Monday, August 08, 2005 :::

the way I still look at you
 

I lived in houston my first year out of high school.
overall I learned a lot about life, but when it comes to school mostly I wasted my scholarship money.
oh well.
I met a lot of different people when I lived there, and I got my first real job. went to my first club, had my first roommate, met a d00d in drag for the first time.
it really was a learning experience.
one that I almost missed, though.

BoB and I dated forever, it seems... and he was particularly un-fond (is that a word?) of me going anywhere without him.
so for months I mostly stayed in my dorm room and spent time on the internet (which he later came to also be un-fond of) until one day, me being me, decided to go out with the guys even though I knew he'd flip.
eventually BoB went back to the valley and left me in houston. for a while I freaked out, but soon enough I decided to date around.

so I met this guy, who I sometimes still think about.
he was everything I wasn't, ya know? does that make any sense?
I grew up in a small town and didn't really believe homeless people existed (it's complicated, but that's the gist of it), while he grew up in houston and had friends that were homeless people (maybe not ~friends~ but knew their names and stuff).
and you know how I said I'd been getting im's from a familiar screenname?
well it's him.
and I'm stoked and I really wanna catch up and see how he's doing...
he's like... someone who's made a big difference in my life.
in a few hours he taught me more about real life than I learned in 2 sems worth of psychology, sociology, and philosophy.
honestly I think it's kinda funny... I sincereley doubt he realizes what an effect he's had on my life... I wonder if I will tell him.

::: posted by tinafish at 5:01 PM :::