Sister's computer

My sister left her Macbook on the floor of the living room last night next to the couch. My mom got up this morning and walked into the living room, didn't see the computer, and stepped on my sister's computer. The screen is "distorting the image" whatever that means- I've yet to see the computer- just listened to what my sister had to say. I figure I'll remain distant rather than become emotionally invested in this. My sister cried, threw a fit, called my mom all sorts of not so kind names, and now is demanding my parents buy her a new computer. Um. No. And my dad said he would handle the computer and see about getting her one because she needs one. Excuse me? She has a desktop that she doesn't use. And shouldn't she have to pay when she is the one who should have known better than to leave her computer on the floor?

My sister is such a dumb bitch.

No going out, but still have lots going on

I didn't go out really this week. Here's a look at what has gone on that is noteworthy:

Work/Student teaching:
I'm student teaching at my old high school. I taught my first couple lessons last week on Poe. It went alright. The kids really had a hard time understanding Poe, so my master teacher and I created an assignment to help them navigate the text. I actually have 2 master teachers (not supposed to be that way, but my college was insistent on it). Both teachers have totally different styles and so I'm getting the best of both worlds? So far so good. First observation Tuesday. I feel prepared. I am enjoying my experience so far. YAY! I wonder how my other friends are doing...

School:
I'm currently working on week 3's assignments. I just need to complete my journal and discussion board for that week and I can call it done. I am not writing anything yet because I really want to see how she grades the first week before going any further. A lot of my anxiety is gone by doing that. I still am apprehensive about the masters program.

Car:
We got a car finally this weekend. This is only my mom's 2nd new car ever. This took up a good majority of the week. My mom decided what she wanted last weekend, but by that time the color she wanted was all sold out. I knew in the back of my mind she wanted this color. We contacted dealer after dealer. I looked online at the carmakers website each day and there were still none in stock. Dealt with lots of idiotic internet sales people leaving me voicemails.

Finally on Friday afternoon I went dealer by dealer website like I had earlier in the week. I found a dealer 40 miles away that had 1 in stock. We called and they said they actually had 3. One was an upgraded model, one had the wrong interior color, and one had just what we planned. After talking to the salesman about price he would give us the upgraded one for only $500 more (a $1500 savings). We weren't planning on spending that much, but after all the extras we're getting we decided it was alright. We called my dad. Called the dealer back and told him to hold the car until Saturday morning.

We get to the dealer Saturday morning about 10:30. The salesman I spoke to handed me off to another guy while he sat in the main office. Original salesman sent a technician out to get the car. After about an hour of being there and them slowly running our credit, getting all of our information, going over price, he said the car was in Oxnard. Oxnard is in Ventura County 100+ miles away. We were a little annoyed. It doesn't seem that new if it will have 100+ miles on it when we get it. Hahaha. Alas, we need the car right now, it was exactly what we wanted, it was a good price, and so we made sacrifices. We left the dealer about 3:30. Ick. The dealer still didn't have the car and said they would by 5p.m. They asked if we wanted it delivered to our house. We said sure rather than spend our time waiting around. The more we thought about it we thought it would be dark by the time the car gets to us. We really wanted to see it in the daylight, so we asked for them to bring the car today. We got a call about 9a.m. and they still didn't have the car. They promised and swore up and down we would have it by 3. We got it by 4. We had them bring it to my old elementary school because my mom wanted to test out all the cool high tech features in a parking lot without a lot of people around. Salesman showed her the car. This evening I've scotch guarded the car and played around the cool accessories like a navigation system, backup camera, and other little nifty things. My mom seems happy.

Sister hasn't thanked my parents for her new car. Um. Ok.

Ry:
I haven't seen him since last week. He has had a bad week- didn't really elaborate to me, but a lot of drama that won't be resolved until Tuesday or so. We have texted back and forth, although less frequent than before. We have spent the evening together watching the new AMC show "The Living Dead." It is ok. He loves it. We've chatted back and forth on IM about it.

Halloween:
I was alone since Ry changed his plans about us going to a bar with his friends. Many friends went to WEHO. I was ok with that as I had a lot going on with the car and wanted to get ahead in school to put my mind at ease. Went grocery shopping today, ran errands, got the car, did homework. Not bad. I did not see any trick or treaters tonight. We usually have quite a few. None tonight.

Computer problem:
I did something the other night I'm trying to figure out. I don't remember the exact details right now. I was just kind of surprised. I let my computer battery run completely down. I tried to turn the computer back on and realized it wouldn't turn on. I grab the power cord and plug it in. I notice that when everything is back up and running that my computer is now not saving my passwords to everything from email to everyday generic sites that require password information. Any ideas what happened or how I can remedy this? I've cleared out my history and reentered the passwords to no avail. I'm thinking I tripped the battery or the internal battery may be going. This seems really weird. Remember I'm on a Mac. Any ideas, guys?

This is how I spend much of my time browsing the net

Just one of my many peeves with AT&T- the constant yellow page saying I've been disconnected, yet the lovely router is still all lit up. Do plan on calling AT&T to have them back out here. I think it is more than just the router, but what do I know, I only troubleshoot the thing. Personally I think there is a problem with the DSL lines in addition to the router.

200!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Guy got home from his trip to see Josh at 12:30. He told me the ETA was 1:15 at 11:45, so I was thinking I'd call my friend's mom to confirm Mississippi plans, and she talks so long, an hour would be perfect. So I was not expecting him to come marching in at 12:30. I told him hi and tried to end the call.

The Guy goes in the bathroom and leaves the door open (we always leave the door open around each other when we pee). He does his stuff, then washes up, and closes the door. As I end the call I say "hello" in a playful tone. He starts crying. "Fuck" was the first thought that came to my head and I wanted to slap Josh. What did Josh do? Did he have such a terrible time? He seemed so happy walking in and this is almost what I expected. I waited and waited outside the door listening to him bawling. I was worried. He comes out and he is barely able to make it out, but he hit 200 pounds!!! I didn't know what to think. I was honestly at the point of being pissed off and then to hear this. I told him "congratulations," and he stood there telling me how hard it was, how he never thought this time would come, and things like that. We talked some, he texted all of his close friends, including Josh to tell them. I was so excited and I told him how proud I was of him. He has worked so hard for it. We unload the car and after every piece of luggage he comes in crying. I didn't know exactly what to say or do, I was just really happy for him. He updated his facebook status to say that he had lost 46 pounds in 1 year. He goes in the bathroom, takes a dump, and he is 200.0 instead of 200.3. He tells me how healthily he ate all weekend. He had a bunch of cereals in his luggage and stuff like that. Then we take off to the rental car company.

I follow him to the rental car company at the airport and I know I was smiling the whole time and just very happy. It is amazing. I am so elated for him because although I'm not fat I know how much he hurt and seeing how he beat himself up worse than any girl over the whole fat issue. At least in my mind. Seeing how he dropped the pounds has been amazing and gradually transitioning from wearing the same old black shorts and black shirts everyday to brand name shorts and shirts from Nordstrom has been exciting. He always said he wants to hit 200 and he never thought he could do it. For a year he has talked about if he just hit 200. It was finally happening.

He gets in the car after turning in his Infiniti and I ask him how his weekend was. He described it as a "boar" I think. He said Josh didn't know he existed. I was not surprised. He said he spent most of the weekend in his room crying. I can believe that and it just breaks my heart to see how caught up he is in him. Anyways, the conversation was not going to stay sour. I wasn't going to let it. He was scrolling through his phone reading all the congratulations from his facebook status. He starts crying again and getting really uneasy shaking his legs back and forth. He said he didn't know if he was crying because of Josh or because of hitting 200. I told him Josh is not even in the picture today. Today is YOUR day, you hit 200 and my mission was to make sure he remembered that. He talked about how Josh is still playing distant in his texts and using the same smile over- wanting to play it straight- not really caring. The Guy was hurt. I was trying to divert him from Josh the best I could. The Guy joked that carrying around 46 pounds was like carrying one of those heavy weights at the gym around. He talked about how it took almost exactly 1 year. He said how uncomfortable and heavy that was, and we laughed that it actually was. I put my hand on his leg to comfort him and also just to congratulate him. He was talking about all of the negativity that he has surrounding weight and that number was just amazing.



We get back to his house, more congrats, help him unpack. He had 4 bags. He travels like a gay guy. HAHA. Anyways, it was mainly putting his beauty products in his bathroom. He shows me the 180 or so pics of Josh he took. Just Josh. There were 4-5 of the team, however.

The Guy then tells me to go in the office with him. He goes to Paypal to send me money for house sitting for the weekend. When he got in my car the other day he saw my scribbles on a sheet of paper. I conduct business in the car. I had been on the phone with the bank and found out I was only $320.00 from being able to buy my computer Thursday afternoon when I was driving over to his place. I had a bunch of random math and then in 3-4 places I had written $320. The Guy thumbed through his wallet at that time on Thursday looking for $320.00 so I could buy the computer because he wanted me to be able to play with it all weekend. He told me to email him my paypal information and he'd slip me the money when he got to the hotel and I could buy it Friday morning. He was playful, serious about it. I did. He didn't send the money and I knew he was preoccupied and it wasn't a huge deal. I mean we had already said I'd get $200 for the weekend ($50 a day + $50 for food) and that was fine- I was more than grateful for that, and that's what he usually pays me. I was only $120 away from my goal. He put the money in paypal for me, so now I have to figure out how to retrieve it. That was all very nice and so unexpected. I thanked him, and almost broke down crying on Thursday night when he called telling me he'd wire me the money when he got to the hotel. How many guys have friends that can just do that for them and so graciously? I thanked him again 2-3 times before I left and most of all congratulated him on the 200. We hugged as he headed out to the gym, and I joked that he had newfound motivation.

