Until the Stars Are All Alight

From kiashyel
At this moment in time if you HAD to have someone's name tattooed on you it would be? Uh...probably J.R.R. Tolkien's initial-symbol, lol. I would never tattoo a name on myself!!
Are you allergic to anything? Seafood.
Who did you kiss at midnight on New Years? Lol, no one. Planning on fixing that this year!
Are you a dog or cat person? CAT.
Have you ever dated someone longer than a year? Not yet.
Do you plan on being in a relationship 2 months from now? Yes!
Have you ever seen your best friend cry? Well yeah.
Did you get any compliments today? They were from a couple of days ago, but I just read them today. I was told I was a Grammar Snob and that I was dry (as in, my humor). And yes, I'm sure they were compliments, and I was quite pleased by both. ^_^
What would you say if someone told you they were in love with your brother? I'd tell them they were SOL as both my brothers are happily married.
Who was the last person to call you their homie g? Uh...probably Nico, if anyone ever.
What time did you wake up this morning? ...it wasn't morning anymore.
Does it matter to you if your bf/gf smokes cigs? Yeeeeeah...I've had crushes on smokers but I don't really think I could kiss a smoker. That could get problematic sooner or later.
Do you hate the last girl you had a conversation with? Of course not. I don't converse with those I hate.
Does the person you like, like you back? I'm pretty sure he's totally in love with me. ^_^
What were you doing at 9:00 pm last night? Um. Last night. Uh. What day was it? I think I was at Nico's but the days are starting to run together again.
Ever been swimming in a lake or river? Well, yeah, back when I used to swim.
Did anyone call you last night? Nope. Yesterday afternoon and this morning but not last night. I text a lot more than I talk.
How many different houses have you lived in throughout your life? Six, if you count both apartments.
What is your name if you spell it without the letters "N" "O" and "L"? Sarah Strbe. XD
Do you believe everyone deserves a second chance? Depends...which I guess means no, lol.
Did you cry today? No.
Last person who text messaged you? Nico, I'm pretty sure.
Do you currently have a hickey? Not currently. And if anyone other than the two people I told about it can tell me when it was, well, then...makeup fail. (It was not intentional, Cody was duly punished for it after the fact, and it has not happened since.)
Who did you last go out to eat with? Uh...my mother.
Do you think you can last in a relationship for 6 months or more? Yeah. We're a third of the way there. ^_^
What made you happy today? Hm. Cody called me this morning. I made significant NaNo progress and am not behind. I voted and that made me feel smart. I got a library card, though I'm not likely to use it. Wolf was a cute kid. I found out that Steven is even MORE cool than I thought initially.
When was the last time you were told you were beautiful? Sunday. I still don't believe him, but I love to hear it.
Do you find it in your heart to forgive? Oh, usually. If the offense is particularly bad I'll stop talking to someone, but I don't waste time being mad at them. (It's an extreme example of forgive and FORGET.)
When was the last time something bothered you? Today, when Arkansas Prop One passed. =(
Ever thought you were going to marry someone you didn’t end up marrying? Yeah, more than once.
Do you call anyone by their last name? No, people call ME by MY last name! Lol.
Last person to make you smile? Uh...Steven.
If you're sleeping and someone calls you what do you say? Assuming I answer, I still usually just say "Hello?" Depends on who it is.
Where did you get your last bruise from? I get banged up so often they all kinda blur together.
When was the last time you felt your heart was actually breaking? Hmm...honestly probably when I realized that things were falling apart with Duncan.
Who are you closest to in your family? Jennifer.
What does the 50th text in your inbox say? I keep my inbox empty. Phone storage is for ringtones!
Would you ever live with anyone on your top friends? Uh, my MySpace top friends? Let's see...I will be living with Cody someday (when we get married), I DID live with Nico for about two and a half weeks, and I could probably deal with Kristy, Shelly, or Jacqui. Possibly others in a more-than-two-roommates kind of situation.
Feel like talking to someone that you haven't in a while? You know, it's funny. Kade emailed me out of nowhere and gave me her new number, and we exchanged texts for like half an hour. I'd been thinking about her for about a week. So I guess I'd have to say Hobbity...
Expecting something to change in the next month? Yeah, I expect to have a JOB. Grr.
Would you get married if you could right now? You know, if all the finances/etc. were there, I might just jump the gun and marry Cody. Maybe not the wisest move at this moment, but I think we could make it.
Who was the last person you were mad at? Hmm...Nico.
Who was the last person to comment/message you? Uh, I think it was GamgeeFest. On LJ anyway.
Do you think too much or too little? Way, way, way too much.
Did you kiss or hug anyone today? Steven gave me a hug before I left, and I think I gave Wolf a hug at some point...
Have you ever in any way, been betrayed by someone you trust? Yeah.
Was the first person you talked to today male or female? Male, because it was my ABF. ^_^
Have you ever had your heart broken? Several times. I finally managed to find all the pieces though, and I gave them to someone I trust.
Do you think you'll be married in 10 years? I know I'll be married in about a year. =D
Who would you honestly say you would risk your life for? A couple of people. It's a relatively short list though.
What’s the most important part of a relationship in your opinion? Trust.
What are your plans for this weekend? None on Saturday, driving down to see Cody on Sunday.
When's last time you wanted to cry? I did cry on Friday.
Who was the last person you took a picture with? As in, I was IN the picture with them? Cody.
When was the last time you were told you were amazing? Sunday.
If you could have one thing right now, what would it be? A GOOD JOB!!

