Aaron

It occurs to me how strange everything is right now. And how wonderful – let’s not forget that. Seriously, though, people are going to college and already they’re changing – a little drastically – some not so drastically – some changing for the better – some just… changing. I don’t feel myself changing so much. Not yet, anyway. But I have discovered a few things about myself.

I’m more social than I had originally thought. Then again, maybe it’s just that the girls in my corridor are so great that I feel completely comfortable with them, which allows me to make friends easier, but I don’t know. I’m alright at this stuff… I love these people. I really haven’t gotten to know too many guys, however. There are some from my classes that I talk to and can hang out with, but I think this is mainly because I’m just shy around them. Who knows.

I learned something the day of graduation. It’s really strange, because I was supposed to be DONE learning for the summer, but nevertheless, I learned something about a friend of mine. It’s strange how I met Aaron. Technically I met him through and online discussion board, which I got to through Gabe. Actually, I met two people through the discussion board, both being Gabe’s best friends: Erik and Aaron. I talked to him online for awhile. The first time I ever met Aaron was at a performance of Into the Woods for which I played piano. I never really saw him after that (sophomore year) until junior year, when I drove him home after school. That usually only happened 2 or 3 times a week at most, but still, that short little 10 minutes was fun. This year I barely ever saw Aaron because he had a car, and we had no classes together. I did see him a few times, but not really enough to qualify as seeing him a lot. We never hung out outside of school, except for at Friday’s once when Erik had a get together. Online, however, we always chatted.

So when we got our picture taken together after graduation, he invited me to his graduation party. I ended up going (it was one of 6 I had to go to that night), and missed Gabe and Erik by about 15 minutes. The only people that were there were all part of his family. That made it a little strange, but his family was really cool. He gave me the official tour of his condo, and we went downstairs where his little cousins were playing. He semi-rough-housed with them for a few minutes – it was all really cute. And I realized that Aaron’s a really cool kid – that we should’ve hung out more – that we might’ve been pretty good friends.

So he goes off to Texas to join the Air Force, and I don’t talk to him for six weeks. I go to a birthday get together for Marcia one day, and see Erik there for the first time in almost a year. I ask him about Aaron and end up getting Aaron’s address. I write him a letter… he writes back. He’s since gotten access to the internet while I’ve been in college, and we’ve chatted several times. I have a letter in the mail for him, and he has a letter int he mail for me – we both sent them yesterday. I’m supposed to call him tomorrow – we don’t have classes – he’s bored – told me to call him. I’m going to.

No one else really talks to Aaron, I don’t think. He said he’s been getting letters from his parents and Erik’s mom, and that’s about it – my letter was a nice change, not to mention surprise. He’s a really great guy… I think he’s a lot smarter than the classes he took in high school might suggest. I could be wrong on this, but he doesn’t strike me as an unintelligent person – and I usually pick up on that. You know how some people are just smart and you can tell? And yet you wouldn’t know that by the standards I usually use – honors kids – grades – colleges – that type of thing.

This is really weird – the girl across the hall is iming me – rather than just talking to me – but I’m kind of glad she’s not TALKING to me, because it’s easier to try and concentrate on what I’m doing this way. Ehh – she always walks in the room, which is I guess what the point of having my door open is, except I wish there was a way of only letting people you actually enjoy and like into the room. I can’t be social and selective at the same time. It’s either social and accepting, or anti-social and selective. Now I’m being mean on the IM – I feel bad – but not bad enough. Especially because she’s from Mexico and doesn’t probably pick up on the fact that I’m being mean and don’t want to talk to her. Ahh.

Make it stop.

Anyway… I went to “You’re Fired” today – which is a place that allows you to paint mugs, plates, picture frames, etc… and then it first them in a keln for you. It was so much fun – did a mug – hopefully it’ll turn out well. I can’t wait to see it finished!

Last night the girls from the corridor ordered Chinese, which we ate around little coffee tables in the basement, sitting on couch cusions around it. Then we watched Girl Interrupted, then a bunch of “Trading Spaces” episodes. It was funny – when I got back to my room, “Trading PLACES” was on – the movie. I thought it was fun. 🙂