Happy New Year
Well, I finally fixed my last entry so it reads as two separate cuts, and not nonsense. Well, you can be the nonsense judge on this one.
New Years has meant a whole lot to me these past few years. Not just Petra years, but for years before that. Since the turn of the century, I've always done something.
I believe I sang to Emily going into 2000.
2001 I... I can't remember. Maybe I juggled. I don't know, I was depressed. But, from then on, things started looking up for me.
2002, I went to a party with Cassie, and saw her in her underwear.
2003, I had a date, although had to postpone it due to an outbreak of the Norwalk virus. At midnight, I found myself kissing a toilet bowl, and clenching my stomach in agony. The next day, I was well enough to drive to see Tina, who kissed me despite being unbathed and my bad breath.
2004, I went to a party with Petra and her friends. Watched Animal House and made out.
2005, Brought Petra here, blah blah blah
2006, ditto
So this year, I went to Brandon and Tree's. There are also four other people who live there, with another half dozen on the waiting list. I wish the two floors below them would clear out, so they (we) could have an entire building. It would be all the good parts of the residence hall- late nights, constant connection to the best people in the world, never feeling out of place, and so on- and removing all the inconvenient parts- cold showers, loud fights in the next room, bizare decrees from the RD, and trying to avoid people. Can you imagine?
Anyway, this year, I was particularly excited because Carolyn was going to be there. So, when she was coming up the stairs, I tried to play it cool, I was watching Brandon play Dead Rising. When I did glance over my shoulder, I saw her AND the fellow she brought with her, Chris.
rats... there go all my fanciful delusions about her curling up on the couch with me, and everything being so romantic, and Tree waking up and doing her silly excited dance. -1/-2 until end of turn.
So, anyway, I turned back to Brandon, dutifully slaughtering the undead.
She came up behind me, and threw her arms around my neck (as best as she could, I'd kind of slouched down a bit after I saw Chris) and, I think, kissed me on the cheek. I turned my head up, and tried to kiss her back, but, I don't know where I ended up. It was certainly encouraging, though.
She smoked a bit. -1/-3.
At midnight, I managed to kind of catch the corner of her mouth, which was nice, but... hey, I'm an ambitious guy. As the night slowed, and people began to get to bed, I became more convinced that maybe Chris wasn't exactly her "date" for the evening. But, around 2:30, they looked tired, so I finally shut up, and let them go off to sleep. She gave me another hug and a kiss. She giggled and smiled- very cute. Afterwards, as they went into Kiki's room (vacant) and I went to the floor between the couch and the coffee table, my mind kind of wandered.
1, Did she kiss me because she was drunk?
2, Did Chris notice, and was he jealous?
3, Would she have been more generous if it was only she and I?
4, Is that how flirtation still works? Give someone a little kiss, and giggle about it? She's 22 years old...
Anyway, I accidentally woke up Metal Kyle, and while I was trying to get to sleep, I saw Chris and Carolyn pack up and leave.
rats... right when my hopes were starting to pick up.
A couple days later, Tree said she likes me, but in my usual form, I don't know if I believe her. Tree asked me if there's ever been someone who didn't fall in love when they first looked at me. I named Katie Finnigan, who never once seemed interested in my charm, even a little. Still, Tree thinks everyone's love with me. Based mostly on the opinions of herself, Rachel, and once upon a time, Kara. Maybe those two lesbians who worked in the HLS a couple years ago. And Tyler. All in all, it's not an impressive record. Carolyn, on the other hand, is very impressive.
Troy seemed to be the most enthusiastic Magic player in the apartment, which I thought was odd, seeing as he was the newest to the game, a mere two year veteran. He said the only reason he ended up at Chester was because Alphabetically, it came first on a google search. He was bound for BU on a hockey scholarship, but he couldn't be happier with how it turned out. It still surprises me that he fits in so well with the lot of them. He gets the jokes and supplies his own, even though I would think he'd be the most different. Morgan, Travis, Brandon all have extensively nerdy histories. I speak Dork myself, but Troy is an impressive poker player, an excellent goalie... but he still plays Kingdom Hearts for hours on end, and has decks built around the Miojins. He's an intriguing fellow.
Everyone in that apartment either has a creative writing degree or will within two years.
