. Those must've been some hellacious fights.)
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