Well, I accomplished exactly what I set out to do today. I decided to head over to Busch Gardens to say goodbye to Terri. It worked out far better than I had hoped for. I almost decided not to even go up to Kumba, but a group of [snip] sat next to me on the train. Of all the people in Busch Gardens, a group of smelly loud blacks decided to sit with me!.! They caused me to want to get up and practically run away screaming. Anyway, I came across Jeff on the boardwalk and we talked as we walked up towards the queue house. I then said hello to this cute little blonde named Bridget. She's only a sophomore this year in high school! I then walked up the side path to skip the line and get right on.
I saw Terri standing at the turnstile and was glad that it was so easy to get to her. I was afraid she would be in a position of responsibility, such as the button, or on the panel where she wouldn't be able to talk. Instead, she was in the spot where nobody can see or bother us. She was a little surprised to see me, because she knew that I didn't work today. I told her that I came to say goodbye to her and see her one last time. She liked that but wondered how I found out because she hadn't told many people. She said that she didn't tell anybody in Timbuktu because their little tradition is to throe the person in the fountain on their last day. I joked that I could stick around and help her into the Congo river if she'd like. She laughed, but unfortunately refused. I told her that I asked Ron what was up when I saw that she only worked one day, and he told me that she was leaving. She said that a lot of the people in Timbuktu used to think she was a bitch. I told her that I never noticed, attributing it perhaps to the fact that I didn't work under her. I would like to work, however, on top of her! Ha ha.
Terri says that she's been living in Orlando now for quite some time and has been commuting just to make sure that she has some kind of job. She's moving now to Ft. Meyers to try and become an elementary teacher. She got her degree at USF and has interned mainly in Carrolwood, including Cecil Essrig Elementary. I love that school because it is gorgeous, and the name is German. She says that she loves kids and their really seem to respect her. It is also a very impressionable time for them, to which she greatly agrees. I told her of my possible interest in becoming a pediatrician, and that I really enjoy kids as well. We swapped some stories about working over at Pygmy Village. She said that it is usually the parents that are worse than the kids. I told her that I always flirt with the mothers, and then everybody is happy.
She has a boyfriend named Kevin who works now in Jacksonville but is opening a division of the company in Ft, Meyers in about six months. She'll be down there essentially by herself. She only knows one person, and he is a friend of Kevin's! I asked her if she already knows where she is staying, and also how much money she has saved, thinking about Kimmeth. She says that she has no idea and will look for a place the day she goes down. She says that they do have a Ft. Meyer's classified section of the paper to look through. She says that she only has about six hundred dollars saved up! She's starting out worse off than Kim did! She then got sent to lunch, and I went along with her. I had fun being wonderful and holding every door open for her.
I talked to this older big woman from the photo booth across from Kumba a lot yesterday morning while I was on the boardwalk. We kept hoping it would rain and she told me to go out and do a rain dance. It was funny. There's another woman there who I talk to briefly every once in a while. they came up behind us in line and were both talking to me. I told her that my rain dance worked last night. She laughed and agreed and told me that I had better do it again today. It was funny. There was no ketchup left, and Terri asked me if I'd get her some when I ordered my drink. I ended up going outside to the public condiment stand and bringing her back a whole handful of little packets! It was funny.
We sat with two of the high school girls, with me straight across from Bridget. She goes to Land o' Lakes High School. Doesn't everybody!?! I found out today that Rhonda and Tina go there, too! We talked a little bit more. The three of us talked a few minutes about Alan's baby and how he's coping with it. Terri told me that she went and saw his wife because she used to be her supervisor a long time ago. I remember when she used to come to Flume at night, ugly thing.
Terri said for some reason that she always feels a lot older than everybody else no matter where she is. I asked her how old she is, and she said twenty-three. I didn't direct the conversation to my age after that, but she did. She guessed that I am twenty, and I snickered as I told her my real age.
Brad was sitting behind me with Victoria, the short-haired blonde, and we talked to him for a few minutes. For some reason she wouldn't talk to me even when I turned completely around. I'd like to think that it was a hint of jealousy. I walked back with her and rode the Kumba once before I left. I told her that I really enjoyed getting to know her on the day that she is leaving. We laughed at that and she said that sometimes things happen like that.
Saturday, May 29, 1993
Friday, May 28, 1993
May 28, 1993 - Friday - Agnes, Kimmeth calls!
What seemed to be a less than average day turned into one full of surprises! It started off this morning when I forgot my change in my car that I was going to use for lunch. My horoscope said that disappointments will lead to unexpected opportunities. I thought to myself that perhaps I'll meet a girl on the long walk back to my car. I stumbled upon Agnes near the train station. I was hoping earlier that I would get to talk to her soon, because it has been a few days. She was glad to see me and we ended up walking around for half an hour while she worked. She told me all about her baby and how she just started crawling. She says she is so cute. She also said that she really wants me to meet Michelle. Her birthday is a few days before Agnes', which is on October 21st. They also all live in Land o' Lakes.
Agnes picked up a nickel with her park patrol and gave it to me. She insisted that I take it and buy something special like my lunch. I told her that I would keep it forever and always remember that Agnes gave it to me. She laughed. She also asked me if Kimmeth has called me yet, and if I am over her yet. I said no to both, and was then complaining about all of the girls having boyfriends. It was a pretty interesting conversation. When it was time for me to go to work over on the Kumba, I walked her to her morning meeting place, and then said goodbye.
I hung out with Mark all day. He's studied meteorology for about twelve years and was really happy because we're having some nasty tropical weather this weekend. It rained periodically throughout the day. I talked to this one group of high school girls from Manatee county for a long time. They seemed really interested in what I had to say and had lot's of questions. They also were all very cute. There were some more from their field trip who were in another row who were flirting with me. the cutest one kept calling me to come over. Melissa had the idiot idea that Steve was starting up the ride and made me get on the other side. I asked the girl what she wanted form across the coaster. She sort of blushed and said that she can't ask me out loud! By the time I finally could get close to her again, she didn't want to ask me. I'm really starting to get pissed off at Melissa's bitchiness and have just decided not to take it anymore.
We were down from six to seven in the evening. It was thundering really loud and I was really concerned that they hadn't shut down by then. When guests were asking me why they weren't closed yet, I knew something was wrong. When we did shut down, Steve, Mark, and I sat in the air conditioned control booth. I played with the cameras. There are four of them that each have their own little black and whit screen. There is one thirteen inch color monitor that can display whichever camera you choose. You can then swivel the camera very smoothly three hundred and sixty degrees and zoom in very far. It was really fun to play with and kept me occupied for a long time. I was watching the people down on the boardwalk and even found my car. Steve says that he'll zoom in on you while you're on boardwalk to make sure that you're working. He said that nobody really knew that, but we both told him that we already did!
I also found out today the power of improper electrical grounding. If you are touching the metal gates as you give your signal over the coaster, you can give a pretty hefty shock to anybody on the Kumba that touches you. It's really funny. The kids will quite often reach up and grab your hand, and so will the adults sometimes. I had one kid come back and half-laughingly tell me that I shocked him. It was funny. The buzz is strong enough that you'll jump a little even when you're expecting it.
When we reopened at seven we still had half an hour to go until closing. There was nobody in line so we just let the people in the coasters go over and over again. The very last coaster of the night decided to get stuck at the very top of the lift!!! It was getting dark and sprinkling a little. Steve looked at me and said, `Go!' I double checked to make sure that I heard him correctly and then made the huge trek up 143 vertical feet of slippery metal cross hatched stairs. You can see straight down always, and there is nothing to catch you if you slipped towards the track, all the way to the ground. I was out of breath when I reached the top and the people joked that they must not make us run up there very often. It was quite a workout. I was amazed at the view and couldn't help but think about lightning striking me. The Tanganyika Tidal Wave and the Python looked so tiny so far down below!!!
Jeff, Nilsa, and Melissa joined me up there. Steve was then yelling for us to answer the phone. We couldn't find it at first but then realized that it was way over the top of the lift on my side. I walked to the very top! and then descended about fifteen stairs to the very last platform where the phone was. I stayed there until they restarted the coaster. It was one hell of a rush. The whole thing shook as the coaster when around the track. Steve asked why it took us so long to come down until we told him that we were `hanging on for our lives!' It was something I never thought we'd be doing tonight and it will be one great story to tell the others. I think I'm the only hospitality employee that has ever been all of the way over the Kumba lift!
I found out when I got home that two girls had called me while I was at work. One was Kimmeth! I had just gone to sleep at ten when she called again. I was really glad to get to talk to her again. I was glad to hear how much fun she isn't having and how depressed she is starting to become. She said that she wouldn't ever leave before Stewart comes to visit, though. She did say that Jim and Tiffany, the ones she living with now, are moving upstate to Melbourne in two weeks and she is going to visit them there. She wants me to go there. She said that a lot of things have happened in Ft. Lauderdale that she had expected, but had hoped to not encounter. She's realized how sad some of her friends' situations are, and how she doesn't really want to hang out with them.
I knew all of the right things to say as we were talking. She was talking about relationships. She wondered why she always will have a relationship and then she will either hate him, or the guy will say that he doesn't want any kind of commitment or attachment. She also says that they always will then marry the next girl they date. She says it's happened seven times. Some girls have told her that she's overconfident, and her old boss asked her if she comes out in a wedding dress on the second date! She said fuck no, sarcastically! I told her that I really don't know either, because I never saw anything wrong that could possibly cause a guy to act that way. A few more compliments were exchanged, and she said something like, `That's because you're my Dan!' and I agreed. I really liked the tone both of us were using. I realized that this was our first conversation since we kissed.
She also was saying how depressing it used to be when her roommate would have sex every night and she would sit there trying to sleep, alone. She said that Jim and Tiffany are making her sick. She said that if I had a new car, I could come down there and we could make them sick. It was funny, yet she sounded somewhat serious. She gave me their phone number for the next two weeks in case I want to call: [snip]. Boy I love her!
Yesterday I met and got to know this Spanish girl named Dayanara very well on the Python. this is a girl who I probably never would have got along with or even talked to back in high school. She's graduating from Chamberlain next week and is going to USF for two years before transferring to UF. I talked with her and showed her that I was interesting and well informed before telling her that I was valedictorian and all at Leto. She seemed really impressed. She also told me a very funny joke, HCC (Hillsborough Community College) actually stands for Home of the Chamberlain Chiefs! I thought that was hilarious. We had a really interesting talk until I had to go to the Mamba.
I worked with Jenni for a little while and this black guy from Jesuit named Sean for the rest. They both are little and have a hard time with the heavy Mamba harnesses. I figured out a way to open the harnesses so that I could close them all rather quickly. I enjoyed getting the workout, and they enjoyed the break. Jenni was really tired, but I cheered her up a little. As she was leaving I told her to have fun at Cats and she perked up and said thanks and then said, `Bye Dan!' rather happily after already saying goodbye once. She had mentioned that she and Jeff were going before, but I think she might have thought that I didn't care to remember.
I had to run the Mamba alone for a little while while Sean took his last break even though I haven't been checked out. Terri, the blonde, was in the park and decided to ride at that moment. She was wearing these tight black jean shorts and looked really good. She had her hair done up very nicely. When I saw her I complimented her on her hair, and she thanked me. She rode with her cousin's little boy. We talked for as long as we could without holding up the ride for too long. I was happy to get to see her.
Agnes picked up a nickel with her park patrol and gave it to me. She insisted that I take it and buy something special like my lunch. I told her that I would keep it forever and always remember that Agnes gave it to me. She laughed. She also asked me if Kimmeth has called me yet, and if I am over her yet. I said no to both, and was then complaining about all of the girls having boyfriends. It was a pretty interesting conversation. When it was time for me to go to work over on the Kumba, I walked her to her morning meeting place, and then said goodbye.
I hung out with Mark all day. He's studied meteorology for about twelve years and was really happy because we're having some nasty tropical weather this weekend. It rained periodically throughout the day. I talked to this one group of high school girls from Manatee county for a long time. They seemed really interested in what I had to say and had lot's of questions. They also were all very cute. There were some more from their field trip who were in another row who were flirting with me. the cutest one kept calling me to come over. Melissa had the idiot idea that Steve was starting up the ride and made me get on the other side. I asked the girl what she wanted form across the coaster. She sort of blushed and said that she can't ask me out loud! By the time I finally could get close to her again, she didn't want to ask me. I'm really starting to get pissed off at Melissa's bitchiness and have just decided not to take it anymore.
We were down from six to seven in the evening. It was thundering really loud and I was really concerned that they hadn't shut down by then. When guests were asking me why they weren't closed yet, I knew something was wrong. When we did shut down, Steve, Mark, and I sat in the air conditioned control booth. I played with the cameras. There are four of them that each have their own little black and whit screen. There is one thirteen inch color monitor that can display whichever camera you choose. You can then swivel the camera very smoothly three hundred and sixty degrees and zoom in very far. It was really fun to play with and kept me occupied for a long time. I was watching the people down on the boardwalk and even found my car. Steve says that he'll zoom in on you while you're on boardwalk to make sure that you're working. He said that nobody really knew that, but we both told him that we already did!
I also found out today the power of improper electrical grounding. If you are touching the metal gates as you give your signal over the coaster, you can give a pretty hefty shock to anybody on the Kumba that touches you. It's really funny. The kids will quite often reach up and grab your hand, and so will the adults sometimes. I had one kid come back and half-laughingly tell me that I shocked him. It was funny. The buzz is strong enough that you'll jump a little even when you're expecting it.
When we reopened at seven we still had half an hour to go until closing. There was nobody in line so we just let the people in the coasters go over and over again. The very last coaster of the night decided to get stuck at the very top of the lift!!! It was getting dark and sprinkling a little. Steve looked at me and said, `Go!' I double checked to make sure that I heard him correctly and then made the huge trek up 143 vertical feet of slippery metal cross hatched stairs. You can see straight down always, and there is nothing to catch you if you slipped towards the track, all the way to the ground. I was out of breath when I reached the top and the people joked that they must not make us run up there very often. It was quite a workout. I was amazed at the view and couldn't help but think about lightning striking me. The Tanganyika Tidal Wave and the Python looked so tiny so far down below!!!
Jeff, Nilsa, and Melissa joined me up there. Steve was then yelling for us to answer the phone. We couldn't find it at first but then realized that it was way over the top of the lift on my side. I walked to the very top! and then descended about fifteen stairs to the very last platform where the phone was. I stayed there until they restarted the coaster. It was one hell of a rush. The whole thing shook as the coaster when around the track. Steve asked why it took us so long to come down until we told him that we were `hanging on for our lives!' It was something I never thought we'd be doing tonight and it will be one great story to tell the others. I think I'm the only hospitality employee that has ever been all of the way over the Kumba lift!
I found out when I got home that two girls had called me while I was at work. One was Kimmeth! I had just gone to sleep at ten when she called again. I was really glad to get to talk to her again. I was glad to hear how much fun she isn't having and how depressed she is starting to become. She said that she wouldn't ever leave before Stewart comes to visit, though. She did say that Jim and Tiffany, the ones she living with now, are moving upstate to Melbourne in two weeks and she is going to visit them there. She wants me to go there. She said that a lot of things have happened in Ft. Lauderdale that she had expected, but had hoped to not encounter. She's realized how sad some of her friends' situations are, and how she doesn't really want to hang out with them.
I knew all of the right things to say as we were talking. She was talking about relationships. She wondered why she always will have a relationship and then she will either hate him, or the guy will say that he doesn't want any kind of commitment or attachment. She also says that they always will then marry the next girl they date. She says it's happened seven times. Some girls have told her that she's overconfident, and her old boss asked her if she comes out in a wedding dress on the second date! She said fuck no, sarcastically! I told her that I really don't know either, because I never saw anything wrong that could possibly cause a guy to act that way. A few more compliments were exchanged, and she said something like, `That's because you're my Dan!' and I agreed. I really liked the tone both of us were using. I realized that this was our first conversation since we kissed.
She also was saying how depressing it used to be when her roommate would have sex every night and she would sit there trying to sleep, alone. She said that Jim and Tiffany are making her sick. She said that if I had a new car, I could come down there and we could make them sick. It was funny, yet she sounded somewhat serious. She gave me their phone number for the next two weeks in case I want to call: [snip]. Boy I love her!
