I'm Carlye. 21 years old. Average in most ways. Just sort of trying to find myself in the world right now. I suppose I took this year off school to sort of get over things in the past and get some perspective. This is where I will write about it.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
I have no idea what I'm doing...
Essentially, I really wanted to write this just because I wanted to remember it. It's not something that I should probably want to remember considering the circumstances, but I still think it's fairly important. I don't know how intoxicated Chris was at the time, I know that I wasn't too bad though and because of this, I'm sort of considering this to be one of the most real and intimate experiences I've ever had.
Chris is the name of one of two guys I met on Thursday Sept 24th 2009 at Sin City for Tyscry's 20th birthday. Chris has a girlfriend….but then again, so does practically every other guy that I like/have liked in the past year or so…at least, the ones that have shown somewhat of an interest in me in return all seem to have girlfriends. Why does this situation continue to happen to me over and over? At one point, I had a crush on an entirely different guy named Chris - he didn't have a girlfriend…or show any indication that he was interested enough to ask me out…but he was single! Why can't the single ones ever like me? Anyway, I'm getting off topic. Chris.
Chris has a girlfriend. Chris likes me. He may have been slightly intoxicated, but he was an instigator. Also, people are way more honest to others as well as to themselves when they drink. So, Chris likes me - at least a little bit. He likes me enough that the words "I kind of wish I was too right now" came out of his mouth when I said "I really wish you were single".
I'm getting ahead of myself. Let's start from earlier in the night. This is as best as I can remember it since it is currently October 6th - a significant amount of time later, during which I had plenty of time to forget minor details.
I was not planning to go out on September 24th. It was a Thursday night. Friday mornings I have my Renaissance to Restoration seminar at 9am and then I usually work during the afternoon. So, I planned to stay in. After many phone calls and etc, this plan obviously changed. I stayed in long enough to watch Survivor and one hour of Grey's Anatomy while curling my hair (which fell out so fast that it was a big waste of time…) and then I went to meet my friends at Wild Wing. The guys were all playing pool and I went and chilled with Melissa, Ashley, Ry and Jason while they did their thing. (By "the guys" I mean, Rob and his roommates - including Derek- who Tyscry hangs out with from school).
Ashley was pretty drunk at this point, so I had to start catching up. I had some beers and we requested the DJ play some Journey (Don't Stop Believin') for Ty's birthday. Not very long after I got there, we headed down to Sin City.
We pretty much always just head straight to the patio when we go to Sin City, so we did this again. It wasn't too busy yet, we were there relatively early and it was a Thursday. We met up with Tim and his friends on the patio and Cassandra showed up either at Wild Wing or Sin City to meet us - I'm not sure where we met her.
While on the patio, I ran into Wingett and was talking to him and his friend Vito. He was talking to two guys - Chris and Cody. At this point I was more intoxicated, so I immediately said "We're the three C's…love it." and then Cassandra came over, and I got excited because she is also a C name. So yeah, I met the guys there and then didn't see them for a bit. A song came on the Ash and I love, I'm not sure which one, and we had to dance, so we headed inside. We were just dancing with a bunch of people at first, but then Chris and Cody showed up on the dance floor and I grabbed Cody (who claimed he didn't dance) and forced him to dance with me. I was already way more interested in Chris at this point. He was more outgoing and talkative and he liked to dance, so I was dancing with Cody for a bit (until he made up some excuse because he hates dancing) but eventually I danced with Chris. The first thing he says to me is "I have a girlfriend", to which I replied with something along the lines of "I don't want to marry you, I just want to dance". He kind of was backing off at first, but eventually, he was all over it.
Chris is a very touchy-feely drunk. He kept telling me "You're gonna get me in trouble" and when I said, "it's just dancing" he almost seemed like he was considering how innocent it was and then he'd grab me and start grinding with me. I was trying to just dance like a normal person - you know, not so much of the grinding closeness. Also, his hands were going places. He liked to get up under my shirt and I'd have to pull him away and such.
So basically, the night consisted of me dancing with Cody most of the time, but when Cody would disappear for long periods of time, I would be dancing with Chris. At one point I even was wondering around and just ran into Chris while walking and he grabbed me and pulled me to dance.
Chris kept insisting that he wanted me to get together with Cody. He said he was trying to find Cody a girl but Cody isn't really shy, just not outgoing enough to get one I guess. Like, he's an awesome guy, but I guess, the issue for Cody is that he goes out with Chris. Between the two of them, Chris is more appealing - not because of looks, they are pretty equal on that level. Chris, like I said, is outgoing and flirty and all those things that attract girls to guys (at least, they attract me to them…it's becoming an issue). So yeah, after he said this to me for the 50th time I stopped dancing, looked straight at him and said "Under normal circumstances, I'd probably be making out with Cody right now, but I can't tonight". He asked why, and I said "because you're here, and I like you a lot more." This more or less got me a more or less "What are you doing, you know I have a girlfriend" look from him. I don't know how else to describe it. He said "I have a girlfriend" and I said "I know, but I still like you". And we continued dancing. After this, whenever I was dancing with Cody, Chris would kind of be chilling by himself, but he was looking at me. I got Cassandra to dance with him at one point because he looked lonely, but she didn't like his touchiness so she stopped.
