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  6. üIknowagirl
  7. -or-
  8. Shesaid"Hi!"
  9. -or-
  10. Hello,anybodyhome?
  11. -or-
  12. Anotherartisticarticle?
  13. -or-
  14. Waitforthisone!
  15. ÇbyGardEggesbøAbrahamsen
  16.  
  17. (Theeventsarenotinchronicorder,andnotallinformationhasbeen
  18. recordedhere,ofreasonsthatwillbeexplainedattheendofthis(sad
  19. buttrue)story)
  20.  
  21. Thereisafemale,livinginNorway,acountryfarupnorth.Acold
  22. country,awindycountry,alongcountry,apollutedcountry.Tobe
  23. precise,shedidn'tlivefarfromthe(un)knowngroupthatcarriedaname
  24. offourletterswithfourpunctuationmarksandwaspronounced"ouch".Of
  25. course,shedidn'tknowtheexistenceofanSTgroupcalledO.U.C.H.,and
  26. shedidn'tknowthatitwasnearby.Ofcoursenot.ShehadaC64herself.
  27.    Once,oneofthemembersofthisgrouphadabadexperience.He
  28. accidentallyfellinlovewithher,withoutevenknowingher.Sincehis
  29. modestystillwashangingaround,andhestillwascuttinghishair,he
  30. didn'tdaretosay"hi"toher,eventhoughshedid,hefoundout,goin
  31. aclassparalleltohisownclass,andthereshouldbeenoughofreasons
  32. tosuddenlygettoknowher.
  33.    Buthewasagoodprogrammer,andhehadrecentlydiscoveredhis
  34. talentasapoet.Well,hewasn'texactlytalented,oratleasthedidn't
  35. thinksohimself,buthehadalotofpractice,andknewhowtoputthe
  36. rightwordstogether.Whenitcametoliterature,hepreferredwriting
  37. shortstories.Butthesetooktimetowrite.Alotmoretimethanhehad
  38. ifhewantedtosendashortstorytohereveryday.Instead,hesenta
  39. poemtohereveryday.Sometimes,herfirstnamecouldbereadasthe
  40. firstlettersofeachline.
  41.    Theseletterswereanonymous,andlittleisknowofwhatthisfemale
  42. thoughtofthesepoems.
  43.    Theannualchristmasballoftheschoolclosedin,andaletter
  44. revealedhisidentity,somethinghewouldregretbitterlyafterwards.
  45.    Thepartoftheballwhenthesixth-formersperformed,hespent
  46. recordingthiseventonvideosothatheandanotherinthegroup,who
  47. happenedtobeasixth-formerthatyear,couldedititandsellthe
  48. editedstuff.Themaincharacterinthisstorywoulddomostofthe
  49. cameraandmakethescrolltextprogramme.
  50.    Theotherpartoftheballwasmostlyspentlookingforthisfemale.
  51. Perhapshewoulddaretoaskherforadance?Butno.Shewasn'tthere.
  52. Hefeltsomewhatdepressed.
  53.    Christmaswentby,andhesentmoreletters,andattheend,he
  54. thoughtitwastimetogiveup.Hewroteaminiatureshortstorytoher
  55. thatendedwithadeathwish.Thenextday,thefemaleandhergirlfriend
  56. laughedathimbehindhisback,asobservedbyhisfriend.
  57.    Theboyfeltdepressed,andmoredepressionwouldfollow.
  58.    Notmuchlater,heobservedhertogetherwithanotherboy.Ah.Soshe
  59. alreadyhadaboyfriend.Fuckit!Other,ratherlatesourcesof
  60. informationcouldtellhimthesamething.Hewasalsotoldthatshe
  61. likeddrinkingalot,buthecouldn'tdecideifhelikedthatornot.
  62.    Ononeside,hehadaverynegativeviewonalcohol,anddidn'tdrink
  63. himself.Ontheotherside,heworriedabouther.Ifshehadproblems,he
  64. wantedtohelpherout.
  65.    Still,hemanagedtosuppresshisthoughtsofthisfemaleoutofhis
  66. Çmind,butquiteawhilelater,heobservedthatshesometimeswas
  67. observinghim,andsincehestillwassingleandfeltverylonely,hewas
  68. hopingthatperhapssomethinghadchanged.
  69.    Eventhoughthecrushhadended,hestilllikedthefemale.Forsome
  70. reason,helikedhergirlfriend,too.Hewroteanewletter.Damn,miss!