Yesterday I met and got to know this Spanish girl named Dayanara very well on the Python. this is a girl who I probably never would have got along with or even talked to back in high school. She's graduating from Chamberlain next week and is going to USF for two years before transferring to UF. I talked with her and showed her that I was interesting and well informed before telling her that I was valedictorian and all at Leto. She seemed really impressed. She also told me a very funny joke, HCC (Hillsborough Community College) actually stands for Home of the Chamberlain Chiefs! I thought that was hilarious. We had a really interesting talk until I had to go to the Mamba.
I worked with Jenni for a little while and this black guy from Jesuit named Sean for the rest. They both are little and have a hard time with the heavy Mamba harnesses. I figured out a way to open the harnesses so that I could close them all rather quickly. I enjoyed getting the workout, and they enjoyed the break. Jenni was really tired, but I cheered her up a little. As she was leaving I told her to have fun at Cats and she perked up and said thanks and then said, `Bye Dan!' rather happily after already saying goodbye once. She had mentioned that she and Jeff were going before, but I think she might have thought that I didn't care to remember.
I had to run the Mamba alone for a little while while Sean took his last break even though I haven't been checked out. Terri, the blonde, was in the park and decided to ride at that moment. She was wearing these tight black jean shorts and looked really good. She had her hair done up very nicely. When I saw her I complimented her on her hair, and she thanked me. She rode with her cousin's little boy. We talked for as long as we could without holding up the ride for too long. I was happy to get to see her.
Wednesday, May 26, 1993
May 26, 1993 - Wednesday - Jenni Wooster, Gwynn
I had a somewhat interesting day today at work. I got there a little bit early so I went and hung out in the break room for a while. I said good morning to Patrica on the walk over. She and Stephanie walked in a little while later. Stephanie scrunched my shoulder with her fingers to say hello as she walked by from behind. She told me that Alan's baby had died Friday night. She said that he actually came to work today and was working rather blankly. I recalled how I didn't want to say anything immediately when I first got back because I hadn't been there in so long. I knew Chris had a lot of complications and I didn't want to hurt Alan if he had died. Stephanie remembered and thought it was weird that she and I were just talking about that a few days ago. Poor Alan.
He was in the breakroom at lunch and sat with Nicole and I and Jimmy came in soon afterwards. Alan was trying to joke around but we were a little edgy because we knew how he was probably feeling inside. It was sad.
I talked quite a bit with Jennifer today. I left just before she did for break once. I walked very slowly and she soon bounced up right alongside me and we started talking. She's really cute. She looks so much different, much sexier, with her new tan. She looks really good. We were talking a lot about that. She bought a can of Coke, but she usually doesn't drink it all. She said that her mother said it will make her teeth brown if you drink too much. I argued that the acid will actually whiten your teeth and help you digest your food later. I also told her that there is something in Coke that causes kidney stones that isn't in Pepsi. She wondered why I knew all that. I was kind of hoping she'd offer some to me.
Ron B. was talking to Nilsa on the phone for a few minutes. She bumped my head with the Kumba harness the other day. I jokingly told her not to hit me. She laughed and apologized while she rubbed my head. It was really cute. Jenni then got on the phone. It was time for us to go so I made her get off the phone. She offered me so Coke on the way back. She said she didn't want anymore but I gave it back anyway. I find it to be the ultimate in acceptance if somebody eats or drinks after you. She did. She then stopped to talk to the guys at the height stick so I took her by the shoulders and helped her along. We ended up taking a twenty-five minute break but nobody cares.
I went to the Festhaus for lunch today and ended up right behind this gorgeous blonde who works in merchandising. She has very long hair that is really pretty. She was there with some of her friends. I flirted with her from the Python entrance one morning, and she did keep looking. Her name is Gwynn. Her friend only had half of a dill pickle on her plate and was getting a Coke. I jokingly asked her if that was going to be her entire lunch. They both thought it was really funny and then told me that they were going to split the sandwich on Gwynn's plate. She and I talked for a few seconds before we parted. It was interesting. She is one of the last girls who I have seen and wanted to talk to, and have then ended up doing so. Go me.
I did some pretty serious flirting towards the end of the day. There were all kinds of cute girls running around and I was talking to most of them. There were a couple that flirted back very hard. I was happy. I love watching the people in the Kumba as it rolls past. the girls always smile and say hi because I look friendly and am doing the same. It's fun. I ended up finding $1.99 in change during the end of the day track run!
He was in the breakroom at lunch and sat with Nicole and I and Jimmy came in soon afterwards. Alan was trying to joke around but we were a little edgy because we knew how he was probably feeling inside. It was sad.
I talked quite a bit with Jennifer today. I left just before she did for break once. I walked very slowly and she soon bounced up right alongside me and we started talking. She's really cute. She looks so much different, much sexier, with her new tan. She looks really good. We were talking a lot about that. She bought a can of Coke, but she usually doesn't drink it all. She said that her mother said it will make her teeth brown if you drink too much. I argued that the acid will actually whiten your teeth and help you digest your food later. I also told her that there is something in Coke that causes kidney stones that isn't in Pepsi. She wondered why I knew all that. I was kind of hoping she'd offer some to me.
Ron B. was talking to Nilsa on the phone for a few minutes. She bumped my head with the Kumba harness the other day. I jokingly told her not to hit me. She laughed and apologized while she rubbed my head. It was really cute. Jenni then got on the phone. It was time for us to go so I made her get off the phone. She offered me so Coke on the way back. She said she didn't want anymore but I gave it back anyway. I find it to be the ultimate in acceptance if somebody eats or drinks after you. She did. She then stopped to talk to the guys at the height stick so I took her by the shoulders and helped her along. We ended up taking a twenty-five minute break but nobody cares.
I went to the Festhaus for lunch today and ended up right behind this gorgeous blonde who works in merchandising. She has very long hair that is really pretty. She was there with some of her friends. I flirted with her from the Python entrance one morning, and she did keep looking. Her name is Gwynn. Her friend only had half of a dill pickle on her plate and was getting a Coke. I jokingly asked her if that was going to be her entire lunch. They both thought it was really funny and then told me that they were going to split the sandwich on Gwynn's plate. She and I talked for a few seconds before we parted. It was interesting. She is one of the last girls who I have seen and wanted to talk to, and have then ended up doing so. Go me.
I did some pretty serious flirting towards the end of the day. There were all kinds of cute girls running around and I was talking to most of them. There were a couple that flirted back very hard. I was happy. I love watching the people in the Kumba as it rolls past. the girls always smile and say hi because I look friendly and am doing the same. It's fun. I ended up finding $1.99 in change during the end of the day track run!
Tuesday, May 25, 1993
May 25, 1993 - Tuesday - AI, Ginger, Guten Tag!
I spent the entire day yesterday playing around at Adventure Island. It's a pretty awesome park. I rode on practically every slide over and over again. Sunday was the first time I had ever been on any of them. I'm getting the best tan of my life, and am having a great time doing so. I stayed in the water all day and it felt so good. The girls are also exceptionally beautiful. Best of all, it's closer than the beach and I get in free.
I went down a fide called the Water Moccasin and the lifeguard sort of laughed at the way I landed in the pool. We then started talking for a good half hour or moor. His name is DJ and is a pre-med senior at USF. He's going to start doing lifeguarding seriously down North of Ft. Lauderdale in a couple of weeks to take a break from his studies. he says that he wishes he would have taken his summers off because he is really burned out. We talked about all kinds of stuff from girls to life in general. He was really cool. He mentioned that he goes to Busch Gardens after work every once in a while to hang out. He said that he was on the Python last night which would have been when I was working.
While we were standing there, this gorgeous girl in a tiny red bikini flipped in the water as she came down the slide and lost her bikini top. I didn't see anything except for her pulling it back onto her shoulders but she was really embarrassed. It was funny.
I also was flirting with some female employees of the park. One was this gorgeous ethnic girl that was on the top of the tube slides. She had her navy blue swimsuit pulled off of her shoulders very provocatively. She was a little petite, her hips were the most perfect I think I have ever seen and she had a beautiful tan. She would give me these looks around her glasses which I enjoyed. I just couldn't help but thinking that she would be wild in bed! She was so hot!!! The other girl who was sitting up there later was beautiful in a sensuous way. She had tons of tanned freckles, which I love. She also had a very pretty face. I talked to her for a few minutes and let her know that I work at Busch Gardens. I had an interesting day.
I also met this guy who worked on the Flume during my first Christmas there. He was the loud but friendly one and we used to get along well. He's a lifeguard now.
I stopped into Busch Gardens for a few minutes. I rode the Skyride back to the Kumba. I watched the animals out on the plain and had this humongous sickening feeling when I realized how much about the animals that I had forgotten, and how beautiful they looked. being corralled back in the ride section of the park, I hadn't seen them in so long. I then rode the Kumba twice. I rode in the front left seat as suggested by DJ and it was indeed fun because the Kumba turns that way the most. I chatted with everybody for a few minutes before taking off. This included Jennifer.
Today I worked on the Kiddie Rides in Pygmy Village. I also talked with Stephanie for a little while. She said that she went to see male strippers on Friday night for her 18th birthday. It was actually fun enough that the day passed on rather quickly. I prepped the Python first with Martin and we then went to the Scorpion to do a test run. While we were riding, I was amazed as I though to myself what a wonderful job I have. I was actually getting paid to ride a roller coaster. I am one of a very fortunate few in all of the world. this guy from Timbuktu who I worked with at the Rapids came up and sat with me on the ride.
A new crush sparked within me on the walk to my car this evening. There is this girl name Laura who is pretty cute. I saw her coming in from orientation on about my third day of work, and remember being impressed. While on the subject, I flirted with an awesome looking girl who was coming in for orientation at the guard station this morning. Anyway, I found out later that she goes to UF and will be living in Beaty West next year. What better than a girl who works with you for part of the year, and lives next door to you the rest of the year? Last year was her first year as well. She came in at lunch at sat right next to me to my left. I remember seeing her pause, waiting for me to accept her or not. I didn't pay much attention to her then because I had to go back to work a few minutes later.
We ended up sitting on opposite ends of the table during a break later on. There are only a couple of people that I don't talk to yet among the many in Congo. I started joking around and talking to one right then. That was cool. I'm so social now. Anyway, they all left until it was only Luara, Tony, and this fat redhead whom I had trained with. Tony and Laura were still both at the far end of the table but she and I were facing each other. We suddenly had a quiet spell. Nobody was saying a word and the room was quite. I looked at Laura and smiled putting my finger up to my mouth and said, `Shhhh,' kind of quietly. She played along and did the same back to me, with a big grin on her face. This guy from grounds suddenly says to all of us that we are a bunch of weirdos for being so quiet. She and I looked at each other and started cracking up. It was hilarious. I was very glad to have helped make her laugh, because that's a very important part of starting a relationship. I then led the discussion for the group until we had to leave, something I usually never do.
I saw her walking to her car and driving off, and that's when everything clicked, and I fell in lust.
I actually had a lot of fun with the kids today. Most of them were British and on holiday with their parents, who are also a blast to talk to. I love the accent on girls. I went up to this one little girl, about eight, and told her that I'm sorry but she can't ride. When she sadly looked up, asking why, I said because she has red hair. She wittily told me that her hair isn't red, it's ginger! It was very funny and we argued for a while about it. She finally told me that her teacher at school said that only one person had ginger hair in the class. I agreed but said that it wasn't her, it was somebody else. It was really funny. She has `baby blue' eyes as she put it when I asked her. She kept smiling at me through the whole ride. Afterwards she went and asked her mother and then came back and said that she doesn't have red hair. I told her matter of factly that I know, because she has ginger hair. She smiled and walked off, and that was the very cute end of that.
The little kids really seem to love me. I can make them laugh and talk and have a lot of fun doing so. I always take interest in what they have to say. I told one cute little girl that she was too tall and she almost started crying. She was barely over the line so I let her ride, putting her in a high seat. I then begged her to forgive me until she was laughing. She had the best time on that ride out of all of the little kids. She later told me that she was only three! We kept talking for quite a while and I ran the rides according to what she wanted to ride. It was cute. I also figured out a way to keep the kids happy, give the parents a break, and keep myself from having to run around so much. If everybody is happy, let the ride go for a couple of cycles instead of one. It's a really nice idea.
I also love flirting with the younger mothers. They will tell me that the husbands are off on the Kumba or something like that. We will then start talking. Eventually when the husband comes back, I will joke with the wife about something we were talking about earlier and make her start laughing in front of her husband. I love it when they don't know how to react, it's really funny!
The highlight of my day came when I finally got to use my German skills. There was this really pretty little girl about seven or eight. She seemed a little shy. I then heard her mother tell her something and I realized that she was speaking German! the little girl didn't understand and yelled, `Was!' really loud. I thought it was so cute!!! I've always had this doubt in what they were teaching us at UF. I wondered if the phrases they teach us are really used by real everyday Germans. As she got onto the pygmy pots, I said, `Guten Tag!' and smiled. She gave me the cutest face and then said `Guten Tag!' back to me in the cutest little voice I was so happy! I then asked her if she is German, `Bist du Deutsch?' and she said yes. It was so cute!!! When she was leaving I said, `Auf wiedersehen!' and she said it back! My heart melted! It was amazing.
I bragged to this girl later about my little conversation, saying that I finally used something I had learned at UF in real life. She thought it was really cute as well. I really think they should pair third semester German students with young children like that, because they are about our speed. They now about the same vocabulary if not much more, but are still slow enough that we could understand and learn greatly by speaking with them.
As I sat in my car getting ready to leave, the short haired blonde walked in front of my car. She smiled really big and said, `Bye Dan!' I liked the fact that she remembered me and really want to talk to her some more.
I went down a fide called the Water Moccasin and the lifeguard sort of laughed at the way I landed in the pool. We then started talking for a good half hour or moor. His name is DJ and is a pre-med senior at USF. He's going to start doing lifeguarding seriously down North of Ft. Lauderdale in a couple of weeks to take a break from his studies. he says that he wishes he would have taken his summers off because he is really burned out. We talked about all kinds of stuff from girls to life in general. He was really cool. He mentioned that he goes to Busch Gardens after work every once in a while to hang out. He said that he was on the Python last night which would have been when I was working.
While we were standing there, this gorgeous girl in a tiny red bikini flipped in the water as she came down the slide and lost her bikini top. I didn't see anything except for her pulling it back onto her shoulders but she was really embarrassed. It was funny.
I also was flirting with some female employees of the park. One was this gorgeous ethnic girl that was on the top of the tube slides. She had her navy blue swimsuit pulled off of her shoulders very provocatively. She was a little petite, her hips were the most perfect I think I have ever seen and she had a beautiful tan. She would give me these looks around her glasses which I enjoyed. I just couldn't help but thinking that she would be wild in bed! She was so hot!!! The other girl who was sitting up there later was beautiful in a sensuous way. She had tons of tanned freckles, which I love. She also had a very pretty face. I talked to her for a few minutes and let her know that I work at Busch Gardens. I had an interesting day.
I also met this guy who worked on the Flume during my first Christmas there. He was the loud but friendly one and we used to get along well. He's a lifeguard now.
I stopped into Busch Gardens for a few minutes. I rode the Skyride back to the Kumba. I watched the animals out on the plain and had this humongous sickening feeling when I realized how much about the animals that I had forgotten, and how beautiful they looked. being corralled back in the ride section of the park, I hadn't seen them in so long. I then rode the Kumba twice. I rode in the front left seat as suggested by DJ and it was indeed fun because the Kumba turns that way the most. I chatted with everybody for a few minutes before taking off. This included Jennifer.
Today I worked on the Kiddie Rides in Pygmy Village. I also talked with Stephanie for a little while. She said that she went to see male strippers on Friday night for her 18th birthday. It was actually fun enough that the day passed on rather quickly. I prepped the Python first with Martin and we then went to the Scorpion to do a test run. While we were riding, I was amazed as I though to myself what a wonderful job I have. I was actually getting paid to ride a roller coaster. I am one of a very fortunate few in all of the world. this guy from Timbuktu who I worked with at the Rapids came up and sat with me on the ride.