I'm so happy for The Guy!!! 200!!! The Guy's ideal weight is 190 and I have no doubt he can do it now. I do have to say I know it wasn't easy because The Guy is the biggest sucker for junk food and things like that, new fad 1 week, new fad/idea the next.

To buy or not to buy

To buy a new Macbook Pro computer
or a new Samsung 46'' TV that is the question.
I've researched the heck out of them both and have each priced out to the exact penny.
To use all of my Best Buy gift certificates for the TV, which is what I had been wanting since I don't have a TV in my room since it broke months back, or a computer which is more update than mine, is issueless, and is darn sexy?
No sé.

Upgrade

Went to my mom's school today for her official last day with students. It was such a sad day. My mom is leaving the school, she was crying, people were hugging her, seeing my dad well up when he got so many complements about my mom, and just the thought of her leaving really made for a bittersweet day. Went to lunch with Linda and my parents and afterwards I just cried. I was really overcome/upset/sad about the events of the day. It helped to just let it all out. I felt much better- a quick cry before The Guy's... haha

It was made better by a trip to The Guy's for Snow Leopard. I have had some major computer issues with my CD burner not working and internet webpages being shown that were out of date despite clearing my history. Strange problems. Anyways, I texted The Guy yesterday asking for some help and we both talked. I just wanted to confirm the Apple Store at the Irvine Spectrum was ripping me off in asking for $896 to repair my computer. He told me to go to an Apple Authorized place by his house and they'll probably be able to get around the whole void warranty thing. I need my computer case (bottom case) where the keyboard is replaced.

I get to his place about 2. He called me a few minutes to 2 and said he was home earlier. We planned to meet at 3. He was working on his HackBookPro. He bought a Dell Mini computer for the sole purpose of trying to put Mac OS on it. He had his flash drives that were needed with the downloaded components and was going about trying to install it. He wasn't having much luck.

He put his Snow Leopard CD (developers copy) in my computer so I could try it out and see if I liked it. I did, but we decided to go back and just put the generic Leopard on it because if there is a software issue etc. Apple will troubleshoot me more likely with Leopard.

We have problems however in the meantime that it doesn't like any disks in my CD burner. I joked and told The Guy it was his CD. I enjoyed our banter back and forth today about our issues on the computers. It was kind of like old times. He finally put Leopard on an external hard drive and ported it to my computer that way because my burner wouldn't work. Because he was playing around with installing the OS on a Dell he knew how to transfer all the files to the hard drive to make sure it worked.

After the installation did work through the external hard drive he gave me the disks to install Office.

We watch "Latter Days," the hot gay Mormon movie throughout this. We're talking about how hot both of the guys were, especially the Mormon. Fun times! Again, like old times.

Jeff came over in the last hour or so and The Guy rubbed into his face the new Palm Pre. He bought it for his brother and had to show Jeff because he is a Sprint user. Jeff was jealous.

We finished up and The Guy headed off to his workout and has dinner with Josh tonight. He had dinner with Josh last night too.

Anyways, as we took off we hugged and I asked if he'd be there Sunday. He said yes, lunch on Sunday was on his calendar.

I totally forgot to give The Guy a gift I bought for him as a thank you for this computer work he was doing for me. It was just a gift certificate for iTunes, but I want him to know he's appreciated for all of his expertise/help. I left it in my primary case in the car.

I did text him on the way home to thank him again and when we hang out I'll give it to him, though he hates gift certificates, iTunes is quick and he just has to put the code in on the computer, it takes a few minutes, and so that's cool.

Things with Chris seem to be great. He held me and he got me off the other night himself. Two things he hadn't done before.

Closet: The Guy has purchased his 3GS, and as much as I'd like one, I'm going to wait until at least December when I may be eligible for an upgrade. I am trying to save my money now. I would like a new Macbook Pro, and I think a computer comes before a phone.

Like new!!!

I texted The Guy about 8:30p.m. last night and told him I'd be over in his area because of work. He sent a text back saying that sounded good and a smiley. I asked him how he was doing, what he was up to, and stuff like that. I told him I had just got back from dinner and aerobics with friends. I called him during my prep at work and he told me to head on over when school lets out, and we'd do lunch.

I get over to his place at 11:45 and Jeff is there, as well as a windshield repair guy repairing The Guy's windshield on his car. It shattered somehow, so that was being repaired. I walked in and Jeff seemed really surprised to see me. He was sitting on the couch playing WOW and greeted me and said "oh hey!" I go in to see The Guy who is searching facebook and myspace looking for his new trainer. He has a new trainer at a new gym. This personal trainer is "worth it" at $250 an hour (as opposed to Josh at $50). He feels this trainer will certainly change him- already he is eating almost nothing because he is on some really high fiber vegetable supplement shake thing. We search on facebook and myspace, and finally find him on myspace. We see his trainer, his trainer's tattoos, and sees how straight he is. Jeff comes running in to see. We joke around about how we need tattoos of our last names going down our sides. The Guy and I don't have really cool names like Jeff does that would look cool on our sides. Then we decide against that saying his tattoo was not well done, although better than Josh's The Guy decides.

We go in the living room soon after because The Guy gave Jeff a Macbook and was installing everything on it. I talk to The Guy and tell him about how my computer only has 15GB left on it. It had 20 a few weeks back, but even after I took off all of my porn and family photos, it had less space. I bring that up and The Guy told me to bring my computer in and we'd do a reinstall. He said we'd back it up on his external hard drive. He questioned me asking how many songs I have, how many photos, and documents. I had 7GB of songs, 2GB of documents, and 900MB of photos. He was shocked I had so little space. We realized my Windows partition was 40GB instead of 25 like I thought. The Guy asks me about my computer case and if it still has the damage from when I dropped it. It did, but it isn't as noticeable since The Guy fixed it. Jeff gasped.

The Guy asked me to get the hard drive, then decided he would do it to throw all of my stuff on. He decided I should just stand around and look pretty. I told him I would. I could do that. I get lots of experience doing that. I said I just spent the past 4 hours doing that. Jeff smiled, let out the biggest laugh, then smiled at me. I let them joke around with that how I took it so in stride that I do standing around and looking pretty well. I later explained at work I spent 4 hours standing around looking pretty. I subbed for PE and we had 22 minute classes today because there was a 90 minute testing block for 7th graders causing the whole school to be on a modified schedule. With 22 minute classes the first 5 minutes or so was spent taking roll, then the kids got to play basketball. I stood on the field looking pretty, talking with Mrs. S.

Jeff, The Guy, and I joked, spending a lot of time talking about WOW, computers, and made fun of Jeff for being so into the game. We laughed at my computer misfortunes, as well as Jeff's. I actually had a lot of fun with Jeff. He is a nice guy, but I just sometimes get that vibe he doesn't like me. Today that wasn't there and we were having a good time talking and other stuff.

The Guy says he wants our salmon and chicken place for lunch. He said he couldn't go because he couldn't drive his car for an hour because of the glass being repaired. Very sad. Jeff couldn't go because Jeff was WOWing. I volunteered. The Guy took a quick nap while I was gone. I ran to the bank and then got our food. When I came home with the food The Guy and I ate, but Jeff was too busy WOWing. We laughed at him for that.

The Guy puts iWork 2009 on my computer because he had a disk of it, as well as Leopard, and Microsoft Office just sitting on his coffee table. He does all of the installs, then puts everything back on the computer. I notice that there are only 700 songs in my library or so when he adds my music back on. I ask him about that. He assured me it was all there. I said no, I don't think so. He said it was. I again didn't believe it. When he was doing something to Jeff's computer I look and said "no, these are not my songs." He said oh, oops. He laughed. Then he went to my iTunes songs, gave me tips about how to put iTunes songs back on the computer (ALWAYS GO TO THE SOURCE AND IMPORT). So now I have 2,000 songs in iTunes. About 100 classical songs, 100 country, 300 alternative (Drive By Truckers, Feist, Alanis Morisette, and many more). I got all of the Band of Horses CDs The Guy kept telling me I needed.

Jeff runs around like a little kid going between computers playing WOW. The Guy and I just sit next to each other on the couch as he installs stuff. I ask him why my contacts never imported on Mobile Me, but my calendar did. He lets out a gasp. I do too. He thinks something is really up. We decide to just plug my phone in the computer, then he hits a few buttons, brings my contacts online, and then fixes my iPhone. I don't have the sync contacts option marked in my iPhone. He makes fun of me for finally getting it fixed after a year. I laugh and said yes. I thanked him for that.

