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lately i’ve been surrounded and molested by way too many people at my school, mostly the girls.  i think some weird valley spring scent is in the air and now all the girls are after me.  i have newly befriended the foreign peoples such as sophia and monica kaune, birdie of course is always touching me, and i think i have a couple other people coming after me.  even eddie medina has came from behind and hugged/pinched me (str8 dude).  yeah… awkward…  oh well, i guess i can’t help it.

today the lunch table was packed more than ever, with everyone stealing eachother’s seats, even mine, resulting in many seat orgies, like me, rj and cano (brandi took pictures).

tomorrow i leave to san antonio and then uvalde (some shitty place and hour west of SA) to compete in DECATHLON.  woo! go nerds… (worst weekend ever) yeah.  heard we aren’t even going to the river walk nor the mall. also, were going on a bus.  weak.  this weekend’s gonna bite.  better pack lots of musica and blankets for entertainment/sleeping.  i just hope to do good in speech/interview.  i think i’m gonna do the gay marriage speech again. lets hope that those damn west texas aren’t bush supporters.  probably will be.  screwed yet again robby.

oddity of the day:
my mother described an acne cream she wanted me to use by saying it looked like “cum”.  yes, CUM.  i think thats one of the few things a mother should never udder to their son for any reason, even in a life or death situation (i don’t know how such a situation would arise for that matter but whatever).  my ears are forever deafened.

Bobby and his coworkers were all at a table in the back and Bobby caught my eye as soon as I walked in the door. Bobby ended up being our waiter and I feel kinda bad because he told me he didn’t want to wait on me if I went to visit him at Chili’s (Sophia said it was probably because he didn’t want to feel lower than I, and at my every whim). We sat down in the booth near his coworks, and they would turn around and take glances at me, trying to figure out who Bobby was talking about I’m sure. I hope they liked me, but I not sure because I hadn’t shaved in so many days and I looked scruffy, scrawny and splotchy. Bobby seemed to be a little nervous at first but after awhile he was all smiles til the end of our meal. ^_^ However. it was soo fun to be able to eat with Sophia, since she is the foreign exchange student from Holland.  We conversed about soo much, comparing and contrasting so many things about Holland, the United States and a little about Mexico and California.  Lots of learning just by communication.  We also gossiped about boys.  Sophia was talking about how she and Patrick McGill were ‘talking’ and I was conversing about Bobby.  I feel a little bad because my eyes would drift to him sometimes, but I think Sophia found it to be cute. There was one instance where I was talking about how happy I was and whether she felt Bobby liked me or not, and she responded kinda loudly and openly, while Bobby was right next to us near the Soda Fountain.  I was embarrassed! I ordered some southwestern eggrolls while Sophia had a BIG MOUTH burger (you’ll see in a little bit…).  Me and Bobby would catch eachother’s eyes when we got the chance, but I didn’t want to look at him too much because I knew he still had a job to do. He would give us refills without us having to ask for them (so he could visit our table) and didn’t charge us for any drinks at all (I was puzzled at the cheap ticket).  I wrote a cute little note on the reciept, saying for him to call me tonight, whenever he got out of work. 

Afterwards, I dropped off Sophia at her house, and we agreed that we should hang out sometime (she had noted earlier that it was difficult to make friends in Harlingen since most friend groups are already established).  Anywho, I went home and took a long ass nap, and here I am, finishing up my 2nd entry.  Time to type out and print our paper for English and then hit the hay for good.  Good night everyone. ^_^