A new crush sparked within me on the walk to my car this evening. There is this girl name Laura who is pretty cute. I saw her coming in from orientation on about my third day of work, and remember being impressed. While on the subject, I flirted with an awesome looking girl who was coming in for orientation at the guard station this morning. Anyway, I found out later that she goes to UF and will be living in Beaty West next year. What better than a girl who works with you for part of the year, and lives next door to you the rest of the year? Last year was her first year as well. She came in at lunch at sat right next to me to my left. I remember seeing her pause, waiting for me to accept her or not. I didn't pay much attention to her then because I had to go back to work a few minutes later.
We ended up sitting on opposite ends of the table during a break later on. There are only a couple of people that I don't talk to yet among the many in Congo. I started joking around and talking to one right then. That was cool. I'm so social now. Anyway, they all left until it was only Luara, Tony, and this fat redhead whom I had trained with. Tony and Laura were still both at the far end of the table but she and I were facing each other. We suddenly had a quiet spell. Nobody was saying a word and the room was quite. I looked at Laura and smiled putting my finger up to my mouth and said, `Shhhh,' kind of quietly. She played along and did the same back to me, with a big grin on her face. This guy from grounds suddenly says to all of us that we are a bunch of weirdos for being so quiet. She and I looked at each other and started cracking up. It was hilarious. I was very glad to have helped make her laugh, because that's a very important part of starting a relationship. I then led the discussion for the group until we had to leave, something I usually never do.
I saw her walking to her car and driving off, and that's when everything clicked, and I fell in lust.
I actually had a lot of fun with the kids today. Most of them were British and on holiday with their parents, who are also a blast to talk to. I love the accent on girls. I went up to this one little girl, about eight, and told her that I'm sorry but she can't ride. When she sadly looked up, asking why, I said because she has red hair. She wittily told me that her hair isn't red, it's ginger! It was very funny and we argued for a while about it. She finally told me that her teacher at school said that only one person had ginger hair in the class. I agreed but said that it wasn't her, it was somebody else. It was really funny. She has `baby blue' eyes as she put it when I asked her. She kept smiling at me through the whole ride. Afterwards she went and asked her mother and then came back and said that she doesn't have red hair. I told her matter of factly that I know, because she has ginger hair. She smiled and walked off, and that was the very cute end of that.
The little kids really seem to love me. I can make them laugh and talk and have a lot of fun doing so. I always take interest in what they have to say. I told one cute little girl that she was too tall and she almost started crying. She was barely over the line so I let her ride, putting her in a high seat. I then begged her to forgive me until she was laughing. She had the best time on that ride out of all of the little kids. She later told me that she was only three! We kept talking for quite a while and I ran the rides according to what she wanted to ride. It was cute. I also figured out a way to keep the kids happy, give the parents a break, and keep myself from having to run around so much. If everybody is happy, let the ride go for a couple of cycles instead of one. It's a really nice idea.
I also love flirting with the younger mothers. They will tell me that the husbands are off on the Kumba or something like that. We will then start talking. Eventually when the husband comes back, I will joke with the wife about something we were talking about earlier and make her start laughing in front of her husband. I love it when they don't know how to react, it's really funny!
The highlight of my day came when I finally got to use my German skills. There was this really pretty little girl about seven or eight. She seemed a little shy. I then heard her mother tell her something and I realized that she was speaking German! the little girl didn't understand and yelled, `Was!' really loud. I thought it was so cute!!! I've always had this doubt in what they were teaching us at UF. I wondered if the phrases they teach us are really used by real everyday Germans. As she got onto the pygmy pots, I said, `Guten Tag!' and smiled. She gave me the cutest face and then said `Guten Tag!' back to me in the cutest little voice I was so happy! I then asked her if she is German, `Bist du Deutsch?' and she said yes. It was so cute!!! When she was leaving I said, `Auf wiedersehen!' and she said it back! My heart melted! It was amazing.
I bragged to this girl later about my little conversation, saying that I finally used something I had learned at UF in real life. She thought it was really cute as well. I really think they should pair third semester German students with young children like that, because they are about our speed. They now about the same vocabulary if not much more, but are still slow enough that we could understand and learn greatly by speaking with them.
As I sat in my car getting ready to leave, the short haired blonde walked in front of my car. She smiled really big and said, `Bye Dan!' I liked the fact that she remembered me and really want to talk to her some more.
Sunday, May 23, 1993
May 23, 1993 - Sunday - Cathy, Christina, Audrey
Happy 8th birthday, Cathy! I woke up early and baked her a delicious chocolate cake. I also put up a few decorations. Everybody thought the cake was very good, even Chrissy complimented me on it.
Ron called me from Busch and asked if I could come in half an hour earlier than expected. I said yes and then decided to go to Adventure Island. I figured I could just hang out and play until it was time to go to work. I laid out in the new beach area near the volleyball courts for quite a while. there were some really good looking girls there. I decided to take a swim in the Rambling Bayou to cool off. The water felt awesome. It actually pushes you along quite quickly if you don't have a tube. I stopped at the little spa area and relaxed for a while. After I had made a complete circle, I stood up to get out at the stairwell. I had been flirting with these two younger but cute girls. I think one saw a little too much through my shorts because of the way she started smiling. It was cute.
I had enough time to ride one of the open water slides that curves around this artificial mountain. I didn't even know that Adventure Island had open flume slides like that or I'd have been on them much earlier. It was a lot of fun. As I was walking out towards the entrance, I looked up at a picnic table on an upper ledge, and saw Christina from UF with a group of friends. It took me a second to remember what her name is, so I turned away so that I could still surprise her. I was still only in my bathing suit, and remembered that she never saw me with my hair cut. She was very surprised and seemed happy to see me. She leaned back and we talked for a few minutes behind the table. She is still as cute as ever, and I still didn't believe that it was really her when I was talking to her. I told her that I had to be at work in half an hour. She asked me how much Busch Gardens costs and said they might come soon. I told her that I work on Kumba and in that area, so ask for me if they do. I was really glad to see her.
I was thinking about how her boyfriend felt in the situation. The whole group is from Dunellon and essentially don't know anybody in Tampa. Plus they are relaxing and spending the day at a theme park. To suddenly have a tall, tan, and cute guy recognize and then start talking to your girlfriend might be a little nerve wrecking. Especially if she sounds just as excited as the guy does. Poor guy. Heh Heh.
When I got to the Vivi's breakroom, I changed into my uniform. The guard at the entrance asked me why I wasn't in uniform, and told me to be in it next time. When I told him that I was still wet from being at Adventure Island, he just said, `Oh,' accepting it as a very good excuse. I started talking to this guy from Jesuit whom I befriended at Congo River yesterday. He sort of looks like Derek. I kept my damp underwear on unfortunately, because I had water showing through on my butt and crotch for a while while I worked. it was embarrassing for a while.
At Python, there was this guy named Ron and a girl named Jaqueline. He just seemed like the kind of guy who I just wasn't going to become friends with because he didn't really talk to me in the lounge. She was cute but seemed to stick to just a few friends. We worked pretty quietly for a while. Debbie took Ray's place for a while. I remembered her from the area last summer when I pooled at Bumper Cars. We had said hello before but really started talking when she came in on Friday to get her paycheck. She was wearing a really low cut tight red shirt! I also was talking to her yesterday when we were both pan and brooming the areas.
Not too long after Ron came back, the three of us finally started talking. Ron and I were looking at girls and were being pretty perverted. It was really fun. There was this one gorgeous girl with her boyfriend. As I checked her harness from behind, I slipped my hand right into hers and she sort of tightened it for a second. To check the harness we pull on the handle that the guest holds on to. I am always very tender when I slip my hand into a girl's while she is holding onto the handle. It's a really cool way to flirt.
I was waiting for Jacki to lock the harnesses once and was talking to an attractive woman in the first seat. I had my hand just hanging there by her handle. She reached up and grabbed a hold of my hand and just held it until I had to go. It was really weird but really interesting. I entirely kept my cool like nothing unusual was happening and continued talking with her.
There was also a girl once that was taking a while to get out of her seat. She looked either British or Australian, blonde and a tiny bit overweight. She was wearing a neon blue and pink strapless bikini top. It had come undone and she was fastening it. It suddenly just sprang off of her chests, leaving her breasts just hanging there. She was very nicely shaped and had perfect light pink nipples. She looked up and saw that I had seen before I turned away. I kept a perfectly straight and calm face because I was working at the time with two girls, and I'm sure that Debby saw what happened. I wish another guy would have been there to share the moment with me. She had to wait at the exit for the rest of her group for two rides. I kept smirking and looking into her eyes as I fastened the chain. It was an amazingly intense few moments. Fun fun!
I then got to know Jacqueline very well throughout the evening. She's a seventeen year old from Land o Lakes. She says that she's only a junior but doesn't really hang out with the high school crowd that much. She started flirting with this waver guy who kept riding over and over. I said a few things that he `overheard' suggesting that she was flirting with him. She got `mad' at me when I did. I told her that he has no idea what we were referring to but she didn't believe me. I got called over to the bumper cars at closing. I walked really slowly so that he could catch up. He did and started asking me about Jacki. He said that he just introduced himself to her. He then said that he didn't want her to think that he was a pervert for flirting. I laughed and then suddenly realized how I feel the same way sometimes. After seeing how much she liked it, I suddenly was reassured that girls like to flirt and think about sex as well. They are just quieter about it than guys are. I told him that she was flirting, too.
He asked if she has a boyfriend. I said yes, but not to let that stop him. He has a year round pass and will be back. He back and gave me his phone number and asked him to give it to her. I called her at Python and asked her to come to Bumper Cars when she was finished. I held my hand out to give her the piece of paper. When she realized what it was, she was happy, but then said that she can't call him. She did want to know what exactly I told him. When she found out how I handled telling him about her having a boyfriend, she thought it was very clever and liked it a lot. I told her that she can definitely call with no implications whatsoever. I then asked her if she forgave me and she said yes, definitely. I was glad.
I worked with Bill and Patrica Thursday night. We had a lot of fun playing around up there for the last hours of the night. I was complimenting her somewhat, and she really seemed to enjoy it.
On Saturday I worked on the Congo River Rapids. I talked to this girl for a second when I first walked up. She's a bit overweight but is very pretty. It's something about her face that caught my eye. Her name is Audrey. I started talking to her after a while from across the loading area. We went on break together later on. I went and sat with the Congo Rides people and talked for a few minutes. When she came in, she sat by herself. After letting her get the idea that I already have plenty of friends, I looked at her and asked her why she was sitting way over there. She asked me if I wanted her over by me, and I said yes. She came over and I included her in the conversation with the others.
I found out that she is from Zephyrhills and is only a junior. She also only started about a week and a half ago. Since she only works weekends, this was her second one there. She used to work in Timbuktu and liked it a lot better. On the way back from break I mentioned Brad. She said that he is nice. She then said that he and I are the only two people that have been nice to her. She said that everybody else is snobby and rude. I smiled and asked her again who she said, just to make sure. She said, `You!' and I was very happy to make somebody, especially a girl, feel good like that. I promised her out there on the Congo bridge that I will always be nice to her and we shook on it. It was funny. We then worked on grounds together for a few minutes.
I met this guy from Jesuit and we talked for quite a while. He still works in Timbuktu. I also talked with Debby who was doing Kumba grounds.
Later, when I was loading a again, I kept flirting with Audrey. We would stare and then smile at each other. We were really joking around. I told her to stop smiling at me, and then she would frown and make puppy eyes. She then told me later to stop looking ta her. I told her that I wanted to, and she smiled and let me. this went on for quite some time until she had to leave. I had a good time, though, and look forward to seeing her again.
I also met the blonde with the short hair who looks like a model. We were joking around for a little while and smiling at each other while she was in the control panel and I was loading. I'll know everybody before long, won't I?
Ron called me from Busch and asked if I could come in half an hour earlier than expected. I said yes and then decided to go to Adventure Island. I figured I could just hang out and play until it was time to go to work. I laid out in the new beach area near the volleyball courts for quite a while. there were some really good looking girls there. I decided to take a swim in the Rambling Bayou to cool off. The water felt awesome. It actually pushes you along quite quickly if you don't have a tube. I stopped at the little spa area and relaxed for a while. After I had made a complete circle, I stood up to get out at the stairwell. I had been flirting with these two younger but cute girls. I think one saw a little too much through my shorts because of the way she started smiling. It was cute.
I had enough time to ride one of the open water slides that curves around this artificial mountain. I didn't even know that Adventure Island had open flume slides like that or I'd have been on them much earlier. It was a lot of fun. As I was walking out towards the entrance, I looked up at a picnic table on an upper ledge, and saw Christina from UF with a group of friends. It took me a second to remember what her name is, so I turned away so that I could still surprise her. I was still only in my bathing suit, and remembered that she never saw me with my hair cut. She was very surprised and seemed happy to see me. She leaned back and we talked for a few minutes behind the table. She is still as cute as ever, and I still didn't believe that it was really her when I was talking to her. I told her that I had to be at work in half an hour. She asked me how much Busch Gardens costs and said they might come soon. I told her that I work on Kumba and in that area, so ask for me if they do. I was really glad to see her.
I was thinking about how her boyfriend felt in the situation. The whole group is from Dunellon and essentially don't know anybody in Tampa. Plus they are relaxing and spending the day at a theme park. To suddenly have a tall, tan, and cute guy recognize and then start talking to your girlfriend might be a little nerve wrecking. Especially if she sounds just as excited as the guy does. Poor guy. Heh Heh.
When I got to the Vivi's breakroom, I changed into my uniform. The guard at the entrance asked me why I wasn't in uniform, and told me to be in it next time. When I told him that I was still wet from being at Adventure Island, he just said, `Oh,' accepting it as a very good excuse. I started talking to this guy from Jesuit whom I befriended at Congo River yesterday. He sort of looks like Derek. I kept my damp underwear on unfortunately, because I had water showing through on my butt and crotch for a while while I worked. it was embarrassing for a while.
At Python, there was this guy named Ron and a girl named Jaqueline. He just seemed like the kind of guy who I just wasn't going to become friends with because he didn't really talk to me in the lounge. She was cute but seemed to stick to just a few friends. We worked pretty quietly for a while. Debbie took Ray's place for a while. I remembered her from the area last summer when I pooled at Bumper Cars. We had said hello before but really started talking when she came in on Friday to get her paycheck. She was wearing a really low cut tight red shirt! I also was talking to her yesterday when we were both pan and brooming the areas.
Not too long after Ron came back, the three of us finally started talking. Ron and I were looking at girls and were being pretty perverted. It was really fun. There was this one gorgeous girl with her boyfriend. As I checked her harness from behind, I slipped my hand right into hers and she sort of tightened it for a second. To check the harness we pull on the handle that the guest holds on to. I am always very tender when I slip my hand into a girl's while she is holding onto the handle. It's a really cool way to flirt.
I was waiting for Jacki to lock the harnesses once and was talking to an attractive woman in the first seat. I had my hand just hanging there by her handle. She reached up and grabbed a hold of my hand and just held it until I had to go. It was really weird but really interesting. I entirely kept my cool like nothing unusual was happening and continued talking with her.
There was also a girl once that was taking a while to get out of her seat. She looked either British or Australian, blonde and a tiny bit overweight. She was wearing a neon blue and pink strapless bikini top. It had come undone and she was fastening it. It suddenly just sprang off of her chests, leaving her breasts just hanging there. She was very nicely shaped and had perfect light pink nipples. She looked up and saw that I had seen before I turned away. I kept a perfectly straight and calm face because I was working at the time with two girls, and I'm sure that Debby saw what happened. I wish another guy would have been there to share the moment with me. She had to wait at the exit for the rest of her group for two rides. I kept smirking and looking into her eyes as I fastened the chain. It was an amazingly intense few moments. Fun fun!
I then got to know Jacqueline very well throughout the evening. She's a seventeen year old from Land o Lakes. She says that she's only a junior but doesn't really hang out with the high school crowd that much. She started flirting with this waver guy who kept riding over and over. I said a few things that he `overheard' suggesting that she was flirting with him. She got `mad' at me when I did. I told her that he has no idea what we were referring to but she didn't believe me. I got called over to the bumper cars at closing. I walked really slowly so that he could catch up. He did and started asking me about Jacki. He said that he just introduced himself to her. He then said that he didn't want her to think that he was a pervert for flirting. I laughed and then suddenly realized how I feel the same way sometimes. After seeing how much she liked it, I suddenly was reassured that girls like to flirt and think about sex as well. They are just quieter about it than guys are. I told him that she was flirting, too.
