Friday, October 3, 2008

Date #3 with Date #2

I mentioned in my last post that I had a date with Date #2 Thursday night. We were going to meet about 6p.m. He called me at 1p.m. saying he had a dentist appointment. I called him about 5:50 and he was still at the dentist and I hadn't left yet because I figured he'd be a while. I was 100% right. I decided to leave at 6. I call him at 6:55 as I'm approaching his condo. He is 30 minutes away in Cerritos at the dentist, still, just about to leave. He said I could go down to Main Street in Huntington Beach to check things out or find something else to do while waiting. I went to Staples for printer ink and to shop for a new messenger bag.

He calls me at 7:30 and he just got home. I make my way over to his place. He wanted to watch the debate, and that is what our original plan was. I was a little apprehensive about that because I know we're both on opposite ends of the political spectrum. I can see both sides of the aisle though, so I think it would have been ok.

I get to his place and we hug, then sit on the couch where Survivor is playing in the background on the TV. We sit and talk about the dentist, the dentist drill, and what we've been doing. We were sitting pretty close to each other and we were just waiting to see who would make the first move. After about 5 minutes I realized it was going to have to be me. I put my hand on his leg and we sat there close to each other and he moved his hand up and down my leg.

He asked if I wanted to go cuddle in the bathroom. I said sure and we both go in the bedroom, take our shorts off, and lay there. We make out quite a bit, then he becomes the aggressive one and takes me and kisses and licks my ears and throat. IT FELT SOOOO HOT and I was moaning. The kissing ceased a little, then I reciprocated and he was turned on. He instead of moaning like I do said "oh my gosh" repeatedly, which was kind of funny. I then go down to his balls and rub them with my hand- he is still in his boxers. He was turned on by that and did the same to me. We play around just kissing, hugging, and tickling each other. I also play with his nipples with my hands and he licks mine. Then he wanted to try dry humping me and we laid on our sides, then I laid on my back while he did this. Then all he could talk about afterward was fucking me, which was a turnoff.

I had to leave about 10p.m., and I made it home in good time.

I am not sure I want to be in a relationship with this guy more and more I realized last night. I think part of it was me wanting to jump into a relationship. Second, we have a lot in common, but I don't really feel a spark or something special like I have with other people. Third, the distance (50 miles each way or 100 miles roundtrip) is a lot. I think we could remain friends, but I don't know...

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Ringtone Dispute

The Guy and I chatted a lot Monday afternoon about the bad days were having. He said he'd hit me up at 7 or 8 for dinner. Dinner, at 7 or 8? We eat at 4:30-5p.m. in my house- early, I know. Anyways, he called at 7 and was upset I didn't want to go eat since I had already eaten. So we decided on lunch Tuesday.

I sign onto AIM at about 10:40 and he asks where we're going to eat and if Jeff could come along, since he was going to be stopping by. I had no clue since nothing tasted good. I finally decided later that Olive Garden sounded good, but The Guy and Jeff were confined to the house by Warcraft and Warhammer.

When I got to The Guy's place he was playing Warcraft in the office, Jeff was on his laptop playing Warhammer, and The Guy declared I should be playing DDO to have all the MMORPGS covered. I stopped over on the couch to sit down next to Jeff and watch him play Warhammer since I hadn't seen The Guy play it yet. Jeff was having fun and really into it. The Guy kept calling, asking why I hadn't come in to see him yet. I finally made my rounds and went in to see him and his dog. The Guy was playing Warcraft with his friend Dan.

The Guy asked what I wanted for lunch and I said I didn't care. He finally orders Round Table Pizza. We got our veggie and a mamba wamba I think it was called that had a bunch of different meats and sausages on it.

The Guy ran into the bathroom after placing the order and tried out some of those Biore Facial Strips that you put on your nose to get rid of all the black heads. He parades through the house showing off- Jeff and I want to try, so we all 3 crowd in the bathroom and The Guy helps us apply them. The Guy gives Jeff the money for the pizza and jokes that he can't go to the door with the Biore strip on. The Guy's 15 minutes comes first, so he gets the pizza when it comes.

