My family arrived on time at ten in the morning last Sunday. I was pretty surprised. I was doing laundry at the time to take some of the burden off of mother. She greatly appreciated it. We all then went downstairs for a little while and tried out our awesome new pool tables. There was hardly anybody else on campus, and the rec room was empty. I checked out both tables and we all played. Father was actually still pretty good. He was about a perfect match for me, and I did end up beating him. He also thought it was neat that we had new table tennis equipment as well. We left him and Chrissy to play while we went upstairs to make lunch. I cooked a pretty big one, and everybody was full by the time we were finished. After Chrissy washed the dishes, I treated them to a campus tour.
We walked to the natural history museum up the road and they liked it a lot. We really had fun looking through the drawers in the specimen viewing center. I was flirting with some cute girls in there, too. We then walked down Museum Road, and I showed them how far it used to be from Beaty to my car. We then waled to the little nature area out by Lake Alice and took a picture. I then led them down Fraternity Row. There was a basketball game at about that time, and they were everywhere! We then walked down Stadium Road and through the part of campus with all of the buildings. We took a couple of pictures near Century Tower and the University Auditorium. They still think it's neat that we have our own tennis courts out in front of Beaty.
We then headed home. I called Kimmeth almost as soon as I walked in the door. I had half-jokingly told Rebecca that I planned on seeing The Crying Game with Kim, whom had already seen it. After talking for quite a while, she thought that it would be fun to take me to see it. I thought it was cool how well my `plan' worked out. Mother didn't want me to go so late, since I hadn't tried out my car yet. I was somewhat pissed, because she always ends up letting me go, and it takes away from the little time that I have to get to Kim's. thus I told her that I didn't have time to whine about it, and I got to go! They even leant me some money!
Rebecca had told me about the scene where they show a penis up close, and I kept asking Kim about what was going to happen, and to please tell me so I could cover my eyes. Even after everything that Ed and Becky had told us, they succeeded in giving away absolutely nothing about the movie. Kim seemed to just snicker when I thought I knew something. The movie did turn out to be awesome, and it did twist and contort your views about a lot of things! It was amazing how they would lead you up to something and then completely blow apart your perceptions about it, leaving you plenty of new ideas to ponder over. It was brilliant, yet pretty blatantly disgusting! It has been billed as, `The movie everybody is talking about. but no one is giving away its secrets.' And they couldn't be more right!
I think it sort of messed with Kim's mind again as well. We couldn't stop talking about it on the way back to her house. I was sort of bad though, because I made her buy her own drink and popcorn. She was laughing and trying to feed it to me during the movie. I vowed to redeem myself before the week was over...
I took a fun little trip over to the Personnel Office at Busch Gardens. They actually let me do an interview while I was there, which I wasn't really dressed for. It turned out to be the same woman that interviewed me back at Leto, who I really liked. She told me that, although I was good in being organized and trying to get it done early, that it would be better if I waited until May to reapply. She did give me a summer employment form, and I have a filled out application, which was pretty much all I really had expected to get done over Spring Break. Thus I was happy. I took a look at the Kumba on the way home, and took a picture as well. There is a 110 foot drop that was designed by an Air Force stunt pilot! That fucker is monstrous!!! It spread out forever when looked at from the North side of the park. there were huge loops of all sorts everywhere!!! As I drove by to the West, it spread out again just as much as it did from the back!!! That will definitely be an awesome ride!!! I hope to ride it as soon as I can get into Busch Gardens for free! I really can't wait!!!
I ended up going to Sand Key on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. I now regret not going on Wednesday as well. It was a beautiful week, the best beach days that I have ever experienced. the water was a little too cold, but beautiful. There were awesome shells everywhere that had yet to be picked through by the tourists. Best of all, were the gorgeous girls!!! It was so awesome flirting with them on the beach. I had an awesome time!!! I relocated my car on the last two days into spots where other people had left, and ended up with three free hours of meter time each day. That was really cool. I have an awesome tan now!!! I can't wait to hear everybody's reaction! I even took strolls down the entire length of the beach at various times. I couldn't believe the gorgeous sexy girls that laid out in front of the hotels further south. They seemed to be the rich ones, and I was in love!!!
I only wished that Kim could have been with me. I called her Wednesday night and invited her along if she felt like it one day. We then ended up talking for quite some time. I was just thinking about how awesome and valuable her friendship is to me, and how thankful I am to Busch Gardens for putting us in the situation of getting to know each other. Boy fate is wonderful! I just realized a word that describes how I feel when I think about her... bliss. It turned out that she called me soon after I left for the beach on Friday, wanting to come along. I very much regret that missed opportunity. It would be so easy for me to hit on her there, because I feel so comfortable... a walk on the beach... shell hunting... and all of those other romantic things that can be done on a beach. I could easily of asked her to do any and all of these things with me.
