Throbbing Daniel Carrot.

First off, excuse the starling lack of DateATimmy. I sincerely apologize, but I have seriously been too busy. Since Monday, I’ve either been working, socializing, or sleeping. I swear. I started writing it on Roxanne, but I haven’t gotten to the bulk of it. I should have some time of my hands tomorrow before being social. I’ll get to it. One day delay, deal with it.

I slept in until 1 PM for the first time in a long time. Felt great to wake up rested. Showered. I flew out the door saying how I needed to find my friends. I’ll drive my dad to Home Depot tomorrow to get a screen door. Went to Ashley’s apartment to be told by her Grandma that she was at work. I should have known that. (She later told me that her Grandma thought I was cute.) Visited Ashley at work. She was looking at the name “Paige” when I walked in. She said she was getting off at five, as I thought.

Drove by Dan’s, but he wasn’t there. Drove by Cliff’s and neither his van nor the pontiac was there. So I went to Panera to say hi to Erik. I left and went to his house. He showed up and we revisited Ashley at work, then took her with us when her shift was over. She was taking home a bunch of almost-dead roses, and gave me one. Drove by Cliff’s again. (No dice.) Since she’s nearby, we drove to Liz’s house. She was looking a little frazzled, but she was there.

And, that was the four of us for the evening. Another evening of driving around to random places and houses, looking for something to do. We ended up eating at the After, a place nobody had been to before. I liked the atmosphere. We had another conversation about Ashley’s chest. Not surprising, she likes the attention.

By this point, the rose was seriously decomposing. I tossed rose petals out the window of Liz’s car for fun.

I talked to Liz and Ashley about Melissa-related things. Having them give me token advice was just what I needed. If anything, it gives me a different perspective to consider. Gotta love female friends who hate girls.

Ashley gave me the go-with-how-it-feels vibe. Fair perspective. As Liz pointed out, I can make resolutions up the wazoo, but I’m going to end up being overwhelmed by how I feel when I’m next to her.

I forget exactly what Liz said, but she was impressed by the prose I gave her. She said I should write down what it is I want from Melissa. In part so I can look back upon it? I think. Something else was more important. I was saying how I felt a foot tall last night, around Melissa’s friends. Liz said that wasn’t my fault, it was their fault for not making me feel more welcome. Damn, I could have used her voice in my head last night!

Throbbing Daniel Carrot. After dropping Ashley off at home, we played a game where one person would write a word, fold it over, then hand it to the next person who writes another word. So on and so forth. The trick is to see whether any of it results in some form of poetry. And yes, throbbing Daniel Carrot just happens to be one of the strings that came up.

I FOUND A COPY OF UHF. I grabbed it and paid for it at the counter, on the spot. Rox0r.

Conan, the Librarian!

Yes.

Anyway, sleep. I do have to open three days this week (again), I can’t get used to staying up late. Plus, I’d like to write out DateATimmy before tomorrow’s social activities.

OH! I had given Ashley my Lifetime Mix, which is five CD’s in all. She listened to the first one and liked it. I’m happy. King of Snake caught her ear, which makes me think I’ll give her a techno/dance mix when she finishes all the music. We’re one step closer to expanding her musical horizons.