As many of you fine readers may know, I am currently dislocated from the woman I love, and the children we created together. And to put it frankly….it sucks. Throughout our almost ten years of marriage, I have had to run off all over the world for stints of time ranging from two weeks to six months. But this time is a doozy. If you have read the Travelogue section, you will know that I am in South Korea for the remainder of 2013. An entire year away (although there will be a couple of reunions in the near future). And dammit do I miss her, and she the same.
Technology these days makes it far more easier to stay in contact than ever. When I left on my first trip to the desert way back in 2006, I was allotted a daily phone call and a couple of minutes on Myspace (Remember that thing?) on a public computer. Now whether you are in Afghanistan or South Korea, there are things like Skype and Magic Jack, as well as WiFi fucking everywhere! So, it is not so bad. But still, it sucks. We miss each other dearly, even though we see each other almost every day in a digital manner. There are two other things you need to know about myself and my beautiful wife though:
1. We love music! And for the most part, we agree on almost every genre of music. Or she at least deals with my choosing all the music, and then complaining about some of her choices. What can I say, I’m a critic. Critics are assholes. But really we do both love a grand selection of modern indie rock, and 90’s alternative that makes up probably 75 percent of our catalog. We differ when it comes to what is “real classic rock”, but that is an entire argument in itself. Also our general music choices don’t match our moods. I dig happy go lucky folk songs by the likes of Golden Bloom, and she is into some dark twisted shit like Civil Twlight. Pretty weird.
