I am in Lexington right now, visiting my Brother. Both he and his roommate Jackie are at the gym, working on their bodies to more effectively attrat women. I’ve often thought that if I lived with them, perhaps some of their habits would rub off on me. “Don’t bet on it,” everybody tells me. “You’ll be the same caco, you’ll just eat more cereal bars.” They’re probably right.
It’s quite different up here. I have a lot more people to hang out with. There’s my brother, his roommate Jackie, Bill, Al DeLarge, and Erin. I can usually arrange to go out to eat with them or watch a movie or something, provided I have enough money. This usually means I’m never alone. But the bad part is, I don’t have as much time to pursue my hobbies. Jackie decided to run errands a little early today, that’s the only reason I’m able to have this computer to myself.
Last night I went over to Al DeLarge’s to sleep, because Jackie was off work and I would have had to sleep on the floor in the guest bedroom. I don’t know why, but a floor just doesn’t cut it for me anymore. For some reason the hardness causes my joints to ache. Maybe it’s because I’m fatter. To avoid this I went over to Al’s, but there I had another problem: his furniture is absolutely covered with pet hair and dander, and I had trouble breathing. I forgot my . . . pill also, so my night was troubled with bizarre multidimensional dreams. Al woke me up at about 5 in the morning and drove me back over here to my Brother’s, where I promptly fell asleep on the couch until about noon.
We did have a good time though. Al had a small bit of Svedka Swedish vodka left over and we mixed it into screwdrivers and shot the shit for awhile. His family was asleep in bed (wife and child) so we had to keep it kind of quiet. I sometimes wonder how things are going for them. It seems Al is trying to escape into his hobbies as much as possible — imbibing and enjoying videogames. Maybe I’ve been infected with Delbert’s prejudices about marriage and families.
Tonight I’m going to watch Blazing Saddles with my brother (he insists since I’ve never seen it all the way through) and then go over to Bill’s for the night to once again avoid the floor. They have a guest bedroom and a bed with an extremely hard mattress but I’ve had a hit-or-miss success rate with sleeping on it. It usually depends on how tired I am. He and Jacqueline’s relationship, on the other hand, seems to be pretty healthy. Every time Jacqueline gets naggy or bitchy Bill just gives in, and I think enjoys doing so to some degree. I developed a bit of resentment over this but have since gotten over it since both of them seem to be happy. Bill says he loves living in a well-kept place and having a constant companion. I’m glad for them.
I’m hoping that I’ll be able to scrape enough money together for a trip to a wing place with my friends, but that’s far from a sure thing. I’d probably have to borrow it and my ability to pay anything back is greatly reduced since I’m paying more per month in rent and bills without Delbert as a roommate. It would bring me great pleasure to go out with everyone though — maybe even have a beer or two. I’ll try to work it out. But this reminds me, I haven’t yet paid my electricity and cable bills this month, so I think I’ll bring things to a close and go do that.