May 14th is the third anniversary of when I first met my partner. Actually the 13th for me because of the 8 hour time difference between Phoenix and the UK. But, we have agreed upon the the 14th.
Last night, at a wine tasting with a friend of mine, C, I told him that I am creating a powerpoint to celebrate the 3rd anniversary of meeting Karl. He looked at me in disbelief, chugged the bit of wine they give you in a tasting: "What? What happened to paper, or silver, or whatever the hell it is for year three?"
I choked through the next small bit of wine they pour at a tasting (it was a syrah and too much for me), and had to admit, on the surface, it seems superficial. But, in reality, the ppt took not hours, but days to create. Karl and I live 5,000 miles apart and each slide is a collage of each of our visits...21 over the last three years. I made a slide show with animations and transitions. It is a work of love from someone who has spent a number of years as a consultant creating these "deliverables". And, my love is a person who spent a lifetime in film making of various sorts. Visuals can be more evocative for a memory than merely prose. But, there is prose included when I wanted to emphasize a particular memory.
McKinsey love making from a distance.
But wait.
What are the "real" anniversary gifts? According to wikipedia, year 3 is "leather". Jeezus. Perhaps in the day this meant something like a saddle, which would have sat well with my Montana and South Dakota great grandmothers, but in modern times, "leather" could veer more towards sub/dom whips ala Shades of Grey, or visiting a gay leather bar depending upon ones proclivities. I personally would want that new great looking Celine bag with the ends that vee out. No pun.
On that note, I learned that the gift for year 5 is "wood". Good God, I want wood on the daily anniversay of when we met not just year 5. Best of all, if anyone can make it that long, is year 80 - "oak".
No powerpoint can replace oak.
No comments:
Post a Comment