One couldn’t see much more than twenty feet in front of one’s self right now, it’s so foggy outside. The moisture in the air is making the power lines above our house buzz pretty loudly.
It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything having to do with the goings on in my life, so for everyone who’s interested (all three of you), here we go:
I spent a good ten hours with Kate on Sunday. I had forgotten how much I enjoy her company. For lunch we went to Yama Sushi and both got crunch rolls. One of the crazy Asian ladies who works there stood about two feet behind me, with her hands clasped in front of her, staring and Kate and me for nearly the entire duration of our stay. It was… uncomfortable.
We drove through one of those gas station car washes; it was the first time I had washed my truck in months. It looks a whole lot better now, though I still need to “take Windex to the windows”, as Kate put it.
We tried to make it to make it the mall before they closed, but being as it was Sunday, most everything closed pretty early. We just walked around and looked into the windows of all the closed stores… and inside of this no-name coffee shop, there was a teenage boy who was sweeping the floor, but upon seeing Kate, he stopped and gawked… slowly turning his head to follow her as we walked by. It was obvious enough for both Kate and me to notice, and we had a good laugh at his expense.
Back at Kate’s house, she showcased her new lappy. It’s one of them newfangled Intel Macs! She’s also got a new computer chair. And by “new computer chair” I mean “an old computer chair that her dad used to have but handed down because its falling apart”.
At eleven in the evening or so, we ventured off to Del Taco so that I could force Kate to try a Double Del Bacon Cheeseburger. Alas, she wouldn’t even take a bite of it, instead opting for a plain ol’ ninety-nine cent cheeseburger, and then complaining that it wasn’t as good as McDonald’s.
At about midnight, we walked to the park near Kate’s house. Among the various structures on which to play was something that resembled a twelve-foot high Hoberman sphere made of intertwining ropes that went every which way, all anchored to huge metal posts. Kate and I climbed up inside and sat, listening to crickets, beetles, distant cars, sprinklers, and the occasional airplane. We eventually delved into conversation and postulation about life, God, and the universe.
Our inner-child eventually got the best of us, and we fantasized about what would happen if the sphere we were in blasted us off into space, sailing through the stars, to eventually land on some alien world.
After briefly playing around on the swings and some kind of weird, spinning donut contraption, we headed back to Kate’s. We sat and talked some more, until realizing that it was 2:30 in the AM… at which point we said our goodbyes and I headed back up to Oxnard.
She leaves for college on Saturday, so hopefully we can squeeze in one more hang-out session before she’s gone. (HINT HINT, if you’re reading this, Kate.)
