I just wanted to be sure of you

June 1: archetype

I watched a television show yesterday that featured the archetype of the steady hero: quiet, capable, drawing attention not to himself but to other things that matter in the world. I was impressed by the way the character had been written and how artfully the actor portrayed him; it made me wish I knew him in real life.

 

Two songs have been running through my head today--apparently on alternating frequencies: "In a Little While" by Uncle Kracker, and "I Kissed a Girl" by Katy Perry. The latter is strange for numerous reasons (not only because I'm not at all a Katy Perry fan), primarily because two of my friends have brought it up in conversation without having had any idea that I'd been thinking about it. {{{spooky}}}

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June 2: gorgonize

I remember my sixth-grade teacher's affirming and supportive nature and his gift for mimicry, but I also recall his startling ability to gorgonize a misbehaving student with a mere glance.

 

This is the busiest month I've had in a long time. Maybe ever. My next excitement up to bat is tomorrow, when I see my dentist. It's not just a cleaning but also a check on a tooth that desperately wants to be nuked right the [bleep] out of my mouth. I hope that a new filling is possible (to replace the large one that's already in the tooth, in addition to a small one that's also in the same tooth), rather than needing to use a crown or even a root canal and crown. It's been sensitive but not obnoxiously sore, so keep your fingers crossed that I remain lucky...

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June 3: restive

It's sort of funny, I think, to see my dad and me watch movies together. We're both picky about where we sit and when we'll eat (if at all), and if we're the least bit bored we'll get restive in the same ways, flipping through magazines or wandering away from the room until someone else points out that there's not any reason to be watching anymore--and then we get defensive.

 

...at least in dental terms. I've definitely pissed off the gods of billing and finance--or automobiles and local utilities, depending upon how you wish to view it. Between Saturday and today, I got my quarterly water bill ($104), my driver's license renewal (every four years? $30), my license plate tabs annual renewal ($99), and monthly natural gas, electric, and cable TV/internet bills (total: $91). It looks like I'll be eating that yummy white rice & raisins (or whatever else is left in the cupboards) combo at the end of the month again, because God knows I won't have any money left for food. Time to find that second job I've been thinking about!

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June 4: valedictory

Samantha and I enjoyed our valedictory coffee meeting, poring over her portfolio (interspersed with conversation about work, men, clothes, and more men) and sipping our overpriced drinks with overlong names, bittersweet to be parting but happy to know that we'll do it again in just a few months.

 

I had a couple of beers and really talked with The Mumbler tonight, for the first time in a couple of months. It was extraordinarily nice. Besides just being great to see him and catch up, he was in a lovely mood and was particularly gracious and sweet. I hadn't hit on it earlier, when I was trying to describe it to someone, but it was just a lot like when he and I first became friends and I started calling him The Lickster, when I wanted to just pin him up on the board by my desk so I could give him a good, solid (PLATONIC!) lick now and them, 'cause he's just so adorable. Tonight's version left me wanting to curl up in his lap like a cat, and purr.

[the title quotation is from A.A. Milne]