Monday, July 12, 2004

How odd
I got dumped today. Today was great.

Yeah, Julia left me a voice mail saying that she felt she had 'rushed into things' and that she wanted to be just friends. Dumped by voice-mail...owch. If I were someone else watching me, I'd be laughing at me. And...I still laughed at me a little. XP

Well, I went through the four stages of grieving in the car ride to Barnes & Noble. Denial ("I'm better off starting college single."), anger, ("I brought her fricki'n flowers!"), economics, ("More money to spend on comics.") and, finally, acceptance and return to my version of normalicy. ("Heh...the Russian thought she was 'rushin''. Hah! I slay me!")

Anyway, I went to Barnes & Noble and lost myself in job training, watching instructional videos, and meeting my co-workers. Cool beans, no?

I learned more about coffee than i ever wanted to know, to be frank. Did you know the price of espresso in Italy is regulated by the government? True story!

Anyway, I'm totally psyched about my new gig. I'm getting $6.75 an hour, while minimum wage is $5.15! O__O wh00t!

(And I don't have to spend any of it on flowers for a certain Russian.)

(Well, I take that back; I haven't written her off. I really like her, so I'm going to the tired-and-true contingency plan for girls who 'just want to be friends'.)

(What's the plan? I'm going to be her sweet guy friend until she changes her mind. Done it several times before.)

(Okay, maybe it's never actually worked before, but you never know, right?)

(Why am I still speaking in parentheses?)

(Parentisis? Parenthisies? Peranthesises?)

I start tomorrow for actual work at 7:30 AM, until $. Then, Wednesday, I'm in from 3 pm until closing at 11. Then, Thursday, I'm off. Yayness.

Thought of the moment: Slaughter is just like laughter with an 's'!

Quote of the moment: "My back...my back..." -Peter Parker, "Spider-Man 2"

Song of the moment:

"Truth of my Youth", New Found Glory

There was a time and place,
Where I never thought,
I'd leave my own hometown,
But those days finally,
Are dead and gone,
It was never my intention to stay there,
Oh no,

There was a concious effort played by me,
To disown anything I see,
There was a girl I knew,
Way back when,
Who says she doesnt know me anymore,
These are the lies the things you never mention,
These are my past mistakes I'll stay away from,

These are my thoughts written down on paper,
It's my only savior,
From not saying what I want to say,
These are the thoughts that are on my mind,
Moments that haven't yet been defined,
And I dont know if you could ever understand,
These are the things I cant say when were alone.

There were countless hours on the telephone,
My ears were ringing from the dial tone,
There were flashing lights,
People staring,
There was nothing I could ever do,
These are the lies the things you never mention,
These are my past mistakes I'll stay away from,

This is the truth,
The only time you'll here it,
I write it down because it seems so hard to say it,

These are my thought written down on paper,
It's my only savior,
From not saying what i want to say,
These are the thought that are on my mind,
Moments that havent yet been defined,
And i dont know if you could ever understand,
These are the things i cant say when were alone.

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