The Guy retreats to the office to eat and play, Jeff and I sit out in the living room, then after we eat go into the bathroom to take our strips off. We were all amazed how much came off and had to show our strips to each other. The Guy's nose was apparently the cleanest, followed by mine, then Jeff had a ton of blackheads and other stuff come right out.

Here's a picture of someone's Biore strip from a blog I found online... good stuff as you can see



After this, The Guy asks if I want to play. I didn't recall my Warcraft username and password, so he said to just use his old account. I had a character created on there that was the right level and everything, so that worked out. I was level 10, The Guy and Dan were 7. My phone rings while we're in the office and The Guy thinks it is his phone- why? He has the same ringtone as me. He accused me of stealing it from him. We both have "Viva La Vida" by Coldplay as our ringtone. He says he had his longer. I made that my ringtone last Friday, and apparently he did much earlier than that. I hadn't heard his phone though, since lately he has it on vibrate all the time. And what's even funnier is we both have the same snippet of song as our ringtone (1:10-1:40).



About this time Jeff takes off, so The Guy and I go in and lay down on the couch. My phone rings again, and again, it is Date #2, but also The Guy is again thinking it is his phone ringing. I tell him about Date #2 and he is a little surprised and worried at this guy's lack of experience being 32 and still has not been with a guy.

We play for a couple hours and The Guy is talking on Ventrilo (a chat program where he can still play Warcraft and chat with his friends in the game) with his friend Alex about his divorce.

It is about 5p.m. at this time. The Guy says he wants to go take a nap, but then says there is a ton of traffic now at this time probably, so I should hang around another hour or so. He was right- the 10 eastbound would have been a mess. We sit down on the couch and watch an episode of "Law and Order." While doing this, we go in the kitchen and make cole slaw, eat a PB&J sandwich, and then watch the Sarah Palin SNL video. We also watch a few SNL videos like an alternate ending to Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men," which The Guy and I declare is not funny. We think so much alike when it comes to what is funny.



I left at 6:15 and came home straight home so I could promptly change my ringtone and get something different. I settled on these 2 new ringtones. I had to outdo The Guy. You know how he is always trying to outdo everyone, so I had to outdo him and buy 2 ringtones. I designated a special ringtone for Date #2 and The Guy, "So What?" (:35-1:05 is the part I have for my ringtone) by P!nk. The "so what?" is kind of a response to me having the same ringtone as The Guy, so what? My other ringtone for everyone else is Jason Mraz' new song "I'm Yours" (1:10-1:40 is where I have my ringtone set). I think The Guy is the only person I'd feel a need to outdo when it comes to ringtones... haha.



BTW... I've been listening to Jason Mraz since I first heard him on XM Radio back in 2005 or so with his song "You and I Both" and "Geek in Pink." And since I'm sharing my Jason Mraz stories, his new song "I'm Yours" was on KBIG 104 when I was in the car with my mom the other day- and since I'm doing all the stressful driving, I get to control the radio. I mentioned how I liked it because it was really catchy. About halfway through the song, we're sitting at a stoplight and she looks over at me and smiles, about ready to burst out laughing. I ask what is going on and she said "I see." It was so random.

BTW #2... I had to cancel dates twice with Date #2 because of family stuff this week, but Thursday night should be a go.

Monday, September 29, 2008

2003 AP Euro lesson

Ms. W, my AP Euro teacher was by far the hardest teacher I ever had in high school. I received a "C" first semester and I worked my tail off for that. Second semester I did far worse and had a "D-" at the semester, and this was the only time I kissed up to a teacher and begged for a better grade. It worked- she said I deserved it etc. because I worked so hard and she knew I was going to pass the AP Euro test. I did. She gave me a "C+" instead of my "D-," which was a relief because I didn't have to retake history in summer school. Her test questions were long multiple choice questions that each had an essay answer, and all sounded so plausible- and most were, but 1 or 2 details were off. But I wanted to talk about an experience I remember in the class, not my grade.

I remember nearing the AP test- probably a week before there was a fire drill. Ms. W had just passed out booklets that she had explaining what the EU was when the fire drill happened. She said to take the booklets, to go outside to the football scoreboard, which is where we were supposed to stand. It was one of those long firedrills where the fire chief comes and then rips everyone another for taking so long to evacuate the school and if this were a real fire...