He made jokes about how Josh will probably call him for a tech support call because something of his that The Guy gave him will break. He said he is going to laugh in his face and tell him off. He then said how we're so lucky because he keeps our computers up to date, keeps us up on the newest electronics, and does anything our computers need. See why I love him as a friend?!?!?!

The Guy told us he was kicking both of us out at 3:30 because he wanted to hit the gym, then had a dinner date with a 19 year old friend of Jeff's tonight at 5:30 named Navar. So we hugged and I thanked him for lunch and installing everything on my computer. I texted him about 30 minutes later thanking him for everything he did, to which he replied "MY PLEASURE!"

So I'm here at home blogging, setting up my bookmarks again (which were the only thing lost because of a synchronization error on my end), and am going to go through my new music later, set up my iTunes, and stuff like that. Even with 800 new songs, Warcraft installed, my documents, and photos back on my computer I'm cranking along with 65.9GB of free space- less than half of my 120GB hard drive being used.

WOOT WOOT!!!

Where have I been?

No real activity to report gay scene or coming out wise, but I just wanted to let you know I'm still here.

I'll update you on some of the stuff going on right now:
- Looking at teaching credential programs and options for next year
- Updating my resumé
- Should work on my cover letter, but have no motivation
- Subbing lots
- Dealing with rotten students
- Getting tons of complements on my stylish clothes
- Haven't talked to The Guy really (talked on Tuesday for about 10 minutes and today for about 30). I made a comment that really infuriated him a few weeks back that I'm sure he'd do anything for Josh, but not me. We didn't talk for a good two weeks or so... we may hang out this weekend. It felt like The Guy was pushing me away, especially around my birthday (I only got a text saying "Happy Birthday," and given our friendship, history, etc. I was expecting more, but know he was pissed off for that comment I made days earlier. And when I say pushing me away, I mean friendship-wise. Talking to him the past 2 days has been great.
- Have had a rough week with other friendships also, which really made me feel alone. Saw Mike driving the other day at Del Taco and he walked out the other door, then when we were both getting in our cars, he flipped me off
- Talking with fellow bloggers/comments have really made me feel great
- Still haven't talked to anyone from the text message fallout
- Got my hours cut at the high school tutoring gig today- 4 hours total by the end of the week and due to Schwarzenegger's budget cuts and the district being cautious it'll probably be gone until next year. This job is my major spending money for dining out with friends, shopping, etc. My subbing paycheck is pretty much savings. It is sad when I have more time this quarter to be there and I'd really like to get to know those coworkers better. By the end of the month this job will probably be over for the rest of the year.
- Budget cuts school-wise... 10 teachers will be slashed from my mom's school next year and enrollment will be the same- she's worried because she's an elective teacher, plus she is a vocal critic of the administration (but for good reason)
- I dropped my poor Mikebook Pro the first day back at school for this quarter and damaged the edge. It is repairable, but it'll be expensive... hope The Guy can fix it when we do hang out... if we do...

A good song I'm enjoying to break up all the text... "Sex On Fire" by Kings of Leon


- Was involved in a serious accident Saturday night- I'm safe- minimal damage to my dad's car (popped grille). I'm ok- I wasn't at fault and there was no way I could have avoided it. Emotionally, it has been difficult given what happened and so much unexplained
---- Why was I in my dad's car? Well, I was trying to get his car detailed (my Christmas gift to him), but the car wash had closed and my mom called me to take a detour to the fabric store for her, and then the accident happened on the way home. My insurance company has in fact been thanking me for stopping, reporting the accident, and being the first to call 9-1-1
- My parents bought me a bedroom set for my birthday/Christmas and the bed frame is finally coming tomorrow
- My dad is finally walking again with a walker and is going through physical therapy- he is also back at work
- Major family drama with the aunt.... that never stops
- Had a couple bad evenings this weekend and I spent a lot of time in my room crying. My mom knew something was up, came in, talked to me, told me how I can tell her anything, how if I'm upset, she's upset, if I can't sleep, she can't. I was really upset about some things I should have been able to tell her, but wasn't able to. Still haven't told her, but I've been ok the past couple days. Thank goodness for the anxiety meds... I'd be a wreck right now otherwise I believe...
- School... well... I'm making it... not enjoying my classes... but making it... trying my hardest to enjoy them... using school as an escape and a motivation right now... senioritis? not so much... it is an outlet/escape more than anything
- Friends at school- I'm hanging out with my friend Dennis and he is introducing me to some of his friends at school, so I've met a couple new people like his friend Ryan (the one who I blogged about helping me with the teaching program since I missed the deadline and he works in that office)

I want to post some photos of random stuff in the near future, so stay tuned...

New goodies

The Guy and I both could not sleep Monday night and spent the time chatting on AIM about the new Macbooks and Macbook Pro computers. I of course asked if the Mac Posterboy was going to get one. He didn't have a response. In the back of my head I knew the answer- remember, he bought an Air after he swore up and down he wasn't going to. A new REDESIGNED Macbook I knew he'd be all over. So I reminded him how my computer is less than 9 months old; how I unfortunately keep my computers so long, this one will be around 4-5 more years; it only has 25gb remaining on the hard drive; and how I would love a bigger computer (hint hint: I wanted his 17'' Macbook Pro).

We made plans Monday night to hang on Wednesday. I get a text from him at 9:20 on Wednesday morning saying he "really wanted one" in reference to a new Macbook Pro. I wrote back asking if he was going to get one. He responded quickly with "yes!" He was telling me how how he wants one so badly. I texted him back and I said something to the effect of "you might want one, but on the need scale I NEED ONE 1000% MORE than you." I was feeling snarky and in a bad mood, so I was going to be bitchy. He didn't respond. I get a few texts from him later saying he had a scheme. I said "cool" and left it vague like that. In my mind I'm thinking the scheme is he is going to buy a computer for one of his dad's offices (or that's what he'll tell his parents), but in actuality he'll buy himself the new Macbook Pro, then give his old 17'' to the office and wrap it up nicely like it was never used. The more The Guy texted me I thought the scheme would involve me- he texted he wanted a Macbook Pro and Macbook. Great. The Macbook would be the office computer, he'd get the new Macbook Pro, and I'd buy his 17'' off of him. That's what I was reading from the texts after he said "we" were going to be apart of the scheme.

On his way home from work, yes, The Guy actually worked on a Wednesday; he calls and tells me the real plan. He was going to buy a Macbook for work, the new Macbook Pro for himself, then his old 17'' would be for his trainer Josh. I was somewhat able to be cordial on the phone, but then I slipped into bitch mode. I didn't want to be apart of that plan. I texted him later and was already in a bitchy mood because of the schoolwork and said "I can't go," "I don't want to talk to you," and stuff like that. Mean, especially after some of the texts I sent him this past summer etc., but I was really kind of upset because it sounded like I was apart of the plan, and suddenly I wasn't. The Guy called me back after I sent those texts, phone call after phone call, I didn't answer. Finally he said "Mike, damn it, stop being a bitch, call me, we need to talk, tell me why you're upset." I wasn't going to call and make him feel bad on the phone, so instead I called and cried telling him what just happened with my damn college. He was going into to get a haircut and he didn't understand the magnitude of my prblem with my college and was trying to joke and I wasn't having it. I got a bunch of cutesy texts afterward where he was trying to be funny. I hop in the shower about 3:30p.m. for a nice LONG, HOT shower and then afterward have calmed down. I text him and tell him I guess I can hang out. He texted "he might poke me when he sees me." I didn't respond to that text. He knew I was upset when I didn't.

I grudgingly drive over. I get to his place and he is already there. He greets me at the door in fact. I'm in a nice enough mood to tell him his hair looks nice- he dyed it black. I comment and actually tell him it looks like he lost weight, which it did. He then tries to cheer me up and says all of the wrong words. He says "so you know... I know this whole degree thing is bugging you... but it isn't the end of the world... you're still going to graduate." I said it wasn't that. I told him what the Spanish minor meant to me. He said "it's not like you're trying to teach Spanish at the high school level." I looked at him glaringly, because I am, and he said "oh, ooops... ok... sweetie... I'm not making that better." I said NO and was about ready to walk out. He realized I was livid and he gets in front of me to stop me.

He asks if I'm going with him to Victoria Gardens or Brea. He had been on the phone with the VG Apple Store and they didn't know if they had any new Macbook's, though they had already been out a day. After being on hold 10 minutes they said they do. He asked if we want to go to VG or Brea. He complained Brea is further. I said it is, but the service is better. He asked how the traffic was- it was 5p.m. and rush hour traffic on the East 60 was moving about 30-40mph. I said the 57 South was probably better going to Brea, but we may hit traffic northbound coming back. He said sure. He asked where I wanted to go and I said Brea.

In the car I break down, tell him my problems, we talk about my mistake of choosing the major I did, we talk about the incompetency of my Spanish department and an issue I had with a Spanish teacher yesterday. He was astounded by the incompetency/language barriers. We talked and he reaffirmed everything I knew- I had all the proof I needed for my case and I just need to do a little research. We both agreed it might not be an easy battle. I think that if one positive thing that came out of this was that The Guy seemed to really understand my frustrations and not dismiss them as me just not getting along with someone or just me making this shit up. He always tells me just be open, just don't make a big deal out of it, just go with the flow, and I have done all that and both problems that I had happened and I just went with the flow. We talked about the gay guys next to us who were wanting to "lay" next to us in their car. We get to Brea in 25 minutes or so.

