My dad, he's a nuclear physicist, my mom, she's a mathematician, my brother is a chemical engineer-- and I like to color. -Shashi BhatiaWell, wow, was Remington ever lovey-dovey yesterday. "I missed you", "I get to eat dinner with my honey", "when I was driving home last night I saw the full moon and thought 'I'm going to see fullmoon' (my IRC nick)", just in a very good mood and all cuddly. Saying extremely sweet things that I was desperately trying to remember.
Also some odd/confusing stuff- like I was telling him about going to the movies with Zoe, and he started nattering on about the three of us going to Berkeley on Saturday. Where he pulled this out of his butt, I don't know, since he's supposed to be in meetings all day and night Saturday (or so he says), and at any rate I need to go back that night. I don't think it'll happen. And I really can't cancel on Sarah...even IF I can't find where the fuck to go buy the tickets for the dance. They're not anywhere where they're supposed to be sold. I don't get it!
Another odd one: He made the odd remark about meeting his dad that I'd get to see what I might have to put up with for the next 33 years. What??? "Well, that's how much older my dad is than me."
Does anyone understand that remark? What was he getting at? And is it um, what it kinda sounds like to me?
We went out to Oakland for dinner (Yoshi's), and got there a little early, so we went to Barnes and Noble for a bit, and he bought some books. Then we were headed back to the car to drop them off before dinner, and it was almost time, and he remarked that "maybe we'll run into my family on the way down." As we approached the elevators, there was this guy, I mean, he was the total real-life embodiment of Leisure Suit Larry. It was cracking me the hell up, and I was just about to say something to Remington along those lines, when "oh, there's one of them now. Hi, Noah."
His brother-in-law. I'd seen pictures of him before, but geez, he didn't look like a lounge lizard...Remington had commented before on his sister's bad taste in men. I was having a hard time not snickering. Especially when he couldn't figure out where the button was on the elevator (Remington couldn't believe he was that dumb either, he said to me afterwards. Said he "couldn't quite trust him," and I said that was understandable). What a maroon.
Went back up to the car, dumped the books, went back in the elevator- I said "Well, we're all alone now," and then he swept me up into this kiss, I swear, it was just like in the movies. Wow.
The family: His dad and stepmom
(Laurie) were cool people, I really hit it off with her especially- she's an artist, likes
jewelry and the color purple. I was wearing this black and purple skirt and purple top, and
when Remington saw it he said she'd approve of me. He was right.
I've already mentioned Leisure Suit Noah. Alia, his sister, wasn't exactly what I expected. Gorgeous. Remington said she was even more screwed up than he ever was (geez, when the kids start rebelling in this family, they really go all out), I suppose she isn't as bad now though. Rather snippy at first, but a daquiri seemed to loosen her up. I wasn't teased about the lack of sushi-eating on my part, except from her. "You don't eat sushi? And he still talks to you? What drugs have you put him on? What have you done to my brother?" Geez. I didn't say much to that. Hey, I tried about everything else though...even squid and eel (they all loved eel). I was not overwhelmed.
Towards the end of the dinner Remington started getting cuddly with me...we were feeding each other ice cream and being generally nauseating to everyone but ourselves, probably. (I do remember when behavior like mine made me sick to watch...if I wasn't doing it)
All the girls went to the bathroom, and Alia was rather friendlier then, Laurie was cool (we were a regular mutual admiration society).
After that we went over to some bar so Alia could track down some friend of hers, and "Sweet Home Alabama" was playing loudly, and Remington and I started dancing to it. It was so cute. He said that someone had sent him an e-mail with the line that "dancing is a vertical expression of horizontal desires." I agreed. =)
Got all huggy with his parents upon leaving, and Laurie invited me up to visit them on the mountain... I would like to go, but not likely, due to weekends. Sigh.
In the car he was even more affectionate. I won't get into most of that. I'll just blame it on the oysters at dinner. ;)
He said "Mine!" again...then said he knew he didn't "own me" and that he shouldn't say that...
"but it feels right in my head."
How sweet.
Well, he was being really sweet to me...I had some ucky nightmares last night. One that I got raped...well, it wasn't me, I was some sort of character in a book, but still.
Even worse, I dreamed that Remington told me he was dying. What was scary about this was that I felt kinda awake, and it took place in his bedroom (somewhere realistic), and it looked like it had when I'd gone back to sleep...I felt awful. He said he was going to die in a few months (or years, I forget which), and I started doing this awful hacking crying thing.
When I woke up I told him that I'd had nightmares, and he said "aww." Then I told him what and he said "No!" He hugged me and said that he wasn't going to die, and if he did, he'd come back to life really quick. Made me feel much better by the time he left.
Oh, he checked his e-mail before leaving for the Linux computer show thingie today and got one from his aunt wanting to do another morning meeting. Again, he asked if he could bring a date (I asked if that was me, he said something like "duh"), then again we debated whether or not I could go without having to leave early for class or if I could cut class...I figure he won't let me go like last time and make me go to class, but actually Friday I want to cut anyway...we're just reading other people's papers. Whoopety doo.
After he left (he left me there while he left early) I wrote a cute little love note and left it on his pillow.
And all day and all night I have been waiting for him to return since.
On IRC today someone offered me thin mint cookies, and I said that I hadn't had any in soooo long...and someone made that the topic. Melissa said to leave that up until Remington comes back...I hope Zoe didn't see it (she's been off and on all day).
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