So.

Wednesday. I told Sam to call me this time, and I decided to just stay at work until he called. I think the words "after 4:30" were in this conversation somewhere.

Kristy stayed with me, thank God.

5 o'clock rolls around and I start to worry, but figure he's got something going on, whatever. 5:30 gets me edgy, and Kristy's having to tell me to breathe. She asks if she should text him and I was all "Yeah. NO NOT FOR REAL WTF ARE YOU--" But too late, she had already sent it.

(pasting from her journal)
Sarah says: -_- what you say? 
Kristy says: it be okay sarah, "what are you up too?" 
Kristy says: completely non informative. 
Sarah says: oh okay 
Kristy says: what you think i say? 
Sarah says: I dunno, “call Sarah!” 
Kristy says: "dude call sarah before she hyperventilates!!!" 
Sarah says: or the less pushy but still desperate-looking “Sarah’s really looking forward to seeing you tonight”
Sarah says:lol yeah 
Kristy says: hahah "i'm tired of hearing your name will you CALL HER ALREADY!!!!" 
Sarah says: or that too 

So it starts getting closer to 6 and I'm still spazzing, and finally I ask "What if he NEVER calls?" Then she goes, "Then you can come to church with me!" Lol. I told her I objected on the grounds that that's what my dad had suggested (earlier in the day, after Lions, when I told him I had a third date).

FINALLY her phone goes off (I can hear it) and of course it's Sam texting her back; he admits he's been asleep. She asks if he has plans and when the response comes...

Sarah says: TELLLLLL MEEEEEEE 
Kristy says: "was going to call sarah and see if she wanted to hang out" 
Sarah says: was?? WAS?? (yay, he hath spelt my name right) 
Kristy says: lol, i texted back "you two should come to church with me" 
Kristy says: (insert little laughing demon emote here)
Sarah says: because “ooh, good idea” wasn’t good enough? lol

Well, Sam was all "WTF?" but then when he found out that I was (probably) going he agreed. We went to church.

That was just...weird, lol. Not in a bad way. Reminded me of summer camp.

Then we went to McDonald's, and then to the Royal for karaoke. (Canceling out the church? XD Lol.) Hung out with Jacqui, played a really poor (on my part) game of pool w/Sam. Kristy took me and Sam back to his car and then I dropped him off (it's not a long drive to his place; he's in town as well). We chatted for a while, waiting for my windows to unfog (irony?) before we took off.

