Shrimp Scampering

Lah. So, no, I didn’t sleep for 10 hours. Jay called around 11 and asked if I wanted to go out to lunch. Well. He had called yesterday and I declined because I was hella-tired. Of course, I felt insanely guilty for that, cuz he was having a very bad day and we are the only two up here since it’s winter break. (He stayed cuz he has a review for his sculpture class next week and he needed to finish some projects). So I felt bad for saying no.

But anyways. So he called this morning and I was feeling rested, and he asked if I wanted to go to DB, which is maybe an hour up the road. He needed to go to a lumber store to get some wood. He’s creating this series of boxes. The current one is kind of about his father. He needed pine (I think) because it’s almost yellowish in colour. He has a very strong memory of being in the…I dunno what they call it…the place where families of terminally ill people stay when the person is nearing death) Anyways. Jay remembers being there the day before his father died, and he and his brother were sitting on a couch while his mother talked to the desk clerk, and the video for “Yellow” was playing, by Coldplay. And he said that now that song will always be attached to that event. He doesn’t talk much about his father. That was, actually, the first time he’s ever talked to me at such length about him. I didn’t realize he died of leukemia. *sighs* He wants me to get a hold of a hospital gown so he can cut swatches of it for the box. And I think he also wants to put a bare bine branch in it.

He has one box that I really, really love. It’s on display at MC at the moment, in a student art show. It’s made of maple (I think), with plexiglass sides. And inside are leaves that he kind of bleached…he soaked them in something until they became kind of transparent. And it has a bare tree branch inside. I think I love it so much because I was there for the process of it. And it, in and of itself, is about the process. (Finding the leaves, bleaching them, etc) Maybe it’s made of oak. I forget. Anyways. He said he’d give it to me when it was done being displayed at MC. *excited*

Uh…where was I…So. We went to the lumber store and got the wood and then decided to go to Ruby Tuesday’s. Yay! One of my fave restaurants, cuz of W. Anyhow. We got decadant and both ordered expensive meals. (yes, 11 dollar meals are considered expensive at this point in life.) He got a seafood sampler kind of a thing, and I got shrimp alfredo. Yum! Except now I’m paying for it. My stomach doesn’t deal well with alfredo sauce. *sigh* But it made me miss New Orleans.

So lunch was fantabulous. Then we came back and went to his apartment and I got all of the ALLIES stuff that was hiding under his bed and put it in my car. Then we went to Wally World and I bought some hanging file folders and a file box, and we came back to my apt so he could use my computer, and I started organizing all of the papers. I found a lot of really great stuff and got rid of a lot of excess junk. (Like millions of flyers for things that took place 3 years ago!) Fun. I like that it’s all organised now.

Ugh. I really don’t want to go to work tonite. My tummy is yucky and I don’t want to work with slow/stupid people. And. I’m not even being mean. She’s just stupid! *sigh*

I think I need to find a new job. All the negativity of that place is really getting to me. I guess it got to me before, but I never noticed it. Eh. This self-awareness shite makes life kind of hard to deal with sometimes.

I’m mad cuz the UPS guy came while I was out, and he didn’t leave my package 🙁 But he left the thingie that I can sign that says he can leave it tomorrow. Even tho I’ll prolly be home when he comes! heh.

Yellow by Coldplay

Look at the stars,
Look how they shine for you,
And everything you do,
Yeah, they were all yellow.

I came along,
I wrote a song for you,
And all the things you do,
And it was called “Yellow.”

So then I took my turn,
Oh what a thing to’ve done,
And it was all yellow.

Your skin
Oh yeah, your skin and bones,
Turn into something beautiful,
You know
You know I love you so,
You know I love you so.

I swam across,
I jumped across for you,
Oh what a thing to do.
Cuz you were all yellow,

I drew a line,
I drew a line for you,
Oh what a thing to do,
And it was all yellow.

Your skin,
Oh yeah your skin and bones,
Turn into something beautiful,
You know,
For you I’d bleed myself dry,
For you I’d bleed myself dry.

It’s true, look how they shine for you,
Look how they shine for you,
Look how they shine for…
Look how they shine for you,
Look how they shine for you,
Look how they shine…

Look at the stars,
Look how they shine for you,
And all the things that you do.