A Conversaton with Elizabeth
1998
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From:          Elizabeth
To:            Larry.m.mixson@bvs.com
Date:          3/6/98 2:10pm
Subject:       ?
 
I agree about Yanni, although I'm not that musically sophisticated about why he is simplistic. That's why I use that music either to go to sleep by, or to daydream by. Some highly complex music is what I call too "tedious" for my tastes. I have to be careful about that when I might choose to either buy music or go to a concert. While I certainly enjoy Bach etc., I have to work on enjoying Bruckner for example, although I'm not musically knowledgeable enough to even say one is more complex or musically sophisticated than the other.
 
Have you heard of Tomita. I think I learned of him after you left Gainesville. Back then I bought a few albums. It is electronically synthezized music. I'm not recommending it expressly, I just thought of you when I was flipping through my albums and I saw it, as sometimes you like (liked) experimental things.
 
I wish you still had your jeans. I saw someone who had taken old sentimental t- shirts and framed them. I never thought of doing that.  However, it gave me an idea of what to do with my old karate t-shirts
which I won't part with, although I will never wear them again as they are all "smalls."
 
I have been fatigued this week. The professors really pushed in law school this week. Fortunately one of my professors at the end of class said we would not be meeting next week. That is a rare and welcomed treat to have an extra night off. It's the first one this semester. Every semester there will usually be one or two class cancellations for one reason or another and they are gifts from heaven. I enjoy the classes, but the schedule weighs heavily.
 
I skipped lunch today. I didn't finish all that rush of incoming work until almost 1:30 when the cafeteria closes, so I just decided to skip it altogether. I usually eat at about that time, but I think I may stop and get some steamed shrimp for a treat, as I haven't had any in a long time.
 
Did you ever get in touch with Wendy and Sean? There are a few people like them in my life whom I would like to "find" again, but I've had no luck on the internet. One friend Rebecca Morgan was in law school in Gainesville when I was at UCF. She visited me at UCF, but we had some disagreement about something, and she went back early. Then I moved, etc., and we lost track. We had been friends for years in Gainesville and at AGH. I've searched all the law databases, but she could have married and I would never find her.
 
Thirty year reunion. That should be something. Writing you has given Me the yen to see Gainesville and visit some of the spots I once knew. Also, I am forgetting the names. I know I lived in a place I think that was called Willow Creek--is that right--its down from Shands. I also lived in Tumblin Creek. Willow Creek is where I met Fred. He lived there, actually right next door to me. But that may not be the name of the place. It doesn’t' sound right. Also, I would like to see the Sink Hole once again.[1] It was fenced off and turned into a preserve, but I can recall going there and slipping and sliding up and down it many times. You must have too.
 
I graduated from college the year you graduated from high school, 1970. Did you enroll in U of F right away? I just read on the USA Online yesterday that U of F has just now decided to require all students to
own a computer or have access to one. The article said they are the largest school to make such a decision.
 
My day is winding down, but is only 2:00. You may have a ton of mail in your box from me when you come in Monday.

[1] By “sink hole” she means the now Devils Millhopper State Park in Gainesville which is unique geological sinkhole 500 feet across and 120 feet deep.

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