He asked if she has a boyfriend. I said yes, but not to let that stop him. He has a year round pass and will be back. He back and gave me his phone number and asked him to give it to her. I called her at Python and asked her to come to Bumper Cars when she was finished. I held my hand out to give her the piece of paper. When she realized what it was, she was happy, but then said that she can't call him. She did want to know what exactly I told him. When she found out how I handled telling him about her having a boyfriend, she thought it was very clever and liked it a lot. I told her that she can definitely call with no implications whatsoever. I then asked her if she forgave me and she said yes, definitely. I was glad.
I worked with Bill and Patrica Thursday night. We had a lot of fun playing around up there for the last hours of the night. I was complimenting her somewhat, and she really seemed to enjoy it.
On Saturday I worked on the Congo River Rapids. I talked to this girl for a second when I first walked up. She's a bit overweight but is very pretty. It's something about her face that caught my eye. Her name is Audrey. I started talking to her after a while from across the loading area. We went on break together later on. I went and sat with the Congo Rides people and talked for a few minutes. When she came in, she sat by herself. After letting her get the idea that I already have plenty of friends, I looked at her and asked her why she was sitting way over there. She asked me if I wanted her over by me, and I said yes. She came over and I included her in the conversation with the others.
I found out that she is from Zephyrhills and is only a junior. She also only started about a week and a half ago. Since she only works weekends, this was her second one there. She used to work in Timbuktu and liked it a lot better. On the way back from break I mentioned Brad. She said that he is nice. She then said that he and I are the only two people that have been nice to her. She said that everybody else is snobby and rude. I smiled and asked her again who she said, just to make sure. She said, `You!' and I was very happy to make somebody, especially a girl, feel good like that. I promised her out there on the Congo bridge that I will always be nice to her and we shook on it. It was funny. We then worked on grounds together for a few minutes.
I met this guy from Jesuit and we talked for quite a while. He still works in Timbuktu. I also talked with Debby who was doing Kumba grounds.
Later, when I was loading a again, I kept flirting with Audrey. We would stare and then smile at each other. We were really joking around. I told her to stop smiling at me, and then she would frown and make puppy eyes. She then told me later to stop looking ta her. I told her that I wanted to, and she smiled and let me. this went on for quite some time until she had to leave. I had a good time, though, and look forward to seeing her again.
I also met the blonde with the short hair who looks like a model. We were joking around for a little while and smiling at each other while she was in the control panel and I was loading. I'll know everybody before long, won't I?
Wednesday, May 19, 1993
May 19, 1993 - Wednesday - Kim, Kiss!!!, Danielle
I think I'm going to cry. I just drove past Kimmeth's house on the way home from work and her car was gone. She really did leave. I had a inconceivable little fantasy that she was just joking about the whole thing and was just trying to get me to go out with her. Sound a little far fetched? Well here's my explanation:
I called her house last night knowing that she would be gone. I figured that I'd talk to her mother for a second and then it would be over. I also know Kim well enough that she probably didn't leave on time. I was shocked and so very happy when her mother said that she was still home. We talked kind of meaninglessly for a little while. I told her about my day at Busch Gardens and all that. We started talking about people on the Flume again. She mentioned that Mark was pretty surprised one time that Kim was still talking to ME. I told her that I'm going to go kick his ass since there is no purpose left to my summer so my actions won't matter. She thought it was funny. She said that she chatted to Bill for a little while later on Monday night.
I had just gotten home from a Busch gardens contact meeting when I called her. She then got this silly notion that she wanted to take me out to dessert. She asked me if I had eaten dinner and I said no, but I didn't want anything. She then told me to do my thing and go ahead and come over. As soon as I saw her it sank in that we would have to say goodbye all over again. But we did end up kissing each other on the cheek, so it wasn't all that bad, but I knew that it would seem corny if we were to go through that again. She wanted to drive, and we sped over to Ybor City. It was amazing how many cops were out and about last night. I counted at least twenty for the night. It was amazing to us. I told her that Tampa was expecting rioting conditions upon her departure and were just taking precautions. It was funny.
The little dessert place was closed again, and I sort of shunned the other place there. We decided to go eat at Chilis. She asked me if I had eaten since we talked, and I said no, When she asked if I wanted dinner, I still said no. She then asked if I would help her eat if she ordered something. I smiled and said that I would. They were taking the last orders for the evening when we arrived, so we made it just in time. Our waitress was a really cute dirty blonde with long straight hair. She was somewhat like Nicole, but much cuter and much more perfect in all aspects. I was impressed. I tried flirting with her. Kim said that she didn't get a tip because she was flirting back!
We had always wanted to try the blooming onion, so we did. It tasted pretty good but there was just so much there. There was a really good sauce. Kim kept teasing me and I would joke that I was going to move off to another table and run off with the waitress. She said something once that incited me to put my finger in the yellow sauce with the intent of dabbing it on her somewhere. When I put my finger near her face, she opened her mouth and sucked it all off in one quick sweep. It freaked me out for a second because her tongue was cold because she had just drunken ice water. It was funny.
We also each ordered a sundae. Her's had a huge brownie inside, and mine was on top of cinnamon flour tortilla shells with hot fudge. they were both really good. We shared as we usually do. She scooped a big spoonful of brownie and ice cream on her spoon and let me eat it. We took quite a while and were watching the Tonight Show for a while. the waitress started getting a little weird because we were taking so long.
We then drove back to her house and ended up talking on her front porch until almost two in the morning and I had to be at work at nine. I joked that I should have brought my clothes so I could crash over at Busch. She was telling me about Lucinda and how she is very motherly to Kim. She has a very high set of standards for the guys that Kim is allowed to date. She has a tendency to say, `Oh,' in such a variety of ways that range from acceptance to extreme disapproval. She told me how she would have told her about MArk. She also said that she had told her about me. She made up a hypothetical conversation between the two of them She said something like, `There's this guy I've been going out with named Dan who drives a Mustang and is a pre Med major.' She joked that Lucinda would love that. I really liked the tone she used when she said about us going out.
I also kept mentioning about how my depression is just spiraling down faster and faster. I also told her about how much I was looking forward to this summer and spending it with her. She denied it at first, thinking I might have been joking but she soon realized that I was serious, and she seemed a little glad that I felt that way.
We both started getting tired towards two and knew that we'd soon be parting. She showed me a few things in her room before we started acting silly. We started hanging around each other standing up close face to face babbling nonsense. We would have this trivial little conversations about nothing. They started having implications towards kissing. She then stretched up and we kissed on the lips. I was happy. She smiled and quickly said that she'd see me around and we then said goodbye. My heart raced all of the way home and I knew that I'd miss her that much more now, and I do.
I went in to work looking for Agnes this morning to talk to her about Kim. I couldn't find her, but instead she found me later at the bumper cars. I was so happy to see her. I told her what all had happened including wondering what might have been had I gone to USF. She told me that I should have asked her out a long time ago. She was feeling pity for me and I was glad. We've decided to meet up tomorrow morning to talk and so that she can show me a picture of her baby.
I had a pretty interesting day. I worked on Python with this new guy named Tony and the black guy named Mark who I worked with on the Flume once. He remembered that, bringing it up first. He and I kept joking around about women all day. This one gorgeous older blonde with a beautiful butt came up with her big pretty-boy boyfriend. We instantly hated him, but loved her. I thought he was being a real dick. It was towards the end of the day and he was waiting at the exit to ride again in the front seat. His girlfriend didn't want to go again, but he dragged her back up there anyway. He looked across to the guys on the other side with their girls and said, `Now that's control! Could you guys make your girlfriends come back up even if she didn't want to?' She seemed pissed off, and ended up not riding. Mark was trying to convince her to go over the microphone to no avail.
When she stayed, Mark quickly told me that it was my chance to go and talk to her so I ran down to the exit. There was a guy standing there so I talked to him for a second trying not to be too obvious. I then started talking to her, asking her why she hadn't ridden. She said that she was pissed off because he took her camcorder onto the ride and would probably break it. I asked her why she didn't stop him, and she told me that he probably would have hit her, or slapped her. I expressed my disgust. She then was saying that he'll probably do something stupid when he gets to the platform. I don't understand why a guy can be so fucking naive when he has a girl as beautiful and intelligent sounding as this one was. Meanwhile Mark was bringing the coaster in very slowly, giving me as much time as possible. It was funny. When Mark and I were talking about it later, we joked that he would have said to her, `If you were MY girlfriend, I would be...' and then started saying all kinds of nice things. Unfortunately I hadn't thought of that, but now I know.
A perfect sweet thing to say popped into my head later when this gorgeous girl was up near the front of the coaster. Mark loved it and said that he has never thought of that one, despite it being so good. During the spiel, just say `...and now I'd like to dedicate this ride to the beautiful lady in row 3...' He decided to save it for a different time, though.
I also found myself a girlfriend. There were these four young girls that started coming through. I flirted with a couple of them as I do all of the cuter girls. They started off by just saying, `Hi Dan!' each time as they went through. They then started yelling my name each time as they came into the station on the coaster. By this time Mark and Tony had picked up on them and Mark was mocking me by calling my name over the intercom in the same tone that the girls were. It was funny. I joked with him that maybe there are some older sisters, and he suddenly liked the idea. They then kept saying hi to me each time, but now were saying that they loved me, too. One asked if I had a girlfriend. When I said no, she said that I have four now. There were a few older couples in line that thought it was cute.
The most mature one and essentially the cutest one looked up at me and said that she has a question, but then decided to wait until she rode the ride to ask me. When she came back, we stood facing each other and she asked me if I'd go out with her. I said sure and walked away. As they rode the ride now, it changed so that they just saying hi and were saying that she loves me. I played along and focused my attention on her. She was wearing a cute pink bikini with a see through shirt over top. The next big thing was her age. I asked her how old she is, and she joked around saying things like 21 and 17. I knew that as soon as I told her I am only 18, she would be happy. I finally got the truth about her, she's sixteen. She seemed depressed that I knew thinking I wouldn't talk to her again. She asked me how old I am. When I told her she perked up and said that she picked the right one.
It turns out that they're on a field trip from Bushnell. Darn. that meant they had to leave early. I would have walked to the front with them if they could have waited. Her name is Danielle and I just laughed. We started joking about going and living with each other. I said that I would take her home with me. She seemed interested and said her aunt doesn't want her anymore anyway. She also asked me if I would take a picture with her. I told her that I would later if they'd keep coming back. She asked me once if I'd ride with her, but I unfortunately had to tell her that I can't rode in uniform. I wish I would have told them about going on break, because they left for a little while. When it was time for them to leave, we stood together up on the platform to take a picture. She came up to my side and stood close, not daring to put her arm around me. I reached over and she quickly put her arm around me like she was waiting for the invitation. It was funny, and then they left.
I told Mark all about Kimmeth, because her remembers her. He joked that I sure seemed to be over her since I was messing around so much. He knew that I'm not though, and I just said it's a kind of a mental way to keep me from constantly thinking about her. Not that thinking about her is bad, but I tend to start daydreaming which isn't good when I should be concentrating on my job. It also was funny because we were talking about the implications of doing a sixteen year old just as my girls came in. We both said, `So.' at the same time.
There were also a group of obnoxious thirteen and fourteen year olds in earlier. They all were waiting at the exit for a couple of friends, so I joked around with them. They looked like they will be gorgeous in a few years. they then started singing. I turned and said seriously and calmly that, `Singing is grounds for immediate dismissal from the park.' It was funny. They then argued that Busch Gardens has a group of new archipelago singers. They got me. they were then pointing out who their two friends were. One was short and a bit underdeveloped. I knew that she was older but said, `You mean the ten year old.' I then just walked away but they all though it was a low cutdown. It was really funny.
What a day. Even though I'm having to find all new friends now, and am looking for a new fling, I'm doing so exceptionally quickly and with great luck. Go me.
I called her house last night knowing that she would be gone. I figured that I'd talk to her mother for a second and then it would be over. I also know Kim well enough that she probably didn't leave on time. I was shocked and so very happy when her mother said that she was still home. We talked kind of meaninglessly for a little while. I told her about my day at Busch Gardens and all that. We started talking about people on the Flume again. She mentioned that Mark was pretty surprised one time that Kim was still talking to ME. I told her that I'm going to go kick his ass since there is no purpose left to my summer so my actions won't matter. She thought it was funny. She said that she chatted to Bill for a little while later on Monday night.
I had just gotten home from a Busch gardens contact meeting when I called her. She then got this silly notion that she wanted to take me out to dessert. She asked me if I had eaten dinner and I said no, but I didn't want anything. She then told me to do my thing and go ahead and come over. As soon as I saw her it sank in that we would have to say goodbye all over again. But we did end up kissing each other on the cheek, so it wasn't all that bad, but I knew that it would seem corny if we were to go through that again. She wanted to drive, and we sped over to Ybor City. It was amazing how many cops were out and about last night. I counted at least twenty for the night. It was amazing to us. I told her that Tampa was expecting rioting conditions upon her departure and were just taking precautions. It was funny.
The little dessert place was closed again, and I sort of shunned the other place there. We decided to go eat at Chilis. She asked me if I had eaten since we talked, and I said no, When she asked if I wanted dinner, I still said no. She then asked if I would help her eat if she ordered something. I smiled and said that I would. They were taking the last orders for the evening when we arrived, so we made it just in time. Our waitress was a really cute dirty blonde with long straight hair. She was somewhat like Nicole, but much cuter and much more perfect in all aspects. I was impressed. I tried flirting with her. Kim said that she didn't get a tip because she was flirting back!
We had always wanted to try the blooming onion, so we did. It tasted pretty good but there was just so much there. There was a really good sauce. Kim kept teasing me and I would joke that I was going to move off to another table and run off with the waitress. She said something once that incited me to put my finger in the yellow sauce with the intent of dabbing it on her somewhere. When I put my finger near her face, she opened her mouth and sucked it all off in one quick sweep. It freaked me out for a second because her tongue was cold because she had just drunken ice water. It was funny.
We also each ordered a sundae. Her's had a huge brownie inside, and mine was on top of cinnamon flour tortilla shells with hot fudge. they were both really good. We shared as we usually do. She scooped a big spoonful of brownie and ice cream on her spoon and let me eat it. We took quite a while and were watching the Tonight Show for a while. the waitress started getting a little weird because we were taking so long.
We then drove back to her house and ended up talking on her front porch until almost two in the morning and I had to be at work at nine. I joked that I should have brought my clothes so I could crash over at Busch. She was telling me about Lucinda and how she is very motherly to Kim. She has a very high set of standards for the guys that Kim is allowed to date. She has a tendency to say, `Oh,' in such a variety of ways that range from acceptance to extreme disapproval. She told me how she would have told her about MArk. She also said that she had told her about me. She made up a hypothetical conversation between the two of them She said something like, `There's this guy I've been going out with named Dan who drives a Mustang and is a pre Med major.' She joked that Lucinda would love that. I really liked the tone she used when she said about us going out.
I also kept mentioning about how my depression is just spiraling down faster and faster. I also told her about how much I was looking forward to this summer and spending it with her. She denied it at first, thinking I might have been joking but she soon realized that I was serious, and she seemed a little glad that I felt that way.
We both started getting tired towards two and knew that we'd soon be parting. She showed me a few things in her room before we started acting silly. We started hanging around each other standing up close face to face babbling nonsense. We would have this trivial little conversations about nothing. They started having implications towards kissing. She then stretched up and we kissed on the lips. I was happy. She smiled and quickly said that she'd see me around and we then said goodbye. My heart raced all of the way home and I knew that I'd miss her that much more now, and I do.
I went in to work looking for Agnes this morning to talk to her about Kim. I couldn't find her, but instead she found me later at the bumper cars. I was so happy to see her. I told her what all had happened including wondering what might have been had I gone to USF. She told me that I should have asked her out a long time ago. She was feeling pity for me and I was glad. We've decided to meet up tomorrow morning to talk and so that she can show me a picture of her baby.