Then he had to work. Thursday, Friday, and tonight. It took forrrrrevvvvverrrrrr. -_-* Last night I went to Kristy's house and helped her reorganize her kitchen (after staying late enough to get like 3.5 hours of OVERTIME YAY), then today I went over and we dyed Easter eggs. I stayed for D&D (actually tonight was Vampire: the Dark Ages, but whatever), and I actually played. We ordered pizza and had Sam deliver, lol. He said he'd call me when he got off work and he ended up calling, like, 20 minutes later. He came on over while we finished the campaign (I feel like I sound smart, I probably sound like an idiot). Afterward Kristy said she was heading to bed--it felt kind of like she was saying "Okay, you crazy kids, go on and have a good time." Haha.

We DID. He came over and we played Grand Theft Auto (and by we played I mean he played and I failed), and finally he tried to pass me the controller and I was just, "Dude...it's so hard that it's actually more fun to watch you play than it is to play. But you can keep going..." *weird pause* "...or we could watch a movie." "Let's watch a movie."

He let me dig through his DVD/game case while he looked at my DVDs. He said that he'd seen pretty much everything I had, and his case is full of stuff that I've been wanting to see. Yay for movie compatibility! Lol. We finally picked Stranger Than Fiction (which was amazing!!).

And, I dunno. While we were sitting there, in the semidarkness (I killed the lamp, to get rid of the glare on the screen, wink wink--the light in the kitchen was on though), I really just...wanted to lay my head on his shoulder. And finally I shifted positions, but had no intention of actually laying my head on his shoulder, but then I just DID and it felt so normal and right and comfy, and I just stayed there, through the movie. :) At one point I asked if he was comfortable--"I'm not poking you with my elbow or anything, am I?"--and he said no, it was fine.

After the movie we didn't really move, and we just started talking, and kept talking. About five minutes afterward I pointed out that it was 4 AM. And we kept talking. And finally, after he'd said something funny, I put my chin on his shoulder and I said, "Sam? ...I really like you."

"I noticed."

There was a long silence, and I couldn't bring myself to say something mean, like "way to leave me hanging" so I finally just asked, "And you?"

And then he said, "I really like you too," and paused long enough to freak me out, and then said, "This is hard to say..." and paused.

"Oh, am I about to hear the Just Friends speech?"

He looked at me, a little scared, and said no. Then he went on to say that we'd seen a lot of each other and gotten to know each other, and he'd kept to himself for a long time, and there aren't a lot of girls who are smart like me (OMG!) and that he wanted to keep seeing me.

"That works for me. That definitely works." Then, "So..." (oh, tread carefully, Sarah) "Does that mean we're boyfriend and girlfriend?"

"Yeah, I guess so."

And I let out a tiny little squee and wrapped my arm around him. We talked a little, he said he needed me to give him time and I said I was fine with going slow because I'd never really had a boyfriend, and he said he'd never really had a girlfriend (I knew it!). He also said nothing lasts forever, he learned it from his parents--they're divorced--and I told him that we could cross that bridge when we come to it. ('Cause, really...I don't know if he's The One. Maybe not. We're just getting started and I'm not worried about that at this point.) Finally I was like, "I should let you leave, huh?" It was getting close to 4:30.

But we're seeing each other again tomorrow, after doing whatever with our families for Easter.

I walked with him to the door and he told me to have a good day. I told him it was guaranteed now. :) Then he was like, "Uh, well..." and he leaned in and kissed my cheek! :D (And no, he didn't try anything more, which is fine with me. For now.)

The euphoria's ebbing, or at least the need for sleep is finally overcoming it. Good morning night, all!

