*05.16.2003 - 4:56 p.m.*

So...yesterday...wow...

Enter The New Guy: Bob.

Temple Bob.

Bob goes to Temple with Ben, and is a good friend of Lauren's. After hearing so many wonderful things about him from Lauren, she gave me his screen name. We talked the night of the 14th, and I told him that Lauren was leaving on teh 16th (today). He asked what we had planned for the next day because he really wanted to come down and say his goodbyes. I told him that we were planningon seeing Matrix 2 at 12:30. He told me to pick him up at the train station at 11. I already liked him.

So, I picked himup at the train station while Sean and Lauren slept. We had a good talk on the drive back to my house. We got there, and all of us hung out for a bit before we left to go to the movies.

We got to the theater, and it was closed. The power had gone out. So, we zoomed to the second closest theater, thinking everyone was going to the closest theater. We were right. We were able to get tickets and seat all 4 of us together.

And we saw Matrix 2.

And despite the incredible effects, and the not bad acting, we were all dissappointed.

So we went back to my house, where Lauren and I remembered that we had to make fish for dinner. Ventnor Bob came over, and while the women cooked, then men folk sat around and talked about things about stuff about things.

So, the dinner got made, and it got cooked. And it didn't get ate because it stunk. Not because Lauren and I are bad cooks,but because there was *WAY* too many bones.

After that, we dropped Ventnor Bob off and picked up Leah to go walk on the Ocean City Boardwalk. And we walked. And talked. And ran into Jon. Lauren's former Jon.

And we talked to Jon.

And Jon talked back.

And all was well with the world.

Then we parted ways, and started talking amongst ourselves again. Mostly busting on certain people's chops (who shall remain nameless because I like 'em). So we walked more, and then started walking back when leah got legs cramps and had to sit down. So, she sat and talked with Sean and Lauren. I took that time to just savour the flavour ofthe air and the breeze and the ocean and all that. It really was a beautiful night. I started thinking back to when my fambly and I went on that cruise to Alaska, and how I felt after a post-dinner walk, staring out onto the endless ocean and feeling the sea breeze on my face, whishing that a certain person was there.

In mid memory, Bob comesup behind me and asks what I'm thinking. I tell him about the trip and the certain person. He replies that he knows how I felt. We started talking more, and more, and more. Then Leah said that she could walk again, and we started walking again.

We got back to my car, and immediatly decided that since it was a cool, breezy night, we all wanted ice cream. We drove to Dairy Queen. While Sean, Lauren, and Leah are deciding what to get, Bob and I get our ice creams. We decide to not wait for them and just go back to the car. So, it's me and Bob, chillin' and talking and eating ice cream in the back seat. Did I mention that he is a very neat guy?

The others come back and sit in front. They're talking in the front and Bob and I are talking in the back. It was very fun.

After ice cream, we need to go to my house to get Bob's bag, Leah's present, and Lauren and my medicines. We get all that, and Leah really likes my present. We drop her off first. She invites us all up to see The Cheat, her pet rat. We see the rat, and it's cute. I meander over to Jade, her parrot (see earlier entries). Bob joins me and we start talking again. He asks me about Dune and HHGTTG. My opinion of him keeps geting better by the minute.

We leave Leah's and go about getting Bob home. The car ride was...interesting... Let's put it this way, Bob made me blush.

We got Bob home. We all agree that we have to do this again sometime. Bob gives Lauren a goodbye hug, Sean a goodbye manly handshake, and me a goodbye hug. He enters his house, wearing Lauren's necklace and my jacket (which I lent him because he was cold and forgot to take it back).

Lauren and Sean hop in the car and we start driving back to my house. They immediatly start with the "he was hitting on you!"s, and the "you two would be so cute!"s.

Bob is a very awesome guy. No doubt about it. I'd love to get to know him better and be better friends with him. Anything after that would be icing on the cake. I'd kinda like to think he was hitting on me...but I'm not going too. I don't want to take things too far in my head, only to be dissappointed later. So, no, Bob was not hitting on me, and yes we are only friends. There.

Nyah.

PS: Dave is being really sweet to me again. Why is he so g-ddamned sweet all the time when we aren't together? Answer? Anyone?