09/21/2002 Entry: "let's-not-hang-out-even-though-the-gang's-all-here-night"

so. yeah. it's let's-not-hang-out-even-though-the-gang's-all-here-night. even though that might sound really cool because it's more than 5 syllables. it's not. it's more like. hey. where-did-all-my-friends-go? i hung out with ryan even more today and that was fun even though he was working. so. i guess i'll just go back. not like anyone ever asks , hey jared, when are you coming back down? it's more like, oh you're coming back down? call me. i'll pretend to be interested in hanging out. actually it's not even like that... it's more like i say. i'll call. and they say. OK.
well. i didn't even get to fix the innertube for my bike. it's all... you know. metaphorical and stuff. because. i have to get a new one. no it's not. bad analogies. oh well. i'll go back and play ping pong and think about my friends back in norfolk. and think man. i bet they'd really enjoy sitting on my couch and watching stolen cable. or late night ping pong. or a quick run to 7-11. maybe even kick back on a cool coors or heineken or something. heck. even a citrona. but no. i bet everytime i come back it will coincidentally be let's-not-hang-out-even-though-the-gang's-all-here-night. and it's not my fault. i don't here any Play-a-sound-when-the-first-message-is-recieved noises or a phone-call-because-i-miss-hanging-out or knock-knock-what's-going-on-i-just-stopped-by-because-i-knew-you-were-in-town. see if your other friends who went away for college call you back. see if you will have someone else to take you to your first rated R movie. or teach you how to burn out with an automatic car. or even join a club with rebecca arthur in it just so we can hang out. i mean. what's up with that? i mean we're here to protect a world that fears and hates us and you don't even want to go for some rounds against some holographic sentinels in the DANGER ROOM? c'mon guys. or even drive to krispy kreme and stop by merman's work and say, hey, it's too bad you couldn't hang out. but we came by to give you some doughnuts. because that's what i had in mind. i'm even the kind of guy who would drive 6 hours to some crappy elitist college in the middle of nowhere just so you could hang out with someone else that is not me and i would wait around all bored and stuff while you got nookie. or just show up at your house and watch your TV and play on your computer. but if you wanted to go somewhere i'd take you. to get some chicken teriyaki maybe. or just to the computer store to look at things i can't afford. i dunno man. it's just one of those things i was looking forward to when i drove home. but. nope. didn't happen. so. maybe in another two weeks or something. i guess i can look forward to letters from 27 year old japanese penpals and e-mails in middle america who are actually interested in intellectual exchange or just a laugh or a smile.