Me and Ms. Swarbrick: dispelling the myths
- Amanda Riddell
- Nov 2, 2024
- 1 min read
I Got Lost In Her Arms had nothing to do with her. I recorded the track for Michelle, who had skipped out on the open mic part of the Bluegrass gig, and the video was an animation of Ethel Merman, who originated the role.
Didn't really start stalking her socials until 2022. I saw her in the news, but that was about it. Think I saw Ok Chloe; I did some research on her to build Joanne in 2021.
I'm avoidant. That's why I'm not massively keen to chat IRL. Plus that was all made worse by the whole creepy serial killer vibe that people were throwing at me when they interrogated me. Now I'm avoiding her cos I'm afraid I'd get in trouble if I were to contact her.
Knew she had a girlfriend. Figured my feelings were just a crush, but eventually it became something else cos I kept coming to Question Time to shoot the breeze with Gary. I'm somewhat surprised to find out she really does have feelings for me.
Basically, I preferred it when it was more of an abstract thing, but there's certainly some upsides to this silly trolling thing that we're doing. Being told that my way of feeling love was basically wrong is a feeling that I won't forget, and it's doubly annoying cos that erotomania diagnosis never ended up on my sheet.
I like her, but I've never been willing to upend my life to hang out with her. I'm keen to move cities, but it's a bit beyond my means.