The Guy asks where to park and I tell him I think I went into the Sears when I went there last. He parked in front of the CPK. We walked in, he talked about how he went to this mall all the time when he was young since he lived down the street. He asked where the Apple Store was and I told him downstairs rounding the corner.

We find it, go in, and I find a cute boy to help us. He had really slick, preppy hair, and a spider tattoo on his elbow. He is very willing to help us. He said no new Macbooks were on display, but he'd pull one from the back if we wanted to see one. The Guy said he'll buy one- the $2499 one. The Guy shows he has an iPhone and Apple Pro Care and said his iPhone constantly drops calls. The hot guy helping us said it was not a problem and he took us over to a guy named M who helped us right a way. He plugged The Guy's iPhone in and said in the past 2 weeks out of 100 calls, 14% of The Guy's calls had been dropped. I asked if we could look at my phone since it seems like everytime I call someone the call is dropped. Turns out out of the 230 calls I have made in the past 2 weeks (230, YES!!! CRAZY) 24% were dropped. M said he would replace both phones no questions asked because that was excessive. We showed our call logs and he got out the new iPhones, then downloaded the newest software for them. We walked around waiting for the new Macbook Pro and the iPhones. The Guy waited on the new Macbook because he didn't have money in his checking account and he had to pay for some of it. We get our phones, then The Guy decides he is going to buy Josh a NEW 3G iPhone instead of the old 1G. He was told it would only be $339, so he said ok. We find a new person to help us since the hot preppy boy was busy. We find a blond surfer boy with a hot ass, nice facial hair, and blue eyes. He is sooo flirting with us at the beginning. The Guy was asking about buying the new iPhone, then swapping his SIM card with Josh's phone because he was going to buy Josh a new black phone. This kid was like "you can swap SIM cards easily," The Guy said "how cool," then this kid goes on "you can do it everyday, every month, every 2 weeks, every 15 minutes." It was cute. Then he continues flirting with us telling how he'd help us everyday if we came. The Guy even gets friendly enough that he has his arms around him and saying how he likes all the help we've got. The Guy thanks M and preppy boy as well and tells him how this is the best experience he has ever had at an Apple Store and we leave armed with our new iPhones and his new computer.

We go outside and find 2 gay goth boys sitting on a bench in the middle of the Brea Mall making out. HOT STUFF. I've never seen that at a mall. Then we go upstairs to the CPK because we were hungry. We go in and are seated next to a group of hot guys (and girls). They were high school guys we thought. We keep talking about all the hot guys at this mall and how it is Orange County, hot, rich people. The Guy says he thinks the guys at the table next to us are gay. Turns out halfway through the meal they were frat boys. A guy with a frat shirt comes over, which explains why they were hugging each other at the table, etc. The Guy talks about his urges to open up the computer there, how he thinks the new phone is so zippy in comparison to the old, etc.

The Guy orders the hummus and pita appetizer, then we order our pizzas. I order the tostada after deciding to be adventurous and he gets the garlic chicken. We talk and he asks me what is really wrong. I told him how I felt cheated by him- him wanting me to be there to go with him, even though I didn't get anything out of this. He said I got a phone. I said no, I was talking about the computer. He said he didn't know I wanted his bigger computer. He said he was promising it to Josh because he needs a new computer. I said well, I thought we just talked Monday night about the lack of space on my hard drive, etc. He said he didn't think that was an issue and I talked about how I thought after all my hints he'd get the picture. Apparently not. He felt pretty bad and looked like he was going to cry. I'll admit, I felt good. Shame, hah. He said next time... etc... etc...

After unloading that off my chest, we were about done eating. When the bill came I quickly took the check and said I was paying. The Guy said no. I said it was my turn because he has been buying so much lately when I have gone over. The Guy was insistent to tip, however.

We go out to the car and he tells me how he's going to open the computer right then. He does. He says "ooooh, hot, I'm almost cumming in my pants. I had my arm on the armrest, close enough to his dick, so I reach over, fell, and ask "oh really?" He wasn't hard. He was excited about the computer saying how sexy the black bezel was around the screen. I relented and said it didn't look that bad. I had complained how bad it looked in the photos. He talked about how nice this Macbook refresh was, how the sleep light on the side of the computer is so nice, and things like that.

We drive over to Bank of America, The Guy's new bank, and he shows me how cool the ATM is because it reads his check, then prints the image on the ATM receipt- no deposit envelopes required. We talk about what a great experience we had at the Apple store, then he asks why I haven't tried out my phone yet, told him I didn't know what to do, and so he sets me up on Mobile Me. On the drive home he is texting Zach and telling him how nice the Macbook Pro is.

We get home about 8:30 and he has the computer open to download WOW, and we watch a few clips from the debate on youtube about Joe the Plumber. We go to CNN and watch a rerun of the debate. We laugh constantly at McCain for many things and laugh at many things. He is constantly writing, he isn't referring back to any of this, the eye contact, the constant blinking, and stuff like that. The Guy plays Warcraft for a few minutes.

Then The Guy calls Josh because Josh hadn't responded to texts. Josh's phone was deactivated it turns out, but he only finds that out after he calls the gym after we have sex.

The Guy tells me about 10:00p.m. he is going to go lay down. I asked inquisitively, "Oh really?" He said yes. I laid down next to him and he asked how I was doing. I said fine. He said he thinks I should suck his dick. I said "oh." I sucked it for a few minutes, then we both undressed, lubed and he put a condom on, then he had me slide over to the edge of the bed and he fucked me while standing on the ground. Then he told me to get on my back and I laid up at the top of the bed on some pillows while he fucked me and he did it hard. Then he told me to jack myself off and poured lube all over my hand and chest. A few minutes later he told me to shoot it, and I did. I shot, then he went to the bathroom for a towel to clean up. We were about to dress, then he said let's just get in the shower before Josh comes over to get his phone fixed. We hop in and clean up, then I get dressed and take off at 10:30 or so. I was tired and would have waited around to hang around with him and Josh, but I had to work this morning.

To borrow his computer

I called The Guy at 9a.m. and he didn't pick up his phone. I figured that was a little unusual for a Sunday, so I would call him once again later and then if he didn't pick up, oh well that would be ok. I called at 2:30p.m. and The Guy told me he was in Garden Grove having breakfast with his parents and just got home. He said he texted me 30 minutes earlier and said to come over and bring snackys, but I didn't get the text.

He describes the snacks in detail, so I go to Longs. He wanted pretzels, chocolate, Goldfish crackers, and Monster energy drinks. I get his text when I'm in the middle of the store that he sent me about coming over. He called to ask where I was when I was in Longs. He asked if I was grabbing snacks. I said yes. I hung up and then texted him something to the effect of "shouldn't you feel guilty for asking me to do this...? ...or a lot guilty?" Almost instantly I get a call and The Guy is MAD. He asks why I said such a thing and how that sound inflammatory like what my sister said the other day. I apologized and said I had no idea. He asked if I was mad at him or wanted him to be mad. I said no, unless he gets some sort of pleasure out of that. Then I texted him back once we were off the phone and said, "dude, I'm sorry."

I get to The Guy's place and we check the snackys out. He gets up and gets some Goldfish crackers in a bowl. We sit down and my text "dude, I'm sorry" comes through. He asks if I was texting him right there at the end of the couch and I said no. He was laying down with his computer open and couldn't see.

I get his laptop out and get into Conan. We both run around. He is on his level 21 character and I'm still level 29. I hit level 30 while we were running around together. I was in the instances with The Guy and he wasn't getting much XP for killing lower level stuff because I was with him. He seemed to be annoyed and I said we could solo, but he said no. We trekked on and he got up to 23 and I hit level 30. That's the highest level I've got a character in ANY game. HAHA.

We took a break about 7:30 for dinner. The Guy was going to make us sandwiches, but he had nasty cheese, so he wanted me to go to the liquor store for Monterey Jack. The Guy paid me back for the stuff from Longs as well as money for the cheese. I drove over there and got the cheese, came back, and The Guy had rice in bowls with mixed vegetables. He was microwaving something which turned out to be Indian curry potatoes. He mixed all of that together and it turned out pretty good. I definitely got my daily serving of vegetables. We sit down to some "Law and Order" and eat.

The Guy and I then go play some Conan and I keep dying because of a guild group that just keeps attacking me because they can. The Guy plans to play all, or most of the night. I played until 9:45 when my mom called warning me to shower at a friend's house if I was at a friend's house. Our water mane broke. YIPEE... so I asked The Guy to use his shower.

I showered and his dog ran off with my boxers in the process. I was not happy and The Guy didn't believe me. We hugged after I was fully dressed and had found my boxers. THen we thanked each other and hugged, which was enjoyable because we hadn't hugged the past 2 times we hung out.

Doin' it our way! yes our way!

The Guy im'd me about 9:30 asking what I was up to and what I had planned for the day. He said I should be over there because he doesn't have all day, he does have all day to hang out with me though.

