[aur-general] TU application - Kyle Keen

Kaiting Chen kaitocracy at gmail.com
Fri Dec 3 16:38:47 CET 2010


On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 10:38 PM, Xyne <xyne at archlinux.ca> wrote:

> keenerd wrote:
>
> > Xyne wrote:
> > > What? You were his original choice for sponsor? I feel so used and
> cheap.
> > >
> > > How many more were there, Kyle? Tell me!
> >
> > There was only you.  Always only you.  Ionut was a giddy bit of
> > foolishness, brought on when Falconindy convinced me to apply.  I know
> > not why I sought such a ménage à trois, but cooler heads did prevail
> > and Ionut gracefully turned down my feckless advance.
> >
> > I never forgot your suggestions on the BBS, nor our lofty plans for
> > the AUR, nor the long nights testing pkgbuild2json.  I've missed
> > working with you on such grand projects and hoped with my most secret
> > of hearts that this Application would be the first step towards
> > rekindling those old adventures.
> >
> > If you wish to spurn me now, I will accept that lonely fate.  But
> > please - let your motive be driven by your dreams for the future and
> > not by petty jealousies of the past.
> >
> > Assiduously yours,
> >   Kyle
>
> You speak so highly of dreams, but what hope can there be for one who
> dreads
> the embrace of Morpheus and the illusions the he so subtly whispers in the
> ears
> of those inclined to accept them? At the end of each night the dawn comes
> to
> shatter the tranquility thus bestowed, and once more does the harsh light
> of
> truth pierce the wounded heart of the jilted. You would bid me to close my
> eyes
> and forget your trespasses, but I am unable to erase my memories and the
> unpalatable knowledge that they bear.
>
> Once we may have dreamed together, dreamed of the grandeur that our
> wonderful
> collaboration might one day engender, of the prospects of contribution to
> the
> community and the recognition that such would entail. The path lay clear
> before
> me and never once did I doubt that your conviction was as mine, never once
> before this sordid revelation.
>
> Perhaps if you had been honest with me, if you had approached me in good
> faith
> to redress your crimes against me, perhaps then we might have mended what
> had
> been rent, but I fear that the destruction of my innocence has left me
> incapable of such a leap of faith.
>
> How am I to believe that my dreams will not be burned away by the morning
> sun
> once more?
>

1. Xyne that was pretty well written. 2. The both of you have way too much
time on your hands. --Kaiting.

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