I had a pretty interesting day. I worked on Python with this new guy named Tony and the black guy named Mark who I worked with on the Flume once. He remembered that, bringing it up first. He and I kept joking around about women all day. This one gorgeous older blonde with a beautiful butt came up with her big pretty-boy boyfriend. We instantly hated him, but loved her. I thought he was being a real dick. It was towards the end of the day and he was waiting at the exit to ride again in the front seat. His girlfriend didn't want to go again, but he dragged her back up there anyway. He looked across to the guys on the other side with their girls and said, `Now that's control! Could you guys make your girlfriends come back up even if she didn't want to?' She seemed pissed off, and ended up not riding. Mark was trying to convince her to go over the microphone to no avail.
When she stayed, Mark quickly told me that it was my chance to go and talk to her so I ran down to the exit. There was a guy standing there so I talked to him for a second trying not to be too obvious. I then started talking to her, asking her why she hadn't ridden. She said that she was pissed off because he took her camcorder onto the ride and would probably break it. I asked her why she didn't stop him, and she told me that he probably would have hit her, or slapped her. I expressed my disgust. She then was saying that he'll probably do something stupid when he gets to the platform. I don't understand why a guy can be so fucking naive when he has a girl as beautiful and intelligent sounding as this one was. Meanwhile Mark was bringing the coaster in very slowly, giving me as much time as possible. It was funny. When Mark and I were talking about it later, we joked that he would have said to her, `If you were MY girlfriend, I would be...' and then started saying all kinds of nice things. Unfortunately I hadn't thought of that, but now I know.
A perfect sweet thing to say popped into my head later when this gorgeous girl was up near the front of the coaster. Mark loved it and said that he has never thought of that one, despite it being so good. During the spiel, just say `...and now I'd like to dedicate this ride to the beautiful lady in row 3...' He decided to save it for a different time, though.
I also found myself a girlfriend. There were these four young girls that started coming through. I flirted with a couple of them as I do all of the cuter girls. They started off by just saying, `Hi Dan!' each time as they went through. They then started yelling my name each time as they came into the station on the coaster. By this time Mark and Tony had picked up on them and Mark was mocking me by calling my name over the intercom in the same tone that the girls were. It was funny. I joked with him that maybe there are some older sisters, and he suddenly liked the idea. They then kept saying hi to me each time, but now were saying that they loved me, too. One asked if I had a girlfriend. When I said no, she said that I have four now. There were a few older couples in line that thought it was cute.
The most mature one and essentially the cutest one looked up at me and said that she has a question, but then decided to wait until she rode the ride to ask me. When she came back, we stood facing each other and she asked me if I'd go out with her. I said sure and walked away. As they rode the ride now, it changed so that they just saying hi and were saying that she loves me. I played along and focused my attention on her. She was wearing a cute pink bikini with a see through shirt over top. The next big thing was her age. I asked her how old she is, and she joked around saying things like 21 and 17. I knew that as soon as I told her I am only 18, she would be happy. I finally got the truth about her, she's sixteen. She seemed depressed that I knew thinking I wouldn't talk to her again. She asked me how old I am. When I told her she perked up and said that she picked the right one.
It turns out that they're on a field trip from Bushnell. Darn. that meant they had to leave early. I would have walked to the front with them if they could have waited. Her name is Danielle and I just laughed. We started joking about going and living with each other. I said that I would take her home with me. She seemed interested and said her aunt doesn't want her anymore anyway. She also asked me if I would take a picture with her. I told her that I would later if they'd keep coming back. She asked me once if I'd ride with her, but I unfortunately had to tell her that I can't rode in uniform. I wish I would have told them about going on break, because they left for a little while. When it was time for them to leave, we stood together up on the platform to take a picture. She came up to my side and stood close, not daring to put her arm around me. I reached over and she quickly put her arm around me like she was waiting for the invitation. It was funny, and then they left.
I told Mark all about Kimmeth, because her remembers her. He joked that I sure seemed to be over her since I was messing around so much. He knew that I'm not though, and I just said it's a kind of a mental way to keep me from constantly thinking about her. Not that thinking about her is bad, but I tend to start daydreaming which isn't good when I should be concentrating on my job. It also was funny because we were talking about the implications of doing a sixteen year old just as my girls came in. We both said, `So.' at the same time.
There were also a group of obnoxious thirteen and fourteen year olds in earlier. They all were waiting at the exit for a couple of friends, so I joked around with them. They looked like they will be gorgeous in a few years. they then started singing. I turned and said seriously and calmly that, `Singing is grounds for immediate dismissal from the park.' It was funny. They then argued that Busch Gardens has a group of new archipelago singers. They got me. they were then pointing out who their two friends were. One was short and a bit underdeveloped. I knew that she was older but said, `You mean the ten year old.' I then just walked away but they all though it was a low cutdown. It was really funny.
What a day. Even though I'm having to find all new friends now, and am looking for a new fling, I'm doing so exceptionally quickly and with great luck. Go me.
Monday, May 17, 1993
May 17, 1993 - Monday - Kimmeth, Goodbye kiss!
Well, Kimmeth is leaving tomorrow and I am going to miss that beauty oh so much! We spent the entire day together and had a really good time. I called her somewhat early and we decided that I'd go over at 10:30. I first went shopping and bought Hawaiian tropic suntan oil and Pepsi. I was half an hour early so I drove by Busch Gardens and was asking about employee benefits at local companies. I then headed over to her place. When I got there she and her mother were just walking in to the living room. Kim had just gotten out of the shower and was wrapped up in a towel. It was funny and we smiled at each other. I watched TV for a few minutes and was joking with her mother. She put on her new black and white polka dot bikini.
I dropped her off at her house at about eight and we sat outside on the porch and talked for a while. I was giving her that glistening stare that I do so well. I smile slyly and stare intently. I make my eyes water just barely which makes mine sparkle very blue. I was doing it to her last night and she told me, `You know, you really do have beautiful eyes!' She also told me that my long beautiful eyelashes make them even better! I cut myself twice on my fingers today while looking for shells. She smeared aloe on my cuts while we were sitting there. I then told her to give me back my Enya CD which she jokingly pouted about, seemingly hoping that I'd forget. We talked a little bit longer until she had to go inside and get some sleep. It appeared that Gene's father had called asking her to have dinner with the family. I joked that Gene went home and complained to daddy when he saw Kim with me. She laughed and asked if I wanted to go to dinner so she wouldn't have to go.
As we were saying goodbye she opened up her arms and we hugged each other tight. I told her that she'd better call me soon, and she said that she definitely will. She then stretched up on her tippy toes and kissed me on the cheek. She started laughing that she almost couldn't reach me. I then leant over and kissed her. She said, `Thank you,' and then was then joking that next time I had better shave first because my stubble was pretty course. It was funny and I'm really going to miss her.
I dropped her off at her house at about eight and we sat outside on the porch and talked for a while. I was giving her that glistening stare that I do so well. I smile slyly and stare intently. I make my eyes water just barely which makes mine sparkle very blue. I was doing it to her last night and she told me, `You know, you really do have beautiful eyes!' She also told me that my long beautiful eyelashes make them even better! I cut myself twice on my fingers today while looking for shells. She smeared aloe on my cuts while we were sitting there. I then told her to give me back my Enya CD which she jokingly pouted about, seemingly hoping that I'd forget. We talked a little bit longer until she had to go inside and get some sleep. It appeared that Gene's father had called asking her to have dinner with the family. I joked that Gene went home and complained to daddy when he saw Kim with me. She laughed and asked if I wanted to go to dinner so she wouldn't have to go.
As we were saying goodbye she opened up her arms and we hugged each other tight. I told her that she'd better call me soon, and she said that she definitely will. She then stretched up on her tippy toes and kissed me on the cheek. She started laughing that she almost couldn't reach me. I then leant over and kissed her. She said, `Thank you,' and then was then joking that next time I had better shave first because my stubble was pretty course. It was funny and I'm really going to miss her.
Tuesday, May 11, 1993
May 11, 1993 - Tuesday - Kimmeth, Dinner, Kumba
Kumba.
I just got home from a dinner date with the all wonderful Kimmeth. We went to a place called Ruby Tuesdays inside of University Mall. She called me at six, and we talked for a few minutes. I had just been outside working on my car. She got a call on the seconf line and told me that she had to go. She did tell me that the guy at her work, Phil, finally asked her out. She said he sent her a vase with three roses. She said that they plan on taking a little canoe trip, and he kept calling her asking to go out tonight. I told her that I had planned on going to Jenny's and buying her a boquet to say goodbye. She said that I still could, and I could outdo him. She said that everybody at the shop saw the flowers and kept asking her if she wis going to go out with him. She said that it would be even better seeing the response from flowers sent by her `younger one.'
I decided to take a trip over to Jenny's after she hung up on me. When I finally found it, I discovered that they closed at 5:30. I also saw that they opened at 7:30 tomorrow morning, which would be on the way to work. I then stopped by Office Depot and bought Cathy a birthday present.
When I got home Kim had called back, and wanted me to call her. When I did she told me that she talked to Stewart for the first time in years! He was in some kind of accident that cause him to need partial face reconstruction. A judge felt for him and gave him a break on his tax evasion charges, which are very big in England and are the reason why he was in the U.S. in the first place. A convict window washer! She was happy. She then told me that she was worried that I was mad at her for having to hang up on me so suddenly. I told her that I could never be angry with her. She then said that she was very surprised to find out that I had gone out! When I told her that I went to Jenny's, she thought it was really sweet despite the fact that it was closed.
She told me again about Phil calling her. She said that she couldn't do anything with him because she was going out to eat and play pool with me tonight! I asked her if that was true, and fortunately it was! We talked for quite a while before I finally left to go to her house. She hasn't done laundry in a while and wore shorts and sandals. I knew she might do that so I pulled off my button-up shirt leaving my navy T-shirt with my sleeves rolled up. She got to see my new glasses for the first time.
She had a Caesar Salad and I had chicken fingers. We shared our food, as usual. We had a really good time. They had a funny little advertisement that told why people should eat there at Ruby Tuesdays. I told her to read them but pertain them to sex. It was hilarious. We had a blast. She also told me to add, `...with sex!' to the end of any fortune cookie saying for some good laughs. It was funny. We ended up being too tired to play pool.
I just got home from a dinner date with the all wonderful Kimmeth. We went to a place called Ruby Tuesdays inside of University Mall. She called me at six, and we talked for a few minutes. I had just been outside working on my car. She got a call on the seconf line and told me that she had to go. She did tell me that the guy at her work, Phil, finally asked her out. She said he sent her a vase with three roses. She said that they plan on taking a little canoe trip, and he kept calling her asking to go out tonight. I told her that I had planned on going to Jenny's and buying her a boquet to say goodbye. She said that I still could, and I could outdo him. She said that everybody at the shop saw the flowers and kept asking her if she wis going to go out with him. She said that it would be even better seeing the response from flowers sent by her `younger one.'
I decided to take a trip over to Jenny's after she hung up on me. When I finally found it, I discovered that they closed at 5:30. I also saw that they opened at 7:30 tomorrow morning, which would be on the way to work. I then stopped by Office Depot and bought Cathy a birthday present.
When I got home Kim had called back, and wanted me to call her. When I did she told me that she talked to Stewart for the first time in years! He was in some kind of accident that cause him to need partial face reconstruction. A judge felt for him and gave him a break on his tax evasion charges, which are very big in England and are the reason why he was in the U.S. in the first place. A convict window washer! She was happy. She then told me that she was worried that I was mad at her for having to hang up on me so suddenly. I told her that I could never be angry with her. She then said that she was very surprised to find out that I had gone out! When I told her that I went to Jenny's, she thought it was really sweet despite the fact that it was closed.
She told me again about Phil calling her. She said that she couldn't do anything with him because she was going out to eat and play pool with me tonight! I asked her if that was true, and fortunately it was! We talked for quite a while before I finally left to go to her house. She hasn't done laundry in a while and wore shorts and sandals. I knew she might do that so I pulled off my button-up shirt leaving my navy T-shirt with my sleeves rolled up. She got to see my new glasses for the first time.
She had a Caesar Salad and I had chicken fingers. We shared our food, as usual. We had a really good time. They had a funny little advertisement that told why people should eat there at Ruby Tuesdays. I told her to read them but pertain them to sex. It was hilarious. We had a blast. She also told me to add, `...with sex!' to the end of any fortune cookie saying for some good laughs. It was funny. We ended up being too tired to play pool.
Saturday, May 8, 1993
May 8, 1993 - Saturday - Long talk with Kimmeth!
Kim, oh Kim, oh Kim!!! Whatever will I do with you? She called me at eight and we talked until ten forty. She was tired from work, and I was about ready to go to sleep myself. We spent a little while chatting, and she figured that she'd go get something to eat before long so she could hurry and go to sleep. We then started talking and kept on for two hours. We both really seemed to wake up.
We are both being really sentimental and pretty sweet. She just received a book from Lucinda in the Virgin Islands called, `I Learned Everything That I'll Ever Need To Know In Kindergarten.' She found it really funny and read me an entire passage about doing laundry. It was really funny and makes you appreciate the interesting times spent in a laundromat. I was thinking about the time when the gorgeous blonde was going to let me share a dryer with her for our underwear. It was really cute. Kimmeth said that she'll always do the laundry. I told her that I wanted to do the laundry, now that I can appreciate doing so. She then said that I can do the dishes. She said it in a way that really sounded like she was contemplating us living together. I decided to be very agreeable, yet truthful. I told her that I really wouldn't mind doing the dishes, and then told her about my little system that I tried to install in Gainesville where everybody washes their dishes as they use them.
I also got a chance to explain my current fetish with country music. I told her that I usually start listening to it when I become depressed. I said that I started really listening to Garth Brooks for a while when Nicole and I broke up. I told her that I am already starting to get depressed over her leaving. She thought that was sweet, and I think she actually gave me a little pity. I told her that it will last a good three months this time. She tried to assure me that it wouldn't last that long. I disagreed saying that the only reason it will end is because my roommates in Gainesville won't let me listen to it anymore!
She gave me a really interesting psychological test. I didn't know quite why she was asking the questions, but my answers turned out perfectly.
1) What's your favorite animal? After a little while of thinking I finally came up with the manatee, because it's gentle, calm, and peaceful. Her's is the tiger.
2) What's your second favorite animal? I picked a large cat, telling her my past like of the cheetah, but moving it up to a more powerful jaguar.
3) What's your favorite color? Blue, more towards aquamarine, because it's cool and relaxing. Her's is red, hot and exciting!
4) If you were locked in an entirely white room with no windows, and no idea of when you would be released, how would you react over time? I told her that I would probably remain calm, likely tapping my feet nervously on the floor in anticipation. I later joked that I would probably got to sleep!!! Both she and Chrissy said that they would go nuts and start screaming. I did ask her whether or not she was in the room with me, but she said no.
5) You're at the beach at night under the moonlight and you can hear the sounds of the waves hitting the chore. How do you feel? I said that I am happy and am really enjoying myself because I love to take girls to the beach at night, it's very romantic.
She started laughing right then. That was an amazingly appropriate answer because the beach scene represents your views on sex. Kim said that she always imagined herself alone on the beach because she used to go swimming at night by herself when she lived on the beach. She said that it seemed backwards, because your favorite animal represents what you hope to become, and your second favorite shows how you currently feel about yourself. Your favorite color describes your personality in general. The white room signifies your attitude towards death. Very interesting. We had fun doing it, too.
Kim told me that she used to have a friend a couple of years older than her that dated a guy my age. She said that they went to the beach one time and they met up with a group of this guys friends, all his age. She was in her bikini and said that she really didn't care what they thought about her so she was being bitchy and witty. She then went swimming. When she came out of the water, they asked her if it was cold, because her nipples were poking through. She told them that it's not as cold as it is at their blanket! She then said that they dubbed her Bubbles for the rest of the day!!! That's really funny. She said that she was walking out of a movie one day about a month later and they drove up and screamed Bubbles! She was surprised because she didn't think she'd ever hear that again, and then went to dinner with them.
