Cedric!
Look at the cutie I snagged!
Okay, so it's not official. Not yet. Actually, we both have past relationship baggage we're trying to work out together. However, he likes me and I like him. YAY!
He's wonderful. His name is Cedric, and he's a theatre major. (God, I always fall for the theatre boys!) He's funny and quite intelligent, and is very open-minded. He's one of the sweetest guys I know, but he also has an anger he rarely shows. (I find anger to be wildly attractive.) He's Seventh-Day Adventist, like my parents, and he's vegan. At first I wasn't very sexually attracted to him (nor him to me), but he's grown on me. He is SUCH a cutie!
The pic, btw, is us after a party with other theatre geeks. I'm a bit drunk at this point.
I can't pinpoint what I like most about him. I think it's the whole package that appeals to me. The sum of his parts is damn near perfect.
We get along well, and I think we'll learn a lot from each other. Yay!
His relationship baggage includes many factors, but my main problem is James. Yes, Mr. Ranger, that Cause of Great Evil himself; who calls himself my best friend.
God, I make him sound frightening!
Basically, he's jealous. For the longest time I wanted to date him, but he would push me away. We've had some sexual relations, but they didn't mean anything. Either he'd be stiff as a board, or I would find little enjoyment in the situation and he'd get frustrated. So I eventually got over him and gave up ever dating him.
Well, now that it seems like I might find someone I could grow to truly love, he's become moody and defensive. And not just towards me, but also Katie and Diana, who are also now in serious relationships.
I need to find out how to get him out of my life. I really do think that that is the only way I can enjoy dating Cedric or anyone, for that matter. Sunday night and Monday morning just proved this to me.
James, Katie, James M. (Katie's boyfriend) Lucy and myself crashed for the night at Lucy's home. We bought hard liquor and watched movies and acted like asses. Katie and the Jameses were the only ones to get drunk, oddly. I thought I would, but I was eating and drinking water between my shots. Lucy had a few shots, too.
This was Katie's first time getting drunk, and she let James HAVE it. Mind you, James is a very self-loathing, morose and rather dumbfounded drunk. Katie is like me when wasted: talkative and loving and horny and honest to a fault. She basically expressed that she hates James and thinks his emotions are fucked and that he needs psychiatric help. She insulted his hair, his body, his fashion sense, everything. She also said that she "loves me" and that I'm "wonderful, if a bit oily," but that's another story entirely. ;)
Oh, and I think she complimented my fashion sense! SCORE!
Anyway... her in her drunken stupor let out quite a lot of details I confided in her with. Details about James. That was... awkward, to say the least.
The next morning we went to Denny's for breakfast. Out of chance I saw Cedric with a bunch of friends. I walked up and introduced myself and chatted for a bit, and then went back to my breakfast. I was planning to invite Cedric to join us, but James was being HORRIBLE. "Why is your man staring at me? Tell him to stop staring at me. If he doesn't stop staring at me, I'll smack him!"
That totally killed any hope of peace between the two. I hastily waved good-bye to Cedric and left.
Again, naturally, after James left to work we all exploded. "God, he was SO FUCKING ANNOYING THIS WEEK-END!" Even Katie's boyfriend, a very soft-spoken, gentle guy, agreed.
So... yes. I shall get one boy out of my life and another into my life. Hopefully soon! :)
Pray for me to whomever you worship, y'all. I know I'll be asking Athena for wisdom.
Without further ado, some pics of our "fun":
Diana and her boyfriend, Jeremy. They didn't stay, but it was my first time meeting him. They're SO cute together!
James expressing his worry, with Lucy stifling a laugh.
Katie gives her best expression of a paranoid elderly woman.
"It's so fucking COLD!
Me, driving with my mouth. Note that none of us had drink just yet. :P
"Why do you have grass on your fridge?! You don't play golf on it!"
"Drink this, Katie! It's more vodka." (Was actually water!)
No comment #1.
"My family is too freakin' cheap to afford a time machine!"
No comment #2.
YAAY PICS!
P.S.: For those of you wondering... I don't drink very often at all. I actually drink maybe once a month or less. Having alcohol within two days of each other (The party with Cedric was Friday, the one with Lucy was Sunday) is unheard of for me.