Thom’s House

Archive for July, 2002

Sheesh

31 July 2002

If my family’s functional 90% of the time, we make up for it in the fifteen minutes after my mom wakes up from her nap. There’s almost invariably a huge, heated argument over some petty housework. I’ve come to learn to blow the whole thing off by 14:59.

Funny thought: had Clarisa (my high-school crush) gone to NAU as planned, I might’ve followed her & gone to Flag. But, had I done that, I might’ve only met Gen in passing or at a party at best, or maybe not at all, and never gotten to know her. So there’s worse things than being hours apart.

Hardcopy Entry #1

31 July 2002

There must be a god, for I think I’ve found an angel. I felt it two years ago, but was too damned stupid to realize it. By her own will, I’ve been reminded of it & now know too well to forget again.

In the past two weeks, she’s gotten close to me, felt for me, confided in me, allowed me to confide in her… Not to mention blessing me with the singlemost romantic time in my entire life… and a not-too-shabby runner up.

These are things I’ve longed for and tried to find for years, but never found. These are things I’d set as life-long goals. And I’ve found them in two weeks? What do I have left in life? =)

Keeping it, I suppose. Not just for myself, but for her as well. I know she’s had the feeling of “loved and lost” for every feeling I’ve had of “never loved at all”, and I doubt either is truly better. The only alternative is to find it and keep it.

Well, the outcome I’ll work on… For now, I think I’ll bask in the present.

Really learning now…

29 July 2002

Not much progress, but some basics.

Je m’appelle Thom.
Je parle francais un peu.
Comment allez-vous?

Probably seems easy to the point of being silly, I know… But I’ve never been great at languages, and French has always puzzled me.

How’s my french?

29 July 2002

Tu es parfait. =)

I gahna mathe you an offa you cahn effuse…

25 July 2002

Like that? That was my Godfather impression.

I just got my top two wisdom teeth pulled today. Not as bad as I thought it would be, the actual pulling anyhow. One of them was a piece of cake, but the other was a bit of trouble, as it was still slightly under the gum. Once that novocaine started wearing off… oh, baby do they hurt. Especially where the stubborn one used to lay. I’ve taken some ibuprofen, it’s helped some…. I can’t wait till later, I’m gonna have a dose of percocet, so maybe I’ll sleep right through the pain.

Wish I had someone here to spoonfeed me applesauce… ;-) …but otherwise, I guess I’m doing okay.

A Long Past-Due Update

21 July 2002

Well, I’ve been encouraged to start this up again. So even though I’m now fully aware how un-poetic my journal entries are as compared to some, here goes…

Not much going on in Thom’s life. Looking for a job; finally working on driving and hoping to get my license soon, so hurray for finally growing up.

I just got together with Genelle (a.k.a. NAU chick for those of you who don’t remember names.) Hadn’t seen her since November 3, 2000, and hadn’t heard too much from her till recently. Regardless, we had a better time together than we’d had two years ago.

Went to TGI Friday’s, then decided to take a trip up to the river. Sat around for a while, then decided to jump in, with stupid me in jeans. (And that water sure had a kick to it, eh?) Got back out, had a wonderful conversation on religion, France, friendship and such, the likes of which I haven’t had for a long time.

And then we watched the stars come out. :-) Anyone who’s ever read my scripts/script ideas/stories and such knows that I love staring up at the stars, so much that I incorporate the scene into each of my writings. So I was taken for the night, hook, line & sinker.

So that settles it: This nerd’s gonna buckle down and get his license, and a.s.a.p., a car as well. I think we both want to see more of each other, and though the distance will hinder regardless, it’s certainly not fair to make her do all the driving.

Thanks for the night, Gen. ;-)