We were talking a little about ourselves when we were little. She was telling me about herself when she was in kindergarten. She went to a school that had kindergarten and sixth grade together. She used to wonder how they got so many medium people together in one place, because they were bigger than her, but smaller than adults. She also used to think that she would never be that big! She then was telling me about first grade. She said that she used to hang upside down from the parallel bars and just look at the sky. She said that after a while, she would become afraid that if she let go of the bars, she would fall into the sky. I thought that was really cute, picturing Kimmeth about Cathy's size. She and David used to take the bus home after school, and she would always wait for him in the loading area. She said that he would often be late and when he was, she would get worried and start crying! Heh heh. She said that it would get worse when a strange teacher would try to make her tell them what was wrong. I thought of Cathy in school.
We were also making some pretty sexual remarks. I had to be careful because my family was awake in the living room this time and could possibly hear me. She received a phone call at ten, ad came back on sounding depressed and told me to guess who it was. I said gene, and she agreed. I joked that I'd get off the phone so she can talk with him, and she said definitely not! She was a little distressed because she wanted to know what the hell he wanted, because he has no reason to be calling her. She kind of wanted to call him back to bitch him out. I told after a while that he really screws with her mind. She told me that it's easy for somebody to screw with her mind. I snickered and asked her ow easy it is to screw with her body. She laughed and complimented me saying, `Nice try!' It was really funny.
She really seems to like me a lot, but she seems really lost and confused in Tampa. She just doesn't have a direction here, and is much happier in general down there. I just wish that I could finish up college in a hurry and go with her. She has made me realize that material possessions, although nice, are hardly important. I would give up almost everything to be with someone like her. She told me that she just wants to marry a doctor and move to the islands. I told her that I'm trying to become one, and we laughed. I remember making another reference to us, which gave me another high spirited, `Nice try,' from her. I was doing rather well. You could tell that we were both really intent on talking with each other, and were having a lot of fun. We completely forgot how tired we were, until suddenly we looked at the clock at 10:40 and she still hadn't eaten. She was just going to go get something in the kitchen instead of running out, and then sleep because she had to be at work again early in the morning.
I have many more thoughts about Kimmeth, and about the way I've been leading my life, but they must wait until I develope these thoughts to their completion.
We are both being really sentimental and pretty sweet. She just received a book from Lucinda in the Virgin Islands called, `I Learned Everything That I'll Ever Need To Know In Kindergarten.' She found it really funny and read me an entire passage about doing laundry. It was really funny and makes you appreciate the interesting times spent in a laundromat. I was thinking about the time when the gorgeous blonde was going to let me share a dryer with her for our underwear. It was really cute. Kimmeth said that she'll always do the laundry. I told her that I wanted to do the laundry, now that I can appreciate doing so. She then said that I can do the dishes. She said it in a way that really sounded like she was contemplating us living together. I decided to be very agreeable, yet truthful. I told her that I really wouldn't mind doing the dishes, and then told her about my little system that I tried to install in Gainesville where everybody washes their dishes as they use them.
I also got a chance to explain my current fetish with country music. I told her that I usually start listening to it when I become depressed. I said that I started really listening to Garth Brooks for a while when Nicole and I broke up. I told her that I am already starting to get depressed over her leaving. She thought that was sweet, and I think she actually gave me a little pity. I told her that it will last a good three months this time. She tried to assure me that it wouldn't last that long. I disagreed saying that the only reason it will end is because my roommates in Gainesville won't let me listen to it anymore!
She gave me a really interesting psychological test. I didn't know quite why she was asking the questions, but my answers turned out perfectly.
1) What's your favorite animal? After a little while of thinking I finally came up with the manatee, because it's gentle, calm, and peaceful. Her's is the tiger.
2) What's your second favorite animal? I picked a large cat, telling her my past like of the cheetah, but moving it up to a more powerful jaguar.
3) What's your favorite color? Blue, more towards aquamarine, because it's cool and relaxing. Her's is red, hot and exciting!
4) If you were locked in an entirely white room with no windows, and no idea of when you would be released, how would you react over time? I told her that I would probably remain calm, likely tapping my feet nervously on the floor in anticipation. I later joked that I would probably got to sleep!!! Both she and Chrissy said that they would go nuts and start screaming. I did ask her whether or not she was in the room with me, but she said no.
5) You're at the beach at night under the moonlight and you can hear the sounds of the waves hitting the chore. How do you feel? I said that I am happy and am really enjoying myself because I love to take girls to the beach at night, it's very romantic.
She started laughing right then. That was an amazingly appropriate answer because the beach scene represents your views on sex. Kim said that she always imagined herself alone on the beach because she used to go swimming at night by herself when she lived on the beach. She said that it seemed backwards, because your favorite animal represents what you hope to become, and your second favorite shows how you currently feel about yourself. Your favorite color describes your personality in general. The white room signifies your attitude towards death. Very interesting. We had fun doing it, too.
Kim told me that she used to have a friend a couple of years older than her that dated a guy my age. She said that they went to the beach one time and they met up with a group of this guys friends, all his age. She was in her bikini and said that she really didn't care what they thought about her so she was being bitchy and witty. She then went swimming. When she came out of the water, they asked her if it was cold, because her nipples were poking through. She told them that it's not as cold as it is at their blanket! She then said that they dubbed her Bubbles for the rest of the day!!! That's really funny. She said that she was walking out of a movie one day about a month later and they drove up and screamed Bubbles! She was surprised because she didn't think she'd ever hear that again, and then went to dinner with them.
We were talking a little about ourselves when we were little. She was telling me about herself when she was in kindergarten. She went to a school that had kindergarten and sixth grade together. She used to wonder how they got so many medium people together in one place, because they were bigger than her, but smaller than adults. She also used to think that she would never be that big! She then was telling me about first grade. She said that she used to hang upside down from the parallel bars and just look at the sky. She said that after a while, she would become afraid that if she let go of the bars, she would fall into the sky. I thought that was really cute, picturing Kimmeth about Cathy's size. She and David used to take the bus home after school, and she would always wait for him in the loading area. She said that he would often be late and when he was, she would get worried and start crying! Heh heh. She said that it would get worse when a strange teacher would try to make her tell them what was wrong. I thought of Cathy in school.
We were also making some pretty sexual remarks. I had to be careful because my family was awake in the living room this time and could possibly hear me. She received a phone call at ten, ad came back on sounding depressed and told me to guess who it was. I said gene, and she agreed. I joked that I'd get off the phone so she can talk with him, and she said definitely not! She was a little distressed because she wanted to know what the hell he wanted, because he has no reason to be calling her. She kind of wanted to call him back to bitch him out. I told after a while that he really screws with her mind. She told me that it's easy for somebody to screw with her mind. I snickered and asked her ow easy it is to screw with her body. She laughed and complimented me saying, `Nice try!' It was really funny.
She really seems to like me a lot, but she seems really lost and confused in Tampa. She just doesn't have a direction here, and is much happier in general down there. I just wish that I could finish up college in a hurry and go with her. She has made me realize that material possessions, although nice, are hardly important. I would give up almost everything to be with someone like her. She told me that she just wants to marry a doctor and move to the islands. I told her that I'm trying to become one, and we laughed. I remember making another reference to us, which gave me another high spirited, `Nice try,' from her. I was doing rather well. You could tell that we were both really intent on talking with each other, and were having a lot of fun. We completely forgot how tired we were, until suddenly we looked at the clock at 10:40 and she still hadn't eaten. She was just going to go get something in the kitchen instead of running out, and then sleep because she had to be at work again early in the morning.
I have many more thoughts about Kimmeth, and about the way I've been leading my life, but they must wait until I develope these thoughts to their completion.
Friday, May 7, 1993
May 7, 1993 - Friday - Talking sex w/ Kimmeth!
It can't be Friday already! It's only one in the morning, but I've just been on the phone with Kimmeth for over three hours! I've learned so much, it's amazing! I really opened up and we talked about things that we've never discussed before, namely sex and having sex.
I called her earlier at seven, but she wasn't yet home. We talked about going to play pool but she was going to take a nap first. She slept until nine and laid in bed until ten, when she called. We never figured on talking for so long. She told me right from the start that she has some bad news for me, that Stuart might be coming back to Ft. Lauderdale. She's really happy and I told her that I'm glad for her, and in fact I am. She told me some particulars that she hadn't before. He already has two kids from two different women, and he's only 28. She said that they talked about getting her pregnant and he said that he wanted two children with her. They even were thinking about names. One name she likes is Abigail! He used to be a boxer and has messed up teeth, and is now a window washer. A fucking window washer!!! We were both being pretty open about how we feel about everything.
She said that she wears Chris' engagement ring every once in a while, and Stuart became worried about it when he was first meeting her. She said that she never thought it was right for someone to be jealous about something like that. I sort of laughed and disagreed. She said that she knows now that you should be considerate to the other person. She said that she wishes she could get the love letters back from Chris, because she has an inward fear that they might someday come back to haunt her. She mentioned throwing away his, and I told her that she should definitely keep them for sentimental reasons.
She remembered a note that she passed back in forth with this guy once in a high school class. She said it was really funny because they were really cutting each other down. I brought up the ones between Abby and me. I told her the only difference was that we were being perverted and writing about sex and she laughed. We then started talking about Busch Gardens for some reason, namely Andre. She was joking about how he used to hit on her and MichŠle, asking them to go out. I laughed because I remember when that was happening, I just never thought I'd be talking about it again. I told her that he and I used to talk on the phone about them, and she'd love to hear what we said about her! I also said that he used to ask me about liking her, and all of that. She just `Hhmph'ed.
She told me how Stuart asked for her phone number in the printing shop, and a coworker, Jon was really surprised that she did. He asked her why she gave her number to a window washer after all of the men that had come in over the previous two years. She said that there were rich ones, etc. I joked that the only thing they didn't have was interest! and we laughed as she told me to shutup. I pretended like I just found, and still have her phone number on the industrial strength napkin from Busch Gardens. She said that she doesn't like to really give her number when she doesn't expect the guy to ever call her back. She said that she doesn't understand why I guy does this. I truthfully told her that we do it just to show our other guy friends that we got a girls number, whether there is an interest or not.
She mentioned how she calls people nicknames when she writes them letters. I've always wanted to know what Perka-Dan meant on that one letter, so I asked her what my nine meant. She asked what she had called me, Dandelion or Perka-Dan. It turns out that she used to call the other Dan Dandelion. Mine is a kind of really strong muscle relaxant. She then said Perka-Set which she says is another name for it. I pretended that I misunderstood her as saying Perka-sex!!! I then asked her how sex can be relaxing, because I don't think it's possible! It was funny and she said, `Nice try.'
She was talking about Chris again, and she said that she always has been very truthful to anybody when it would come to her relationship with him. She would answer any question. I said, `OK, Kim, tell me the truth...' and paused. I didn't finish the question but she had a good idea of what I was going to ask. She said that she wouldn't answer it now, and I asked why not? She then seemed encouraged and asked me what I wanted to know. I didn't go any further with that. I instead said that it'd be best to ask her in ten years. She told me to make sure that I write it down.
We talked about how a major problem between people is their lack of communication. I used the same argument I used in Gainesville with Emily. I said that if people could just tell each other what they feel, there would be much less confusion, many more opportunities taken advantage of, and more. She heartily agreed.
I then learned of her hypoglycemia. She said that occasional, but not any time recently, she'll get these attacks of severe energy drain where she must eat immediately to solve. She told me of a time when she passed out in the checkout line at an art supply store in Ft. Lauderdale, and once at home. She said that one time Alan left her on the back break and she started getting pale and sick. I remember that day. It's weird that she'll tell me something as personal as that.
She was talking about Gene's little brother, sixteen, and how she was at the beach with him once. I told her that I remember him VERY well! because she used him as an excuse that time I asked her out, saying that she couldn't turn around and see a seventeen year old after turning him down because of his age! She sort of laughed about that.
And then came the remark that is still looming in my mind. She was telling me about this couple that used to live downstairs from her in the same apartment complex as she did. She said that he used to worship Satan and she had a short, spike haircut and both were into bondage sex. She said that she used to be able to hear every move they made and it didn't sound natural. She then said that she wondered if other people could hear her when she was having sex.... She told me that she and Dan were in bed one time and he stopped because he heard strange noises from them and didn't know what it was. I was able to make some pretty funny jokes about that, but still!!!
I just thought to myself that I probably could have slept with her, if I would have tried. I never knew before what her position on having sex was. Her first was with a 22 year old named Danny when she was only sixteen!!! She was telling me that she sees anybody named Danny as being a creep, which is why she calls her brother such. She said that she still likes the name Dan. She also said that all of her feelings for her ex, Dan, disappeared when he called and said that he has a new girlfriend.
I told her about Abigail, and the reason I didn't approve of her choice for her child's name. She still wasn't ready to use any synonyms for sex besides `doing it.' We were talking a lot earlier about how all men are pigs, which I argued against by telling her al that the women do. We then were talking about parents who discouraged their kids from dating a certain person. I told Kim that we wouldn't be running around screwing everybody if adults would just accept the people we choose to be with. Kim agreed. We then started reminiscing about sexual jokes from high school. She was talking about how she acted happy once at work when she broke up with her boyfriend. I told her that I would have asked her if you had just gotten laid. She then used the word to tell me how they joked that a girl needed to get laid once because she was being so bitchy. We opened up so much!
I mentioned Nicole. She asked me if that was the one I used to aggravate. She then said that I used to do something to annoy her, but she couldn't remember what. She said that I knew that I was doing it, though, but it was a long time ago. She said that I don't do anything annoying anymore when I asked. Good.
My image of her has only slightly changed, but I put the blame more on myself for not being more talkative to her all along.
I called her earlier at seven, but she wasn't yet home. We talked about going to play pool but she was going to take a nap first. She slept until nine and laid in bed until ten, when she called. We never figured on talking for so long. She told me right from the start that she has some bad news for me, that Stuart might be coming back to Ft. Lauderdale. She's really happy and I told her that I'm glad for her, and in fact I am. She told me some particulars that she hadn't before. He already has two kids from two different women, and he's only 28. She said that they talked about getting her pregnant and he said that he wanted two children with her. They even were thinking about names. One name she likes is Abigail! He used to be a boxer and has messed up teeth, and is now a window washer. A fucking window washer!!! We were both being pretty open about how we feel about everything.
She said that she wears Chris' engagement ring every once in a while, and Stuart became worried about it when he was first meeting her. She said that she never thought it was right for someone to be jealous about something like that. I sort of laughed and disagreed. She said that she knows now that you should be considerate to the other person. She said that she wishes she could get the love letters back from Chris, because she has an inward fear that they might someday come back to haunt her. She mentioned throwing away his, and I told her that she should definitely keep them for sentimental reasons.
She remembered a note that she passed back in forth with this guy once in a high school class. She said it was really funny because they were really cutting each other down. I brought up the ones between Abby and me. I told her the only difference was that we were being perverted and writing about sex and she laughed. We then started talking about Busch Gardens for some reason, namely Andre. She was joking about how he used to hit on her and MichŠle, asking them to go out. I laughed because I remember when that was happening, I just never thought I'd be talking about it again. I told her that he and I used to talk on the phone about them, and she'd love to hear what we said about her! I also said that he used to ask me about liking her, and all of that. She just `Hhmph'ed.
She told me how Stuart asked for her phone number in the printing shop, and a coworker, Jon was really surprised that she did. He asked her why she gave her number to a window washer after all of the men that had come in over the previous two years. She said that there were rich ones, etc. I joked that the only thing they didn't have was interest! and we laughed as she told me to shutup. I pretended like I just found, and still have her phone number on the industrial strength napkin from Busch Gardens. She said that she doesn't like to really give her number when she doesn't expect the guy to ever call her back. She said that she doesn't understand why I guy does this. I truthfully told her that we do it just to show our other guy friends that we got a girls number, whether there is an interest or not.
She mentioned how she calls people nicknames when she writes them letters. I've always wanted to know what Perka-Dan meant on that one letter, so I asked her what my nine meant. She asked what she had called me, Dandelion or Perka-Dan. It turns out that she used to call the other Dan Dandelion. Mine is a kind of really strong muscle relaxant. She then said Perka-Set which she says is another name for it. I pretended that I misunderstood her as saying Perka-sex!!! I then asked her how sex can be relaxing, because I don't think it's possible! It was funny and she said, `Nice try.'