I got dressed and made my way over there. I put 16 gallons of gas in my car for $3.73 per gallon, which cost me just a hair over $60.00 to fill my car up. I paid $3.59 last week and it only took $56 to fill my car. $60 was just so depressing.

As I'm walking in he is making eggs and egg whites. My mom calls me wondering if there is something wrong- Linda called my mom to say I was nearly out of gas in my car. My mom called to see if something was wrong like I didn't have enough in my bank account to pay for gas, and after filling up for $60 I felt that way, but everything was fine. The Guy got a huge kick out of this that Linda would call my mom to tell her that and not tell me.

The Guy eats and we sit around listening to his iTunes in the living room. Then we go into the office and he cruises around online. Then he says we're going to the pet store to get his dog some treats.

In the car, The Guy is telling me about spending Friday night with his best friend Zac. Then he talked about altering his plans on Saturday for a friend who was visiting from San Diego and The Guy went out of his way to cater and do what he could. His friend flaked on him even after The Guy said he would drive him back to San Diego after they hung out. He concluded next time he is just going to say no because his friend is all about me, me, me.

Through all of this The Guy was not paying attention to where he was driving and we ended up at Target. WE HAVE NOT HAD A TARGET ADVENTURE IN FOREVER!!! He was then wondering why we came. He decided he needed new spatulas since his dog got to his. We go over and look at those and can openers. Everything "looks like ass" or is "really cheap." We then look at picture frames because The Guy's friend sent him some pics he wants to frame. Then The Guy picks up some diploma frames and wants to frame his. Then we make our way over to the pet treats. The Guy says he doesn't need any of this stuff he just put in the cart, then asks if he can bail the cart. I said yeah, nobody will know. He starts walking away and I thought he'd go back to it. Nope. We end up in the chips looking and I convince him to not get the 50% less fat Lays since he told me I couldn't let him get either he told me before we headed out. We then see some Dove chocolate that said "beautiful" and "vitalize." On the wrapper it touts that it has B or C vitamins. The Guy concluded it must be healthy, so we bought some of that. We also got the trail mix that Linda says is so good. As we walked out we felt like beauties as we indulged on the Dove chocolate. We were ready to take on the next set of stores!



We went to Petco and got those rubber balls that you can put food in to make the dog have to work to get his food. The Guy heard good things about how it stimulates and makes the dog think, so he wanted to get some stuff. We walked around for about 25 minutes getting treats and stuff to fill the balls with. The Guy also got a frisbee for the dog. Then at the register The Guy wanted a new ID tag for his dog and said I want this one. The clerk asked what color The Guy's dog was. She asked if his dog was white. He said no. She said good because the blue dog tag bleeds and would turn his dog blue. The Guy said no thanks and walking out said "translation, this product is really cheap and don't buy it."

Now where? The Farmers Market? Not quite- that was an idea, but we were right across from Best Buy, so that sounded like a good place to go. The Guy wanted a Bluetooth dongle, an Apple bluetooth mouse, and 4 sticks of 1GB memory for a 5 year old G4 he was trying to refurbish. It was his first Mac he bought. The Guy just got a new hard drive for it and wants to get a new video card so he can either sell it (he could still get about $800 he estimates for it) or to give to a friend. We run around and get that stuff. At the register The Guy totally flirts with the heavyset girl checking us out. Her name was Buffie. He says stuff like we have all that memory over there (that the man in the computer dept. took to the front), then he says "I could have used a cheesy line like 'it's a good thing I reMEMBERED IT." She laughed. He also flirted about using his rewards card with her and other things. As we're walking out he asks if he was flirting with a fat chick and I said yes.

While on our way to the next place, we talked about random things like a sign The Guy swears he saw for a vagina lift. I asked why you need that. Then he says that it is because a girl has had too much sex that her vagina has expanded so much that when a guy puts his dick in he's not getting anything from it, so he's like honey, gotta get a lift and make it tight again.

The Guy then starts singing the "Laverne & Shirley" theme song. I accidentally say "always" because I thought that the second time they say that in the song it was "always" and not "OUR WAY." While at a stop light, The Guy gets on his iPhone and gets the lyrics via the internet. He proves me wrong and we go down the road singing and we look at his iPhone for lyrics. He makes sure to emphasize the "DOIN' IT OUR WAY" parts.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
Sclemeel, schlemazel, hasenfeffer incorporated.
We're gonna do it!

Give us any chance, we'll take it.
Give us any rule, we'll break it.
We're gonna make our dreams come true.
Doin' it our way.

Nothin's gonna turn us back now,
Straight ahead and on the track now.
We're gonna make our dreams come true,
Doin' it our way.

There is nothing we won't try,
Never heard the word impossible.
This time there's no stopping us.
We're gonna do it.

On your mark, get set, and go now,
Got a dream and we just know now,
We're gonna make our dream come true.
And we'll do it our way, yes our way.
Make all our dreams come true,
And do it our way, yes our way,
Make all our dreams come true
For me and you.




Then we arrived at the Farmer's Market. We go in looking for lunch. Do we come out with lunch? No. We go in and The Guy says I can't let him get brie or bread. We go over to the supplements and beauty section. The Guy is looking for some butter oil or something he wanted to try. He gets some chocolate pills he finds that are a dietary supplement. We go through the store singing Laverne and Shirley and we're going through the store, doin' it our way singing, talking, and looking at all the cool stuff. We get some of the clear seltzer drinks he suddenly likes. We get yogurt, eggs, and then we end up over in the cooking products. The Guy wants to try rice vinegar. They have about 10 different types of rice vinegar- toasted vinegar, genuine, etc. etc. The Guy finds a bunch of other things- wine vinegar, grapeseed oil, flaxseed oil, and a bunch of other random things. We end up with $250.00 in new random cooking products. Food? We did get turkey and pasta, but do you think we'd actually make that for lunch? No. The clerk at the store said The Guy always cracks her up because he has so much to say and stuff like that. The Guy said she should put him on the microphone when he comes in. This checker is funny. She has cat eye glasses.

We get back to The Guy's place and he wants to clean out his cabinets for all the new cooking products. He throws out all of his old dietary supplements and other diet stuff, all canned products he had, old marsala cooking wine, his Jack Daniels whiskey he uses for cooking and replaces it with the grapeseed oil. We make 3 trash runs. Then I get up to the top shelf because I'm tall enough and clean out his liquor selection. He wants me to hand him all the bottles- he keeps all of the margarita mix but thows out rum, bourbon, whiskey, and a bunch of other stuff. The only thing that remains is a bottle of Vodka and margarita mix.

The Guy puts all of the stuff we just bought at Best Buy into the 5 year old Mac and all of it works- including the Bluetooth and no installation required- now would that have happened on a Windows PC? I say no because you'd have to install the CD, then restart the computer, plug the Bluetooth in, then with the age, it likely wouldn't have worked. The Guy also put Leopard on this computer. It is a G4 with a core 2 duo 1.2GHZ processor, 2gigs of memory, 500gb hard drive, and now he's going to put a new graphics card in it. He discovered once we got home all the Bluetooth dongles he had sitting around.

The Guy defrosts some pot stickers and some Indian potatoes in a curry sauce. We stand in the kitchen eating pot stickers dipping them in a stir fry sauce. Yummy. Then when the potatoes are done, which he puts over rice are done we go to the living room and sit and eat them.

After that is over we again feel the need to beautify ourselves. We pull out some more of that Dove chocolate and detox while watching "Legally Blonde." We laugh and enjoy the movie. We both know the lines to this. We talk about the hot guys like Warner and we recite the lines like about doing the "bend and snap."

Afterward, we go back in and look at the Mac, talk a few more minutes about my complaint to the Apple Headquarters about the bad treatment at the Victoria Gardens Apple Store, and how they are busted. Then The Guy asks if we can cut this afternoon short because he has some homework and I say I do to- I have a Spanish test tomorrow. I have a 3 day Spanish test- the grammar portion is tomorrow, the oral portion is Wednesday, and Friday is the essay. I left about 5:30.

He's back with lots of stories- The Guy's attitude, his new find, and 2 nights together

Bad, bad, blogger; I know. That means a long update for you. I have been computerless since last Saturday night/Sunday morning when I was over here at The Guy's house. I was playing WOW with him and The Guy realized on my computer when he was trying to check something that my keyboard on my NEW Mac was not working. I went to the Apple Store Sunday morning and just got my computer back yesterday, Friday, at 4p.m.

I've been using The Guy's Macbook Air this week, so I haven't posted cuz I don't want him to trek onto this... so without further adieu I'm back...

So backtracking to last Saturday, March 29:

The Guy calls me asking if I want to spend an afternoon eating, gaming, and stuff like that. He said he had a surprise for me and I had to guess. A surprise is a broad term you know, so I said he got a new character in WOW, he bought something, and then finally guessed what it was... he had the really yummy hamburgers from the Farmer's Market for us, for dinner.