I called her as soon as I got home that night. Thankfully she was home, for that evening would turn into one of the most perfect dates in my life... if only she could know. We talked for a while. She said that she was thinking about ditching the bar scene for the evening and doing something more casual. It sounded a lot like, and I would like to think that, she was really saying that she wanted to do something with me and thus was ruling out everything that I couldn't get in to! She has a new friend named Angie, and they had mentioned doing something that night. She told me that she'd call me back in a little while, after seeing what Angie wanted to do.
Oh yeah, that reminds me. kim was supposed to go to the Strawberry Festival last Thursday with Mark, and it never happened. I don't feel threatened by him at all anymore, because I know her too well now, but I thought it was funny. It gave me a good laugh. A storm does seem to be brewing, though. I'm not sure how bad it is. It's with this guy named Brad who owns an Art Gallery downtown. She says that he seems to like her, and has already cooked her dinner once, and is always really nice to her. Fuck. But maybe not.
My parents took off to the grocery store before Kim called back. When she did, we talked for a little bit more. She asked me if I had eaten already. I did have some black eyed peas and rice when I got home, but I said no anyway. I was still hungry because that was all I had eaten all day. She asked me if I had any preference about where to eat. I said that I really didn't matter. She seemed a little surprised and asked if i'd like to go to Chili's. I said yes and she seemed pretty happy. She wanted to have some `frajitas' as she calls them, although I'm not sure where the `r' came from. I joked with her about that later, but I told her not to stop because I liked it. I also referred to her saying `necked' for naked, and she did end up saying that later in our conversation. It's really cute. She said that maybe I could get dinner, and she would pay for a movie. I said whatever with full intentions on paying for the entire evening.
I dressed up somewhat nicely, in my good jeans (my `lucky' jeans from Mardi gras!) and my new shirt from the Oaks Mall. I didn't tuck it in, and also didn't shave for fear of taking off a layer of my red skin, but I still looked much nicer than usual. I then headed off to her house. I made it rather quickly, and walked up to the screen door as she was putting on her shoes and socks. I opened the door and walked in, saying hello. She was saying something as she finished tying a shoe, and then looked up at me. She busts out with, `You look like a n.....!!!' and we both laughed. She then said that she doesn't use that word very often, though. It was really funny and she then really complimented me on my tan. I instantly thought back to my journal way back, when I wrote that my goal was to become that dark!!! I guess I have accomplished another major goal in my life... however, I would like to continue this one.
She then looked at what I was wearing, and apologized for her outfit. It was a darker tie dye shirt, and shorts. She said that she wasn't sure how I would dress. She then said that she would have worn her new dress, the flowered one that she bought for Jim's wedding in April. I told her that I would wait, and she rushed into her room to change. I felt special that she was wearing it for me. I later told her that it was bad luck to the couple if you wear a new dress before the wedding. She jokingly said that she didn't care because it isn't her wedding! Her mother walked out while I was waiting for Kim on the couch. We said hello, and she asked, `Dan from Orlando, right?' and I laughed and quickly corrected her. Kimmeth then walked out in her dress. She looked quite good! Her mother then had a fit, acting all excited because Kim was actually wearing a dress, and then saying that she was going to run and get a camera. I laughed with her, but Kim seemed a bit pissed off. She told me later that her mom has always done that to her, ever since she was little, even though she does wear dresses more often than her mother claims.
We headed over to Chili's in her car. I played with her Mardi Gras beads on her rear view mirror. We were talking about them, and I said that I'd give her another out of my car when we got home, but I was distracted. She said that she doesn't think she'd flash anybody for them, she would rather just go up and take them. She was cute.
We walked into Chili's, and I was quite impressed. I liked it much better than Bennigan's, although I didn't eat there. It could have had a lot to do with the many, many gorgeous girls eating there! It was Friday night, and they must have been mainly from USF. There were definitely some pretty hot babes, even the bartender was gorgeous. I mentioned that to Kim, to get back at her little like of male bartenders. We were joking around quite a bit while waiting for our table, having a good old time. I noticed that the waiting couch had an opening, and I asked her if she'd like to sit down. She hadn't seen it, and we rushed over and sat down. We talked about a lot of stuff, as gorgeous girls with awesome bodies were swarming all over. A group of four sat on the couch next to me, the one closest was in a very revealing black dress. She was playing with the ends of her long dirty blond hair, and would accidentally brush her hand against my leg as I was talking to Kim. Ouch!
