Just to clear a few things up. (ooc)

I am not disappearing.  I am not leaving Ammerie.  I am not goin' anywhere.

My grandmother has been ill, and passed away Wednesday.  I have been tryin' to deal with it in my own time, so naturally Ammerie goin' to Spain was a good choice so she'd have somethin' to tweet about while I was gone.

If you need to reach me, send me a DM or @ me.  I've been lurkin' and readin' some, so I'll see it.  If you REALLY need to reach me, then you should have my other info.  Anyway, I'm around.

Thank y'all

I rarely go OOC.  I come from an old school set of RP rules where you just don't really go OOC.  I feel as though it ruins the character, and the reader's perception of the character you've worked so hard to put out there and maintain.  I'm not saying it's wrong for YOU to do so, but I just don't feel right doing it very often.  So you all might want to take a minute to think about that while I go OOC here.  -Laughin'-

I just want to say thank you, to all of you.  Those of you who have been reading James from the beginning.  Those of you who came in the middle.  And also my new readers.  It's been a long journey here on twitter, and I have to say that I hadn't really planned on becoming a character who tweets as much as I do.  That is until I met @AmmerieRain and everything grew from there.  Her and I have been writing together now for about 7 months (that's REAL TIME folks.  Not twitter time....think about that.....), and it has been an awesome journey.  Through our stories together, James has grown and taken on a life of his own.  He's really shown me who he is and what he's about.  He's still growing, and I'm trying harder to find his writing voice so that I may write longer stories here on posterous for you all to read.

I appreciate all of you who have befriended him and interacted with him.  I appreciate the DM's with words of encouragement, and even those of you who maybe just give me a #FF every week or only really talk to @AmmerieRain.  I appreciate the readers who don't interact with me, but still read, and those who do and are a part of our menegerie of friends.  I've made a best friend of @AmmerieRain and good friends (I hope..... -shifty eyes-) of several of you.  (You know who you are.  -Wink-)

I've also, apparently somehow someway god-only-knows HOW, made enemies of several also.  I just want to say thanks to you too.  You read me and either hated what I wrote, or were jealous enough to go into a hissy over it.  My grandmother has always told me 'If you're not offending at least one person, you're doing something wrong.'  So thank you to you angry reader, for validating the fact that I am, indeed, doing something correctly.  And that is all the time I will spend addressing anything to do with you, oh angry and obnoxious ones.  :)

So, thanks again to all of you for being supportive and friendly and wonderful and all those great things one wishes for in a reader and a follower.  I appreciate you, and just felt the need to say so.

-Grinnin' like a goddamn fool.-

-James Christopher (Loverboy) Vail

Like mother, nothin' like daughter.

What do you do when your girlfriend's supposedly deceased mother comes back from the dead, but it turns out she wasn't even dead in the first place?  Fuck.

She's a real bitch too.  How in the fuck do you give birth to a little girl, then turn around and give her up to the same life you grew up in?  Especially when you know they will beat her, berate her, belittle her, and teach her to kill with deadly precision.  It makes no fuckin' sense to me, though I'm sure in some twisted way it made perfect sense to @Sophia_Rain to do just that with Ammerie.

My heart is breakin' for Ammerie.  I wish there was somethin' I could do to fix this.  I'm tryin' to be there for her when she needs me.  I'm tryin' to be her voice of reason when hers gets outta whack.  I'm tryin' to keep her from killin' the woman, even though I'd love to do it myself.  But as Ammerie so aptly reminded me, I don't hit women, let alone kill people.  That's her job.

-Lightin' a red and takin' a deep drag.  Exhalin' slow.-

You know that term 'flood of emotions'?  I think that's a pretty appropriate term for what's goin' on inside of me.  This is one fucked up situation.  I'm pissed @Sophia_Rain, I'm sad and upset for @AmmerieRain, and I'm scared for myself.  I'll do whatever it takes to make Ammerie happy again, and I'll do whatever it takes to fix this situation.  I'll even call in mom and dad to help if I need to...

-Takin' another drag, lookin' over @AmmerieRain asleep on the pillow.-

Is it possible to love someone so much, you feel like your heart's gonna explode outta your chest and soar off into outer space?  I'd do anythin' for her.  Anythin' at all.

 

Who's that James dude?

So who am I?

Just James really.  I'm simple.  I've got a house full of love, a girl who makes it that way, and a turtle and his little woman.  I always say gimme my girl and a guitar and I'm a happy man.

I'm a pretty quiet guy.  I don't much say somethin' unless I have somethin' to say.  Say hey to me, I'll say hey back and we can conversate if you'd like.  I'm not an asshole unless provoked, but I'm not a pushover either.  I like to think I'm well educated, well thought of, and well received for the most part.  I'm easy goin', laid back, and pretty fuckin' chill most of the time.  I don't do drama, and if you try to bring it around I'm pretty quick to drop you.

So how did I get to this point?

It all started with a pool party and my old friend Jack Daniels.  Yeah, he gets me into trouble sometimes, though that night was an exception.  It would seem trouble that night was in the form of a woman.  A long-legged, gorgeous, and mouthy girl named Ammerie Rain (@AmmerieRain).  I have to admit, she pretty much blew me away that night.  And the next when she called me, though I was blown away in a different way.