I get over to his place and we do our usual catching up. The Guy's friend Mike from Oregon just left and so The Guy went to work last Saturday. Then he tells me he got $3,000 back on his taxes. Then he says he wants to go to Europe with $3,000 and asks if I would care for his house for 2 weeks. He said that is a win, win situation for both of us. I'm the only one he would trust to care for his dog for 2 weeks because I can follow his instructions and I'm responsible. He wouldn't even trust his friend Joe who is studying to be a vet. Then he tells me how Mike was inconsiderate about leaving things out, doing things to annoy The Guy, etc.

We game for a while and have pasta for dinner. As I said, The Guy wanted to check something out on my computer and we realize the keyboard has broken, so he goes onto the Apple Store's website and uses his preferred customer type card to get me an appointment Sunday morning.

The Guy notices his dog is licking his ass a lot. I pass it off and say something like "only you would notice that." The more I watched, the more I noticed he was. The Guy does an internet search "dog licking butt" and comes up with a couple problems. Dr. The Guy decided it was his dog's anal glands needing to be drained. We had no clue what anal glands were prior to this. They are 2 pouches in the dog's anus that have the dog's scent. That is why when new dogs meet each other, they smell each other's anus. The dogs usually expel the stuff from their anal glands when they go to the bathroom, but sometimes they need a little help. The Guy tries to express the glands himself and I hold his dog into place. He even IM's Joe to ask what to do. Joe doesn't know, but gives advice. We try for probably 15 minutes and 3-4 times. We were unsuccessful, but after watching youtube videos for this on Sunday morning we were able to get some of the anal gland fluid out. We didn't get a lot in comparison to the videos we watched. The dog smelled soooooooooooooooo bad and it was difficult to sleep with him. The Guy and I woke up several times commenting how stinky the dog was. The Guy made sure that the dog didn't sleep with his ass in his face, but the dog tried to put his ass in my face and I told him NO. HAHA

The Guy I noticed was really kind of snappy and had an attitude like when he was making us brie and bread he said "I didn't know you wanted some," though I always eat some when he does. So he had to make more because he didn't think I was going to have some.

We laid in bed that night and laid fairly close. We got up Sunday morning, both very tired. We woke up about 7 (I think we went to bed about 2a.m.). We tried playing WOW for a while, but went back to bed about 10:00a.m. after eating more brie and bread. He again, was being snappy and had his attitude "I didn't know you wanted any." I got up about 11:45 to take the computer to the Apple Store, and he still had his attitude and refused to go with me. He did call me about 5-6 times though, while I was there making sure that everything was going well and that they were helping me. So he was there to support me, as he said he would be.

I get some New York pizza for us for lunch. I asked him what he wanted and he didn't know. He said pizza finally. The Guy was going to call it in and did. I got to the shop before he called it in though. I go in and ask if there is a pizza ready for The Guy or Mike. They say no. Right after I placed the order- a cheese pizza with extra garlic their phone rings. It was The Guy wanting to order. The man taking the order handed the phone to me and I said I ordered the pizza. He asked how I managed to do that and how he was so sorry for not doing that and how he was a failure. I said it was alright and this was definitely the highlight of my day, because it was funny. I was a little confused why the man was handing me the phone, then to have everyone working in the store laugh was funny.

I go back to his place and we eat. He plays WOW, but he is so tired and his heart is not into it. I leave about 2p.m. when I feel we're kind of tired of each other and tired in general.


TUESDAY APRIL 1:


The guy texts me asking "Monster?" Then he texts back about how he needs it or something and how he can't leave the house. I said I'd see what I could do. I also texted back and asked if all I was good for was bringing him energy drinks. He wrote back saying no, never, I'll never ask for that again. Bad Guy.

I get over to his place about 3p.m., 3 hours after he texted me. I get the energy drinks as well as more of the good burgers at the Farmer's Market before making it to his place.

We hang out in the office talking about things like my dad and I, the letter he wrote to me. The Guy told me to write a letter back, and so I did. Then we play WOW for a little bit, but mostly hang out. We did the dishes and some other random stuff. I was very happy that he told one of the guys on his WOW guild who was 18 who was planning on staying home from school for the 4th or 5th time to play WOW that from an educators standpoint he has to tell him to go to school, and that made me happy.

The Guy paid $600 for a yoga club membership for a year. He saved $150 he bragged. That means he has to go. He belongs to 1 gym, 1 country club, and now the yoga club. He goes to the gym once-3 times a week. The others, well, you guessed- he doesn't go.

As we walked into the living room from the study, there was a spider on the ceiling. The Guy didn't want my shoe to kill it. He wanted a CD container. I gave him a blue ray container, and we had an argument about what the right type of container is right to kill a spider with. When it died he picked it up and then walked past me and shook it around me and I started screaming. It was hilarious and he was having fun taunting me with it. I wasn't scared, I just didn't want it to end up on me.

I tell him about my computer difficulties. I was using my sister's Dell laptop from 2001 that doesn't have WIFI on it, or an ethernet card. He finally persuades me to use his Macbook Air- HIS NEW BABY. He offered it to me on Sunday, but I said NO because I wanted him to use it because he had school on Monday. It is his computer, and I was fine with my sister's computer; though it was probably 10 pounds and carrying it to school was difficult. I was elated to try out the Macbook Air. I promised to take really good care of it.

I leave about 11p.m. and get home at midnight.


THURSDAY APRIL 3

I called The Guy about 6:30p.m. after having an issue with the Apple Store. They said that liquid was found under my keyboard and I was at fault. I have never drank anything around this computer. My mom and I spoke to the technician, as well as the manager of the store about it. Basically the manager said it was my fault. He said the liquid was comparable to me using the computer in a bathroom where it is steamy, or on a dishwasher. It has been used on neither and he said my warranty was now void. So my mom and I fought that and got that somewhat straightened out. The Apple Store at Victoria Gardens is TERRIBLE. NEVER GO THERE. I was texting and calling The Guy to let him know and see if he had any advice. His advice was everything we were already doing, so we were on the right track. Then he asks me what I was doing and if I wanted to come over.

I brought him some Monsters, since he asked. He acted surprised and couldn't believe I brought them, and how I knew he needed some. We sit around in the office playing. I play on his Macbook Pro laptop and he uses the desktop. The Guy's NEW BOYFRIEND, Colton, a Hawaiian guy signs on at his dorm to play WOW. They talk, then some guys we play WOW with ran him through an instance and The Guy was yelling at Colton on WOW, like he yells at me. The Guy then tells the guys we run through the game with that he can do that because he has slept with him, but also he's his boyfriend. I had that hunch that The Guy and Colton were going out, so that confirmed it. Colton is a guy he met off craigslist and I guess they've been going out for about 3 weeks.

The Guy invited Colton to come down, play, and eat. Colton is really tall I noticed. He is probably 6'4'', 150lbs, Hawaiian. He comes in, we sit down, watch "Arrested Development." Colton is able to recite most of the lines and we laugh at the events in the episodes. I see that The Guy likes how Colton can recite lines and stuff from shows, word for word, like him. The Guy barbecues some burgers for us and puts barbecue sauce on them. We eat. It was good. Colton was very engrossed in WOW and rarely looked up from the computer. We chitchatted a little about how mean The Guy is to me when we play WOW. I sit and watch them play because playing WOW on the Macbook Air was very choppy and it lagged.

We lay around until about 12:30a.m. and finally I get ready to go. I figured Colton would stay the night, so I couldn't, though I was tired. I get up and go to the bathroom, and as I leave I see The Guy lean over and put his arms around Colton who was still playing on his computer. That hurt me to see that and I was upset driving home. I knew they were going out, so that wasn't a big deal. I was more hurt just seeing how he was going to get to have sex with The Guy and I wasn't. I was hurt at how The Guy didn't even wait until I left to put his arms around him. Driving home I thought about everything and that helped. I met The Guy as a sex buddy, but he has developed into more. He is a GREAT friend now. He is so easy to talk to, he is such a wonderful support. He is so caring. He is one of my best male friends. I could not ask for more. That alone, is worth everything, even if I don't get any sex from The Guy. Really, it is true. I'm glad to see The Guy has a boyfriend, that Colton is a nice kid, and that The Guy and I are still great friends. I have that boyfriend type relationship with The Guy, which is kind of cool, and I see Colton doesn't. That may change with time, but that I've got to have this makes me feel so fortunate. I accepted long ago that The Guy and I can't be boyfriends because I'm not out to my parents.


FRIDAY APRIL 4- SUNDAY APRIL 6 :

I text, call, and IM The Guy telling him I'm going to go pick up my computer. I text him 30 minutes into my WAIT at the Apple Store at Victoria Gardens to tell him I was still waiting. I spoke to the manager and told her my disappointment in the service and how long I was waiting and she, herself, passed me off to another employee. Anita at the Apple Store at Victoria Gardens is a horrible manager. Hopefully she googles herself and finds herself... haha. I'm calling Apple today to complain. I saw at least 4 sodas, water bottles, and bottles of hand sanitizer on the back counter of the Apple Store and random computers waiting to be repaired sitting out on the back- don't tell me they couldn't have damaged my computer. I shot photos with my camera phone as evidence.

The Guy called right as I was leaving. I waited 45 minutes. He asked if I was going home or coming over. I said I could come over. He said he'd be home shortly, to let myself in, he was taking his dog to have his anal glands expressed. I just barely came in and turned on my computer when he walked in. He looked at the half-assed job they did putting my computer wrist pad on and took a picture of it with his digital camera for me to have as evidence.