She mentioned still wanting to get a chili pepper tattoo, and pointed out a spot on the back of her waist more towards her right buttock. We were also checking out all of the chili pepper decorations and antiques that they had collected to decorate the restaurant. It was pretty cool. It was a great atmosphere, which made it that much better than Bennigan's. We also had a pretty cute waitress, and a bunch of cute ones running by all of the time. We were led to our table, she sat down and scooted over, and I sat in next to her. For some reason I sat across from Melissa that one night at Cafe gardens, and I will always wonder if that night would have gone better if I had sat next to her.
Damn... it's really stressful thinking about her again, wondering if I will ever get a letter, or if I should write first? I was also thinking about Sharlene from Busch Gardens for a little while yesterday, just reminiscing.
Anyway, Kim ordered a glass of tea, and I ordered a Coke, and then saw that they served milkshakes and quickly changed my order. That was probably one of the best things I did that night. It was a two dollar milkshake, but was the most delicious one I had ever had. I never thought that anybody could make a chocolate shake that tastes that good! It was poured into a huge clear glass beer mug, as was her tea, and when they got to the top, they kept going. It was then doused wit chocolate sprinkles. Kim dipped off a bit with her finger to try it and also liked it a lot. We ate a lot of it together, sometimes she would use the spoon, or the straw, and then we'd trade off. It was really fun. She asked me what I was going to drink if I was eating my dessert now.
I ordered a grilled chicken sandwich with bacon and swiss cheese on a sourdough bun. It came with curly fries. She ordered her beef frajitas. I was pretty impressed with the way that they were served. the large strips of beef were sizzling on a hotplate on top of sauteed onions. The soft shells were in their own little dish, and there was a separate `toppings' tray with guacamole and everything else. She later asked for some salsa, which they brought out in a small stoneware bowl. We both started eating and my sandwich was delicious. I would have enjoyed it so much more if I were starving, though. She made a frajita, and after taking a bite, she offered it to me by holding it up near my mouth. I took a bite, and it tasted OK for semi spicy food. I was just happy that we're to the `eating after each other' stage. I gave her a bite of my sandwich, and shared some fries. It was an awesome meal, and well worth my money.
I remember looking at her at one point during dinner, and thinking that I can't even imagine kissing her! I respect her and worship her so much that I don't know if I could ever start it. It scares me, even thinking about it just because of things we said in the `old days.' I am just so afraid of jeopardizing my most valued friendship because of a physical act!!!
We talked a great deal throughout dinner, laughing and joking. I was finding flaws in the waitresses, and we were saying that they just couldn't compare to her perfection. Kim is thinking about buying a computer as her next major purchase. She doesn't really now of my computer knowledge, but she was asking my help. She has two invoices from two companies, who are both giving her a pretty great deal. Her computer will be a hell of a lot better than mine, for the same price, but without my essential CD Rom. She wants it because a computer is almost essential for somebody who is thinking about a graphics design career. She said that her school in Ft. Lauderdale should automatically give everybody a computer upon graduation. I told her that they would have to raise tuition to cover it though, and then I/we hit upon a great idea! What if a university were to charge each student an additional $250 or $500 per semester for example. Upon graduation, if the student receives a 3.0 GPA or above, he will receive a full refund of the money as a graduation present or even a nest egg to help him on his way out of college into the real world. Students with a 2.0 through 3.0 would receive half of their contributions
This would be an awesome incentive program for America's students and would make them try harder to be more successful. This might actually result in many more superior students coming out of college into the work force and bring us to par with other countries. There are a lot of details that have to be worked out. For example, this program should only apply to undergraduate degree seekers, not somebody who is only taking a class to take a class, and etc. This program would also bring in a sizable amount of additional spending money. The interest of all of this money alone, accumulated from each students during the four or five years it takes for a degree, in a school of 35,000 students such as UF, would be a great benefit to the school. Also, the money withheld from the underachievers could be used towards school projects as well. Brilliant!!! We both really liked the idea, as did everyone I have told it it to so far.
Anyway, we continued our awesome date until we were finished with our dinner. We were hanging on each other a lot, touching each other quite a bit to emphasize points. We then walked to the car to find out the movie times. There was thunder in the background and the sky was lighting up purple from the lightning, The movie wasn't for an hour, so we walked into Kash and Karry so she could buy a few things. It was funny because we walked through the doors laughing really loud, all dressed up. It seems like everybody in the front of the store looked up at us when we walked in. Down one of the isles, I guess this guy looked at Kim, and she turned to me and asked if I was going to let him look at her like that. I said definitely not and made like I was going to kick his ass, and we laughed.
