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This weekend was a quite one. I didn't do anything of note on Saturday and had to work on Sunday. The only thing of interest that happened all week was going out for a late dinner on Thursday with Charles. He had a date that was canceled at the last moment and had stopped by my house. Neither he nor I had yet had dinner so we went over to my local burger joint to eat around 10:00. It was interesting not so much for what happened but more for what didn't. I realized after he had gone that we didn't once mention his recent X, Andy. I'm not sure if it is because Charles is trying not to think about the past or because he is in denial. You can't be in a relationship for almost five years and at the end just forget about it. I wonder what is going on in his head. I also realized that I hadn't really heard from Andy since Charles moved out. I have tried several times to get a hold of him and hadn't realized that it has been a couple of weeks since I actually spoke to him. I will not be getting home until late tonight so I will have to wait to call him again. Maybe he will want to go to see the new Julia Roberts movie on Sunday. He, like Charles, has already started dating and I am sure he has a date for Saturday. (They are both quite attractive and outgoing, they will have no problem meeting people.) Out of all of the X's of all of my friends, he is the first one I liked well enough to make a concerted effort to keep in contact with.
Speaking of which. David called me early in the week saying that he was with Jenny, a friend of ours whom we met through his X John-Michael years ago. It seems that Jenny is still in contact with John-Michael and he had asked her to get my number. I was quite surprised, I hadn't heard from him in a couple of years. When they broke up it was quite bitter. I told David that I didn't mind giving John-Michael my number and address. I think he may have called to ask permission as a sort of test. If so then I think I flunked it. I know that David doesn't want to hear from or about John-Michael and most likely expected me to feel the same way. I must admit that it is not something I think about all of the time but I do on occasion wonder how he is doing. David seems to feel about him the way I felt about a former friend from university. When we stopped speaking I was so angry with him that I told my friends that I not only didn't want to hear about him but that I had blotted his name out of my life and he, if he had to be mentioned, would from then on be referred to as " He who has no name." Yes I know it was over dramatic but I had never been so angry with anyone in my life. Even when I was that angry I didn't expect our mutual friends to stop speaking to him. I do understand how others might react differently. If John-Michael had called a year or so ago I might have reacted differently, but now I am rather indifferent .
On another note, I have been spending the past week reading the online journal of a guy called Zup. At first I didn't find it particularly interesting. His main interest, The Model UN didn't interest me in the least, but his themes, ideas and thoughts I found very interesting and also inspiring as subjects that I wanted to think about and write about. If you get a chance, check out his page.
I always enjoy reading a good journal. As a matter of fact I have picked up several books in the last couple of weeks and haven't been able to get very far in any of them. I mentioned a book that I thought was fascinating last week, but even that book has been set a side to read Journals. When I find a new journal there is nothing better than to start at the beginning of that persons writings and read straight through to the present. All else gets set a side. As a matter of fact I have found that I can't wait for new Journal entries when people write every week or so. I much prefer to ignore most of them for a couple of weeks at a time and get the low down in one big dose. The only exceptions are Bryan in Austin (www.chaosinaustin.com) and Keith in San Fran. (www.keithcam.com) So when I find a new journal I can keep occupied for sometime before I go back to read about old friends.