Sophia being a Fat Ass! lol, jk Sophia

It’s been a long while since I’ve hung out with Claudia Reyes.  She kept bugging me for us to hang out, so I obliged and decided to go with her to Chili’s.  I had a Chili’s Cheesesteak Sandwich and she had the Chicken Bacon Ranch (I think that’s what its called)  Anywho, we were just chatting up a storm, recollecting on things of the past and of the present, when we both decided to play the ‘Who’s the Cute Waiter’ game.  She spied on this baby faced guy, while I had my eye on this tall, semi muscular cutie.  After a couple passes and moments of catching eachother’s eyes, I’m sure we both were certain that the other was gay and at the least slightly interested.  So, ballsy Robby of course has to plan to leave his number, you know, just in case this fella would actually want to talk to him (usually a long shot, but a shot none the less).  So, to make things interesting, me and Claudia left our numbers for our respective persons while our waitress (aka the workhorse of our conspiracy) carried out our said actions.  The waitress specifically told us to wait here.  I knew that ment trouble.  The first to go under was Claudia.  James (the guy that she eyed on) came over to meet her, shook her hand and said hello. Guess what? They both go to HSH.  Slightly embarassing I must say, and small world indeed.  The guy ended up being a year younger than her, and she was largely turned off by it.  Oh well.

Then it was my turn.  After what seemed to be hours of waiting, I finally decided to leave Chili’s and just leave my number without conversing before, in a cool suave fashion (usually something ends up being screwed up, and yes Cody I forgot my pen).  But the girl told him on my way out, so I decided to stay and shake hands and say hello.  I grew nervous, my confidance fell short as did my height, but I mustered up what little courage I had and put it into a slightly firm handshake and a half masculine demeanor.

Bobby: “Hey.” he said.  “I’m Bobby.  You’re cute.”
Robby: “I’m Robby, you’re cute too.”
…
Bobby: “I’ll call you after work or something, ok?”
Robby: “Sure.”
…
Both: “L8rz”

So me and Claudia walked off.  Man, am I the biggest douche or what!  Claudia said I looked all cute trying (attempting) to ask him out, that I looked innocent and bashful.  So me and Claudia went to the mall, and being the spendthrift that I am, I bought her a hell of a deal at Express.  A semi-sheer, layered floral skirt with matching scarf and a simple black longsleeve top with an open neck.  All for $26 dollars.  OMFG right?!  It is the perfect interview/church outfit.  Very professional yet sexy.  Luckily she’s very ‘Express’ and does not need to worry about her size cuz she fits everything (jelous =P).  All of the clothes XS. damn.  So that was my Xmas gift for her.  We went to fashion it off at her parents house, but I explained to her and her parents that it was nothing, because I spent about $120 dollars on Jennifer’s birthday, so it was ok.  We went to my house and watched Harold and Kumar go to White Castle and laughed my ass off yet again.  After the movie was Project Runway, and man are things getting bitchy and intense.  Seriously. 

Then, the unthinkable happened. 

My cell phone starts to ring.  The number on the call id is unknown to me.  It was him, Bobby.

“OMFG!” I screamed to Claudia.  “It’s Bobby, he’s calling me.”
“Answer it!” said Claudia.

Robby: “Hello?”
Bobby: “Hey, is this Robby?”
Robby: “Uh, yeah?”
Bobby: “You know who this is right? The guy from Chili’s, earlier today?  You gave me your number?”
Robby: “I sure do.” ^_^
Bobby: “Well, I was going to see White Noise.  It starts at 10:10 (the time was – 9:50). You want to go?”
Robby: “Sure, I’ll be right there.  You want to meet there?”
Bobby: “Yeah.  See you there.”
Robby: “L8rz”

I hang up, and again I squiel in delight.  “OMG Claudia!  I’m going on a date.  A real date.  I’ve never been on one in like, ever!”  And then came the race.  The race to wear that perfect outfit, to fix my hair, to make my face look less pale, gather my things (gum, mints, phone, wallet), brush my teeth, AND drop off Claudia at her house.  The race was on. 

