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Friday, May 18, 2007

Catching up

 Imagine this if you will.........Jack White calls me up and asks me to go on tour with the White Stripes as their official tambourine player. The Redwalls are the opening act and Logan comes onstage to do a song with them and I'm dancing around, slapping a tambourine on my ass while surrounded by rock star bulges. Then Aaron from Ghostland Observatory shows up out of nowhere and starts dancing. (oh shit, I never posted about the ghostland show...remind me to do that. It was amazing. Click here for videos and you'll see the dancing I'm talking about ).
Then after the tour, Jack gives me a pug and a chihuahua (both wearing argyle sweaters) as payment for my badass tambourine services (and various other shaky devices).

That's pretty much how happy I've been for the past 2 weeks. Okay, maybe a little happier than that.
I'm sorry this post comes almost a week late, but this is what happens when Bob leaves:




Seriously, that's what happened.  Bob left and all hell broke loose. We had no electricity for 2 days. A lot of areas STILL don't have power. It was pretty insane. Thanks, Bob.

So yeah, as if the lack of Bob wasn't bad enough, the next two days we were without power. I decided to go hang out at Jeremy's place since he actually had electricity, and I ended up locking my keys in my car (for the first time in my life!)
Needless to say, this week started off bad and has continued to suck ass since. So yeah, that's why I'm late making a post. I did put 2 new photo albums up though, in case you haven't seen them.



The other is from the Amon Tobin show we went to 5/5.  FUCKIN' CINCOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
(some drunk guy was yelling that on the street that day )

In case I didn't fill you in (I think everyone knows by now), Bob came to visit meeeeeeeeeeee
He got here 4/28 and was supposed to leave 5/6, but I talked him into staying another week (I have my ways )
I feel redundant talking about his visit since he already posted about it on his site, but I'm not even sure if you guys have read it since no one has posted any comments over at his place.

I guess I'll start at the beginning....

I dragged my sister to the airport with me to pick him up because I was freaking out just a little. We sat in the international terminal for about an hour before realizing we were in the wrong place 2 minutes before his plane was supposed to arrive. So we hauled ass to the train to get to the right terminal (which was kinda good because it didn't give me time to freak out any worse than I already was), made it there in time to find out he had already landed and proceeded to the baggage claim. I look up and see him standing there, freeze in my tracks for a second, like no way this is actually happening, and before I know it,  we're hugging and my face is buried in his chest. I can't stop laughing. Not only do I feel like a  dipshit for sitting in the wrong terminal for the last hour, but I'm totally freaking out and laughing at myself for that as well So naturally, I keep hiding my face :P
I really can't explain how it felt. It was insane. 
He grabs his stuff and we head for the train to get back to the car (which of course was still parked at the wrong terminal). We held hands all the way (he has the softest hands EVER, btw ) and kissed a few times, which was just......surreal.  My head kinda felt like it was spinning.  We got to the car and headed home. We had tickets to go to a concert that night, but ended up not going. I was so happy just to be with him finally that I couldn't have given a fuck less about a concert.  My mom stopped by unannounced, so we visited with her for awhile. Then we went out for food, came back and went to bed fairly early. 
I can't even describe how fucking good it felt to fall asleep together. Waking up next to him was equally amazing. It definitely didn't seem real the first couple days. The two weeks seemed to last forever and fly by at the same time. It was weird.
Here's some other stuff we did together (not necessarily in order):

* Had pancakes at IHOP, which was on the top of my list of things to do since I always want pancakes and no one ever wants to go with me.

* Went to see Grindhouse. Quentin's movie was better, even though I was being tortured through pretty much the whole thing.

* Had dinner with Craig and Craig at Cici's Pizza, then sat and talked at Dunkin' Donuts for awhile afterwards.

* Hung out with Jeremy, ate at IHOP again, played Guitar Hero,  tried unsuccessfully to download a gay porn which turned out to not even be gay when it finally finished downloading over a week later.

* Hung out with Jeremy again, watched Another Gay Movie, watched Heroes (well, they watched Heroes, I played on the computer and burned some music for Jeremy). Watched Freddy Mercury documentary and marveled at his teeth. Though I'm pretty sure we didn't do all of the above the same night.....did we hang out 2 or 3 times, Jeremy? I don't even remember. My memory is shit, man.

