The rest of my weekend went rather well, for the most part. It mostly consisted of not sleeping, with some blowing bubbles and such thrown in. I got to go to "Ye Olde Waffle Shoppe." It was like a Waffle House, only cleaner. That's not quite an accurate description, but it was cool. Nikki and I spent I think 4 hours in a book shop, just looking around, reading or looking at dirty pictures. There was a whole book on erotic art. That was kind of weird. Then we found a park and "rode the purple dinosaur" ; ). It was one of those things with the springs, that you sit on, and bob back and forth, only it had 2 seats. It was the main redeeming point of a fairly gimpy little park. A lot of the rest of the weekend was just hanging out, or exploring Chapel Hill. I ran into Chi-Cheng and Suther, who reminded me why I didn't hang around them much. I didn't run into Patience, and I still kind of feel bad, but not too bad. Nikki gave me a cool little Chia-Turtle, which I might get around to planting soon, so it can grow and make my room slightly cheerier. She also loaned me some Smashing Pumpkins to expand my small collection until my CDs are returned. If I can remember, I'll borrow some 7 Nations from Kate. They're really cool, at least I think so. Eventually, I hope to have my own copy of Big Dog (I think that's the album title). While on the subject of Kate...kind of train of thought I guess...when talking to Danny, he said that Sarah said that I should pay for Kate, and that I should e-mail her about it (pay for her admission to Rocky Horror that is). Call me weird, but I find it strange that such a request should come from Sarah, via Danny. Coming from Sarah makes a certain amount of sense, because sometimes she'll watch my back, let me know when Kate might need some cheering up or whatever 'cause she knows Kate a lot better than I do, and they look out for each other, but via Danny is really weird. And as much as I understand not wanting to ask for stuff, 'cause I don't like asking for stuff, I wish she'd ask me. I know that communication's not easy, especially when we never see each other, but I suspect there's a communication problem when you can't ask someone: "hey, can I borrow a couble bucks, and maybe never pay you back." I've loaned money to so many people, and never gotten it back. I pay for colin's food, when he doesn't have any money on him, I once gave Meagan 5 bucks for dinner, and never saw it again (but don't tell her 'cause she'd probably be embarassed, and I didn't really expect to see it again anyways). If I ever loan you money, consider it a permanent loan...although I'm more likely to loan you more if you have a history of paying me back. If you loan me money, remind me, I'll probably forget. Where was this going? Oh yeah...anyways, so I didn't know how to phrase such an e-mail, but Kate bailed me out. She mentioned she'd need to run to the cash machine, and I offered to pay for her, so it's all good. Still, Thbbttt. And that's about what I have to say on the topic. Hmmm...I was going somewhere before I got distracted....probably nothing really important...staying up late, annoying people on IM, and beating 7th Guest probably sums up most of what I was going to talk about. That, and rescuing Nikki's cactus, which we finally found under a dresser (this guy's really small, just barely growing). He has a name, but it's all I can do some days to remember my own name. Oh, and there was the snow, so I got to stay an extra night, and miss some classes. It's snowing now, so maybe there'll be cancelled classes tomorrow, probably the morning classes at least.

The main other things on my mind these days are 2 very strange people. Mandy & Joe, although not together. Joe first 'cause he's my good friend despite his faults, and I've known him longer. Joe, the man who couldn't keep a secret, is now keeping many. To put things in perspective, he's been talking less than I have. And, for the most part, he's been doing what I usually do to keep a secret. He just conveniently leaves out certain events. I'm not sure if it bothers me more that he's keeping secrets or that he's keeping them well. I know some things, and can make suppositions about some others, but will have to talk to joe, and convince him to talk, which'll be a pain in the butt. Then there's the fact that it is joe's life, and he shouldn't have to tell me if I don't want to. As his friend, I just feel that he should tell me, but he obviously disagrees. The second individual, listed here 'cause she too is screwed up, is Mandy. Half the time I don't know whether to wring her neck, or try to reassure her. I realize a number of my friends feel the decision is easy, and I sympathize with you. Mandy just has problems, and I think if she could work through those, she wouldn't be such a bad person...in the meantime, she can be a player and a bitch. She's gone out with I think most of the guys on second east...and makes references to her sex life constantly...then wonders why she develops a reputation as a slut. I think she introduced herself to Joe as a slut. It's kind of like the August thing...he can be a really nice guy, or a total ass, depending on the day. Mandy's default position seems to be Bitch-Mode. I hope she gets herself straightened out at some point. I think that's the point of college. So many of my friends hit college, and then had to re-evaluate where they stood in the universe. Hopefully, she'll do the same, and end up a well adjusted person. Probably not, but we can hope. I feel kind of bad saying that about anybody, especially one of Kate's friend's. But, can I really help my opinions? I guess not. I can choose not to express them, but that's dishonesty. I think the point of existence is to come up with situations that have no way to win. Maybe I'll bring it up with Kate sometime, see if she can give me some perspective on Mandy. But that would require communicating, which we've already covered.

I'll end this entry with the words which seem to describe my life: I don't know.