In Honor of the Longest Relationship of My Life

Elspode · 01-16-2016, 01:42 AM

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.

Elspode · 01-16-2016, 01:45 AM

In retrospect, I should have put this in the Relationships thread, huh?

Elspode · 01-16-2016, 02:18 AM

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.

Elspode · 01-16-2016, 02:19 AM

Also..use headphones, and maybe a condom.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-16-2016, 05:38 AM

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

Griff · 01-16-2016, 09:23 AM

Cool share man.

Sundae · 01-20-2016, 07:58 AM

That post is as beautiful as she was 'Spode.
And from what you write, still is (beautiful I mean).

01-16-2016, 01:42 AM	#1
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	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. Attached Images __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

01-16-2016, 01:45 AM	#2
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	In retrospect, I should have put this in the Relationships thread, huh? __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

01-16-2016, 02:18 AM	#3
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	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. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

01-16-2016, 02:19 AM	#4
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Also..use headphones, and maybe a condom. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

01-16-2016, 05:38 AM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	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 __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-16-2016, 09:23 AM	#6
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Cool share man. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-20-2016, 07:58 AM	#7
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	That post is as beautiful as she was 'Spode. And from what you write, still is (beautiful I mean). __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

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