very strange encounter

[40oztofreedom_]

In November, I moved to a new apartment. I am living alone for the first time in my life. I have lived here for nearly 3 months now, and in that time, I grew accustomed to my the yelling and screaming that comes from the family next door to me. A single mom and her adolescent daughter. They are almost always home, playing loud music, and the

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[eyesmiling]

I love this, Ricky. I do I do. I can't wait for you to write the novel of your life. We should (really) have coffee and discuss how that's going. Your life, not the novel.

[40oztofreedom_]

Thanks, its nice to know someone still reads this.

I am indeed writing a novel, though it contains aspects of my life and a few true stories, it is mostly fiction.

Well, the next time you're in montreal, I will have coffee waiting for you.

[dft]

haha ricky, this incident sounds quite bizarre! were these little notes written directly to you, or just her "neighbor at the time" sort of thing?

she sounds kinda wacko. but at least she wrote 100 pages!! that's dedication right there :)

i hope the screaming and loud music has ceased after 1am since then...

[40oztofreedom_]

hey lara,

yeah, at first i felt like i had stepped into the twilight zone while talking to her.

its only been 2 days, but they have been quieter, though i still hear them talking at night, but no loud music.

she is a little wacko, but so am i. we might be able to strike up a friendship. i'm skeptical, but she seems to think i might be able to understand her.

she spent 2 years writing her novel. i admire that for sure.

and she wrote the notes to me,in the 20 minutes that i was waiting for her to bring me the manuscript. presumably she was basing her opinion of me on some conversations she overheard me having in the past 3 months. i can hear her clearly, so naturally she knows some stuff about me.