David's Tangled Thoughts

I’m back from a Thanksgiving evening at my aunt’s place with the extended family. It went pretty well. The turkey was tasty. No one said anything when I passed over the beets and coleslaw. The apple cider was flowing. To top off the night, I watched Tron Legacy with my grandma which I would not have imagined happening before today. My sister is back in town. Her fiancé’s parents have apparently invited us over for lunch on Saturday. I’m a little nervous about going. It’s bad enough when my family tries to make small talk and ask about my life I’m not sure I want people who won’t even be my in-laws asking me about it. I just hope they focus on the happy couple and torture them with wedding suggestions. Tomorrow, I’m gonna see the Muppets. Woo hoo!

The other night I got a text out of the blue from Ben. The last text that I sent him was over a week prior saying that I got the clue that he was no longer interested and that for what it was worth, I was glad we met. I wonder if that aggravated him or if he is like some Mr. Hyde character. He called me “pathetic” because I am a shy and reserved guy. I didn’t know that was a crime. He said that I shouldn’t take a vegetarian out to a steak house. Well, I wouldn’t have if I had known he was a vegetarian. Perhaps he should have said something when I asked him if Logan’s was okay. If some guy asked me if I wanted to go eat at …. Hmmm… I don’t think that there is a place I wouldn’t try at least once—but if there was one, I would certainly voice my objection. He also complained that he didn’t like having to wake up in the morning to go see a movie. I guess this was the straw that broke his back because I never heard from him after asking him on this date. I did ask him to the movie

I knew, KNEW, I should have done my grocery shopping yesterday. I walked out of work and into the snowy night and all I could think was, “Damn. I’m gonna have to deal with fucktard drivers.” The snow wasn’t even sticking to the roads and I ended up getting stuck behind a pack of cars going 35mph in a 50mph zone. There was also some idiot that decided that turning lanes were to be avoided when covered with a thin layer of slush. Meanwhile down in Florida, my friend Mike is turning on the heat when the temp reached 70 degrees. I have ordered him to surrender his Midwestern Membership Card to the nearest snowbird.

It’s been a while I know. October has been on whirlwind of a month. I don’t think I have felt so great in such a long time. Now that I’m starting into November, that high has dipped into a low. Lemme go back about four weeks ago… Early in the morning I got a text message from my friend Kevin saying that he met someone at the bar that he thought I would hit it off with. Because of work and the fact that it was already the morning, I declined. Kevin did send a picture of “Patrick.” and I agreed to meet him for a date. I learned that Patrick was a theater/performance arts fan so I took him to see Simply Barbra . He loved it. He was singing along and just having a blast. I’m no Streisand follower so I didn’t follow along as well as he did but I enjoyed it and I was glad that I seemed to hit one out of the ballpark on the first try. So we ended the night. He got my number and I told him that if he wanted to go out again to let me know. I wanted to make sure that he knew that the