The Visitor

Well, it's Sunday now. So far, nothing bad has happened to me, in regards to work or with my boss.

Yesterday Shawn Harding finally came up to visit us. I was feeling sick, and I knew his only reason for coming mainly was to visit Jamie.
So I backed off, completely, and let them have their space.
Jamie seemed to be feeling much better yesterday, even with her sickness. She played my Resident Evil 4 game for many hours, with Shawn watching her play. Then, Shawn bought her a donair, and they hanged around, joking and laughing. Looked like they were having fun.
Later, she came up from the basement, to hang with him upstairs. So I kept giving them their space, and went downstairs, to stay out of their way.
It seemed like a good visit, nobody was angry and there were no arguments or fights this time. Just a nice visit between childhood friends, who haven't seen each other in almost a month.

I don't know how much longer Shawn is staying up here in the Fort before he goes back down to Red Deer. I also don't know how long he's planning on staying in Red Deer. His family either lives up here in the Fort or in Bruderheim. I know he only went down to live with his friend Brendon (or is it actually Brennan, it's hard to tell, I keep thinking it's a spelling mistake) because one of his households up here is too full of problems and people for him to stay with, and the other household is on a trip, excluding Shawn in the process. He isn't allowed or able to live alone in Bruderheim, with no money, transportation, or food to eat. So that's why he's out of town right now.

I basically told Shawn that right now, I'm not making any big or serious moves to get Jamies affection. She needs to mature more, and figure out her own life. I told him that right now I'm backing off a lot, so that she can grow and do her thing on her own. He does know, however, that I'm still interested in her, and that I won't be backing away from this issue. Just, for now, I'm giving the whole issue some space, and a little time, to see if she develops any interest in other people or not.
So, if she ends up becoming interested in him, or me, or anyone else, so be it. So long as she's happy in the end.

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I am part of many forum communities. One of them in particular is a hentai forum, where artists post excellent quality artwork depicting any or all of your favourite characters from books or shows in any scene that you request. You have to pay a small fee to get your ideas created into actual artwork, but the fee is usually small, and the art is perfect quality.
I write sex stories on this site, and have established myself as a useful and active member on the forums. Nearly everyone knows me, and considering we have roughly 30 000 users in all (only 100-150 go into the forums), that's pretty good.
This morning I'm paying a decent but not perfect artist a small fee to create some requested artwork for myself, featuring one of the characters in my stories. I'm not sending him cash, instead I ordered him two manga books (Japanese comic books) and placed the mailing destination to his home, in the Netherlands. I already have a great rough sketch of his drawing. I'm just waiting for it to be cleaned up a little, coloured, and poste on our forums.
I'm also waiting for the sites main artist, the one who does perfect animation and drawings, to reply to my e-mail for an actual paid commission request for a professional drawing. The price is only going to range from 25 to 35 dollars for my simple coloured picture. I had to create a Western Union account, because it's the only way this guy will accept payment. He lives in a bustling little town in Brazil (I believe), but he's caucasian, speaks english as a second language (he speaks and writes it better than many Albertans I know), and is a cheerful and active member, even when business is slow. Everyone that is a regular and active forum member is a loved member of our community.
Tjis artist recently came back from a holiday, so I'm just waiting for him to settle back down, read his one million e-mails that he got over his vacation, and eventually get to mine.
The girl I met from Australia is one of these members. She herself is a celebrity as well, on our site, and has made many games, stories, and paid for quite a few professional pictures already.
I just e-mailed her the rough sketch of my character, so I'm waiting for her to wake up on her side of the world to see it. Seeing as how that right now, at this moment, I just got a pop-up saying that a new e-mail from her arrived, I'm assuming she's up now. ^_^

K, that's it for now. I'll go buy at ruck battery today, if I can get a ride across town. Laterz!