So it's one month to Valentine's Day and I'm not any closer to not spending it alone than I ever have been. -_- Yet another SAD--Single Awareness Day. (Why yes, I am well aware of how appropriate that acronym is!)

And exactly one month after that is my birthday. I'm looking forward to it; I'm in an even better place than I was LAST year when it rolled around (both the nicer apartment and in life), but turning 22 makes me feel OLD. I think it's mostly because 21 is the last "landmark" birthday before the over-the-hill birthdays come along. The next landmark is 30. On the bright side, this puts me in the same age group as all my friends that are older (Katchan, Nico, Jacqui, Kristy...more or less all my close RL friends but Michele...)

But damn. I kind of figured that by this point of my life I'd've been in at least one relationship. Whether it worked out or not would be immaterial. (I doubt I'd end up married to anyone that I would have started dating before I moved out.)

On the bright side, that's the only thing I've set out to do at some point in my life that I HAVEN'T accomplished...

Meh. I'm vaguely irritated by this but not nearly as upset as I could be. (It will be worse as the days roll closer, I assure you. There's a WHOLE MONTH in which, you never know, I could magically obtain a secret admirer. *goes off to delude self until then*)

I've been working crazily this week, but goshdarnit I actually have some freaking OVERTIME. Four hours, I think. My check might actually break the $500 mark for once. (No telling with the damn withholding taxes...the last time I had overtime, though, I had two hours, and my check was around $475.)

Next week, however, I have two days off. ^_^ I have to work tonight and tomorrow and then I get to STAY HOME.

Or go see my parents. Whatever. (I need to go see Grandpa and get my dishes!!) I'm going to call Mom and see what's up with them Tuesday, since my Thursday will probably be spent with Jacqui. Maybe. She's been kinda "I wanna stay home" since she's been living in the trailer (on her parents' property, but not technically in their house). Whatever.

In other news: I think I am officially addicted to the Sims.

And me and Kat are playing the best realtime RPG EVER. *huggles Audries, even though his soul has been destroyed and as such he's being a bit of a dickhead at the moment* Well, as much as we can around her being sick and taking care of Esme.

Oh yes. I think I saw Duncan on Friday. Just as I was leaving the Village 5/Stage parking lot to get to work, he was pulling in. (Or at any rate someone with the exact same car who looked an awful lot like him.) Whoever it was waved, lol. If only I hadn't been going to WORK!! *sigh* I called him and got his voicemail and was all, "Was that you?" But no callback. (Like the last few times I've called him--I think our phones still hate each other.) I just messaged him on MySpace and am cursing myself for not sending it last night, because his last login was today. *facepalm*

I am not a creepy stalker. I am not a creepy stalker. I am not a creepy stalker.

Stalker, yes. Creepy, no.

So this is the vid Nico shot at the Firehouse...



As you can see, I feature prominently, lol. That's Jacqui in the bottom left, the one who flips off the camera (hereby making the vid unfit for MySpace, lol). I remember trying to look away and dance but I kept on looking at the camera and smiling every time, thinking Nico was taking PICS. I think I finally laughed when he "charaded" that he was actually filming. That's him laughing and saying "Sorry!" at the end, lol.

So after spending the latter part of Thursday night with Jacqui saying "Stupid Duncan..." every time there was a lull in conversation, I called him again yesterday--right before work, thinking I'd get his voicemail.

And of course, as Murphy's Law goes, I actually got a hold of him that time. (Not that I wasn't pleased, lol.) I told him as much, lol--"Oh, HI! I figured I'd get your voicemail!" ^_^ I'm a total dork, lol.

Annnd...long story short: He and Robert have moved in with Robert's parents.

So now he's just over an hour away. >_< (He said an hour, google maps says an hour-and-half...lol. The way I drive, I bet it's an hour-fifteen.) On the bright side, he DOES have a job that he starts Monday. ^_^ And he said he'd be back this way on weekends...sooo...I don't know. This could have send me into a tailspin but I think I'm okay. It's not like he moved, say, back to Austin.

