Life's More Beautiful When You Have Company
Today, Victor and I spent the day together!
We originally planned to work on planning our committee (we're co-chairs), but gosh--how do I explain how great today's adventures were?
He said that he volunteered to chair because I volunteered first, and because we're "compatible" (which is so true! We like the exact same things, from writing and singing to peeling/eating the crust of our PB&J sandwiches first--he's like my twin!). He's always so sweet like that :]
We did finish our outlines for the first meeting after three song and tangent-filled hours at his house on north side. Afterwards, we went to eat this amazing cheese-parsley-corn-combo pizza together (he's also pseudo-vegetarian like me--and we both know why we're doing it, even if we can't explain it. Is that weird, or what??) and shopped at Safeway afterwards.
At one point, I told him how I liked block cheese but didn't have a cheese grater and he sort of walked away. I thought he wasn't interested at first, but then I found him and he was holding...a grater!! I laughed so hard. He's always so funny and thoughtful that way. Of course, I didn't let him buy me the grater, but he did buy my groceries since I let him use my card number and I bought the ($5 worth of) pizza.
I don't remember being so...at ease in such a long time. He's such an easygoing guy in general and so approachable (but so humble!) that he makes a superb co-worker, of course, but he's also just a great friend to have. Hence, "why it's great to have a friend who's a friend," or something like that.
Sometimes it's still a little bit eerie how alike we are. I mean, sure--at times, I admit that I feel a little..."intimidated" isn't the word, but almost in awe about how good he is with people in general. Everybody loves him, and this might be the first time I feel not envious but...supportive. Because he deserves it.
His amazingness aside (he's always using those corny lines about me and awesomeness, so I return the favor whenever I can!), we're more like twins than real ones, pretty much. We're both writers. We're both singers. We both have the same sense of humor. We both love our PB. We're both going on healthy streaks in a healthy way. We're both trying to be pseudo-vegetarians with only vaguely comprehensible reasons. We both love reading. I think we must've found at least a hundred bizarre, random things we have in common today, and that makes me really, really happy :]
One final thing is that he's chivalrous--but not in the creepy, I-want-to-be-archaic sense. He's so sincerely genuine in his motives, it's almost scary. He walked me home all the way from north side even though it's almost a 20-25 minute walk, and we had such a fun time just talking (At one point, he paused in the middle of a lit hall and said, "Is it okay if we stop to tie my shoe?" And I just thought it was the funniest thing and actually fell down laughing, so we just sat in the hall and laughed for about five minutes).
Ah, and last thing--I talked to him today about Kenny. Kenny said he would call (which he didn't, but I guessed he was going to call later anyway), so I called him while we were in Safeway to see if I would visit him while I was on north side. At first, I thought Kenny was just being aloof, but...I think he was just being himself when he hears about his girl friends and other guys. He said he thought it'd be "awkward," and even though I told him Victor didn't have to come, he sounded really hesitant. In the end, he told me he didn't really want me out so late, and asked if there would be someone to walk with me. I told him yes, so he said that it wasn't that he didn't want to see me...and that we should see each other during the school year.
I guess when I hear him say things like that, it makes me feel really...calm inside. I don't know how I feel about that, though. I talked to Victor about it (again--friends are amazing people to have!), and after I listed all the things that...bothered me about Kenny, Victor said that he didn't quite feel that I liked Kenny...which is probably true. He said that maybe it was just because we had history together that I thought I might like him.
I guess only time will tell. But for now, I'm happy with what I have :)
That was a mighty long post, but it helps me clear my thoughts. I'm just glad that I have my friends in my life--so thank you too, f-list, for always being here! <3
We originally planned to work on planning our committee (we're co-chairs), but gosh--how do I explain how great today's adventures were?
He said that he volunteered to chair because I volunteered first, and because we're "compatible" (which is so true! We like the exact same things, from writing and singing to peeling/eating the crust of our PB&J sandwiches first--he's like my twin!). He's always so sweet like that :]
We did finish our outlines for the first meeting after three song and tangent-filled hours at his house on north side. Afterwards, we went to eat this amazing cheese-parsley-corn-combo pizza together (he's also pseudo-vegetarian like me--and we both know why we're doing it, even if we can't explain it. Is that weird, or what??) and shopped at Safeway afterwards.
At one point, I told him how I liked block cheese but didn't have a cheese grater and he sort of walked away. I thought he wasn't interested at first, but then I found him and he was holding...a grater!! I laughed so hard. He's always so funny and thoughtful that way. Of course, I didn't let him buy me the grater, but he did buy my groceries since I let him use my card number and I bought the ($5 worth of) pizza.
I don't remember being so...at ease in such a long time. He's such an easygoing guy in general and so approachable (but so humble!) that he makes a superb co-worker, of course, but he's also just a great friend to have. Hence, "why it's great to have a friend who's a friend," or something like that.
Sometimes it's still a little bit eerie how alike we are. I mean, sure--at times, I admit that I feel a little..."intimidated" isn't the word, but almost in awe about how good he is with people in general. Everybody loves him, and this might be the first time I feel not envious but...supportive. Because he deserves it.
His amazingness aside (he's always using those corny lines about me and awesomeness, so I return the favor whenever I can!), we're more like twins than real ones, pretty much. We're both writers. We're both singers. We both have the same sense of humor. We both love our PB. We're both going on healthy streaks in a healthy way. We're both trying to be pseudo-vegetarians with only vaguely comprehensible reasons. We both love reading. I think we must've found at least a hundred bizarre, random things we have in common today, and that makes me really, really happy :]
One final thing is that he's chivalrous--but not in the creepy, I-want-to-be-archaic sense. He's so sincerely genuine in his motives, it's almost scary. He walked me home all the way from north side even though it's almost a 20-25 minute walk, and we had such a fun time just talking (At one point, he paused in the middle of a lit hall and said, "Is it okay if we stop to tie my shoe?" And I just thought it was the funniest thing and actually fell down laughing, so we just sat in the hall and laughed for about five minutes).
Ah, and last thing--I talked to him today about Kenny. Kenny said he would call (which he didn't, but I guessed he was going to call later anyway), so I called him while we were in Safeway to see if I would visit him while I was on north side. At first, I thought Kenny was just being aloof, but...I think he was just being himself when he hears about his girl friends and other guys. He said he thought it'd be "awkward," and even though I told him Victor didn't have to come, he sounded really hesitant. In the end, he told me he didn't really want me out so late, and asked if there would be someone to walk with me. I told him yes, so he said that it wasn't that he didn't want to see me...and that we should see each other during the school year.
I guess when I hear him say things like that, it makes me feel really...calm inside. I don't know how I feel about that, though. I talked to Victor about it (again--friends are amazing people to have!), and after I listed all the things that...bothered me about Kenny, Victor said that he didn't quite feel that I liked Kenny...which is probably true. He said that maybe it was just because we had history together that I thought I might like him.
I guess only time will tell. But for now, I'm happy with what I have :)
That was a mighty long post, but it helps me clear my thoughts. I'm just glad that I have my friends in my life--so thank you too, f-list, for always being here! <3