I finally made it to the movies and then waited forever in line because these guys were flirting with the ticket booth girl by trying to pronouce her Spanish name (they were white).  I went to theater #16, walked in and found him on the other side of the theater.  Bobby bought me popcorn and a pickle, which we spilt.  He made me promise to eat all the popcorn and thus I had to oblige (even though I hate popcorn – I wasn’t going to ruin things).  We watched the movie, and talked throughout the beginning of the film, since I felt it kinda weird to just go and sit right next to a quote “stranger”, watching the movie in silence.  He told me that he was 18 and a sophomore at UTB (yes Lisa AND Jennifer, he is basically my age), and I was impressed with the fact that he was a college sophomore and barely 18.  Props.  He said he liked me because I was masculine, or at the least not a flamer like the rest of the guys in the valley.  He talked to Madison and Danielle about me, asking what information they could provide about me.  He said they told him I was smart.  Basically that was it I guess, hehe.  And that I was nice and yada yada yada I’m sure.  So, we continued to watch the movie, and during one of the many jumpy parts he held my hand and we held hands throughout the rest of the movie.  I jumped so many times, one time almost completely off my seat.  It was fun.  I’d rate the movie a B- but the jolts still and always will freak me out (cut to me jumping off my seat on the same preview with the guys :-S).  So, afterwards, we decided to go in my car and drive to a park where we could talk (he commented on my shoes on the way out – how he likes guys that wear diesil shoes). I opened the car door for him in a chivalrous, gentlemen like way, and he said it to be very cute (score one for being romantic). 

We went to McKelvey Park and talked and talked about as much as we could – coming out, friends, school, various interests and the like.  He shared with me that he wanted to be a teacher, Grade 8-12, and wanted to go to UTSA in the next year or so.  He likes to work out a lot (I could tell from the manly calluses that I felt on his hands) and that he likes to go clubbing sometimes and finds normal, masculine guys attractive (I hope I’m masculine enough).  He told me that I seemed to be the kind of guy he was looking for. ^_^ He also told me that he had already seen White Noise and that the reason he wanted me to see it with him was so I would get jumpy and scared and want to hold his hand (that sneaky bastard =P). Bobby is really smart too, I feel. He was able to notice that, when there was a scene in the movie with a lot of architecture/design elements, that I was admiring and acknowledging every motif and detail, just from noticing my eyes. Reminds me of me. After talking for about half an hour, I noticed a cop pass by ever so sneakily down 77, and I knew that meant trouble (silly cop probably thought we were having sex, which we weren’t).  Mr. Po-Po came up with his flashlight and what not, and asked us if we knew the parks closed at midnight (by that time it was almost 1).  We said no and got ready to leave.  Bobby said that it was an experience for him just in itself, hehe. 

Bobby was hungry, and I decided to take him out to eat, wherever he wanted to go.  We decided to go to Denny’s, but as we rolled down 77 to Harrison, I explained that RJ usually gets out of work about this time and has “Midnight Whataburger” with his coworkers, so before we went to Denny’s I told him we were going to pass by to see if he was there.  Sure enough, RJ was there, with James and another coworker.  We got down and said hi.  I introduced them to Bobby and made a little small talk, and then headed out to go eat.  At Denny’s, ironically, some of Bobby’s coworkers were there, eating, and I was able to meet them, too.  I really wasn’t that hungry because I had eaten a huge meal at Chili’s before, but Bobby insisted that I order something so that he didn’t eat by himself.  So he ordered Moons over my Hammy, and I just got some Buffalo Wings.  We talked a little bit more, and complained about how cold it was, so I offered him my jacket and he finally obliged (score two for me).  The Buffalo Wings were very… acidic I guess you might say, and man… remind me never to order something like that at 1 in the morning – too hard for my stomach.  Even so, the waitress continued to play with us, and mainly picked on me, insisting that I take just one more bite of my food.  Being peer pressured by both Bobby and the waitress, I gave in and took a last big bite of buffalo (the waitress corrected me and told me she ’said’ big bite =P whateva).  That destroyed the two mints I had previously eaten.  Oh well, I had lots more.  When it came time to pay, I remebered that Miss Waitress gave me the reciept but I didn’t see it on the table.  Then I saw Bobby with the ticket and discerningly asked him…

