Thursday, April 13, 2006
The Search for 99 Secrets - 37 uncovered
In 2004, I posted an entry about my
search for 99 Secrets. Some time ago, a guy named
Matt posted a message in my tagboard informing me of a site where I can find 99 Secrets. Unfortunately, he didn't inform me of the web address. Since it'a a Maundy Thursday, I decided to do a little blog hopping and I got to clicking on Matt's blog and finding 37 of thee 99 Secrets.
The 99 Secrets of Carl Steadman:1. she didn't break his heart, so much as show him what it meant to be in love again.2. once she told him a story about a white knight, and a princess that didn't need saving. am i the knight? he asked her. no, she answered. you're the person i'm telling the story to.3. stay, he asked her, not meaning forever.4. you're so beautiful, she said, you're so beautiful. he closed his eyes, and whispered to himself, i know.
5. she made no mention of recent events, and how he might be the force behind them.
6. if you had me, you wouldn't want me, he said. try me, she said. he smiled. i already have.7. he imagined holding her wrists, and not letting go, until he was done.8. she calls, only to know that he is there. and it pleases him.9. when he told her that he needed her, he meant that he needed her to desire him.10. what you lack in experience, he grinned menacingly, you can make up for with enthusiasm.11. he explained himself to her. not through what he said, but by what he refused to admit.12. she reminded him of a place that he was almost sure he would never see again.13. she was not foolish enough to attempt to save him from himself, despite his obvious need for grace.14. do you practice that smile of yours? he asked. which one? she smiled back.15. you'll never know me well enough to know what it is that i really need, she wanted to say.16. he watches her apply, wipe off, and reapply her lipstick, yet again, and licks his lips at her compulsion.17. i just want to say thanks, she said. for me just being me? he asked. no, she replied, for not mussing my hair.18. she asked for more, but she wouldn't take what he had to offer.19. was it good for you? he asked. yes, she said. et tu?20. i'm not sure you've turned out to be the man that i thought i was falling in love with, she said, but you do have your moments.21. stop thinking, he said. you stop thinking i'm thinking about you, she replied.22. she was unwilling to substitute fascination for trust, or beauty for sincerity.23. she brought her lips to his, then curled them into a mocking smile.24. you used me, she told him, and then laughed at her assertion.25. her face was made more beautiful by wisps of hair which he would brush from her cheek.26. they held each other, dreaming together, but their dreams were not shared.
27. she walked in on him reading her journal. what are you doing? she asked. listening to you, he replied.28. i don't like that one at all, she said. if a guy said that to me, she said, i'd hit him.29. she wanted answers to questions he did not understand.30. it's not me, it's the clothes, he said. does it really matter? she asked.31. i think i love you, he said. is that what you think, she said.32. she wondered why the shortest possible distance between him and his dreams was straight through her.33. he was all surfeit and surface; she was all reason and reflection.34. i want to be in love with someone like you, he said, holding her closely, and laughing.35. it's all tricks and mirrors, he said, and then one day you disappear in a puff of smoke.36. she told him that she wanted him to leave, but forgot to mention when she expected him to return.37. she knew him, because she knew his failings.62 more secrets to be revealed...
Maan @ 4:49 PM
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