I remember Ms. W saying this would be a long fire drill, and that was why we were to bring the booklets along with us. We made ourselves comfy on the grass below the scoreboard and she began talking about the EU, the EU money system, how a country joins, and things of that sort. Then, she said this, which has still stuck with me today...

The U.S. is at the end of being a superpower for reasons like credit problems, rising prices, we're making more foes than friend sin the world, etc. Our economy is going to fall as the EU rises. When the Euro started rising in comparison to the dollar, I remember thinking what Ms. W said was true. Ms. W said the EU is going to become more and more accepted. She said that the EU is probably going to have to pull the U.S. out of where it is heading. I remember thinking, yeah lady... in 100 years. And now, today, I wonder if this day is sooner than I had thought with all of the credit and housing woes. If this $700 billion bailout doesn't happen I'm pretty sure we'll be in a depression. Will Europe pull us out?

Ms. W continued talking and said that this was her theory on how the world would end. She was not particularly religious- she was a non-practicing Episcopalian. She said that the U.S. will surrender to the E.U., China will too because their economy is so dependent on ours, hence everyone would be united together- world peace. Then the stuff that is mentioned in the book of Revelations would happen and that would be the end. I remember Lisa, my good friend, and very Christian friend asked why none of this was in the Bible and how Ms. W knew this. Ms. W said she didn't, but this was her opinion, but also what she thought based on her study of the E.U.

*** Another random thing from AP Euro since we're on such a happy note and talking about end times... Ms. W gave a lesson on the Catholic Church and popes once. She printed off a list of the Pope, their picture, and why they were chosen to power if it was known. I remember Ms. W saying what was said in the news after John Paul II died that this next pope (Benedict) was to be a transitional pope, only to be around a few years. Then there would be one final Pope after him... I found that whole idea mindblowing. How did she know all of this?

Well, whether we are end times or not, I wanted to share because I was thinking the other day how everything that Ms. W said about a big problem the U.S. is facing now seems to be coming true. Sure, credit, buying things on credit, of course will lead to problems, the housing market, etc. but back in 2003 I was a sophomore in high school and just couldn't imagine that.

Friday, September 26, 2008

Think outside the box

The Guy and I were up late leaving each other comments on myspace. We both couldn't sleep. Matt, his new boyfriend, his now ex-boyfriend called him at 2a.m. drunk and upset. Matt called on The Guy's house phone, which is a number few have (I'm one of probably 3-4 people). The Guy just said he was surprised that he had this number and Matt took it to an extreme and was very blaming, wanting The Guy to commit to a relationship, was upset about the distance, and things like that. Basically they agreed to end things. The Guy told me he probably wouldn't have ended it if it were Ben who had hurt him worse, but Ben had that "thing." I didn't find this out until I got to his house, but it explained why we were both up playing around on myspace.

Anyways, we finally met up on AIM this morning and chatted about what we were doing, the weather, the sky, and just about everything else this morning before I took off for school. He told me to come over afterward- just show up. I call him once and leave a voicemail on my way from school at 12p.m. asking if he hungry. He didn't call back. I sent him a text and asked, "hungry?" No reply. I was going to eat, but I figured since The Guy pulled a muscle in his back on Tuesday when he was clipping his dog's toe nails he was pretty much confined to the house and didn't have much food, so i'd just pop in.

I get to his place and he asks me if I'm hungry. I said yes. He checks his phone since it was on the kitchen counter and he says "yes," in response to me asking if he was hungry. I was tasting sandwiches, but he suggested the healthy grille place up the street from his place. He says I'd have to go get anything we wanted, and I volunteered. I was hungry! I was even willing to pay, but he insisted because his mom gave him some loose $5 bills the other day adding up to $25 or so, so he said his mom was treating us.

While waiting for the food I hear the Ben, Matt, and other friends stories to get caught up on everything since we hadn't seen each other in a week. The Guy also says to avoid everything he "Knows a place..." He just downloaded the Petula Clark CD and we went in to the office to listen to it.