Robby: “What are you doing?!”
Bobby: “Paying.”
Robby: “No you’re not, I’m paying. I said I was going to take you out.”
Bobby: “Well, I’m the man.”
Robby: “Oh shit… hehe”

It felt so weird though, having someone pay for me.  Since most of the friends I have are always broke or tight on money, I’m so used to offering and paying for them, in exchange for their good company, thus balancing the equation of life in Harlingen.  We got back in the truck, and I was a little cold, slightly shivering, waiting for the heater to kick in (thanks a billion dad for getting the A/C fixed).  And before I could even motion to put on my seatbelt, Bobby leans in and says, “It’s been all night and I wanted to kiss you.” and kisses me so innocently, softly, and perfectly on my lips, no frenching involved but yet direct and meaningful enough to be more that a ‘Just Friends’ kiss.

Bobby: “There. Is that good enough for a first date?”
Robby: “It’s great.”

So, it being 2 in the morning, we decided it was best to go home and sleep.  I dropped him off at his car and he gave me one last kiss before he went off home.  I stuck my tongue out at him before he I left and then went home in pleasant happiness. ^_^

Now time for a separate entry on what I did today.  Here are pictures of Claudia at Chili’s and Ben at Denny’s.

Claudia thinking… about what you may ask… hehe.

Bobby being cute, in my cute jacket.

p.s. I think Six Apart’s Mena is SOO cool!

After the library, I went in search of Ben’s house as I remembered it and went to go visit him.  We talked for a bit but too bad we didn’t hang out.  Maybe tomorrow we can.  I need to take pictures maybe.  We said our good byes and hugs and kisses (I think there was a kiss? from him probosibly? not sure) and then I started to head off home.  On the way home a student at Stanford called my cell, however I was slightly defensive since the number was private and I think all privates are stalkers or my mom, either way I get mad when its private.  Then I found out it was a student from Stanford and I immeadiately apologized and refrained from my fearful attitude.  We talked for a bit, but most of the questions I asked her she didn’t know about because she is just a college fish.  She was there to inform me more on social issues.  Anywho, time to finish my part of the analysis and hopefully finish my spanglish essay.  hopefully…

The table is complete with RJ in place of David now, but sometimes it gets a little crowded because not many people are using ‘The Wall’.  This weekend, I hung out with Josh, Kyle, Daniel and RJ a lot.  We played a shitload of video games, and celebrated Kyle’s birthday with some Lotto Tickets and Porn! (lol, nawh we didn’t end up getting the porn though, shucks).  Cody came back from Dallas on Sunday, and we decided to have a ‘dinner date’.  We went to go pick up Dad’s truck and I forgot to take him some leftovers he wanted to eat.  He called and I said I forgot them and he told me to turn around and bring them, instead of just going to back to the house after we picked up the truck.  Dad was hungry grumpy.  Cody and I ended up eating at Johnny Carino’s and I swear, I have an Italian Soda addiction.  I think I have a problem :-/.  Then, we went to visit Ben at Rancho Viejo, and Cody commented that it was a ‘poor attempt of a country club with bad planning’.  However, Cody admitted that Ben was good looking (very) and ‘rock solid’.  We just sat around and talked for awhile, complaining about our receeding hairlines and sharing little anecdotes about ourselves.  It was pleasant.  Cody says that Ben likes me but who knows o_O.  Sunday was a fairly good day, though seemed to be a 7 on a 10 scale of days.  Not bad, and a little better than good.  I hate Jane Eyre yet I love the meaning behind it.  I just hate reading.  Why am I so unintellectual.  Oh wells.

