Une Vie Compliquée: "We're just fooling around"

Saturday, January 23, 2010

"We're just fooling around"

I'm alive! Hell week #1 is over! This week was busy as hell and I got my first decent nights sleep all week last night. I also set a new record for myself for going to bed on a school night this week...4:50AM. My sleep cycle is so messed up, I know.

Okay, now that it's the weekend, I can finally talk about something which has perplexed me all week. Matt, the guy I've liked for about two years now, is on the school's cross country team, and like any team, the members traditionally become really close and really good friends. So, on the way back from lunch this week, I was walking with him and and one of my other friends (a girl), and we were talking about last night's French homework when Matt sees one of the guys on the XC team 4 steps ahead of us. Me and my other friend were just talking to ourselves when we notice him break away for a sec and he walks up behind this guy and straight up grabs his ass, and from what both me and my friend saw, it was a full out two handed grab, not some light joking thing. So me and my friend just looked at each other wide eyed and confused, and when Matt rejoined our group, the conversation went something like this-

-Me and my friend: What the heck was that?

-Matt: Oh, it's just a guy I know on the team

-Me: Did you just grab that guy's ass?

-Matt: We're just fooling around

-Friend: Just fooling around...

-Me: Is this some tradition between you track guys?

-Matt: It's how we just say "Hi" and stuff

-Me: Okay, Matt, I'm on crew and I know people on many teams, I have yet to know of a team where they say "hi" that way

-Matt: Well, when you spend every afternoon with guys wearing almost nothing apart from short shorts things like this happen

French was slightly awkward afterwards (I sit right next to him) and the next day at journalism he told me he kinda felt bad for "greeting" his friend the way he did because unbeknownst to him, that particular friend was in a rather foul mood that day and had a little blow-up during practice. The reason was unrelated to the incident though.

I'll never understand runners.

All the best,

JP

P.S. - to everyone taking/took the SAT today, good luck, stay calm, and I'm sure you'll do great.

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OctaviusJanuary 23, 2010 at 4:58 PM
Good to have you back mate. Yeah I don't know, that is a very interesting way to say hello. I mean it has been known to happen as a congratulation type thing ..., buy, hello? Never heard of that either.

Perhaps a new trend is on the horizon?

Octavius.
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AnonymousJanuary 23, 2010 at 6:29 PM
I hope this is NOT a new trend this will just cause a lot of law suits and too many issues

Yes that is very odd that's for sure and not sure what to comment lol
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Some people I mention in this blog:

Maria - My best friend since kindergarden, I know almost everything about her and she about me. She was the first person I came out to and has been the rock ontowhich I go to when things get rocky in life. She's the only person I can actually speak completely open and frankly with. I don't know what I would do if I never met her all those years ago.

M - A girl I became friends with freshman year of high school, we've become very close friends and continue to be to this very day. We are surprisingly similar personality wise and value each other's opinion very highly. I can talk freely to M almost as much as I can with Maria. She currently attends an ivy-league university up north; I'm really glad we met all those years ago and can only imagine how my high school years would have turned out if we never met.

Miss X- Foodie, blogger, photgrapher, one of my best friends, and someone who can have a delightfully dry sense of humour. We met early on in high school and have been friends ever since. We often go on adventures accross NOVA with our little circle of friends which are occasionally recounted here on this blog.

Christine- Friends since we could barely ride half the roller coasters at theme parks, Christine is a magical being who is one of the few people I could and would talk about anything with for hours on end. She's currently spending much of her time in NYC though we still see each other very often. Her dramas sometimes make my drama seem like childsplay.

Mark -A former dorm mate, and now former crush. He came out as bi to me and Maudry one night which he has been increasingly comfortable with. He's tall, has short brown hair and used to play football. He's ambitious and looks to make a big impact in the world of Politics in the future. I have had a crush on him and we've gotten together a few times. I thought our relationship could have been something more, but in the end it will end up staying as a friendship. I hope only the best for him.

Liz - One of best friends at school. She's funny, charismatic and is someone who I can tell almost anything to. She's friends with Maudry, Mark and is part of the first floor crew who I love and frequently visited during my freshman year, we're still great friends today.

Matt - My now former love, hate, drug, everything. I met him back during my Sophomore year and the crush I developed on him that stuck for the longest time. He's tall, has brown blond hair and the rare but desirable "serious but funny" personality that makes me melt. He also has probably one of the best smiles of any guy I know. He was one of the captains of my high schools cross country team. For quite some time I've tried to end this obsession over him but everytime I seemed to make progress, I'd relapse. He's a great guy but in all liklihood he's straight.

Southern Charm (aka SC) - A guy on the crew team who had moved up from Florida during my senior year. He's charming, tall, and slim with brown slightly wavy short hair. When I first met him I got the thought that he might be gay, a thought I quickly suppressed. Since then, we had become pretty good friends. My friend Jess has a crush on SC. One evening on a car ride home, my friend Dutch told me she thought that SC might be gay, something I had repressed in my mind for months, but was pushed to the front of my mind again. He's now a freshman and is study engineering and comp sci in university.

Ben - A guy I had the pleasure of knowing for one of the best weeks of my life during a cruise over the summer. He's a bit shorter than me but was also a senior who runs cross country. We got to know each other pretty well and had many conversations during that week that I will probably never forget. He has brown hair and the most beautiful light brown eyes. I'm pretty sure he's straight but i couldn't help but get the feeling he could have been bi. He's mostly in my summer 2009 posts.

Dutch - My friend who I met during my junior year on the crew team. She's a fun great person to be around and is someone I could talk about anything with, especially during the private car rides back from practice. We both know of all the crew drama that goes on.

My Family - A network of people who I love with all my heart despite their nuances, quirks and often ridiculous practices. Apart from my mom, I haven't told anyone I'm gay and probably won't for a while. They're not ready for that and don't need the added stress.

Various Single Lettered Friends (L, T, K etc)- Friends I got too lazy to actually come up with an alias for (I gave up after five, how sad haha). They are usually someone from my close group of friends some of which I have come out to. We have a very mutually supportive relationship that fosters great bonds between us as a group.

**Names Changed to Preserve Anonymity**

Saturday, January 23, 2010

"We're just fooling around"

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