* Got in trouble with my neighbors......maybe Bob will explain if you ask him    (hahahaha)

* Went to the Museum of Science and Industry, saw Hurricane on the Bayou at the Omnimax theater there, left earlier than we wanted to since the museum closed early that day

* Wandered around Wrigleyville, checked out the Alley and some of the other cool shops in the area, grabbed lunch at the Salt & Pepper diner, laughed at drunk Cubs fans celebrating Cinco De Mayo, walked around aimlessly trying to kill time until the show since all the shops closed early. Killed some more time looking at photography books in Borders.

* Went to see Amon Tobin at the Metro. Stood outside, freezing out asses off for an hour longer than we should have.
The show was awesome

* Walked to Clarke's diner after the show and had a *very* late dinner. Finally made it home as the sun was coming up around 6am.

* Watched a couple episodes of Carnivale and all of season 1 of Curb Your Enthusiasm. Some of which we watched at my store while I was supposed to be working

* Saw Spiderman 3 at the drive-in.

* Got a Wii and played a lot of tennis. I watched more than I played since I sucked pretty bad. Lisa and Bob bonded as they worked their way up to Venus/Serena status while I continued to suck.
I've gotten quite a bit better though and should be able to give the dream team some competition when Bob gets back

* Went to see The Ex with Lisa and Jared.

* Made cupcakes & watched High Fidelity.

* Had dinner at Schoop's with Lisa, Jared and my mom. That made our 3rd trip to Schoop's in 2 weeks. Mmmm....grilled cheese  & vanilla coke

* Went to IHOP one last time.  I think I had enough pancakes to hold me over until he gets back :P

Everything was so perfect. I don't remember ever feeling so relaxed....not just with someone, but EVER. I didn't worry about anything. I didn't get pissed off. Stupid people didn't annoy me. Well, they did, but it didn't affect my mood in the least.  I'd almost say I wasn't myself, but I think what our time together made me realize is that person I've been for so long actually *isn't* myself. I'm not actually the angry, irritable person everyone knows me as. Of course I have friends I can be myself around, but I still let things get to me. It wasn't like that with Bob. Angry Candice was nowhere to be found. It was nice. And yes, I realize it's not like we'll be together 24/7, but I honestly don't see how I could ever let anything bother me the way I'm used to if I know he's at home waiting for me.

Sorry If I'm getting all sappy, but everyone's asking how things went so I'm telling ya!

This whole thing honestly boggles my mind. It doesn't seem possible. It just doesn't happen like this......does it?  I didn't think it was possible to feel like this. I have no doubts, no worries, no reservations. And for the first time ever, I know that the feelings are mutual. It's not the 80/20 I'm used to. I'm not just killing time anymore.......this is for real.
I don't know how the hell I got this lucky, but I'm not gonna ask questions.

I miss him so bad it hurts   July can't get here soon enough.


EDIT: I don't even know who all reads my page anymore, but I thought I'd let everyone know that you don't have to have a xanga account to comment on my posts anymore. So yeah, you should like, comment and stuff :P


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This post made me so happy to read! I'm really happy you wrote it and that I got to read it... it was totally not redundant at all. I mean, we shared the same stuff but that doesn't mean we valued everything equally and experienced everything equally and blah blah blah... ya know? Hahaha. Anyway, here are some comments in response to your version... ;)

