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- From: llama@tramp.cc.utexas.edu (sine nomine)
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- Subject: Re: My New Year's Eve
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- Date: 3 Jan 93 20:27:14 GMT
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- okay, this looks like a fun topic. maybe i can be as judgmental of
- men's appearances as men can be of women's, too.
-
- actually, it was a pretty cool evening. there were three or four
- parties around town i knew of, but none i wanted to go to. the last
- three years i've done the party thing, but this year i just couldn't
- get into it.
-
- so my adopted younger sister diana decides we should spend the evening
- together. okay, cool. i mean, she's fun to spend time around and it
- gives me something to do besides talk to my housemate's dog. she
- picks me up in the morning and we take her computer to the shop,
- wander around a mall while it's being fixed, grab some lunch. when we
- get back to her house, her friend chris calls. his girlfriend's not
- coming home today after all; can he and his friend from arizona come
- over and hang with us?
-
- the last time i saw chris, you have to understand, was after a
- halloween party at which i got utterly wasted and ended the evening by
- puking over a railing in the rain. not what you'd call a good
- impression. but he was willing to give me a second chance (surprising,
- since the events of that night are mostly a blank and from what i've
- heard since then, it's best they stay that way). so he and his friend
- (another chris) show up. chris2 reads the stuff i have on diana's
- computer and makes lots of nice comments. somehow hearing it from a
- stranger makes me feel better. he's 22, kinda cute, nice hair. he's on
- a diet, too. turns out we've both lost about 30 and have about 20 to
- go. the conversation is a lot of fun and when we go out for burgers
- we're being weird enough to get some "it can't be *that* funny" looks.
-
- the plan for the evening is to go to my house, listen to music, bake
- cookies, build a fire, talk, just kind of exist. nothing elaborate,
- though diana does have some new legal high she wants me to try with
- her. turns out it's legal for good reason -- the few hours of mild
- buzz and spacy feeling do not compensate for the 15 minutes of
- nausea.
-
- the first thing i do when we get to my house (after locking up the
- damned dog) is change clothes. up until this point, i'd been wearing
- jeans that are four sizes too big and an oversized sweater,
- effectively hiding the fact that i'd lost 30 pounds since halloween.
- so i change into leggings and a different oversized sweater.
-
- amazing the difference a few ounces of spandex-cotton blend can make.
- chris2, who'd been neutral all night, started following me around the
- house like a lost puppy. we were having a surprising amount of fun,
- talking, laughing, playing with items from diana's collection of trip
- toys (koosh wars!), eating cookies and drinking champagne. then chris1
- and diana went to play with lightsticks in the hallway, away from the
- light of the fireplace. chris2 sat by me on the couch, his feet in my
- lap. when chris1 and diana came back in and turned on mtv so they
- could watch the ball drop, i went to the kitchen for some water and he
- followed me.
-
- "i feel comfortable with you," he said. "it's strange."
-
- "i could make you uncomfortable," i answered, "but it's hardly worth
- the ego damage."
-
- when i refused to explain, he leaned forward and kissed me. a slow,
- thorough kiss that got more intense until i had my back against a wall
- and he was biting my neck. when he suggested we go to my room... well,
- you know.
-
- so now chris1 thinks i'm evil (he brings his *best friend* over to my
- house and i screw the guy), diana is vaguely disappointed, chris2 has
- gone back to scottsdale (actually, i'm glad about that part) and i'm
- left wondering if it was a good thing or not. but it was fun, it felt
- good, and i wanted to. and he started it. which is what i intend to
- tell chris1 if he ever speaks to me again. sigh.
-
- --
- sine | deb
- it made up for the blind date being so fucking *boring*
-