The Guy was in the mood to go out. He wanted to get hard drive casings for internal hard drives that he had. He wanted to make them external casings for people at his dad's office. So we went to Best Buy after some hesitation. We found 1 enclosure for $75. FORGET IT. We looked at Mac products, then video games, then he had an idea. He wants to get his parents a system to listen to music in any room of their house. We looked at flat panel monitors for a display so they could see their music and have one in each room. Then we looked at speakers and systems to do this with. The Guy found what he wanted, but wanted to get it online because Best Buy didn't have it in stock. We also looked at Mac computers and The Guy was tempted to buy some 17'' Macbook Pros Best Buy was clearing out for $2,299 instead of $2,799.

Afterward we went to a Chinese food place and ordered $60.00 in takeout. We were both hungry and The Guy said he was going to order a shitload of food because he is hungry, we won't eat half of it, but we want to try it all. We had some type of orange chicken, but it wasn't orange chicken. That was the best one. We had Kung-pao chicken, and a bunch of other chicken and beef dishes. They were all good. The 3 flavor rice was alright with shrimp in it. The shrimp was the best part. We called Aaron to see if he wanted to come over because we haven't talked to him in a long time and we needed someone to help eat the food. He didn't pick up and The Guy left a subtlely sarcastic voicemail message about how he doesn't need us any more, remember us, and how he has a boyfriend. He said he is probably ready to buy a house, settle down, build a picket fence, start making his 2.5 kids, and so on. It was funny.

Back at home we played WOW for a few minutes, but we were just tired of it. WOOOOT!!!! The Guy showed me how to transfer the files from his Macbook Air to my Macbook Pro via his network. Then we looked online for a music system for his parent's house. He found it. It was $999 on Amazon, plus he wanted 2 $350 speakers to go with it. That was $1,700. Then later in the night while surfing randomly online on macrumors there was an advertisement for self help books and The Guy bought $300 in self help/procrastination help books. Linda called me at 9:30p.m. or so saying she used all of my shaving cream. I let the phone go to voicemail and then played it for The Guy. She thought my shaving cream was supposed to lather I guess, but it doesn't. It is a liquid- it is essential oil shaving cream which costs $11.00 per ounce- that's the only thing I've found thusfar to not cause my skin to break out after I shave. The Guy said it sounded good and wanted to try it, so he bought $88.00 worth online. Then he found some collagen boosting formulas and peels he also wanted to try, so he spent another $200 getting that stuff on amazon.com.

The Guy and I laid down into bed about 12:30a.m. He asked me if I was tired and I said yes. He then poked me in the forehead with his finger and said he wasn't. Then he opened his arms and I laid in them. He pushed me down to his dick and I played around with it in his shorts before he took them off. Then once he took them off I sucked on his cock and did it for a while. It was probably the longest I've done it for a while- a good 20 minutes. Then he told me to lube up his cock and ride it. I did. As I was riding it, he held my dick tightly, which felt hot. We switched where I was laying on my back and he was on his knees fucking me and stayed that way for a while. Then he wanted me to suck his dick for a while and he taught me how to deepthroat. I'm not good at it, I didn't really enjoy it, but it was awesome that he was so cool about teaching me. I kept getting my teeth in the way and that caused him a little discomfort, but when there was a huge dick in my mouth and so little room for anything else, what do you expect? Then we went back to fucking. He held my feet up in the air and fucked me and then later positioned himself so I could suck on his nipples while he fucked me. Later, He laid on top of me and just wanted me to relax with his dick in me. We laid there for probably 5 minutes and it felt awesome and I was so relaxed. Loved having him on me- I love body contact. While he was on me, he sucked, licked, and bit my ears, and seriously that was the hottest feeling. We ended with more of me sucking him and him jacking both of us off- he jacked me off with his left hand and used his right to jack himself.

We fell asleep watching a movie he downloaded on iTunes. We woke up at 7:15 to his alarm on his computer. He had to go to work, but told me that I could stay the day and just do laundry. The laundry was already sorted, so all I had to do was put it in when the timers rang. We laid until 8:30 however because he didn't want to get up. He was late for work by then and left at 8:45, getting to work late. While he was gone I just hung around setting up my computer, browsing the blogs, and downloading stuff on iTunes. I also washed off my car and hosed down his carport, which had tons of lint from the dryer and dirt all around.

When he got home, the alarm company for his house came out to get The Guy a new service where he can alarm his house from anywhere and he gets a text message anytime his alarm is set, and all of his friends can have their own unique code. I'll have on in a few days, The Guy is reassuring me so I can get into his house anytime I need. Then at 2p.m., The Mexicans, the 2 guys who clean his house came to clean. They cleaned for over 4 hours!!! They seriously do everything- scrub, vacuum, and sort. They clean out the drawers and organize them in the kitchen, bedroom, and bath. While they were here, we played WOW in the study. The Guy's Mac raid drive wasn't working, so we also called Applecare. We ate the leftover Chinese food for lunch. We sat up The Guy's new wireless-N Airport Extremes and had a little difficulty because they are harder to reset now.

As they were leaving, The Guy said he wants to redo his kitchen. He wanted to paint the kitchen cabinets black, which I said was ugly because it would make the already small kitchen look smaller, his white appliances would stand out, and there were too many colors going on in the house. His kitchen is white and lime green, with maroon trim. The living room is bright orange/yellow with a maroon wall where the TV is. The bathrooms are pink and the master is gray. The study is a dark forest green. The bedroom is gray. The guys agreed. They said he should just reface his cabinets or buy new doors, but Lowes wanted $6,000 for 9 kitchen doors. They said The Guy should do a country style kitchen, which would work with the lime green and his white tile and have glass installed in the kitchen doors. That might work, but it is certainly better than the black The Guy had his heart set on.

We ate some dinner after they left. We had turkey dogs, carrots, and hummus. We played a little WOW, watched some "Law & Order," and he bought some other random stuff on amazon he didn't need. The Guy bought $200 in TV shows (some of which he has on DVD, but is too lazy to add to iTunes like "Arrested Development"). We watched "Transformers" since he rented it on iTunes and The Guy bought me an air freshener from amazon.com like the one shown in the movie. I laughed soooooo hard because I didn't think he was serious about it, but when it gets here, it'll be funny. The Guy also bought "Moses" in honor of Charlton Heston's death and we began to watch that.

At 11:15, The Guy wanted something for dessert and we sat pondering what we wanted. He said donuts. I said no; he said I'm saying no because he'll end up blaming me. I said he was right. He said he could go for the Entennman's Coffee Cake and so we should go to Ralphs for it. He was serious and we got up from the chairs in the study and put the dog in the kennel. We got in the car and drove down the 10 freeway about 5 miles to Ralphs. We went in and got chocolate syrup, mint and chip ice cream, vanilla ice cream, Entennman's Coffee Cake, and the frozen chocolate cake from Claim Jumper (I think?) We bought $25.00 in junk food, only to be thrown out moments later.

We had the best time as we drove there and back on the 10 freeway. It was cold in the cold 55 degree air, with the windows down in the car, sunroof open in his Honda Accord, blasting "Party for Two" by Shania Twain and Billy Currington, as well as "I Just Another Woman in Love" by Anne Murray. Those were the only 2 songs we listened to as we went through The Guy's iPod looking for stuff to listen to. He didn't want a song with a long intro. The Guy sang Shania's part, and I did Billy Currington's. We were throwing our hands and arms up in the air, and everything; they were anywhere but on the steering wheel. There were hand motions, he pointed to himself like when he said "I'm having a party" and then pointed to myself and him when he said "it's only going to be you and me there." We sang Anne Murray together.



We got back and went for the chocolate cake and vanilla ice cream. Then after we finished that, he insisted we throw out all the junk food, except for the coffee cake, which would be breakfast. We ran it out to the dumpster. Then he called his friend Dan from WOW at work to talk about the game since he e-mailed. Then, as I was thinking of going home, The Guy said we needed to go to bed and watch "Moses." I called my sister's cell phone and left her a message that it was late, had a long day, and was tired, so was staying the night rather than wake everyone up since it was past midnight. We went to bed at 12:00a.m. and fell asleep watching "Moses." It was a long show and by 1:30a.m., they still weren't out of Egypt and so we both just fell asleep. We woke up at 7:15 this morning, though I was still tired and wanting to sleep.

We haven't gone too far- we've played WOW all day and watched "Lord of the Rings," and "Sabrina (1950s movie)." It is now 3p.m. and we're taking a break from WOW. We just had lunch, which was hummus, precut chicken strips, and turkey dogs. The Guy had the whole WOW guild yelling at me this morning because The Guy respecked the shaman I play back to a healer. He was a tanker before, and a healer a few weeks back. He was now a healer and I was a little rusty playing him. Yesterday I played the Warlock that The Guy just bought for $1,000 off of someone. I let the whole group die anyways since I didn't know where any of the keys were for the weapons and spells. That has been the joke all day about what a good shaman I am and they've been making fun of me. Before we broke for lunch though, we ran an instance in Ramparts and everyone lived.