* I'm sorry that my leaving caused a tornado-like event to occur. That wasn't intentional. :p Er, well... the trampoline was. And the tree. But not the rest of it. Especially not the power thing.
* I was going to write about you burying and hiding your face the whole time in my post but I didn't want to make you blush. Hahaha. And then you posted about it. :D You're so cute. All I wanted to do was kiss you but I just loved your face hiding against my chest, too. :)
* I'm glad you like my hands... I can embrace a little metrosexuality, I guess... :$ Hee hee.
* What was so torturous about Quentin's movie during Grindhouse? ;)
* As far as my memory tells me, the first time we met Jeremy, he came to your house, we went to IHOP, we came back and played Guitar Hero and struggled to find gay porn. We also watched Invader Zim. The second time, we went to his house, you played video games, I read magazines, and we watched Another Gay Movie. The third time, we went to his house, we both played video games, the three of us went to get food (grilled cheese!), and then came back to watch Heroes. Afterward, we watched a bit of Freddy's teeth, and then realized it was 1am and slipped off. And by slipping off, I'm... well, I'll stop there. :p
* Should I explain the situation with the neighbors? ;) I don't want to drag out the suspense, so... let's just say I leaned over toward Candice to grab the iPod to change the song and dropped the top to my bottle on the floor. It rolled under my chair. So Candice, wonderful darling of a girl that she is, pulled over, in front of her house, and hopped on top of me. Then she reached, reached, reached back behind me to try to get the bottle top for me. And while she was reaching, and reaching, and reaching... the neighbors walked by with their kids. We were like, "There's something on the floor!" I'm not sure how it all connects, but the next day we got a letter from the management office about picking out appropriate places to have biblical relations. Needless to say, we were both offended by such unsolicited and inappropriate missives.
* I liked the salt and pepper diner. That was really yummy. We need to try fried macaroni & cheese wedges. :p I just need to not eat anything with cholesterol for a year in advance to prepare.
* I loved wandering around Chicago with Candice. We were both a little... like... "shit. All the stores are closed. We have like 4 hours to kill (which turned out to be wrong since Amon Tobin started so late... in other words, we had more like 5 or 6 hours to kill). What are we going to do?" But we had so much fun! We hung out at a few different places and talked and held hands and... yeah... it was wonderful. I thought so, anyway.
* Clarke's sucked! :D But I didn't even care. :D Nor did I care that I was out so late. :D It was perfect.
* The drive-in was awesome! I loved the almost 50s-style presentation about how we needed to tune our radios to the FM spectrum. They made it sound like it was all this amazing new technology. Hahaha. And I loved the little store in the middle of the parking lot for pop corn and nachos and stuff.
* Wii tennis: Serena/Venus status?! Hahaha! I love you. That was cute. OK, so I was really good at wii tennis. So what? Like you said, if you've gotten a lot better, and you still have 6 weeks to practice, it should be pretty rough on me for the rematches. :) Fortunately, I won't have a job and I can practice a lot when I get there. ;) And I'll still have time left over to beat Super Paper Mario. And Mario Party 8. :D
* I liked watching The Ex with you, but I have to wonder if it was any less torturous than watching Grindhouse with me. You're going to have to explain that one. :p Hahaha.
* Those were yummy cupcakes!
* Didn't we watch A Scanner Darkly, too? Why don't you tell everyone what you remember from the movie... ;)

Thanks again for the post! :D

Posted 5/21/2007 4:50 AM by TrickyBuddha - reply

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Here are some comments in response to your comments :P

* Didn't want to make me blush??? I don't recall that ever being a concern of yours while you were here :P

* What was so torturous during Grindhouse? Let's see.....does anyone have one of those dolls so I can point out where the bad man touched me?

* Okay, so we did hang out with Jeremy 3 times. It all makes sense now :P And how did I forget about Zim???

* I never did find the cap to your bottle :$

* Yes we do need to try the fried mac & cheese. But we have to go back to S&P, I'm never going to Friday's again! Oh yeah! We went to Fridays w/ Jeremy too!! And then we went to Meijer and you got Cheez-its!!!!

* I loved walking around Chicago with you too. We need to do it lots more when you get back :D

* I'm sorry Clarke's sucked. My potatoes were good :P Maybe you just got the wrong thing. And what other place was open at 4am???

* The drive-in was definitely awesome. We have to go there lots more too :D

* I finally got past where I was stuck on Paper Mario!!!! :D

* The Ex was definitely less torturous, thanks in part to Lisa and Jared's presence.

* Hell yeah the cupcakes were yummy :D

* Yes, we did watch A Scanner Darkly. I remember smoking. I remember pb&j and mismatched chips. I remember bugs. And a bike. And you attacking me. That's about it :$

* WE WENT BOWLING!!!!!! Daarrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! How the hell did I forget that? We went bowling with Lisa and Jared and I sucked pretty bad. :(

I'm glad my post made you happy. I know I was supposed to be writing something else while you were gone last night, but I've been meaning to finish this post since I started writing it almost a week ago and I figured it would probably make you just as happy ;)
Posted 5/21/2007 12:02 PM by StraitjacketFun - reply


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