And really, it's not like we're to the point where I can ask him to take me into consideration in making his decisions.

I still invited him tonight, but until he starts getting the paychecks from that job, he really can't afford to make the drive.

Oh well. Me and Jacqui are going to have a good time at the concert and everyone's going to have a good time clubbing. ^_^ I'm FINALLY wearing the sexy scoopneck shirt I bought a YEAR ago--right before Mirielle was born. (Somehow I knew then that it would take a year, lol.) I may end up being overdressed, but I do that fairly often--bump into someone when I'm just running errands, and they'll ask me what I'm all dressed up for, lol. I guess I just prefer businessy/classy-looking clothes.

And...well...I'll get back with him eventually.

We should take pics tonight, but I don't know when they'll be available for posting--STILL not sure how to get pics from my phone, and Nico's computer is DEAD. *mourns* Then again Rackle will be there, so...I don't know. We shall see.

Tomorrow me and Jacqui are going to lunch with my parents, for Mother's Day--her mom is out of town, lol. So yay. A good reason not to get TOO drunk tonight, lol. (That and drinks are $6 apiece!!)

So anyway. I need to stop typing, finish straightening my hair, and do a load of laundry. Later peeps!

Written last night:

Shelly called and woke me up this morning, during my snooze-alarm period of the day. I really don't remember anything we talked about, just that Josh ended up meeting her for lunch so she had to get off the phone.

I ended up falling back asleep until about three, when Jacqui called me and asked what was going on today, if I'd managed to get a hold of Duncan or if I was free or what. I told her that if she wanted to come over to give me thirty or so minutes to straighten my hair (which I'd slept on wet) and that I didn't have plans. Got up and out of bed. I put my contacts in--BOTH OF THEM ON THE FIRST TRY OMFG, I did it on a whim but I guess it paid to put them in in the opposite order--and then called her back and told her if she didn't mind watching me straighten my hair she could go ahead and come over. She did so, bearing gifts--an "I Heart Dorks" bumper sticker that I'm debating about removing "Chicks with Attitude" to put on Laurien, and a book about LotR and Tolkien that I actually didn't have: "Tolkien: A Look Behind LotR" by Lin Carter, published by Ballantine in the 60's. ^_^ YAY. (The back cover calls it a "survey of Tolkieniana." XD Also, apparently, old-school fans call it LOTR, to rhyme with boater. Hee. I've always pronounced the letters, except when referring to "LotR-ry stuff" with Nico, lol.)

We discussed the varying benefits of different types of straighteners (not that she bothers with hers all that often) and other random stuff, lol. We also discussed whether or not I should call Duncan and see if he was free, since I had made no attempt to call him since Monday. She told me to do it. I did. Got his voicemail, left a message, then the two of us decided to go to the library so that I could post my chapter (which I didn't). As I was running around upstairs getting shoes and double-checking my makeup, I looked at my phone and found a missed call--Duncan. So I called him back and finally got a hold of him. ^_^ "I tried to call you--" "Yeah, I tried to call you back right after you called me--" I asked if he was free tonight, and he said no, he had plans with Robert (his best friend) that he'd made, like, a week ago, and wouldn't be available. And then I asked, "Well, are you free now?"

"Well, I'm running errands, but I will be free soon--what did you have in mind?"

"I don't know, dinner?"

"Okay, let me call you back in about 45 minutes."

So Jacqui and I went to the library, where I realized that I'd left the disk with my chapter on it at home. >_< Checked up on my email and such, though. Printed a picture of Esme, which is now hanging on my fridge. ^_^ (The "OMG she's smiling!" pic, Kat. Lol.)

