do you know how I first found out about you? I'm not
sure you do. I was talking to halley on the phone and
she said oh you should go see about her. she's just
your type. Or something. (I don't have a type.) so I
said introduce us. she sent silly mail to both of us,
but later she told me that yours bounced. so she
wasn't sure, and neither am I, that you ever got it.
did you?

and then there was orkut hectoring you (flashes of
Troy, or maybe Ithaca). I went to your site. And I
said to myself, well halley is crazy. but I found
myself drawn to your writing. not just your style.
but depending on how you interpret "style," maybe
that was it.