We then went back to the car, and decided to drive to the theater. We had to kill about thirty minutes in the dark car!!!!! We watched the lightning storm and talked a lot. We were both laying back as far as possible in our seats, and I started leaning pretty far towards her towards the end. It started raining as we sat there. She told me that she was thinking about Jim, the guy getting married, because he used to be one of her roommates. She wondered if he ever liked her, because whenever she would introduce him to someone like MAx, he would be friendly, but not really say much. I saw an instant parallel to the way that I react when she talks about her ex boyfriends,a nd started wondering what she was getting at. She mentioned that this was when she hadn't dated anybody for a year, after Max. I thought to myself, that she stopped seeing Max just a year ago from now! and wondered if she was talking about her feelings now!!! Just from the things she was saying, it really seemed like she could have been asking about me...
As we watched the lightning get closer and closer, they came on the radio with a warning about the horrendous storm coming into Tampa off of the ocean. They were saying to stay home or to get inside as quick as possible if you were outdoors. They also said that if you were in a flimsy structure, to get to a more sturdy building. The warnings called for ninety mile per hour winds!!! and went from a tornado watch to a warning!!! while we were in the car. She was a little concerned and asked if I thought that we should go home. I told her that it would probably be safer to go to the movie, so that we wouldn't be driving in the storm, and the theater was probably sturdier than her house, anyway. Since it was a storm line, I figured it would pass over in the two hours of the movie. She said that she would get out and walk around with the umbrella for me. With my new chivalric savior faire, I gently took the umbrella from her, walking around to her door. I walked her up to the theater and purchased two student tickets. We saw Bill Murray's new film, `Mad Dog and Glory.' They showed Uma Thurman's breasts, which were really cute.
I did keep listening for tornados during the movie, and was waiting for the power to go out. The movie did come off of the reel once, and it took them a while to fix it. It was still raining pretty hard after the movie, and I walked her to the car. I was keeping the umbrella more over her, not wanting her to ruin her new dress because my height was letting too much rain hit her. She sarcastically told me that I could squeeze under the umbrella with her, and we walked together to the car. She got in and reached over, opening the door for me. I really like it when she does that. That's the second time. Last time was at Wendy's after Busch Gardens one night last summer. On the drive home, we could see that the worst of the storm had indeed passed. there were fallen branches and debris everywhere! The roads were covered with water and it was hard to get through without sending it spraying everywhere.
We both got out and opened a half of her gate at her house so that she could pull in her car. We then walked inside her house and talked for a few minutes. She asked if I wanted to stay a while to wait out the storm. I didn't want to call home and wake everybody and also didn't want to really worry them if I was any later, so I had to go. I forgot my new CDs including Enya. I would have definitely stayed if I had them with me. That would have been cool. She walked me to my car with her umbrella, still in her dress. I couldn't help but wonder what underwear she was wearing!!!!! We said goodbye, and she said that we'll talk tomorrow.
I made it home safely. It was good because there were very few cars on the road. Chrissy was asleep waiting for me on the couch, and I snuck in scaring the crap out of her. I was loud enough to wake mother and father up. I ended up talking mother all about my date then. I really wanted to call Kim and tell her that I made it home safely, but I was afraid that she was probably asleep.
The storm line was the beginning of the `Storm of the Century!' There were horrendous wind that continued even into today. Areas flooded everywhere. All of the main bridges over Tampa Bay were closed most of the time. The Sand Key bridge was one of the first to go under water!!!!! The poor beaches!!! It was weird since I was there just the day before! There were severe blizzards throughout the country. the meteorologists said that we were lucky that the storm wasn't in a cold month like January! they showed pictures of snow on the ground in Tallahassee!
The storm kept both Kim and I at home yesterday. I called her after I woke up from my nap at 5:30 yesterday. We talked well over an hour until it was time for me to eat, and because her grandmother had called. We were talking about the US Virgin Islands. She was talking again about wanting to go there with Lucinda again for a while. She told me that I need to have my parents send me there as a graduation present. She said that I'll possibly have a place to stay, so that I wouldn't have to pay those high room rates. We were also talking about Friday night. I asked her if I told her how much I really liked her dress, because I really meant to, and she liked that. She did spill a bit of salsa on it at Chili's. Poor Kim.