It was more like an hour before he called me, and even then he was calling to let me know it would be a little while longer. Nico called and when he found out Jacqui was there told her to call him when I ditched her, lol. (Jacqui, unlike Nico, totally understands the reasons and admits that if she had a guy she wanted to see would probably ditch me just as easily--and I, in turn, would totally understand if she did.) Jacqui left and Duncan showed up about 7:30. We talked for a few minutes and then headed for El Charro's for dinner and conversation. We took Laurien, and I have to admit I like the fact that Duncan isn't all "I'mI'll drive," because I like to drive, too. ^_^ He asked which car we should take, and I said I didn't care, and he said, "Well, you just got yours back, so we'll take yours." (I also mentioned that I'd washed her the night before and he said he noticed, lol. I'm not sure if that means he's uber-observant or if poor Laurien was just that filthy--I hadn't washed her since before I moved out, lol. I figured after a week in the shop I owed her that much.)

We decided to pay separately since we both seemed to be able to afford our own meal but not both (the waiter didn't bother to make two separate tallys, so we ended up halving it, but whatever--Duncan got the tip). and Duncan said, "I can't afford it right now, with no job, but once I can afford it I will be more than happy to take you out. And hopefully that'll be in the not-too-distant future."

*melt*

We talked a lot about really dorktastic stuff--zombies and grammar (always) and even D&D (um, yeah, he's played)--and I thought to myself that if anyone was listening that they would think that we're even bigger geeks than we really are, lol. (But I'm totally okay with that.)

Turns out he never got the text I sent him Friday night--or at any rate, his phone never alerted him. It was on his phone but he'd had no idea it was there. So that makes me feel better, because that's one occasion where it's not that he failed to get back in touch with me. I still think our phones hate each other, because when I do actually get through to him and speak directly to him (not his voicemail), he never fails to get back with me. (He may call late, but he never completely FAILS, lol.)

After dinner, though, we pretty much had to come back to my place so he could go meet up with Robert--I think he was half-an-hour late as it was. (He actually likes me enough to hang with me and postpone his best friend. WOW.)

Someone was parked in my spot again but it was early enough that I could go get the landlady and have the owner come move it. ^_^ YES.

So then I got another hug (that almost makes it not suck when he leaves) and we chatted for a few more minutes, and I asked, "Well, when are you going to be free again?" He said all day tomorrow, once he got up, and I told him I had to work, and I said, "And it'll probably be too late when I get off work, because I know you were trying to sleep more normal hours--" and he cut me off and said that he'd pretty much decided to forget about that, at least until he got a job and HAD to be up certain hours, and so it wouldn't be too late. So I'm supposed to call him when I get home tomorrow night after work and we're doing what we were going to do last Thursday--watch The Holiday and drink margaritas. Mmm. (Not that I've had a wide experience of margaritas, but as far as I'm concerned Duncan makes a damn good one.)

So then I called Nico, no answer, called Jacqui's cell and they were walking down to the lake. I drove out to Nico's and walked down, met them coming back up the hill. I guess there was some couple in a truck down by the point Nico and I usually walk to, and the truck was making squeaking noises, so Nico and Jacqui decided not to stay down there. XD

So then we hung out at Nico's for a while. I tried coconut rum. I didn't hate it, but I don't really care for coconut, so it's not my favorite. Probably would be better in soda than by itself. watched Robin Williams Live on Broadway. I missed the last ten or fifteen minutes because I suddenly realized that I didn't know where my phone was. It wasn't in the house or my car, so I started to freak out. (Not so much because of the phone itself as the contacts I would have lost.) I ended up borrowing Nico's roommate's cell phone, retracing the entire walk I took while constantly calling my phone (hanging up before it hit voicemail), and finally finding it in Nico's backyard. >_< (I should have retraced my steps backwards, but then if I'd been psychic enough to know that I wouldn't have had to search in the first place, lol.) I'd had both my phone and my MP3 player in my relatively shallow pocket, and at one point I stepped into a hole and tripped, and all I can figure is that my phone fell out then. But I found it, undamaged, so all is well. (Is it sad that the thing I worried about more than anything was the fact that I don't actually know Duncan's number and probably wouldn't have been able to get in touch with him tomorrow had I not found it? Must memorize it!)