After a while, we discovered the we were going home to houses about a block away from each other. My friends all were leaving early-ish cause they were heavily intoxicated, but I didn't want to leave because I wanted to see what would happen with Chris. I didn't want to cause him to cheat on his girlfriend, but I wanted to hang out with him. The three of us decided to get a cab back to Cody's house together and I was just gonna walk home from there. We walked together down to where the cab was picking us up. Apparently they alway get picked up at Tim Horton's on George Street. The whole walk down, Chris was either massaging my shoulders, grabbing my arm/hand, putting his arm around me, trying to put his hand up under my shirt at my back, etc. He was essentially flirting with me non-stop. Cody was walking a bit a head of us, and I'm sure he noticed but he didn't say anything.
We stopped at the hot dog stand cause they both wanted to eat something, and naturally, Derek was there with Rob and some other guys. He immediately grabbed me to give me a hug while Chris and Cody got their food. Then he started talking about how we need to hang out soon and stuff. He didn't have my number because he lost his old phone so he wanted it and he gave me his new number, etc. He kept holding me with my back against him and his arms around me while he was talking to me. It was awkward because he's only like that with me when he's drunk so I just kind of ignored it.
Anyway, we continued to walk to meet the cab. I can remember Cody and Chris making fun of me for driving a Sunfire and I could hear Derek and them walking behind us and I heard them saying the word Sunfire/flower as well so I'm pretty sure they were trying to bug me…
The whole cab ride home, Chris was grabbing my arm, and like…running his fingers up it in the kind of way that sends shivers down your spine. I kept trying to grab his hand and he'd pull away and continue to do that instead. Anyway, we got to Cody's, paid the Cabby and got out. Chris drives one of the most gorgeous trucks I've ever seen. As soon as I saw it I was like "who's truck is that…" and Chris kind of looked at me with this smug little look on his face and said "you like it?" and I said "it's gorgeous…I'm a sucker for trucks". Cody then piped up about his bike in the garage - which I also wanted to see. These guys drive amazing vehicles. I heard the dogs inside the house and Cody mentioned them so I said "Can I meet them?" and they took me inside so I could see the dogs - which were adorable. Then they asked how I was gonna get home and I said it wasn't very far and I was just gonna walk, it's no big deal. They asked if I wanted them to walk me and also offered to let me stay and hang out with them in a hot tub…which I said no to. I said they didn't need to walk me home but if they wanted to they could. Cody said he was gonna go to bed but Chris offered to walk me home.
We left the house and walked together. It wasn't long before he had his arms around me and was flirting with me some more. I love body contact…I don't know what it is, but it just makes me feel more comfortable/safe/whatever. So when a guy has his arms around me or is touching me in pretty much any way (I swear I'm not trying to sound sexual) it just makes me feel way better. I love hanging out with David when I drink because he's the same way. He doesn't try to make out with you or anything, he just likes to be touched, even if it's just someone holding onto his arm to keep him steady. I'm the same way, so us drunk together is perfect. He's also one of the only guys I'm close enough to in order to act this way. Ryan and Tyler and them, not so much.
Anyway, Chris was touchy-feely. He wasn't trying to get anywhere with me, he just kept holding me, and I loved it. We talked. It was nice. I've never been so open with a person that I like before. He knew I liked him, so I didn't have to pretend I didn't. I was just really upfront with him. We talked about why I wanted him and not Cody. I can remember explaining that Cody is a good guy and that I do like him but I remember saying "I don't know what it is, not to be mean to Cody, but you're just better". It makes sense to me…
We talked about his girlfriend as well. They've been dating for four months. I was like "do you think it's going to last?" He actually told me that he had thought of breaking up with her already. This obviously got me hopeful, but not too much. I asked why he hadn't. I guess he doesn't want to hurt her because she's really insecure and such. It's understandable. I told him that he better call me if they ever break up because I really like him and he promised me he would. We got near the park and told him to come hang out on the swings with me for a bit. So we went and sat on the swings and just talked some more. Then he got up and tried to sit on me, which pushed me backwards. I was like "I'm gonna fall, I'm gonna fall' and he didn't believe me. He said "no way I got you," and I fell in the sand…which made him laugh. Then I told him to come chill with me. He was kind of like, siting on me for a minute…like straddling my hips sort of, but then he said he didn't like the sand and got up. I was like "it's warm and dry!". He went to sit in the grass and discovered it's very wet. He stood up and I went over to him and he was kind of holding me and he said something about his girlfriend and I said something about him not being a particularly good boyfriend at the moment and he kind of backed off and was like "I shouldn't be doing this…"
Then he went and laid on his back in the sand so I went over and laid beside him. We talked for a bit more and then he said he was cold so I go on top of him "to keep him warm". We were kind of just laying together for a bit - this is why the whole experience was so intimate for me. I've never been this close with a guy before. We weren't talking much, just laying there and it was amazing. I loved it. I don't know what it was, it was just great, though at one point he complained that i just have sand in my hair cause it was in his mouth suddenly. We didn't kiss, I never tried to make him, he never tried really either. I kind of kissed his jawline at one point, but I didn't go near his mouth. He kissed me on the forehead and then we were too cold so we got up to leave. Once we got to my house I could see he was freezing so I told him I was sober enough to drive him back to Cody's. I got the keys to the van and drove him back. He promised me he'd text or call (he didn't…I totally initiated that). He gave me a hug goodbye and then I went home.