Bloodied and left for dead on the side of the road was not my ideal vision of a first date.  -Laughin' hard.-  She called me first, because I was closest to the home she was guardin' I'm guessin'.  Attacked by a witch and left for dead and she calls me first.  How's that for fate's idea of an in?  I rushed to her side in my truck and drove her home, pretty much holdin' her hand the whole way there.  This'll sound cliche, but we've been pretty much inseperable since then.  It would seem that maybe humans CAN bond over blood...

We've had our fair share of trials, as every good and lastin' relationship has.  We've made it through attacks on Ammerie, assholes named Sterling, secrets about me bein' a witch, savin' our friend Mads (@manicdistress), and......assholes named Sterling.  (The man chapped my hide.  What can I say?)   -Laughin'-

Ammerie's had the privilege of meetin' my folks in Spain, and they fuckin' love her.  They even invited her to South Africa, and dad hates people ruinin' his time there.  So that's a big deal for us.  We're in a real fuckin' good spot in our relationship right now.  She's my family, as I am hers.

So why haven't we gotten hitched yet?

-Laughin' hard.-  Ammerie and I are nothin' if not unconventional.  -Shrug-  We like to go about things bass ackwards.  We might have kids before we ever get to a handfastin'.  Or marriage.  Whatever you wanna call it.  It's pretty amusin' when people ask when we're gettin' married.  I think maybe we both feel like holdin' out as long as we can, just to irk some of y'all.  -Laughin'-  We've got so much love for each other, and that's all that seems to count right now.  No ring, or fancy proposal, or even a shower of words speakin' only on devotion are needed, it would seem.

Just Ammerie and James.  That's all I need.

 

 

 

Just breathe.

 

 

Yes I understand that every life must end, aw huh,..
As we sit alone, I know someday we must go, aw huh,..
I’m a lucky man to count on both hands
The ones I love,..

Some folks just have one,
Others they got none, aw huh,..

Stay with me,..
Let’s just breathe.

Practiced are my sins,
Never gonna let me win, aw huh,..
Under everything, just another human being, aw huh,..
Yeh, I don’t wanna hurt, there’s so much in this world
To make me bleed.

Stay with me,..
You’re all I see.

Did I say that I need you?
Did I say that I want you?
Oh, if I didn’t now I’m a fool you see,..
No one knows this more than me.
As I come clean.

I wonder everyday
as I look upon your face, aw huh,..
Everything you gave
And nothing you would take, aw huh,..
Nothing you would take,..
Everything you gave.

Did I say that I need you?
Oh, Did I say that I want you?
Oh, if I didn’t now I’m a fool you see,..
No one know this more than me.
As I come clean.

Nothing you would take,..
everything you gave.
Hold me till I die,..
Meet you on the other side.

 

Baby,

I am so fuckin' sorry.  Walter called me first thing this mornin' and I had to fly out to Houston first thing.  I'm fuckin' pissed, but there's no way around it.  This'll be the last of the shit I have to do for him, but I have to go.

I know you were lookin' forward to goin' to the beach, and so was I.  I really hope you're not too upset, and I'll text or call you as soon as I can.  I promise, with everythin' I have in me, I will make it up to you.

I love you with all my heart,

Jamesy.  xoxo

Darlin' Ammerie....

Can I honestly say....I have had to leave on numerous trips for business, and never once has it been so difficult for me to say goodbye to someone.  I know that I'll only be gone for a few days, but it feels like I'll be gone for years.

When you're not around, I don't quite feel like myself.  Which is weird....that a person can make you feel more like yourself than if you were alone...but its true.  You bring out the best me.  Thank you for that.

 I laid here watchin' you sleep as long as I could, but have to be on my way now.  Mai is callin' out for me to leave, and the sun is risin' fairly soon.  I've left you a key to the front door so you can let yourself out.  Hang on to that....you never know when you'll need to let yourself back in.  :)

Also....look in your bag.  I left you a surprise.

I love you and will miss you more than you.  I win.

So much love,

James Christopher Loverboy Vail

PS. I'll call you as soon as I possibly can.  Don't forget about me.

Might as well.

Hey there.

I thought I'd sit at the cool kids table and start one of these blog things.  I guess it'll come in handy when I have somethin' to say that'll take more than 140 characters.

Well, as most of you should know, @Dj_Midori and I are goin' to Kyoto on the 6th.  We should be back some time early on the mornin' of the 11th.  I'm really lookin' forward to this trip.  Last few times I was in Japan was on business and I didn't get to enjoy any of what the country had to offer.  Turns out this time around I'll have more time to myself than I originally thought.  I'm really lookin' forward to pullin' out my camera and snappin' some photos.  I've also got some souvenirs to pick up.  Leave me a comment if you want me to pick you up somethin'.  :)  Can't promise anythin', but I sure will try to find it.

Anyway, that's really all I have to say right now.  Pretty borin' first blog post, huh?

Don't miss me too much, and I'll see you all when I get back.  Oh, and hands off my girl.  She's mine.

-James Christopher Loverboy Vail-

(which is apparantly my new full name)

 

ooc: So, as most of you know, @Dj_Midori and I will be on vacation during this time.  She'll be posting her storyline on her blog, and I might post something here and there, so please keep reading.  Thanks! :)