She was talking about Chris again, and she said that she always has been very truthful to anybody when it would come to her relationship with him. She would answer any question. I said, `OK, Kim, tell me the truth...' and paused. I didn't finish the question but she had a good idea of what I was going to ask. She said that she wouldn't answer it now, and I asked why not? She then seemed encouraged and asked me what I wanted to know. I didn't go any further with that. I instead said that it'd be best to ask her in ten years. She told me to make sure that I write it down.
We talked about how a major problem between people is their lack of communication. I used the same argument I used in Gainesville with Emily. I said that if people could just tell each other what they feel, there would be much less confusion, many more opportunities taken advantage of, and more. She heartily agreed.
I then learned of her hypoglycemia. She said that occasional, but not any time recently, she'll get these attacks of severe energy drain where she must eat immediately to solve. She told me of a time when she passed out in the checkout line at an art supply store in Ft. Lauderdale, and once at home. She said that one time Alan left her on the back break and she started getting pale and sick. I remember that day. It's weird that she'll tell me something as personal as that.
She was talking about Gene's little brother, sixteen, and how she was at the beach with him once. I told her that I remember him VERY well! because she used him as an excuse that time I asked her out, saying that she couldn't turn around and see a seventeen year old after turning him down because of his age! She sort of laughed about that.
And then came the remark that is still looming in my mind. She was telling me about this couple that used to live downstairs from her in the same apartment complex as she did. She said that he used to worship Satan and she had a short, spike haircut and both were into bondage sex. She said that she used to be able to hear every move they made and it didn't sound natural. She then said that she wondered if other people could hear her when she was having sex.... She told me that she and Dan were in bed one time and he stopped because he heard strange noises from them and didn't know what it was. I was able to make some pretty funny jokes about that, but still!!!
I just thought to myself that I probably could have slept with her, if I would have tried. I never knew before what her position on having sex was. Her first was with a 22 year old named Danny when she was only sixteen!!! She was telling me that she sees anybody named Danny as being a creep, which is why she calls her brother such. She said that she still likes the name Dan. She also said that all of her feelings for her ex, Dan, disappeared when he called and said that he has a new girlfriend.
I told her about Abigail, and the reason I didn't approve of her choice for her child's name. She still wasn't ready to use any synonyms for sex besides `doing it.' We were talking a lot earlier about how all men are pigs, which I argued against by telling her al that the women do. We then were talking about parents who discouraged their kids from dating a certain person. I told Kim that we wouldn't be running around screwing everybody if adults would just accept the people we choose to be with. Kim agreed. We then started reminiscing about sexual jokes from high school. She was talking about how she acted happy once at work when she broke up with her boyfriend. I told her that I would have asked her if you had just gotten laid. She then used the word to tell me how they joked that a girl needed to get laid once because she was being so bitchy. We opened up so much!
I mentioned Nicole. She asked me if that was the one I used to aggravate. She then said that I used to do something to annoy her, but she couldn't remember what. She said that I knew that I was doing it, though, but it was a long time ago. She said that I don't do anything annoying anymore when I asked. Good.
My image of her has only slightly changed, but I put the blame more on myself for not being more talkative to her all along.
Thursday, May 6, 1993
May 6, 1993 - Thursday - Thoughts of Kimmeth
My feelings about Kimmeth are spinning in a very confusing whirlwind around my head. I don't know what to think about her, or what to say to her. I wish we could just talk about us, to clarify what exactly our relationship is and how we feel about each other. If I look at her actions Monday night with a tiny bit of optimism, it almost seemed like she was testing me, or trying possibly to attract me. I hope she wasn't just playing games, because it hurts too much not knowing anything when I want to know so much. I guess all of this is stemming from the fact that the girl whom I consider to be my best friend is tearing herself suddenly out of my life. Maybe I should tell her how I feel. Should I risk losing her over my needs? That's not really true because I am extremely concerned about her needs as well.
Then I'll start thinking about her situation. She's probably the best person, it terms of potential in life, that's coming out of her family and she knows that. I almost used to see her as superhuman because of her age difference and obvious maturity. It almost seems to take away her personal traits. Now I am thinking that she is just a lonely person too, with feelings and cravings that need to be fulfilled. Maybe if I could have looked at her as an equal a long time ago, things could be much better now.
I have been listening to a lot of Q105 lately, since they've turned country. They play only the hottest new country,a nd it sounds awesome on my car stereo. I listened to them all day today at the beach, as well. They would sing every once in a while and missed opportunities and dreams that die because you wait too long. I almost cried once. Just lying there in the sun doing nothing but thinking, it can be dangerous to the soul.
I drove father's Cadillac to Kimmeth's house Tuesday night. It is extremely comfortable and I was surprised at how well I could drive it through the city. I actually think that I would take it if he wanted to trade the Mustang in on a new van. Kim seemed surprised when she saw the big silver Cadillac in place of the little car I usually drive. I even drove us to the movies. I told her on the phone that I brought her the last of Jon's Jamaican jerk seasoning. She said before that she really likes it and was excited when I said that I brought some.
We went and saw Three of Hearts, a movie about two lesbians who break up and then one hires a male escort to break the other's heart and send her running back. I paid for the tickets automatically without ever mentioning a word to her. It seemed silly at first, but it was an awesome movie. It was very sensuous and never really dealt with homosexuality whatsoever. It was very tasteful. William Baldwin was hilarious and also ended up using almost every sweet or emotional line to win a girl's heart that you could. It sucked though because I had actually thought of using a few of those on Kim the night before, and now she'd think I got them from the movie. We didn't talk that much through the movie. We would joke about something every once in a while. It was a somewhat slow movie, and I was thinking about Kim a lot. I'd just love to be able to stare into those eyes.
She had to be at work again early the next morning. We talked outside for a few minutes in the dark, but nothing became of it. She suddenly saw the moon and told me to look at how full it is. I calmly said from across the yard that nothing weird had happened yet. She answered that it isn't really a full moon until tomorrow night and we said goodbye. Unfortunately I didn't see her on Wednesday.
I went with mother and father to have an eye exam at Wal MArt on Wednesday morning. I drove the car again. There was a gorgeous assistant working there. She was tall with wavy blonde hair and was pretty young. She had on a low cut emerald shirt under her lab coat and had the cutest freckles all over her breasts. She was very good looking, so I started flirting. She took me in a room where she would give me a pre-examination. It really seemed like she was flirting with me. She first was saying how it was much hotter than normal in the room. I thought it was quite cool. She was puffing out her shirt to cool off. Yum. She then was laughing about how long my eyelashes are because it took her a while to get the glaucoma tester up close to my eye. She also had me follow a pencil with my eyes to test my muscles. She moved it straight across her tits, and then towards and away from her. When she pulled it towards her, she practically embedded it between her breasts. I was happy.
I then had my exam. The optometrist was a pretty young guy and we were talking a lot. He asked me if I am a senior in high school because of my age. When I told him no, that I'm a sophomore in college, he was pretty surprised. After I told him my major is microbiology, we started talking all about medical fields and that kind of stuff. It was really interesting. As he wiped off the lens of the prescription finder, it popped off and fell into the gears of the machine. He took it apart and I kept finding it for him. He eventually went out to where the assistants and my parents were and told them that he wants his other one back from the shop as soon as possible, and then said that, `Dan is back there helping me fix it,' quite loudly. It was funny. When I was with the blonde, he was talking to my parents. When we first started he told me that my mother was asking him all kinds of questions in a sort of give-me-a-break tone. It was funny.
I finally finished my exam and picked out a really sophisticated pair of glasses made by Stetson. They are pretty nice. I was surprised when they said that she could have them finished in about half an hour. I had originally scheduled my appointment for Friday but changed it to Wednesday to give them a couple of working days so I could get them this week. I never figured on getting them the same day, and because it was so early in the morning with no other customers, it took almost no time at all. We also found out that he was leaving on Friday, and had to reschedule all of his appointments for the week after.
Then I'll start thinking about her situation. She's probably the best person, it terms of potential in life, that's coming out of her family and she knows that. I almost used to see her as superhuman because of her age difference and obvious maturity. It almost seems to take away her personal traits. Now I am thinking that she is just a lonely person too, with feelings and cravings that need to be fulfilled. Maybe if I could have looked at her as an equal a long time ago, things could be much better now.
I have been listening to a lot of Q105 lately, since they've turned country. They play only the hottest new country,a nd it sounds awesome on my car stereo. I listened to them all day today at the beach, as well. They would sing every once in a while and missed opportunities and dreams that die because you wait too long. I almost cried once. Just lying there in the sun doing nothing but thinking, it can be dangerous to the soul.
I drove father's Cadillac to Kimmeth's house Tuesday night. It is extremely comfortable and I was surprised at how well I could drive it through the city. I actually think that I would take it if he wanted to trade the Mustang in on a new van. Kim seemed surprised when she saw the big silver Cadillac in place of the little car I usually drive. I even drove us to the movies. I told her on the phone that I brought her the last of Jon's Jamaican jerk seasoning. She said before that she really likes it and was excited when I said that I brought some.
We went and saw Three of Hearts, a movie about two lesbians who break up and then one hires a male escort to break the other's heart and send her running back. I paid for the tickets automatically without ever mentioning a word to her. It seemed silly at first, but it was an awesome movie. It was very sensuous and never really dealt with homosexuality whatsoever. It was very tasteful. William Baldwin was hilarious and also ended up using almost every sweet or emotional line to win a girl's heart that you could. It sucked though because I had actually thought of using a few of those on Kim the night before, and now she'd think I got them from the movie. We didn't talk that much through the movie. We would joke about something every once in a while. It was a somewhat slow movie, and I was thinking about Kim a lot. I'd just love to be able to stare into those eyes.
She had to be at work again early the next morning. We talked outside for a few minutes in the dark, but nothing became of it. She suddenly saw the moon and told me to look at how full it is. I calmly said from across the yard that nothing weird had happened yet. She answered that it isn't really a full moon until tomorrow night and we said goodbye. Unfortunately I didn't see her on Wednesday.
I went with mother and father to have an eye exam at Wal MArt on Wednesday morning. I drove the car again. There was a gorgeous assistant working there. She was tall with wavy blonde hair and was pretty young. She had on a low cut emerald shirt under her lab coat and had the cutest freckles all over her breasts. She was very good looking, so I started flirting. She took me in a room where she would give me a pre-examination. It really seemed like she was flirting with me. She first was saying how it was much hotter than normal in the room. I thought it was quite cool. She was puffing out her shirt to cool off. Yum. She then was laughing about how long my eyelashes are because it took her a while to get the glaucoma tester up close to my eye. She also had me follow a pencil with my eyes to test my muscles. She moved it straight across her tits, and then towards and away from her. When she pulled it towards her, she practically embedded it between her breasts. I was happy.
I then had my exam. The optometrist was a pretty young guy and we were talking a lot. He asked me if I am a senior in high school because of my age. When I told him no, that I'm a sophomore in college, he was pretty surprised. After I told him my major is microbiology, we started talking all about medical fields and that kind of stuff. It was really interesting. As he wiped off the lens of the prescription finder, it popped off and fell into the gears of the machine. He took it apart and I kept finding it for him. He eventually went out to where the assistants and my parents were and told them that he wants his other one back from the shop as soon as possible, and then said that, `Dan is back there helping me fix it,' quite loudly. It was funny. When I was with the blonde, he was talking to my parents. When we first started he told me that my mother was asking him all kinds of questions in a sort of give-me-a-break tone. It was funny.
I finally finished my exam and picked out a really sophisticated pair of glasses made by Stetson. They are pretty nice. I was surprised when they said that she could have them finished in about half an hour. I had originally scheduled my appointment for Friday but changed it to Wednesday to give them a couple of working days so I could get them this week. I never figured on getting them the same day, and because it was so early in the morning with no other customers, it took almost no time at all. We also found out that he was leaving on Friday, and had to reschedule all of his appointments for the week after.
Monday, May 3, 1993
May 3, 1993 - Monday - Concert with Kimmeth
Well, I'm back home for the summer! I'm finally done! What I had hoped to be a dazzling reunion with Kimmeth, a summer of good times and passion, sort of died when she said that she is leaving soon. I still was looking forward to seeing her, but it didn't seem as important as it used to. I called her house Friday night, but she had just left for the night. She returned the call later on Saturday night and we talked for over an hour. Some friends of hers were visiting and she had spent the day at Busch Gardens. She says that the new Kumba roller coaster is awesome. I'm really excited about it, and have watched it on the VCR countless times. She said that she was sort of tired and really didn't want to go out with them again. Instead, she wanted to know if I wanted to do something. I declined!!! I too was tired, and it was a little too late to get ready and then go all of the way to her house. We opted instead to go to the beach Sunday morning.
That prompted immediate flashbacks of Abby. My mind got a little creative, putting Kimmeth in Abby's place. It kind of made me wonder about things... Unfortunately, the entire sky was grotesquely cloudy, so I decided that we wouldn't hit the beach. Maybe we should have. A romantic walk on the beach is a romantic walk, no matter what the sky looks like. She mentioned being really hungry, and asked if I'd like to go to breakfast. I declined again!!!, figuring I'd do something with my family since Chrissy and Cathy were out of school and father is on vacation this week. The people in town ended up calling while we were on the phone, and she was able to make a breakfast date after all. She said that she'd call back later that night.
I found out from her that she won't be leaving until two weeks from Wednesday. I was happy because that gave us a little more time. She also told me what really is causing her to move back to Ft. Lauderdale. She told me in all seriousness, not trying to hurt me in any way, that she really feels like she's in a rut in Tampa. There are better jobs and all of her friends waiting for her back in Ft. Lauderdale. She also told me about a friend of hers named Peggy whom used to be her best friend for a long time. Peggy has since gone through a lot of really depressing and horrible situations here in Tampa.
I found out that she and her parents were the ones that took Kim to Tennessee that time when Kim was fourteen. She said that they came back drunk on moonshine one night and started cutting down on Peggy asking her why she couldn't be more like Kim! Even though it turns out that this argument had occurred before, Kim was never there and she freaked out. She ran out which really pissed them off. Peggy caught up with her, and at some point they looked up at the sky. She said that suddenly all of her problems had been sucked away when she saw the pure beauty of the stars! It can be quite pretty up there. She said that Peggy's parents packed right up and took them home, saying that they had ruined the vacation. They didn't talk for the entire trip, and when they were at Kim's house, she was afraid to go because she knew that Peggy would be screamed at, but she was glad to be home. the two of them got out and said goodbye. She later found out that Peggy's parents called her rude and selfish for not thanking them for the trip when she left!
Anyway, she did call back at about midnight. She said that she had something sort of silly to ask of me. She was supposed to drive her brother and his two friends, a married couple, to an Indigo Girls concert in St. Petersburg, and wanted me to come so that she and I could do something while they were at the concert. She said that perhaps we could buy two tickets and see the concert. I agreed. She called me back a few minutes later and said that she worked until five today, and just to show up at her house at six. We also were talking more about rejection lately, and about how it seems to be happening a lot lately.
I left the house at five, thinking the traffic would make the trip take quite a while. I drove by Busch Gardens to take a look at the Kumba. It looks awesome! I then headed over to her house. I was still fifteen minutes early, and her car wasn't there. I saw a guy sitting on the porch, and I figured it to be her brother. I asked him if she was home yet while I walked into the yard, and he said no. He has blue eyes, a little pony tail, and about four earrings mostly on his left ear. I introduced myself as Dan, and so did he! Later, when Kim was calling him Danny, I realized that he is that only brother who is younger than her. the one she doesn't really respect. He told me that his two friends couldn't make it, and if I could come up with twenty bucks, I was welcome to come. I said sure, if Kim agrees.
I asked to sit down in the other chair, and then we talked a little until she showed up. She looked really tired and sweaty. She looked a lot like she used to in the pictures of her from a few years ago. She talked to Danny, telling him to drive down the road and fill her car with gas. She then looked at me, we smiled and said hi. she then said, `Nice haircut!' and walked into the house. I cut a lot of the top off with Jon's clippers the night before my sociology exam, including my forelock. I sat out front reading the paper while Kim took a shower. She later said that she cut her bangs, and then I realized why she looked like her pictures. I really wish she hadn't done that! She then said that she did tell me that I needed to cut my hair, but that I went a bit overboard. I explained that I needed to do it for Busch Gardens, anyway.
