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stephanie is: in love…

the real first time i met danny was in passing at ballroom (a club now called nation in washington d.c.). it was the fetish ball. i was wearing my long black velvet cape. my boyfriend was in the other part of the club watching sideshows so i was mingling with a friend who ran the irc channel i hung out in. he paused to talk to dan and mentioned he just got a computer and would be on irc soon. i told him i had the tights he was wearing (black and white striped – how tragic were we?) but i look cuter in them. i don’t know if he answered – i can’t hear in clubs. and that was that.

sure enough, he started coming on irc as “worlock” (i was just “punque” at the time). i started talking to him more at tracks (another club – gone now) every thursday… as well as online.

the first meal i ever ate with danny was early morning after a night at the club. there was me, ivan, dan, and (my boyfriend at the time) russ. danny and i split a plate of chocolate chip pancakes at ihop since we were the non-meat-eaters.

we all decided to plan a potluck thanksgiving dinner at russ’ (mom’s) house. danny brought cheesecake brownies that i think i was too full to try. he says he will make them for me sometime. i’ll have to remind him.

i took this picture of him after dinner… the first picture i ever took of him:

(i’ve kept this picture in a photo mousepad for years)

he was a nightowl too since we was working as a bartender. we became close friends fast chatting on irc for hours. i helped him with his first web page. we sent silly emails (“11/26/97 03:32 From: Worlck125 To: punque … juzt thought id say hello. }:)” ) he started taking the metro from virginia to visit. (“02/19/98 03:11 From: Worlck125 To: punque … Stephiepooh, You make a great dezk. Im glad to be here with you. Love, worlock” ) i went through a messy breakup and soon we were inseperable and knew we were in love. we never had an anniversary. it just snuck up on us.

03/10/98 03:46
My poohbear,
   Hi sweetie. I don’t really know why i am writing you,… i am on
the phone with you,… and online with you az well. Juzt doez’nt seem to
be enough. I miss you more than wordz can express. I am still trying to
figure out a way to be with you az much az possible,…. but i am not
having much luck. No amount of time with you would satisfy me. You are so
dear to me,… i am so glad i met you,… and got to know you. I have
never had anyone that i waz thiz close to before in any way. That iz
something special to me. And i hope i never loze it.(or should i say you)
I have faith, that thingz will be better soon. No matter what though,… i
will alwayz love you. Even when you decide that im not worth your time.
Anyhow,… thatz all im gonna write. I love you,…

Love,

~~~Worlock~~~

from then on till i graduted college in may, we spent every spare minute together. we had a routine where i’d go to ballroom with him on wednesday night then stay at his apartment, and we’d metro back to my dorm midday thursday. my only class that day was weight training at 5pm (ahhh senior life, hehe). he’d wait in my dorm room. then we’d get ready for tracks and metro straight into dc. i’d get dropped off by a friend after the club.

then i graduated. doh. i took the summer off which meant living in columbia with my dad. far away from metros. i spent the first half of the summer getting dropped at the nearest metro (silver spring) and riding it to danny’s place a couple times a week. then i got a car and started driving it. (well after a month of trying to convince myself to drive it…)

At 10:58 -0400 7/8/98 you wrote:
yes i got up like a normal person… i was planning on piqueing up dan from silver spring today so he could help me get to va this weekend, but i see that it is all rainie and it will be all day…

Actually it’s supposed to clear off a bit during the day then get bad again
this afternoon or evening.

dan doesn’t want me driving there alone in it…

would you want to get him later in the day from silver spring and then all
eat at taco bell? i been craving it…

How about 6pm at the Kiss’n’ride at Silver Spring? Tell Dan he’ll need an
umbrella to get there from the station.

Love,
Dad

04/20/98 13:27
hi baybee. i juzt wanted to tell you that i love you sooooo much,… and i
miss you already.

–=-=~~I LOVE YOU STEPHANIE LYNN INNANEN~~/=-=–

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at the end of the summer, dan’s brother was moving out of the ghetto aparment they shared. we thought it would be a great time for me to get a job in virginia and move in with him… so that’s what we did.

I’m thinking of you. Send just a note to let me know how you are and what’s up with you. Love Mom

Actually,… I was gonna write you tonight. Everything is fine with me,.. just get ting over yet another cold,… or maybe the same. Stephanie ended up reacting very violently to the virus that we got when we came up there. She ended up getting white opacifications on the corneas. She is just finishing up the special eye drops that they gave her for it. Okay, now for the real news. First of all,. steph went to an interview for a graphic design position in vienna,.. and it turned out to be nothing but web page design,… which is exactly what she wants to do. Well,.. needless to say, the company was blown away by her talent. They emailed her a formal offer the next day. She is going to except their offer of $xx,xxx. Not bad for a starting position eh? Well,.. we have been planning on moving in together, and this was a good chance to break it to her dad. He was not at all pleased. But he seems to be dealing with the fact that his little girl, is’nt that little anymore. He will support her anyway, but that does’nt mean that he is’nt making the little remarks about me any chance he gets. I am so excited. I am sure you know that I am so in love with her. It is nothing like it was with mary. In fact it is nothing like anything i have known before. I never really believed in true love, and how people said that if you wait, the right person will come along, but she did. I’m sorry, I’m probably rambling,.. but I am just so happy. We have decided to keep the 2 bedroom apt, and turn the second BR into an office sorta. For the time being,.. we will stay here, and fix it up into a nice place, with some new furnature and all. Dont worry,… the wedding bellz wont be ringing for a while. I love you and hope everything is well in your new place.

D.

we’ve been living together ever since… we spent a year at the crappy roach filled apartment, then a year at a nicer one. he picked up my engagement ring (we picked it out together and had it sent for sizing) the day we moved to the nicer place. i was sitting on a bare mattress cutting a toilet shape out of a bathroom rug when he gave it to me (along with a soft pretzal, yum) and “formally” asked me to marry him.

after a year at the nicer apartment, we took the plunge and bought a townhouse away from the city. in 2001 we decided we wanted to go on a honeymoon, so we planned our wedding (since you have to do that part first). we got married in our house with close family and friends.

now it is now. we’ve been married 4 months. i ruv him to pieces. i love you danny!!!