I think I'm too addicted to my phone. Had I not found it, I might have broken down into an anxiety attack. I feel naked if I leave it at home by mistake. And that's sad, because I have voicemail and all. Do I plan on breaking myself of my phone? Heck no! ^_^ (And Shelly, THAT'S why I didn't answer, lol, my phone was lying in the grass at the time.)

By then everyone else was sleepy, and I was not, so I left. Nico called me right after I got home and told me I was missing out on a game of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. I would SO suck at that game. The only movie I've ever seen Kevin Bacon in is Hollow Man, which, besides not being as good as I'd remembered when I watched it a second time, is filled with a lot of no-name actors that I haven't seen in anything BUT that movie. And I'm really not familiar with his works in general. (I tend to confuse him with Kevin Costner.) Now, Six Degrees of LotR I can play all day long, probably dance circles around most people (except Shelly for sure and probably Duncan, lol), but that's an entirely different issue. ^_^

I did a sinkload of dishes, some of which have been in the sink since the LAST time Duncan was over, lol. Bad habit, Sarah, no cookie. (It's not like they were gross or smelled funny or had anything growing on them--I tend to rinse them before leaving them there. It's just that there's no point in me leaving them so long.) And I have since been on the computer, sorting through the last few days' finds and writing this and such. And now it is bedtime. (Some people, particularly those with farm animals that need milking, are getting up around this time, lol.)

Mom is supposed to take me to lunch, then I have to work, and then I see Duncan. *nance*

OH YEAH. Dad's car has been in the shop for a while, and they finally told him it would be about $1200 to fix, so he told me that he and Mom had decided to get a new car. No shock, really, but when he said "new car" I figured he meant newer. Not actually new. But Mom was telling me yesterday that he called his car guy (a man who makes a business of buying cars that have only slight damage to them, fixing them, and selling them) and his car guy had this great deal--a car that had 700 miles on it, a car that must have gotten dented in the dealership lot and then sold to the auction where he picked it up, a car that had only body damage but couldn't be sold as new. It's a 2006 Ford Focus, the sporty kind, black, with a spoiler on the back and everything.

AND MY PARENTS ARE BUYING IT. THEY TOOK OUT A LOAN AND EVERYTHING AND ARE PAYING $10,000 FOR A MORE-OR-LESS BRAND-NEW CAR.

They're getting it tomorrow. They really were waiting for me to move out to do all the cool stuff. My dad bought a telescope, for pity's sake! After all the times I lamented about wanting one, what does he buy a month after I move out? *sigh* I guess it's natural, they thought they were almost done and then when they were both 40, along came me. They could be more subtle about it, though--my mom is already storing her extra clothes in my old closet!

Oh well. I still heart Laurien, and Mom told me all the reasons why it's logical that they should have a new car. (It's probably the last car Dad will ever need to buy in his life, because it'll last him--her words, not mine. Plus they can "trust it" when they take long trips.) She's right, but I'm still shocked that they actually TOOK OUT A LOAN. OMG. WTF? And, like, where does my dad get off selling the Camaro that I learned to drive in (and would have gladly bought from him once I was old enough) because he thought it was "too sporty" for someone his age and then buying THIS car???

So yeah. I'm conflicted about it. I'm not sure if I'm annoyed or not. I shouldn't be, and if I am I'm not uber-annoyed, but at the same time I'm starting to appreciate the fact that maybe I'm not the only one who gained independence when I moved out. And I'm going to bed now.

Posted three Happy Feet icons in my icon LJ, link in the box to the left on my LJ.

So to make a long story short, he didn't call Thursday. Or at any rate I never got a call--he said (night before last) he did call but it said "your call cannot be completed as dialed." We checked the number and he had it right, so I don't know what the heck happened, but that massively sucks.