The Guy joked he loved how I had Petula Clark on my iPod because it shows I'm such a fag hag.

I got the food, came back, and we ate our salmon, potatoes, and bow-tie pasta. It was delicious. Afterward it was like old times where we lounged on the couch-him laying down with his computer and me at his feet, with an episode of "Law and Order" playing in the background. We both fell asleep soon however. We probably slept for about 30 minutes before the dog woke us both up when the FedEx guy was at the door. The Guy ordered pain meds off the internet because he didn't want to go to the doctor. He ordered something that sounded really good- that's all I can say.

The Guy takes his new pills, which I talk out of him and discover he ordered online. He said he knows how to order "good shit" and he went to wikipedia to check what the drug did. Apparently at 20mg you start to feel high- the 1 pill was 10mg. The Guy figured he should try that to make sure he got the full effect. He kept asking how long it would take. I told him maybe 30 minutes for it to kick in- and it did within that time.

The Guy had me install Warhammer, his new MMORPG on my computer. I did- I just installed it. I didn't think to download the patch, and he reminded me later that I should know this by now, not wait for him, think outside of the box, use MY mind... yadda, yadda, yadda.

The Guy and I go back to laying on the couch after discussing our favorite new mess, Sarah Palin. She is awesome (not necessarily saying I support her), what can I say? She has given us a lot to talk about and call each other up randomly to discuss, or just sit around browsing the internet seeing what we can dig up. The Guy thinks she is the devil. I tend to play devil's advocate. See why we make a great team?

After we searched the entire internet- literally came to the end of the internet- there was nothing more, The Guy whispers, "Mike... Mike... Mike... I have an idea..." I asked him what it was. He replied to the effect that he thought he had eggs and baking soda, but needed chocolate chips and butter. I said "oh." He said he was just thinking. He wanted to make sure he wasn't using me or taking advantage of me and I said nope, never. He went into the kitchen, looked around, and told me to go to Target to get those ingredients as well as a treat. I did. Drove to Target and got the ingredients. The Guy wanted Quaker rice snacks, but they only had caramel. I just bought him a Hershey's Cacao candy bar instead as a treat. I didn't buy any milk, though it crossed my mind when The Guy was going to make cookies- I could have called him though, or thought out of the box as he told me later.

I get back to his place and put the stuff in the refrigerator. He asks what I bought and I told him to go look. Next thing I know he is in the kitchen with 2 mixing bowls putting his eggs, sugar, etc. in the bowl and having me get a mixer, beaters, and things like that out. He didn't even look at a recipe which surprised me. He knows his chocolate chip cookie recipe by heart- he uses the Nestle Toll House cookie recipe. He surprised me by how precisely he measured everything for his cookies- he doesn't do that for most other things he cooks where his philosophy is the more, the better. The Guy warned his cookies always come out really flat, so we stood there in the kitchen eating batter by the spoonful and it was DELICIOUS. So rich!!! The Guy finally made about a dozen cookies for us. We sat in the living room eating the cookies- The Guy made the cookies really large and we each had 3. There were 6 left over that he put on the refrigerator to cool.

We sat down and watched an episode of "Family Guy" and both fell asleep. We probably slept 2-3 hours I'm guessing. I am not sure when The Guy got up to go lay down in his bedroom, but he did at some point when I was still asleep. I got up, went to the bathroom about 8p.m., then went in and told The Guy I better take off. I could have laid back down and slept another several hours.

Still here...

The Guy and I haven't hung out yet this week... I was sick Tuesday and Wednesday and he pulled a muscle in his back Tuesday or Wednesday.

I'm wide awake at 12:00a.m. and just 2 hours ago I was EXHAUSTED.

Have had a good night so far- went to the mall to return some things at JCPenney (things were even cheaper now, so they gave them to me for that price meaning I got to buy another 2 shirts for the price I paid for 1).

