At 11:39 AM on December 3, 1998, I got an authorize request on ICQ from a person by the nickname of "Bigapple." The reason for the authorize request stated: "Immortal (Terry told me to)." Terry is my buddy that I met here at OIT in the Fall of '98 (Immortal is his Internet nickname). Terry and "Bigapple" met thru ICQ on a random chat some time before. Anyway, Terry decided to send my ICQ number to "Bigapple," and if I recall correctly, he told me that I would enjoy talking to this chick. From that day in December, the whole episode began. Or as they say, "the rest is history..." :)

Tiffany (now known as "Silverkiss") and I messaged each other whenever the both of us had some free time. This went on for the first half of 1999. I had a lot of fun being online with her...BS-ing about certain things in life and basically just talking about any and everything.

The simplest things that Tiffany and I talked about made me so happy. She always brought a smile to my face and made me laugh. It felt so good inside when I'd see her online and to talk to her. She would just make my day brighter. On a more serious note, we also talked a lot about the things that I have been going through because of my father's death (he passed away in March '99). Tiffany was there for me, basically reassuring me that everything was going to be okay. Then, that summer, Tiffany's grandmother in Florida passed away. So we were both there for each other, helping one another through our rough times of grief. I was back at home for the summer, working at an internship for the County of Maui. On July 1, 1999, I decided to ask her if she would go out with me, and she said that she wanted to hold off on that because she was going to Florida and wasn't sure what would happen during that time. Talk about anticipation! When she finally got back, she told me that nothing had happened. And that's when she said yes. I was so happy! :) August 21, 1999 marked the day that Tiffany and I "officially" became a couple.