But, since I DO have a life, I didn't just sit and mope all day. Jacqui came over (with the understanding that I was going to ditch her the moment the phone rang, lol), we went to lunch, we went to Wal-Mart, we played Dance Factory (I kicked ass, but then I've played a lot longer than she has), we watched Empire Records (BTW, Nico: "SHOP-LIFT-ERRRRRRRRR!"), we went for a walk in the subdivision across from my complex, we went to the gas station at the other end of my road and bought sodas, and just as we got back to my place Nico called, and we met him and April (a new girl at work) at Hardee's. April had to leave, but then Nico, Jacqui, and I proceeded to drive around back roads until 2 AM, listening to music.

(Nevermind the fact that my phone was hardly ever out of my hands and I checked my voicemail every half-hour or so, just in case.)

Ten Masked Men: death metal remixes of pop songs like "Hit Me Baby One More Time." Download and laugh, we did.

So then...I kind of avoided the gas station for a few days. Partly intentionally, partly because my work schedule was so sucky. (I HATE 2-to-close. I'm sorry for you people that have to work it all the time, and I'm lucky that I don't get it more often, but seriously. I'm not going to stop bitching because it's never going to get any less sucky. *coughNICOcough*)

Nothing of note happened, really, until...Saturday night. (Well, okay, they finally got all the siding on the front of my house. YAY! Still construction going on, but the more the workers wake me up the less interesting I find them. >_< I work NIGHT SHIFT, people! I sleep until 1 PM because that's how long it takes me to get eight hours of sleep! QUIT BANGING ON MY WALLS! ...sorry. I digress.) I went back up to the gas station (not for as long, Nickie called me so I ended up not going until 2:30) and Duncan and I chatted more (about the movies he wants to make someday...they sound like movies I'd watch and like). It got to be almost 4:30 and I finally did leave when a real customer showed up. About halfway across the first lawn I walk through on my way home, I realized I'd been there two hours and never did buy anything. (I usually get a Jones Soda.) Whoops, there goes my pretence, lol.

So last night (Sunday night), despite my usual insistence on stringing out my trips up there (the only time I went two nights in a row was the night they were going to shoot the movie), I went back.

Unfortunately, there will be no more of these four-hour stays. The gas station had their inspection a week or so ago, and rules that never were enforced (like, say, "No sitting on the counter") are suddenly being enforced. Duncan was wearing an apron last night, for pity's sake. (Poor guy.) And I guess something got stolen on one of his shifts (not that they suspect me, I generally stay in his line of sight for that very reason and he told me who they did suspect), so now there is to be no "socializing" there. (Duncan's word, he uses it frequently.)

So as I'm paying for my cappuccino, he's explaining this to me. And then he goes on to say that he's in a "fuck-the-management" mood, flips off the security camera, and tells me that while, yes, he will have to kick me out, he's going to let me stay for a few minutes, because he can't be that mean. ^_^

I said, "So, well...if we can't socialize here anymore, we'll just have to socialize..."

And he finished my sentence-- "Elsewhere. Yeah."

My sentiments exactly.

So he's off tonight. I'm not, but I get done around midnight (more or less). He's made plans, but he's also going to be done around midnight. So he's supposed to call me ("Or you can call me," he pointed out, but I really want him to call first) and we're supposed to hang out. What we can do in this town at midnight, I don't know. If all else fails he might just be coming over and we can watch movies and polish off that two-thirds of a bottle of Jose Cuervo that's sitting in my fridge. Yay for margaritas! ^_^ (I doubt he'll be like Jacqui, willing to wander around Wal*Mart for no reason, lol. And there's only two restaurants that are open all night, and even those are only the drive-thru.)

So yeah. I have to be at work in...48 minutes, so I'm signing off for now. Can't swear that I'll be back tomorrow, as I'll likely be up late (hee!), but hopefully when I do update it will be good news.