So, this is in the fall of 1997… and I was 25 years old and working as a digital film artist at a special effects company in Vancouver, BC. It was my first time working in a foreign country, and I had left everything behind in the US. I only brought a suitcase of clothes, some books, and basic necessities and was settled into doing the work.I had only moved to BC in the spring, and it was my first time in Canada.
I was unattached, doing the poly-solo thing, and living by myself in a penthouse. It was a Hollywood style apartment at the very top of a tall building by the bayshore. It was hard work, everyday, starting at 6am, finishing 8pm most days… good pay! But no time to really “date” anyone, much less have a relationship!
I’d get up, walk the 6 blocks to the SkyTrain, then another 6 blocks to the studio and back again through downtown Vancouver. I was in fantastic shape, some of the best shape I’ve been in my life. I was skinny, muscular, and unfortunately sexually FRUSTRATED AS HELL.