Yesterday, I visited Jennifer for a bit and then took off to Brownsville to visit Ben.  We talked for a bit and then I left to go eat Johnny Carino’s by myself, for some good ol’ alone time.  Ben called me while I was eating and decided that he was hungry, so I ended up buying him dinner To Go, but at the last minute he decided to go to a party in McAllen and asked me if I wanted to go.  The party was ok, and meeting the crowd of friends that he has was kinda interesting.  I made sure not to drink much because I was designated driver.  It turns out though that his ex boyfriend was there, and I don’t think he likes me very much, to tell you the truth.  But then again, I doubt any ex would enjoy someone accompanying their former boyfriend if they still liked him. I was really cold the entire time, sitting outside in shorts and sandles.  Atleast there were times when the grill would be radiating heat.  But I was very quiet the entire time.  I don’t remember what I was thinking about, but I know I was thinking.  I wasn’t bored either.  I guess it the best explanation of it is sweet silence.  Yeah, that’s it.

I didn’t even know there was snow until early this morning.  I woke up and saw all white outside my house.  It was AWESOME.  I took plenty plenty pics, made snow angles, snow balls, and half ass snow men (cuz my hands were too cold to make a real one) and I even made snow CONES!  They tasted good! I’m soo happy my ‘last’ Christmas in the valley was snowy.  For one, I’d never seen snow before, real snow, not just flurries.  And two, I’ve begun to appreciate the snowy weather, and now I’m kind of excitied about possibly going to MIT, if I get in.  Sure blizzards suck, but snow for Christmas, what more could a boy want?

Here are some pics of the delight for all to see.

My House Looking Very Angelic ^_^ hehe

Some other pics

Anywho. Yesterday was a very interesting Christmas. I woke up about noon ish and hung around til about 5 o’clock because Robby was nice enough to go with family to Christmas Eve Churchness. I went and I sang, and DAMN was it cold out. Freezing fricken rain with plenty of wind. So after church we went to Grandma’s to escape from the cold and have ‘non Gloria’ Christmas. Except, just like the pastor/father had said, relax, something is GOING to screw up, but just relax. And something did happen. The power went out! Luckily I had my bright cellphone to shine some light for the first few minutes as Dad and Grandpa fought over the flash light. Everyone running about trying to light every candle in the house, moving the food from the slow cooker to the gas stove (thank you gas!) and I burned myself with a match . But all in all Christmas wasn’t over even though there was no electricity. The food was hot (Steak, Shrimp, Greenbean Casserole, Mushrooms, Wild Rice, Rolls, Wine and New York Cheesecake/Rasberry Fudge) and the desserts were cold, and we all ate a romantic Christmas dinner in the candle light (I’m soo glad old people have candles up the ying yang). Then we opened gifts. There really wasn’t many gifts because only Lisa’s family, our family, and grandma and grandpa gave gifts. Half of the gifts under the Christmas tree were for our Cali family, the Brown family (Gloria, Lance and the devil twins) and Chloe/Alice. But I was happy. I got a cute little RAINBOW jingly stocking full of CHOCOLATE (mmm!) and some fancy soap from Crate & Barrel, and then some cash from everyone else. Grandma was extra special this year. Sure surprised me. I think she probably gave me more money this year than all the Christmas’s combined. Her card said, “With lots of love & admiration – Grandma” So I think Grandma is really proud of me ^_^. Dad’s card was Xtra special too! It’s like we read eachothers minds. I had wrote a card to him about how I’m happy he pushed me all these years to do good in school, and for sacrificing so much for me and being so loving and responsible, that all I wanted was to make him PROUD of me and that I was happy because I felt I had. Well, his card he wrote was like this.

Rob,
I can’t put into words how proud I am of you. I’ve always felt inside you were special. Hope the rest of your senior year is great. God bless you Rob, and be safe

Love,
Dad

So… yeah. It was a heartfelt moment *tear* I kinda laughed in the inside because I took the word ’special’ to mean so many things on every level, even gayness lol!

so… MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE
and Happy New Year ^_^

Oh yeah, I also got my HAM HAM ^_^

Just got back from Ben and Michael’s.  We went to  see Alexander, and YES I did see Colin Farrell’s u know

Anywho, just wanted to share some pics from my phone of my new friends ^_^.  I got dibs on Ben . ( I swear he’s like a hotter version of Marco on DEGRASSI)

Ben

Michael