up date - i finally have a date!

Aside from the somewhat irrelevant limbo post, some ground has been covered from my last informative article.

I'm no longer the lonely bitter bitch, but the happy his hand in mine honey. Reading through past entries, I can see this tread of me easily falling for the decent guy that would hopefully pull me out of this single slum. I can be one of the silliest people when I let my heart lead...she's still so naive. But I'm incredibly glad this summer's early fling was such a silly situation. Ironically enough, a new boat driver strolled into work one day late that summer and caught my eyes as we crossed paths. Introductions were made and quick conversations left us intrigued. A few days passed and brought us together for a movie date from which we've barely separated. So it does seem that I'm one who easily falls into relationships. But in this one I find myself taking strides with several degrees of caution. I sometimes get too excited about good things and work my hopes up to a level that can collapse into a black hole if unfulfilled. So I calm myself with rational thought, and it seems to be working out well. But in contradiction, I wonder if I'm keeping myself from feeling completely for him the way I would without rationality. I do believe I am, but, one must understand, this is a necessary defense mechanism since my heart is still thawing out. I'm grateful for a guy that I'm comfortable and happy with, a guy that I consider my friend as much as my lover, and a guy that is the right kind of weird which happens to fit perfectly with me. It started in July, I guess we'll see how long it lasts. As of now, it's only two months away from the length of my last relationship. Crazy. It feels so much better.

Aside from my love life, my life is pretty uneventful. On the up and up, I've seemed to have pulled myself out of the lazy student stretch, and I plan to get my 4.0 this semester. I aced my modern art exam (the only exam of the semester) so I've started out my journey on a solid, above average A. I have only missed one class so far in my poster design course (for my eye exam and lens replacement), and we're at midterm. I'm predictably kicking ass in my figure drawing class, which makes me want to switch to studio art even more. I presume I'm coming along nicely in typography since I've gotten all my work in on time.

Money's becoming an issue again, though. With the new school year I've ceased working at D'Blazio's. I'm hoping I'll be smart enough to pick up a shift every now and then, but let's face it, I love my free time. I was also hyped up about the prospective trip to Florence this summer, but took the bad news kind of hard last week that my college fund has declined a little too far to finance such an excursion. I really need to get out of Texas for a while.

Esmeralda got a puppy and we've been keeping it here. I was aprehensive at first, since all university apartments ban petowning, but we had her wake/birthday party last Friday and met one of the guys that works in the office who said it's not a big deal. The puppy's a shitzu named Kingsley. Way too cute to be healthy. He looks like the little dog off the muppets. He's alright, but Beh'll always be my 'Behby'.