I didn't see him again until the next week. On Saturday Oct 3rd, we went out for Head of the Trent together. I will write about this. I texted him before HOTT, but he said he was busy and couldn't hang out. But the fact that he texted me back gave me a little hope. He's at least interested enough to not ignore me. We also talked on MSN and he was the one who told me he wanted to get together to pre drink before going downtown for HOTT. That whole story is for another blog though. Too much at once for me to handle. I'm just so sick of falling for guys that have girlfriends. I don't mean to like them…it's not the fact that they are unavailable that attracts me to them. I like them before they have girlfriends or before I find out they have girlfriends. It's a crappy little cycle I'm keep finding myself in. And then I am continuously waiting for them to break up…it doesn't work very well and it's not something I recommend to anyone. Anyway, I'm gonna stop with this entry because it's ridiculously long and detailed…hopefully I've gotten down everything I want to remember. I can't think of much else.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
I NEED to get on track!
I am bad at school. It's been over a month and I have still not gotten myself into gear this semester. I am simply unmotivated. I spend all my time going out on weekends, watching television online, hanging out randomly with people during the week, reading time-wasting websites like www.textfromlastnight.com or www.mylifeisaverage.com, watching vloggers on YouTube or creeping people on facebook. For instance, right now, I am watching House. Season 5 to be exact. I got it for my dad for his birthday yesterday but since I am also behind in the show I am catching up as well. I have a virtual lab rat experiment I could be doing, or some Edgar Allen Poe short stories I could read, or some Psychology definitions I could memorize…but I'm not. I really hope I'm not wasting my time in university.
I'm an English major. I'm spending thousands of dollars to go to school to read and act like a scholar by analyzing the things that I read. I'm not doing all those readings though. I've heard that in general most English majors have to pick and choose the books that they read because they realize that there is simply too much for them to stay on top of everything…but I'm not even doing a little bit. I need to start trying. I'm going to start trying.
Tomorrow I have a class from 9-11. It's my Renaissance to Restoration English course (2200). I'm supposed to have finished Absalom and Achitophel. I don't know if you've read this poem (by John Dryden) but it's difficult to follow - at least for me it is. I'm sure there are a ton of people out there that understand it and follow it perfectly well. I am not one of these people. I was having so much trouble getting through it that I had to find an audio recording of it online that I could listen to while I cleaned up my room because I kept reading the same lines over and over again. This poem is pages long. Anyway, the recording is about an hour long. I've gotten through just over half of it. This is a big deal for me and it really shouldn't be. The fact that this is an accomplishment is kind of pathetic.
I'm wondering if maybe I'm in the wrong place. Maybe if I went to a different school and didn't live at home while at school I would do a bit better. I wouldn't get distracted so easily. My house is always a mess and it really bothers me. I'm not someone that can handle working in a cluttered space…it gets to me.
I think I should start staying at school more…actually utilizing the library at my school? I never do. In fact, the only time I've been in there this year so far, I watched an episode of Heroes between my classes while I watched my virtual rat. So I haven't done any real work yet. I have an essay coming up. I think I need the assignments to get me into shape. Once I start writing, maybe it'll make me start working more? We'll see.
Anyway, this was a pretty bland entry. It was essentially me just…bragging about my abilities to procrastinate? Definitely not something to be proud of. I'm gonna go to bed now I guess…after this episode of House that I'm watching finishes. I'm going to get up in the morning, drive my mom to work (because my car is currently out of commission) and I'm going to use the extra time I have from getting up early to finish listening to the audio recording after I have a shower and then go to my English 2200 seminar prepared since I will actually have "read" the material! Yay me!
Ok…so that wasn't really a closure to my blog. Well…I guess a better one is for me to say…this blog is going to be about me. I'm going whine, complain, brag, share my excitement when something amazing happens to me, share my sadness when something completely un-amazing happens…and just be the real me. I don't know if people will read it, but if they do…they'll hear about everything. I hope that's ok with them. I have another post that I might put up or I might not…it's kind of extremely personal…and I'd probably have to change the names in it. I'm done talking now…I guess. I have so much I want to say…but it'll require more than one blog post…so I'm gonna do it all over time.