Reunion-- Good. No Girlfriend Yet-- Bad.

The other night was a lot of fun. My sister and I went to the venue where we decided to meet. After the few of us got together and finagled a few tables we dispensed the hugs and reacquaintences and started the chatting.

This monkey was happy to see his old friends, whom after almost a decade, look exactly the same after all these years. I don't know if its the psychology of remembering the past or something in the water these days, but everyone seems to age pretty well these days.

The band, Jupiter Sunrise was great. I was really impressed and happy to see that Aaron still pursues music, and equally thrilled that Dan and Katie are pursuing acting. It's funny to me, because we were all promising young actors and musicians in high school, but only a few of us are still with the bug (me, I seem to be waiting for something, but still have the dream.) After the show, Aaron came and found us and another round of hugs and chatting ensued.

The night winded down, and we had to go our separate ways for the time being. Numbers were traded and programmed into our cell phones and we bid each other a good night.

(...)

I'm happy that this part of my life is starting to take shape again because I've been so out of touch from it all. Aaron was pretty surprised to hear that I've only been home twice over the years (I guess everyone else made it home more than I did.) Katie seems pretty settled down during her first few weeks in the city. Dan has been here for five years and loves it here. It's nice to know that there are a few Alaskans out here doing our thing, because the city seems so big sometimes, though it's really a small world in some sense.

It's given me some things to think about, like where I want my life to go in the next few years. I really do want the same things I did 10 years ago, and it's just more of a priority to get to a place in my life where I've freed myself up enough to start doing said things.

(...)

In other news, B and I played some pool last night. We had a good time, though I was expecting more of the work crew to show up. It's funny how fast people change their minds, because I was pretty bummed out that no one else decided to show. Oh well. I let B have a pretty good handicap by shooting with my weak hand, though I have to say I didn't do that half-bad. Maybe I'll end up becoming good shooting with both hands because of it. The important thing was that she felt good about kicking my ass 3-2. I'll let her have that one.

We also met up for some baby shower shopping today. There was a funny moment where I was passing the chair section and it seemed that all the guys were taking a seat while the women were hurredly looking for baby things. (I think I'll use that in my writings somewhere...)

B really wants to have kids. She's been talking about her relationship with her boyfriend in a way that makes me think they won't last. Alluding to joining matchmaking websites or commenting that so-and-so is hot. I've stopped responding to her about that, because I've pledged to not get involved.

She's also been paying more attention to me in certain ways, like she made a comment about not liking my haircut last night. She's really one of my best friends out here in the city. I'm happy about that, too.

(...)

I'm going through one of my funks again. I always get despondant around the holidays because I haven't had a special girl to share them with. I've always mentioned a girl or two that I would hang around, but never brought anyone "home" to meet my family since I was sixteen. My sister asked if I ever had feelings for Katie earlier today. I think she's worried that I've never mentioned a serious girlfriend before. What can I say, no one's been that special in my life so far.

She's out there, though. Probably wondering why she hasn't met the right guy.

Well, I'm here, waiting for her to show up. Or bump into somewhere.