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Dream

7:49am CDT Wednesday 3 July 2002

I was living back in our house that I lived in from 3rd to 7th gread. I had packed all my laundry and my mom took it somewhere and I couldn't find it. I scoured through the house multiple times, but it was not there. My mom thought maybe she had accidentally taken it out as garbage.

So I went outside and walked down the street a bit to a neighbor's house and saw bags of trash. I went up toward their house and discovered that they were throwing away a huge amount of clothes. Some T-shirts and some button up shirts.

The apparent owner of the clothes was behind a wall with a window on it. I got his attention (the window was tinted or stained glass or something) and he was DJing on some turntables. I talked to him a bit and he said I could have some of the button up shirts.

Then we were walking or riding a bus and it turns out that I had heard of him; his DJ name was Mussimaxx or something. He was pleased and impressed hat I had heard of him.

Then I was walking along a highway and noticed a balloon being wafted along each time a car drove by. I could see clearly the turbulence caused by each car. The sun shone brightly and it was hot. I stayed in the shade as much as possible, though there wasn't much shade to be found.

Came to an old abandoned watering hole, with a small amount of mucky water in the bottom. I wasn't thirsty enough to drink any of it, but I wondered if I ever would be.

afternoon

3:50pm CDT Wednesday 3 July 2002

Oh my gosh. I've been signing things as the 2nd of July. Hmm. Oh well.

This morning I helped Wende get some boxes to her storage unit and get my desk and end table out of her storage unit. Then used her home phone to call AAA and sign up for their roadside assistance plan in preparation for my adventure.

Wandered around slightly aimlessly; this will take some getting used to. I visited First Unitarian Church on Fannin, looking to say HI to Gail the minister, but she wasn't there. I was also hoping to find some free food there, but none was readily available.

Went to Suzanne's work, but decided not to bug her, so I went to the Clayton Library across the street. Looked for my mom's parents in the 1930 census, but couldn't find them. I assume they were in Louisiana, and I think I used the soundex correctly, but didn't find them.

Left the library and saw a tour bus going to visit Suzanne's work, and lo, there was Suzanne outside her work, greeting them. So I merged in with the group and said HI to her while she greeted the rest of the group. She invited me in so I stayed for a bit and had a tomato from someone's garden.

Now I'm at Wende's work, where I'll go to lunch with her.

I got an HIV test after saying HI to Suzanne. I found that if I get blood work done, I can get a free juice or cookie. Got a pint of orange juice. It's free except that I paid $40 for the test.

Maybe I'll give plasma. Need I have to have a legal residence to do that? Hmmm.

- - - -

Marta emailed me today.

Subject: Weather Reports

Gem!

There's a big ass storm up here in Denton.  What's the weather like
where you are?  I've woken up the last couple of mornings and tuned
into the local weather reports (as I usually do) before leaving for
work.  But, I feel a loss because:

1) the ABC weatherman is fully dressed
2) I haven't just woken up beside him, and (mostly)
3) he's not you!!!

What can I say?  I miss you already.  It looks like the New Orleans
rally is a no-go.  Still, my boss gave me the 4th and 5th off.  Bonus!
My friends and I can celebrate Independence Day right.  Don't know
what we're doing yet, but we'll come up with something.  Hope you have
a great week (or three) until I see you again.

She calls me Gem because we have the same birthdate (5 years apart) and are therefore twins (Gemini), and she treasures me (gem = treasure)

I can feel myself drawn to her since she likes me, but I predict the relationship would end badly/prematurely if we start getting physical this soon. I've known her only since April.

bryn1

Tue Jul 02, 2002 06:17:20 US/Central

From: Bryn
Date: Tue Jul 02, 2002  06:17:20  US/Central
To: Rob
Subject: :)

Rob!

GA ended exactly a week ago and I have beAn home since
last thursday, but kT was there!  she didn't put
anything in the mugbook either, but she is spending
the summer in brooklyn so i assume thats where she is
now?!

GA was awesome and a totally needed break from
pressures at home that were mounting.  so everything
is just awesome!  A good friend that i made at GA from
Ohio, Chris Weber (on steering committee and very
cool) is probably going to come to swuusi!  he is also
friends with sean, laura d., and abbey tennis so we
are all excited about it!

other than that i am working just about full time at
two jobs and rocking it out as much as i can when i'm
not working.  i'm about to meet a bunch of girlfriends
for dessert so i need to go but i love you heaps and
will see you in less than three weeks!
woo hoo!
smiles,
me


---

| Bryn!
| 
| I got your card from GA yesterday; thank you so much
| for that!  I would 
| like to send kT a card; if you get this before the
| end of GA (today?) will 
| you ask her what is the optimal address to send it?
| 
| I'm still in my apartment; it's not rented out yet,
| but it's 90% likely 
| that Dave from my ex-work will take over my lease. 
| I have bought an ad in 
| Houston Press, which should hit the streets in two
| days.  Dave is also 
| going to buy my bed and blue recliner.  I will place
| ads for selling my 
| futon and chest of drawers and desk.
| 
| I get internet access free of charge from Kinko's,
| which is right across 
| the freeway from me, so it's closer than my work
| was.
| 
| I'll enjoy talking with you about plans while we're
| at SWUUSI.
| 
| I'll reply more to this email later, probably
| tonight.
| 
| 	  With Love
| 	  - Rob!!
| 

bryn2

10:06pm CDT Wednesday 3 July 2002

From: Rob
Date: Wed Jul 03, 2002  09:59:36  US/Central
To: Bryn
Subject: soul

Bryn, thank you for inspiring me to excel.

Slowly, I am learning to do it for myself.

Far more times than you are aware, your past encouragement has echoed
through my mind in times of stress, sadness, fear.  "Rob, you can do it."

I love you for it, and part of me hates to do it; you encourage me to
not settle for less.

Thank you for being you.  Thank you for being real with me.

- - - - -

In the past several days my fear of leaving my apartment, of making
this big change happen in my life has seemed overwhelming.  My debt
(which is actually small) seems huge.  My resources seem tiny.  I know
it's all just a skewed perspective, but the feeling is very real to
me.

During college, I created Recycling Day, which ultimately was a huge
success.  It was difficult.  This project that I'm creating now
doesn't have a name yet, but it seems just as large, maybe larger.
I'm learning how to use the resources around me, those in the 'real'
world instead of just those in the protection of the university
campus.

I keep reminding myself I've gotten a lot done.  I trust in the higher
resources of the world.  Tomorrow I'm going to wake up early and sit
meditatively.  Just to see how that positively affects my day.

	With Love Love Love
     - R O B

ps: I'm thrilled that GA was such a blast for you!  I look forward to
seeing you and all the continental peeps at SWUUSI!

japanese

9:22pm CDT Wednesday 3 July 2002

Japanese class was fun tonight. Much easier since I borrowed the romanji book instead of suffering through the hiragana book. However, I had been practicing reading hiragana to make that part easier. That's why I had to borrow a book; I left my hiragana version at home. If I go to class next week and bring my hiragana book, I'll sit next to the instructor so she can help me quickly figure out where in the book we are studying at any given moment. That will help.

Found out that the birthday of one of my classmates is 29 February. So cool!! We were asking people their birthdates in Japanese so we learned that about him. Awesome!

I told him about my days old counter on my site.