I start school tomorrow- my LAST year... that's what I said last year. For the record I was planning on finishing college in 3 and was lined up to, but classes didn't work out, so I'm here for a 4th year... home stretch... I can make it... Taking 2 or 3 Spanish classes (Spanish literature, grammar, and linguistics) this quarter- hopefully I can survive. I think I will. I may be a bit loco in 10 weeks, but I think I can make it. I know that I will have survived if I'm not asking to be admitted into una institución mental más cercana (the nearest mental institution). I'm really excited that I'm nearly fluent (practically) in Spanish and that my degree is going to say I have a minor in Spanish... have to make sure the paperwork for that was processed... one of my tasks in the coming weeks...

Have been working a lot the past 2 weeks, which is great because I will have 2 nice paychecks to help pay off my car. My goal is to have the thing paid off by December (and I bought it in July for the record).

It is 83 out right now- AT MIDNIGHT- it is so muggy in the house. I've had the A/C going full speed and it is part of the reason I am still up- it is noisy.

Jessica Simpson can't sing or perform... I saw her at the LA County Fair the other day and seeing was proof.

Sugarland can, and they were AWESOME back at the beginning of September at the LA County Fair.

To go or not go see my hottie Gavin Rossdale and Lifehouse on Sunday that is the question... it would make for 3 visits to the LA County Fair this year...

Hopefully there was some coherence to this, but it is just kind of what was rambling in my head at this early hour of the morning. Sorry for the many ellipsis... I tend to just let thoughts ebb and flow when I'm tired.

Good morning, everyone!

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Our friend, Dallas Raines (his real name)

Dallas, Dallas, Dallas? What am I going to do with you? You left Michelle and Ellen's curling iron alone for a change, which is a relief; but instead found your way to the hair dye? Dallas, this is just awful. You are not a blond... no it is not just the picture on my phone- I've looked on 3 different TV's in my house and his hair is very yellow on all of them (HD and non-HD). Dallas, that is just BAD. Please don't.



And while I'm picking a bone with Dallas about his hair, how about those temps? Riverside 98 tomorrow? Big Bear 76? Dallas? So much for fall...

For your info., I much prefer Garth Kemp also on ABC 7.

Monday, September 22, 2008

I made out in the middle of the ocean



I met date #2, Mike, again on Sunday. We talked Saturday night and he said for me to call him when I woke up. I did. He invited me down to his place to take his boat out to cruise Huntington, Balboa, and Newport. He is a total outdoors guy.

It was a beautiful day- not a cloud in the sky, probably about 75 degrees, sun shining brightly, all the beautiful beach front houses.

I get to his place and he is finishing hooking the boat up to the truck. It is a little 10 foot inflatable boat, but a fun little thing nonetheless. We drive down to Newport to the boat launch and he unhooks the boat and I help put it in the water. We cruise around the area and look at the houses. He asks me over and over if I was scared. I said no, but with his insistence of me being scared I said he was worrying me because maybe he had something planned- maybe like a Lacy and Scott Peterson thing in the middle of the ocean. He said nope and rubbed my leg to let me know it was alright. We cruised all around Newport and made our way far out into the ocean. He was playing around driving really fast or really slow to scare me. He asked where I wanted to go. I said I didn't know, so he gave me choices: near the harbor, idle out in the middle of the ocean, go near shore, or continue on out. I suggested we idle in the ocean. The surf was coming up and the waves were choppy, but that added to the experience. We let the waves push us around out there. He shuts off the engine and he sits down in the boat facing me with his legs hanging over the edge like mine already were. He rubbed my legs and I rubbed his. I only went as far as his thigh, but he soon had his hand in my board shorts reaching around. He found what he was looking for. I did some searching and he was hard, but nearly impossible to reach from where I was. We shift around a little and then he is on top of me wanting to make out. I lay back, grab his head, and we're going at it. We're rubbing each other's bodies in the process. It wasn't that comfortable, but boy was it fun, and I can now say I've made out in the middle of the ocean. The closest boat to us was probably 100 feet away, but him being a very straight, closeted guy was scared, so we started the engine back up. The Newport Police helicopter also flew above.

We turned around and he showed me some waterfront houses where they hang over the water and look like they could fall over the edge at any moment. He said we should take some time to stretch our legs. We cruise down to Balboa Island- it is like they say, an island in the middle of the ocean you need to take a ferry to get to. They had 3-4 cars at a time on the ferry to cross. I had never been to Balboa- only heard, and so to see this was exciting. We walk all around Balboa and he shows me where he used to live and we see all the touristy places in Balboa. There is a toe ring shop, which amuses me. We only stay for about 15 minutes because he is worried about bigger boats coming and wanting to dock where we're parked.