And Travis is having sex with Kiki for some reason.
New Years has meant a whole lot to me these past few years. Not just Petra years, but for years before that. Since the turn of the century, I've always done something.
I believe I sang to Emily going into 2000.
2001 I... I can't remember. Maybe I juggled. I don't know, I was depressed. But, from then on, things started looking up for me.
2002, I went to a party with Cassie, and saw her in her underwear.
2003, I had a date, although had to postpone it due to an outbreak of the Norwalk virus. At midnight, I found myself kissing a toilet bowl, and clenching my stomach in agony. The next day, I was well enough to drive to see Tina, who kissed me despite being unbathed and my bad breath.
2004, I went to a party with Petra and her friends. Watched Animal House and made out.
2005, Brought Petra here, blah blah blah
2006, ditto
So this year, I went to Brandon and Tree's. There are also four other people who live there, with another half dozen on the waiting list. I wish the two floors below them would clear out, so they (we) could have an entire building. It would be all the good parts of the residence hall- late nights, constant connection to the best people in the world, never feeling out of place, and so on- and removing all the inconvenient parts- cold showers, loud fights in the next room, bizare decrees from the RD, and trying to avoid people. Can you imagine?
Anyway, this year, I was particularly excited because Carolyn was going to be there. So, when she was coming up the stairs, I tried to play it cool, I was watching Brandon play Dead Rising. When I did glance over my shoulder, I saw her AND the fellow she brought with her, Chris.
rats... there go all my fanciful delusions about her curling up on the couch with me, and everything being so romantic, and Tree waking up and doing her silly excited dance. -1/-2 until end of turn.
So, anyway, I turned back to Brandon, dutifully slaughtering the undead.
She came up behind me, and threw her arms around my neck (as best as she could, I'd kind of slouched down a bit after I saw Chris) and, I think, kissed me on the cheek. I turned my head up, and tried to kiss her back, but, I don't know where I ended up. It was certainly encouraging, though.
She smoked a bit. -1/-3.
At midnight, I managed to kind of catch the corner of her mouth, which was nice, but... hey, I'm an ambitious guy. As the night slowed, and people began to get to bed, I became more convinced that maybe Chris wasn't exactly her "date" for the evening. But, around 2:30, they looked tired, so I finally shut up, and let them go off to sleep. She gave me another hug and a kiss. She giggled and smiled- very cute. Afterwards, as they went into Kiki's room (vacant) and I went to the floor between the couch and the coffee table, my mind kind of wandered.
1, Did she kiss me because she was drunk?
2, Did Chris notice, and was he jealous?
3, Would she have been more generous if it was only she and I?
4, Is that how flirtation still works? Give someone a little kiss, and giggle about it? She's 22 years old...
Anyway, I accidentally woke up Metal Kyle, and while I was trying to get to sleep, I saw Chris and Carolyn pack up and leave.
rats... right when my hopes were starting to pick up.
A couple days later, Tree said she likes me, but in my usual form, I don't know if I believe her. Tree asked me if there's ever been someone who didn't fall in love when they first looked at me. I named Katie Finnigan, who never once seemed interested in my charm, even a little. Still, Tree thinks everyone's love with me. Based mostly on the opinions of herself, Rachel, and once upon a time, Kara. Maybe those two lesbians who worked in the HLS a couple years ago. And Tyler. All in all, it's not an impressive record. Carolyn, on the other hand, is very impressive.
Troy seemed to be the most enthusiastic Magic player in the apartment, which I thought was odd, seeing as he was the newest to the game, a mere two year veteran. He said the only reason he ended up at Chester was because Alphabetically, it came first on a google search. He was bound for BU on a hockey scholarship, but he couldn't be happier with how it turned out. It still surprises me that he fits in so well with the lot of them. He gets the jokes and supplies his own, even though I would think he'd be the most different. Morgan, Travis, Brandon all have extensively nerdy histories. I speak Dork myself, but Troy is an impressive poker player, an excellent goalie... but he still plays Kingdom Hearts for hours on end, and has decks built around the Miojins. He's an intriguing fellow.
Everyone in that apartment either has a creative writing degree or will within two years.
And Travis is having sex with Kiki for some reason.