Dec 29, 2008 11:14
i'm astounded at how these things happen. living in the same town for years, it should have happened sooner. but i still find it hilarious.
first, saturday. at the hockey game, we got far better seats than we normally do. my mom's friend keith gave us his channelside club tickets, crazy awesome. and in addition to seeing my friend seth there (that's where his seats are, so that wasn't particularly weird), i also saw a guy from high school i used to date, ken. actually date, mind you, but i'll get to that. my favorite part of the whole situation? in my infinite tact and grace, my instinctive reaction when he walks up to me is, "are you serious?"
i'm so classy, i scare myself.
so after the normal "how are you? how's your family" talk, that interaction ended, with me utterly dumbfounded that it has just occurred.
so then last night i went out to tank's to see my friend nick, who's visited from law school. i was somewhat prepared to deal with the fact that kemper might be there, as he and nick are best friends, and had just gotten back from winter vacation together, but he didn't go. i was a little upset by that, but that's neither here nor there, in this discussion anyway.
i should also mention that while i get myself in awkward situations often, i find other people's awkward situations hilarious. my friend morgan and i share that sentiment, particularly as it applies to nick :) so when his former bandmates jesse and jim show up, who i was also really good friends with in high school, it was crazy awkward to see how they were going to deal with hanging out, given the falling out after nick left the band. i was really surprised that he invited them, and even more surprised that they came.
kick that level of surprise up a notch when we're leaving the bar- it was nick, his friend stacey, jim and i- and i end up talking to jim at his car till 5 in the morning. nothing earth shattering or significant, because he's had a girlfriend for like 4 years, but it was just so out of the realm of anything i even considered possible anymore, it blew my mind.this, six years after i would have done anything for this kid, and instead basically engaged in the following exchange with anyone who would ask:
"so what's the deal with you and jim?"
"oh, we're not dating..."
i "not-dated' that kid for close to a year before it tapered off and he actually started dating some other girl from my class. heartbreaking at the time, funny now because i think about where i would be, and where i am now, and they're so different!
but wow, just wow. that was a lot to deal with this weekend.
coming this week: 2009. and deciding what that means for me in terms of a lot of situations.