Back in the boat and we cruise around Balboa some more looking at the houses and looking at seals laying out on the back of the boats. We keep stopping and rowing around the really old boats that have seen better days and laughing at them. A lot of the boats it looked like people live on on a consistent basis.

Mike asked if I wanted to get a drink at a bar overlooking the water. I said sure. We pull up, dock the boat, and walk on the dock, which is swaying as we walk on it. I'm thinking I'm not intoxicated already. He orders the first round of drinks- he has a Coors and I have a Jack and coke. We stand around watching the people talk. It was probably 2p.m. and the bar was full. He talks about how he needs to become rich to get a yacht like some that are docked across from us in the boat storage area. He asks if I wanted another round, I said sure, and paid for our drinks this time. After 2 rounds of drinks we were ready to go. Getting back into the boat I felt a little tipsier than before. We cruise and see more seals laying on the back of boats. It is a lot of fun. There are also a lot of fish jumping out of the water. Mike talks about how he'd like to cruise around Long Beach like this since he has never done it, or the 30 miles or so to Catalina Island.

Going back to the Newport boat launch we're touching each other and talking about the houses on the water. We get back to shore, put the boat back on his hitch thing and then take off back to his place. We were out there for 5-6 hours and it was so fun! The car ride home we're talking about what we did out in the middle of the ocean and holding hands. He had said the other day when I talked to him on the phone he wished he grabbed my hand and held it on the way home from pizza the other night.

We clean the boat out with the hose, he unhitches the engine from it, and then we put the boat back on the hitch.

We go inside and talk about dinner. He said he'd tell me what was around here and so i named places that was sounding good. I mentioned Cocos, Rubys, Carrows, In-N-Out. In-N-Out was, so we went there. But first....

First we hugged each other, the hugging lead to us sitting on the couch making out, he was licking my neck and I was doing the same to him. Both of us were moaning. He had made sure the window was shut this time. We laid on the couch and he had his dick pressed up against my ass. He was simulating fucking me and said he wanted to feel what it felt like with his finger up there, but wanted to do it with a condom. This guy is ultimate Mr. Shy, so he doesn't have condoms and he even bought lube the other day, which he told me how nervous he was.

We get in the car and go to In-N-Out about 8p.m.. I pay for our burgers. I drive there and I give him some country music trivia- like Darius Rucker from Hootie and the Blowfish is now singing country and this has been a project in the works for him for 3-4 years. He was surprised. We go to Albertsons to rent a movie out of the $1.00 movie rental vending machine. I pick out Batman. Who knew it would be an anime Batman? No joke, it was terrible. We talked about getting condoms- since he was scared I did. I find them and they're under lock and key. Um... no... I wasn't going to have a clerk paged for me to buy condoms, so I walk outside to my car where he is waiting. He tells me there is a Chevron gas station in the parking lot and we drive over to it. I get out, go in, buy them, and no big deal. He was asking me if I was nervous and telling me again how scared he'd be. I said nope, because really I wasn't.


Darius Rucker- Don't Think I Don't Think About It (from Hootie and the Blowfish)

We eat the burgers and watch the Batman show. It was rotten. We stick it out a little bit and joke maybe it is going somewhere. It wasn't. He lays on me while we're on the couch and we make out. I rub his back while doing this. By now he was relaxed and ready for more. We took it to the bedroom where we laid down, I sucked his nipples, which really turned him on, then we jacked each other off. While we were jacking he got out a condom and tried fingering me. He kept asking me if it hurt and I said no- his fingers were nice and skinny... and we know I've had larger things up there... hey... I'm just saying... well... we know it is true... We shoot our loads, clean up with a towel, then I tell him I need to get going. We hug, kiss, and say goodbye. I left at 11 and got home at 12:15. All the way home I think about how I just made out in the ocean and isn't that slutty of me? It was hot, and sort of exotic.