She said that she realized as I was pulling away, that she should have told me to call her when I got home, to make sure that I was safe. I told her why I didn't, and she said that she wasn't asleep. It feels really good to have somebody not in my family who cares about me like that! She also told me that we'll have to go to dinner every time I make the Dean's List. I told her that I'll print up a Dean's List of the week for every week on my computer!, and she laughed. She told me that she talked this morning to an ex of hers named Dan. She told him all about Friday night, and about being with a guy she knows named Dan. It also felt good to earn a spot in one of her stories. From the way she described his reaction, it's the same as mine was when I found out that she had once dated someone named Dan. It was funny. She said that he teased her about liking them young again. I told her that there is nothing wrong with liking them younger, and she said that she knows!!!...
I talked to her a bit longer, before we had to go for a while. I think she was going to a little festival thing at Brad's (faggot!) gallery (I want to burn down the fucking place!) later that night. She was going to call me back, and might have, except Stacy called for a little while, and so did Mema. Stacy just arrived before the storm began on Friday for his Spring Break. He was sort of sad to hear that mine was over. I talked to Mema the entire time. She told me that I should write jon a letter soon, with instructions up here so that he can help me take all of my stuff home. She also was telling me about the foot of snow in Atlanta! and the eighteen inches in Dalton!!! Oh yeah, I called the room in Gainesville for a second, and Jon answered! I just wondered if anybody was there, and far fetchingly wondered if it were snowing. He laughed at me.
Father and I packed the car with all of my stuff and were ready to go by 9:30. I said goodbye to Chrissy and Cathy and mother,a nd we were on our way. He wanted to stop by Granny's on the way, as did I, so I told mother that we wouldn't call until he was ready to come back home. that way she wouldn't expect us in gainesville in a few hours. It worked. It was amazing to see all of the obliterated highway billboards, and the giant uprooted trees and the others that were snapped into pieces. They were like that across the entire state!!!
When we got to Granny's, she was cooking a big Sunday meal for whoever was visiting her that day. She looked really healthy! We had peas, corn bread, roast beef, sweet potatoes, and more. It was delicious! We talked for quite a while as she fed us ice cream. When it was about time for us to leave, Alma, Jim, and Lisa showed up. I thought that she was Jennifer for a second, but was then relieved. We were just talking about Beth, because she was the only one who didn't call to see if Granny was OK after the storm. It would have sucked having to deal with them then. Lisa didn't recognize me for a second, because I have gotten so tall, and am so dark! Alma complimented me on my tan as well, and we were all talking about my life up at UF. They are FSU fans, but said that they would forgive me. Lisa has gotten pretty big herself. I was also surprised by Jim's similarities in appearance to Ross Perot!
I drove from Granny's, northwest to Ocala, and then all of the way to Gainesville. It was the first time I had ever driven his car anywhere but the interstate and I did pretty well once I was use to his breaks and steering. We went first to Wal Mart, and then to Albertson's. I knew that I was back in Gainesville because of some of the gorgeous girls. I was blatantly flirting with some as they stood with their guy friends! It was fun, especially when only the girl knew, and she would look back! I was very surprised to be one of the darkest people in the store. I know that I'll hear a lot about this tan. When we arrived on campus, Ed was here, and we all unloaded the car. I was surprised that he helped, and glad for his sake. there was a message from Emily for me to call her at some number after eight. At least she called.
Ed talked to Becky for a while, and we said hi through him. I told her that I saw The Crying Game and she was glad. I then called Emily. She had to call me back five minutes later, though. She was babysitting and was going to spend the night there because her house has had no power or water since Friday night. That sucks. She went to the beach once, and burnt her tummy! I mentioned my days at the beach, and she said that she can imagine how dark I am. She said that I got pretty dark after just one day out in the sun before Spring Break. It's cool that she noticed! She mentioned something about chemistry, and I quickly stopped her since there were still a few hours of Spring Break left.
One of the girls that she is babysitting had gone to a friends party whose birthday is on St. Patrick's Day. We tried to figure what day it is on, and then concluded on Wednesday. I told her that she'll have to wear green to Lab, or otherwise I'll have a field day!!! Both of our vices started getting low and sultry through this conversation, although we were laughing pretty hard at some of my jokes. She asked what would happen if she wore green underwear. I told her that she's still have to prove it, and she laughed. I said that I might end up having to wear a green Mardi gras necklace. She told me that I couldn't because that's cheesy, and that she'd pinch me anyway. It was pretty funny. I want to give her a big pinch on the ass no matter what!
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