While I was sitting on the porch, her mother stuck her head out the door, and we said hello. She then thought for a second and asked if I was Dan. She was all happy with herself for remembering as she went back inside. It was funny. I locked up my car as she opened hers, and put Danny in the back seat. Good. I wasn't quite sure how our conversation would be with Danny in the back, but it went surprisingly well. She and I talked the entire way, and he stayed relatively quiet. If I would say something funny, she would put her hand on my knee, or hit me slightly if I would be a little rude about something. I brought along my map of St. Petersburg, and we ended up using it to find the Bayfront Center. After we parked, we went to a franchised Pizza Hut/Restaurant that was really nice. The interior architecture looked like something out of Miami, very cool and relaxing. The main dining area and the entertainment area were separated from the ordering bar. They even had a fifty cent pool table.
I had already eaten, but decided to get a milkshake. Kimmeth was the hungry one, and the three of us combined the last of all of our monies to pay for the food. It was funny, we were all broke, kind of. Towards the end, I pulled out my twenty that I owed Danny, and paid him. he was happy to be the one with the money now. Kim asked him to buy her another Coke and a brownie on credit. It was funny. There seemed to be a majority of girls going to this concert. We were looking at the ones coming in, and she kept trying to find me ones I'd like, but I'd always find a flaw. I mentioned majoring it microbiology, and then saying how I no longer like the idea of Germany and England as places to live. Because of their socialized medical systems, the doctors must work much harder to get paid more, with an obvious lack of patient-doctor communication. We said that I could just visit every once in a while.
Danny piped up and said that they'd love an American doctor there, to take me hostage. I laughingly said that I always wanted to visit Syria. One of the two got serious for a moment and asked me what I thought about the US sending troops to Bosnia, because of the war between Bosnia and Syria. I laughed to myself and corrected them that it's Bosnia and Sarajevom, or Serbia. I then said that I think it will just be a step by Clinton to raise his popularity, because he won't leave until the job is complete, unlike Bush in Iraq. We also talked about Somalia for a second. What a political disaster! It was weird having a political conversation with them, and we soon stopped.
Towards the end of our little `meal,' I pulled out a twenty, and paid Danny. He was now happy to be the only one with money. He joked that it was Kim's turn to pay up. She joked that she didn't want to pay because the only reason that he wanted her to go was because she was his only ride to St. Pete. I told him that he could have always taken that bicycle I saw him with and we laughed. SHe then asked him to go buy her another Coke and a brownie on credit, and he oblidged. We started talking about her hair. She said that she has started using a new shampooa nd it makes her hair really soft. She then had me rubbing my fingers through it as well.
It was funny how well Danny and I were getting along. We were joking around about the girls and were being a little perverted. We were running around looking for the bathrooms for the two of them and Danny said that he saw a girl walk into the men's bathroom. I said that I'd be right back and started heading towards the door. Danny and I laughed, but Kim pulled on my arm and said, 'Not funny.' She then took me off into this bar where there was a women's restroom in the back. It looked like a trendy dance club early in the evening because the people were just starting to get drunk, but the girls looked pretty hot. I went and sat at a table looking out over the bay and flirted with a couple of girls until Kim came back out. There was a small stage that we walked across. We stopped and joked that we had finally made it to center stage,a nd bowed. It was cute. When we headed back it was already dark, and we had trouble stepping on everybody as we scooted down the aisle back to our seats.
There was a rather annoying opening act, and we were looking more at the people around us than listening to her. there was a younger couple up two rows in front of us. She kept kissing every exposed part of his body, making out. Kimmeth was the first to get a sickening feeling about it having been so long, and I soon fell in as well. We were looking at each other rather intently, and I made a mean comment telling her that we could switch seats and maybe she'd get lucky on the other side. It used to be that I was really scared of trying anything because I didn't want to scare off such a beautiful friend, which has probably been a big mistake. Now I don't seem to care that much anymore since she's leaving. There's a sense of denial within me that just wants to grab a hold of her and keep her forever.
Between the first act, and the Indigo Girls, Kim was trying to get a little sleep. She leaned over and put her head on my shoulder. It was really cute and I wanted so badly to put my arm up around her. Fuck me!!! I guess I shouldn't be so hard on myself, for my sanity's sake. Later on we were joking around, and were still showing disgust over the couple in front of us. I rolled up the program and got up like I was going to start beating them apart. Kim really liked that. A big group of lesbians sat in the row in front of us and were rather annoying and unpleasant to look at. Towards the middle of the concert, they started standing up so I started yelling at them. I first told them to sit down,a nd then I yelled that they have seats for a reason. Kim laughed but they were convinced, and stayed down for most of the remainder of the concert. When they did finally stand again at the end, I found that sitting on the back of my seat was rather comfortable, and Kim came up and joined me.
Kim really likes the Indigo Girls and knows most of their songs. their lyrics are really good, they really make you think. I can get lost within myself when I listen to their music, completely relaxed. kim was singing, and doing so very beautifully, I might add. I kept encouraging her on. I really enjoyed having my own personal show. We left a few minutes early before the crowd did. Kim wanted to get home because she had work in the morning at 7:30. Danny took the back again. This time Kim and I just couldn't stop talking. We were sort of toying with the idea of me coming to Ft. lauderdale and living with her. She said that she could get me a job down there. I would love that more than anything!
I was also being wonderfully sweet! There were two outstanding situations where I made a comment that was very complimentary and she really seemed happy when I did so. She joked one time that we could go visit the guy that never called her back. She said that she'd really like to ask him why he never did. I then said that Danny and I would then thank him and then go have a beer! She joked that I would then slip him a fifty for ditching her and leaving her for me. I corrected her, saying I'd only leave a ten. As she started getting offended, I told her that I'd much rather spend the rest going out with her! I kept wondering what her brother was thinking as he listened from the back of the car.
After we got back to her house, Kim and I sat outside talking for a little while. One of her other brothers came up on a bicycle and knocked over an old water cooler off of the porch. Their mom came out to see what all of the fuss was. After he picked it up he ran inside and washed his hands and then came back out and shook mine. He's the one that she showed me a picture of way back. I told Danny that it was nice meeting him as he left, and Kim said, `Again!' I didn't realize until a few minutes later that she thought I had already met her brothers before, but this time was a first for both of them. When I left she said that she'd call me after work tomorrow.
That prompted immediate flashbacks of Abby. My mind got a little creative, putting Kimmeth in Abby's place. It kind of made me wonder about things... Unfortunately, the entire sky was grotesquely cloudy, so I decided that we wouldn't hit the beach. Maybe we should have. A romantic walk on the beach is a romantic walk, no matter what the sky looks like. She mentioned being really hungry, and asked if I'd like to go to breakfast. I declined again!!!, figuring I'd do something with my family since Chrissy and Cathy were out of school and father is on vacation this week. The people in town ended up calling while we were on the phone, and she was able to make a breakfast date after all. She said that she'd call back later that night.
I found out from her that she won't be leaving until two weeks from Wednesday. I was happy because that gave us a little more time. She also told me what really is causing her to move back to Ft. Lauderdale. She told me in all seriousness, not trying to hurt me in any way, that she really feels like she's in a rut in Tampa. There are better jobs and all of her friends waiting for her back in Ft. Lauderdale. She also told me about a friend of hers named Peggy whom used to be her best friend for a long time. Peggy has since gone through a lot of really depressing and horrible situations here in Tampa.
I found out that she and her parents were the ones that took Kim to Tennessee that time when Kim was fourteen. She said that they came back drunk on moonshine one night and started cutting down on Peggy asking her why she couldn't be more like Kim! Even though it turns out that this argument had occurred before, Kim was never there and she freaked out. She ran out which really pissed them off. Peggy caught up with her, and at some point they looked up at the sky. She said that suddenly all of her problems had been sucked away when she saw the pure beauty of the stars! It can be quite pretty up there. She said that Peggy's parents packed right up and took them home, saying that they had ruined the vacation. They didn't talk for the entire trip, and when they were at Kim's house, she was afraid to go because she knew that Peggy would be screamed at, but she was glad to be home. the two of them got out and said goodbye. She later found out that Peggy's parents called her rude and selfish for not thanking them for the trip when she left!
Anyway, she did call back at about midnight. She said that she had something sort of silly to ask of me. She was supposed to drive her brother and his two friends, a married couple, to an Indigo Girls concert in St. Petersburg, and wanted me to come so that she and I could do something while they were at the concert. She said that perhaps we could buy two tickets and see the concert. I agreed. She called me back a few minutes later and said that she worked until five today, and just to show up at her house at six. We also were talking more about rejection lately, and about how it seems to be happening a lot lately.
I left the house at five, thinking the traffic would make the trip take quite a while. I drove by Busch Gardens to take a look at the Kumba. It looks awesome! I then headed over to her house. I was still fifteen minutes early, and her car wasn't there. I saw a guy sitting on the porch, and I figured it to be her brother. I asked him if she was home yet while I walked into the yard, and he said no. He has blue eyes, a little pony tail, and about four earrings mostly on his left ear. I introduced myself as Dan, and so did he! Later, when Kim was calling him Danny, I realized that he is that only brother who is younger than her. the one she doesn't really respect. He told me that his two friends couldn't make it, and if I could come up with twenty bucks, I was welcome to come. I said sure, if Kim agrees.
I asked to sit down in the other chair, and then we talked a little until she showed up. She looked really tired and sweaty. She looked a lot like she used to in the pictures of her from a few years ago. She talked to Danny, telling him to drive down the road and fill her car with gas. She then looked at me, we smiled and said hi. she then said, `Nice haircut!' and walked into the house. I cut a lot of the top off with Jon's clippers the night before my sociology exam, including my forelock. I sat out front reading the paper while Kim took a shower. She later said that she cut her bangs, and then I realized why she looked like her pictures. I really wish she hadn't done that! She then said that she did tell me that I needed to cut my hair, but that I went a bit overboard. I explained that I needed to do it for Busch Gardens, anyway.
While I was sitting on the porch, her mother stuck her head out the door, and we said hello. She then thought for a second and asked if I was Dan. She was all happy with herself for remembering as she went back inside. It was funny. I locked up my car as she opened hers, and put Danny in the back seat. Good. I wasn't quite sure how our conversation would be with Danny in the back, but it went surprisingly well. She and I talked the entire way, and he stayed relatively quiet. If I would say something funny, she would put her hand on my knee, or hit me slightly if I would be a little rude about something. I brought along my map of St. Petersburg, and we ended up using it to find the Bayfront Center. After we parked, we went to a franchised Pizza Hut/Restaurant that was really nice. The interior architecture looked like something out of Miami, very cool and relaxing. The main dining area and the entertainment area were separated from the ordering bar. They even had a fifty cent pool table.
I had already eaten, but decided to get a milkshake. Kimmeth was the hungry one, and the three of us combined the last of all of our monies to pay for the food. It was funny, we were all broke, kind of. Towards the end, I pulled out my twenty that I owed Danny, and paid him. he was happy to be the one with the money now. Kim asked him to buy her another Coke and a brownie on credit. It was funny. There seemed to be a majority of girls going to this concert. We were looking at the ones coming in, and she kept trying to find me ones I'd like, but I'd always find a flaw. I mentioned majoring it microbiology, and then saying how I no longer like the idea of Germany and England as places to live. Because of their socialized medical systems, the doctors must work much harder to get paid more, with an obvious lack of patient-doctor communication. We said that I could just visit every once in a while.
Danny piped up and said that they'd love an American doctor there, to take me hostage. I laughingly said that I always wanted to visit Syria. One of the two got serious for a moment and asked me what I thought about the US sending troops to Bosnia, because of the war between Bosnia and Syria. I laughed to myself and corrected them that it's Bosnia and Sarajevom, or Serbia. I then said that I think it will just be a step by Clinton to raise his popularity, because he won't leave until the job is complete, unlike Bush in Iraq. We also talked about Somalia for a second. What a political disaster! It was weird having a political conversation with them, and we soon stopped.
Towards the end of our little `meal,' I pulled out a twenty, and paid Danny. He was now happy to be the only one with money. He joked that it was Kim's turn to pay up. She joked that she didn't want to pay because the only reason that he wanted her to go was because she was his only ride to St. Pete. I told him that he could have always taken that bicycle I saw him with and we laughed. SHe then asked him to go buy her another Coke and a brownie on credit, and he oblidged. We started talking about her hair. She said that she has started using a new shampooa nd it makes her hair really soft. She then had me rubbing my fingers through it as well.
It was funny how well Danny and I were getting along. We were joking around about the girls and were being a little perverted. We were running around looking for the bathrooms for the two of them and Danny said that he saw a girl walk into the men's bathroom. I said that I'd be right back and started heading towards the door. Danny and I laughed, but Kim pulled on my arm and said, 'Not funny.' She then took me off into this bar where there was a women's restroom in the back. It looked like a trendy dance club early in the evening because the people were just starting to get drunk, but the girls looked pretty hot. I went and sat at a table looking out over the bay and flirted with a couple of girls until Kim came back out. There was a small stage that we walked across. We stopped and joked that we had finally made it to center stage,a nd bowed. It was cute. When we headed back it was already dark, and we had trouble stepping on everybody as we scooted down the aisle back to our seats.
There was a rather annoying opening act, and we were looking more at the people around us than listening to her. there was a younger couple up two rows in front of us. She kept kissing every exposed part of his body, making out. Kimmeth was the first to get a sickening feeling about it having been so long, and I soon fell in as well. We were looking at each other rather intently, and I made a mean comment telling her that we could switch seats and maybe she'd get lucky on the other side. It used to be that I was really scared of trying anything because I didn't want to scare off such a beautiful friend, which has probably been a big mistake. Now I don't seem to care that much anymore since she's leaving. There's a sense of denial within me that just wants to grab a hold of her and keep her forever.
Between the first act, and the Indigo Girls, Kim was trying to get a little sleep. She leaned over and put her head on my shoulder. It was really cute and I wanted so badly to put my arm up around her. Fuck me!!! I guess I shouldn't be so hard on myself, for my sanity's sake. Later on we were joking around, and were still showing disgust over the couple in front of us. I rolled up the program and got up like I was going to start beating them apart. Kim really liked that. A big group of lesbians sat in the row in front of us and were rather annoying and unpleasant to look at. Towards the middle of the concert, they started standing up so I started yelling at them. I first told them to sit down,a nd then I yelled that they have seats for a reason. Kim laughed but they were convinced, and stayed down for most of the remainder of the concert. When they did finally stand again at the end, I found that sitting on the back of my seat was rather comfortable, and Kim came up and joined me.
Kim really likes the Indigo Girls and knows most of their songs. their lyrics are really good, they really make you think. I can get lost within myself when I listen to their music, completely relaxed. kim was singing, and doing so very beautifully, I might add. I kept encouraging her on. I really enjoyed having my own personal show. We left a few minutes early before the crowd did. Kim wanted to get home because she had work in the morning at 7:30. Danny took the back again. This time Kim and I just couldn't stop talking. We were sort of toying with the idea of me coming to Ft. lauderdale and living with her. She said that she could get me a job down there. I would love that more than anything!
I was also being wonderfully sweet! There were two outstanding situations where I made a comment that was very complimentary and she really seemed happy when I did so. She joked one time that we could go visit the guy that never called her back. She said that she'd really like to ask him why he never did. I then said that Danny and I would then thank him and then go have a beer! She joked that I would then slip him a fifty for ditching her and leaving her for me. I corrected her, saying I'd only leave a ten. As she started getting offended, I told her that I'd much rather spend the rest going out with her! I kept wondering what her brother was thinking as he listened from the back of the car.
After we got back to her house, Kim and I sat outside talking for a little while. One of her other brothers came up on a bicycle and knocked over an old water cooler off of the porch. Their mom came out to see what all of the fuss was. After he picked it up he ran inside and washed his hands and then came back out and shook mine. He's the one that she showed me a picture of way back. I told Danny that it was nice meeting him as he left, and Kim said, `Again!' I didn't realize until a few minutes later that she thought I had already met her brothers before, but this time was a first for both of them. When I left she said that she'd call me after work tomorrow.