The History Of The Squirrel

I met The Squirrel on the internets. We originally exchanged IM addresses and talked briefly a few times. He was rather terse, which I took for lack of interest. One of the interesting things about him, is that he was con-chair for Penguicon, a local Linux/SciFi.

Four months pass. Out of the blue, I got an email from him, reminding me that Penguicon was coming up soon in case I was interested. We exchanged a couple emails and IMs again. On a subsequent Sunday, we were both sitting home being dorks, so we met out for dinner. For the next 14 months, I saw The Squirrel every day with the exception of maybe 10 days total.

The Squirrel is a charming, fun, crazy, intelligent, a fantastic cook and all around hot guy. We had tons in common (you wouldn't believe the dorkiness of our dinner conversations). In the end though, there were a few things that just never meshed correctly. He tried very hard to make me happy, and I can't fault him one iota for the failure of our relationship. I still love him.