An update on a bunch of things...

As I type this, I'm sitting in the living room. I was watching TV and my mom hijacked the TV. She put on QVC, more specifically Joan Rivers jewelry. That's the only reason my mom watches QVC. Does my mom actually buy any of Joan Rivers' stuff? No, and that is probably a good thing since some of the pieces are probably as plastic as Joan herself is. I plan on going in my bedroom soooooon.

- Last day of class with sexy professor. Today he wore a black suit because he had a gig this afternoon. He was so hot in a suit, but then he took the jacket off and he had a huge obvious bulge in the front of his pants. His ass looked great in the pants too. He didn't wear a tie though- instead he left the top 3-4 buttons undone on his cream colored dress shirt showing off his hot chest.

- Sexy professor gave me an "A" in the class. YAY! He told me I don't have to take the final. He is writing me a letter of recommendation. He told me if I ever need anything to hit him up on myspace.

- I find at work my friendship with B is waning. It is a combination of things. I was tired of her constant complaining about school and she only im'd me when she wanted something. Eventually I just ignored her IM's. I was picking on her at work about a month back, which is not out of the ordinary for me to do and teasing her about being short. She is about 5'4''. I apologized and she told me height was a sensitive subject to her and she said she accepted the apology. Ok, yet when other people tease her it is no big deal. I don't know why she got mad at me for this one instance. Anyways, at work there isn't tension- we're not there on the same days, but when we see each other it is not like before where we'd say hello, ask what each other are doing, etc. etc. I find myself getting close to the "lesbian lovers" as we call them, D and N who are permanently attached together.

- Everyday my sister seems to hit a new low. The other night we were getting allergy shots and my mom saw a friend of her's. We were sitting in the waiting room talking. Her son was entering into a program my sister was in in high school. My mom was saying how it is a good program for this and that reason. My sister couldn't keep her mouth shut and she kept jumping in, talking over my mom, and stuff like that. I was so embarrassed that she did that. But oh well, it wasn't me, so I'm not going to worry. I only spoke when needed and didn't talk over anyone else. My sister thinks she is the expert in every field or something. We're not related.

- Dude, I'm getting another computer... and no I'm not getting a Dell. Dell is sending me a replacement computer, which I plan to sell, then buy a Mac. My mommy rallied for my dad to say we can get me a Mac.

- Told my parents I want concert tickets for Christmas to see Daughtry/BonJovi in February. My mom asked if I had anyone to go with me and if I don't, she volunteered. My mom has never listened to either... haha.

Hung out with The Guy last night. He was chatting with me on IM and I told him I was starving. He told me to come over and bring mint and chip and vanilla ice cream with chocolate fudge. I said ok and he said he'd make lasagna. Sounded good. I get over to his house and we play some EQ2 then take a break for the ice cream. No, he didn't make the lasagna, so I ate hash browns (that I ate at home) and ice cream for dinner.

Aaron called (a friend of The Guy's who seems like a nice guy that I may try to go clubbing with). I was telling The Guy earlier I thought I saw Aaron at the mall. I texted Aaron to see if it was him- it wasn't. The Guy said I did and that he was the one who gave me the blowjob at the mall under the stall. I laughed and said yep, it was good and that he gave a great blowjob. The Guy invited Aaron over, but he didn't want to come.

Then we played EQ2 more. I got used to playing my warlock that I was having a hard time reverting back to my monk that I kept dying and The Guy was too. He seemed upset and I don't blame him, so we had a few arguments.

It was all good though. We made up and he sat with his feet on me watching "Law and Order." We watched 2 episodes and I left about 10:30.

Went to the bathroom before I left and The Guy hopped into bed. We made some small talk and then he joked around that I know how to kill him after watching "Law and Order." I said oh yeah and then gave him a rub on the back to say bye.

- I'm loving this cold weather. It was 40 when I was coming home from The Guy's house last night. I love bundling up. It was so nice and cozy with the heater on in my car. It did get down to 31 last night. That is below freezing.



- Got a funny voice mail from The Guy today. He was telling me how I need a more personal voice mail greeting rather than "hello __phone number___ is not available. Please leave a message after the tone." The Guy was telling me how it needs to be more personal. I called him and told him I like it being nice and generic, but if I could make a voicemail message specifically for The Guy, I would. He texted me back "smart ass."

Why I will never get a Dell again

This is going to be one of those bitchy rants right now. I'm in a rut. Dell sucks.

We've owned a total of 7 Dells in my family and have always had more or less good luck and they used to be quality. Quality now is a joke.

I got my new Dell- it is refurbished because my old Dell laptop could not be fixed. There was a problem with the motherboard and cooling on my old laptop that couldn't be fixed after 5 times and a few threats Dell sent me this piece of junk I have now.

So what are the problems I've experienced in the past year with this Dell?
- Motherboard had to be replaced because one of the USB ports on the computer came broken.
Time spent: about an hour convincing the woman on the phone the USB was broken, then another hour with the at home technician.
- Video card software issues- games like NFS wouldn't run on the computer. Dell never actually acknowledged the problem and everytime I would turn on the computer I got a video card error message that they had never heard of. Took it to a computer shop and they were able to mask the problem, but the games wouldn't work on the computer.
Time spent: 10 hours or so
- Keyboard keys have lost the "umph" and little rubber piece that make it so you can type. I have been through 2 keyboards. The keyboards are so cheap that within 2 months the keys all lost the shiny coating on them. I need a new keyboard right now since the caps lock key has lost one of those rubber things. No- I'm not rough with the computer. I've owned other laptops in the past and never had a problem. The woman who helped me with this problem the first time spent an hour dealing with it because she wanted to run a diagnostic to make sure it was the key board and wouldn't believe me.
Time spent: 1+ hour
- The video card problems I had this summer that carried over up until a few weeks ago resulted in me spending almost 25 hours on the phone with Dell. Wiped out my computer and installed clean copies of Windows. Each time Dell sent me new XP CDs and blamed the problem each time on a bad copy of XP. After 5 times I'm sorry, that's not the case. Ran diagnostic tests at least 10 times. Even the computer shop I took it to said that it is a bad video card. Lived with the problem 6 months. Finally after getting a new hard drive 3 weeks or so ago I convinced them to give me a video card.
Total time spent on this issue: about 25 hours (+2 hours or so with at home technician who spoke no good English)
- Computer would not install automatic updates. The updates would say they would install and would not. An idiot woman I spoke to at Dell in India said they installed, but the message that there were automatic updates kept reappearing because it does it every morning at 3:00a.m. NO. The updates are set to install every morning at 3a.m., but they are not installing, which is why the little bubble kept appearing at the bottom of the screen saying there were updates to install.
- Hard drive failed suddenly about 3 weeks ago and the guy in India insisted on spending 2-3 hours on the phone with me running diagnostic tests.
Time spent: about 4 hours including with at home technician
- The screen began flickering black on Tuesday about every 10 minutes. The guy in India said that he would send out a new LCD monitor and a power cord. Wouldn't send a technician for the monitor though, and that was a tough thing to install (hence, The Guy helped me and we both had a hard time). Spent an hour on the phone with him and ran a diagnostic test- still the problem ensued, but the diagnostic test wouldn't pick it up.
Time spent: 1 hour + an hour or so at The Guy's
- This morning I spent 75 minutes on the phone because the screen is flickering again- even though I have a new video card, new hard drive, fresh copy of XP on the computer, new LCD monitor. After 75 minutes of their run around decided they would send an at home technican this coming Tuesday with a new video card, ne LCD monitor, and a new motherboard. All of these things have been replaced before!!!
Time spent 75 minutes + probably an hour or more this Tuesday

Other qualms-
- Don't transfer me to India
- Don't tell me you have never heard of my problem.
- Don't play the diagnostic game in an order to save money. I am pretty tech saavy and so when I've called you I've already ran the diagnostics, troubleshooted the best I could, asked others who are knowledgable.
- They have used my precious time to play their games. This part bothers me more than anything. I USE MY COMPUTER FOR EVERYTHING!!! I use it to take notes at school, almost all of my homework has to be done on the computer, stay in touch with friends and family, and much more. I use it for a calendar, to update my phone address book and other random stuff... if it can be done on the computer I probably do it to stay organized etc.
- I have lost documents, important e-mails, and other stuff in the process of wiping out my computer so many times.
- They don't listen to the customer.
- Customer service where I have called to complain has always said that the technicians have handled the issue and so they can't do anything.
- With all the money they have poured into this POS it would have been much cheaper I'm sure to send a new computer.

I'll be stuck with my Dell until at least January 1, 2009 when the warranty expires unless I request a computer for graduating from college, or unless I break down and buy a computer myself. HMMMMMMM...

Don't get a Dell... haha... ok... so that's today's lesson. Consider it a lesson as opposed to a rant.

I am seriously considering a Mac. My sis just got one so I am somewhat familiar. I don't really want to go through and learn a new OS. I think Macs can do some really cool stuff and have seen it. I am not sure I'd be as able to troubleshoot a problem with a Mac because I've never really used one before. I do know however in talking with The Guy and his experiences with Mac tech support, they would have never played these games and probably would have replaced the computer by now.