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Old 01-16-2016, 12:42 AM   #1
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In Honor of the Longest Relationship of My Life

Today my oldest and closest confidante, Lane "Penni Pennington" Lambert, friend and musical partner, achieves her 60th rock surfing trip around the sun. We have known one another since our Sophomore year at Grandview High School...she was 16, and I was but a tender 15. The first picture was taken by my mother on my 16th birthday. She wasn't supposed to be there in my dining room that day after school, because I was the classic boy from the wrong side of the tracks...persona non grata with her folks, just the way all good tales of unrequited love start out. But it was a big day for me, and she was there despite the risk, because, well...that's who she was...who she still is. Steadfast, patient, devoted...an enormous talent who has written more songs than most of us have written checks to pay our bills. We go through long stretches of separation, almost all of which are my fault as I fumble through life, and yet...we have some connection, some invisible thread that binds us. The second photo is one I took on what was either a clandestine visit to her place after school before the folks were home, or possibly on one of the rare and infrequent sanctioned visits that were allowed. I once thought I might be a photographer, and this picture of her is exactly as I always think of her to this day. Lane Penni Pennington Lambert...you could have done a lot better where friends are concerned than you got with me, but I could have never done better. Happy Birthday.
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Old 01-16-2016, 12:45 AM   #2
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In retrospect, I should have put this in the Relationships thread, huh?
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Old 01-16-2016, 01:18 AM   #3
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FWIW, here's a song that is sorta kinda based on our romantic experiences together that didn't work out for the long run, but fits well within the framework of a larger mythology.

https://soundcloud.com/elspode/i-wish-i-didnt-care

We sung and played and recorded it and stuff together.
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Old 01-16-2016, 01:19 AM   #4
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Also..use headphones, and maybe a condom.
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Old 01-16-2016, 04:38 AM   #5
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Love you Lane, for keeping Pat comfortably numb...and not surprisingly erect.
Happy Birthday on You
Happy Birthday on You
Happy Birthday all over You
Happy Birthday on You

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Old 01-16-2016, 08:23 AM   #6
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Cool share man.
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Old 01-20-2016, 06:58 AM   #7
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That post is as beautiful as she was 'Spode.
And from what you write, still is (beautiful I mean).
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