  71. Nothinghappened...asusual.
  72.    AfterhavingwrittenalotaboutherintheUCL(UltimateCrazy
  73. Letter,thelettertoStefanandRichardthatendedupatthesizeof
  74. 800-somethingkilobytes),hedecidedtoprintallhehadwrittenabout
  75. her(2-300kilobytes)andgiveittoher.He"mailed"itinherschool
  76. bagatwhathethoughwouldbeagoodtimetodoso.Unfortunately,she
  77. wouldroundthecorneronlyafewsecondslater,soheaccidentally
  78. droppedhispen-caseinherbag(oratleastthatiswhathebelievedwas
  79. whathappened).
  80.    Then...nothinghappened.
  81.    Afterawhile,hemanagedtosuppressalsothis,andhefellinlove
  82. withanotherfemaleandbrokehispersonality.Thistime,however,the
  83. girlfriendofthefemalethisstoryisaboutgavetheboyadanceto
  84. comforthim.Thiswouldprovetobethefirstdanceheeverhadhadwith
  85. afemale,whichwouldexplainwhyheusuallyfeltdepressed.
  86.    Hefeltsothankfulforthisdance(andthehugshegavehim
  87. afterwardsbeforedisappearingintonothingness)thathededicatedan
  88. entiregametoher.(Thisgameisactuallypresentonthisdisk.Itis
  89. called"Reverse"andisfoundinthe"Features"folder-Ed)
  90.    Butinspirationpersuadedhimintomakingamusicvideo,andashe
  91. neededafemaletostarinit,andhecouldn'tthinkofanyonewhowanted
  92. to,hedid,aftermanyotherfemales,contactthefirstmentionedfemale.
  93. Thishappenedonthebus,tobeprecise.
  94.    Thefirstthingshesaidwouldbe"Hi,"
  95.    Ofcourseshedidn'twanttostarinitherself,butagreedtocheck
  96. outifanyoneelsewould.Afteraweek,heaskedherifshehadfound
  97. anyone.Shesaid"Hi!"(Sorry,haven'tdoneanything).
  98.    Afteryetanotherweek,hestoppedherinthecorridor.Shesaid"Hi,"
  99.    Ofcourse,shestillhadn'tdoneanything,andthrewoutacomment,
  100. thatnoonewouldwantto,anyway.Andshespitteditout,asifshewas
  101. talkingtosomeshitthatjustwasinherway.Forsomereason,hefelt
  102. hurt.
  103.    Afterhavinggivenbothherandhergirlfriendasixth-former'scard
  104. eachwithuniquecomments(withrhyme,ofcourse),andhemetherinthe
  105. corridoronce,shesaid"Hi,"andcontinued.
  106.    Othertimes,theykeptmeetingeachotherbyaccident,shesaid"Hi,"
  107. andcontinued.
  108.    AsCommuneResponsicametogether,andtheydiscoveredthatthis
  109. femalewasbornontheDayofBeginningofLife,hequicklywrotea
  110. letter(schoolwasover)andwantedmoreinformationonher,sothathe
  111. couldwriteanarticleonher.Nothinghappened.
  112.    Hetriedsomeotherchannelstomakeherspeak,butatthetimeof
  113. writing,nothinghashappened.
  114.    Anhourago(uponwriting,thatis),hemetheratschoolashewas
  115. fetchinghisfinalgrades.Shesaid"Hi,"andwent.
  116.    HetookasmalltriptoUlsteinvikCitytobuyaCDsingle(Metallica
  117. liveatWembleyStadium,London,April20th1992).Forsomereason,he
  118. metherthere,too.Shewastalkingtohergirlfriend,sohedidn'tthink
  119. ofinterruptingthem.Instead,hewentstraightintothemusicshop.
  120.    Whenhecameout,theywerebothoutofsight,butashegotintothe
  121. carandleftthecarpark,heendeduprightbehindher.Hefollowedher
  122. mostofthewayhome,sinceshelivedonhisway.Onlyaminuteorso
  123. beforeshewouldbehome,heovertookher,eventhoughshealreadywas10
  124. km/habovethespeedlimit.(Thespeedlimitwas80.Shewasdrivingin
  125. 90,sohepushedhiscarupto130tomakeitatareasonableamountof
  126. Çroad)Whenhewasinfrontofher,hekeptamorereasonablespeed,which
  127. meantthatshewouldhavetoslowdown(heh,heh,heh).
  128.    Whenheknewshewouldleavetheroad,heputhishandupthesunroof
  129. andwavedgoodbyetoher.(Hehadoriginallyplannedtodrivetoher
  130. place,butwiththe