I slept in the desert last night.

[chaska]

Hoping to head off the almost inevitable copycat thread, may I suggest the title 'I slept in the dessert last night' not be used lest a massive groaning occur at such intensity that, should the wrong frequency be hit, the world would likely split in two. And that would be bad.


So Annie dumped me Friday.

So Saturday, having not much better to do, I went to my special place in the mountains (my Fortress of Solitude). But when I got there the gate that leads 6 miles up a dirt road to the top was locked. Bummer.

Rather than go back home I decided to check out some other camping areas in the Angeles National Forest. Bummer no. 2: The two others that were listed in my info as campgrounds turned out to be day-use picnic areas. So, disappointed, I headed back towards home. When, suddenly, I spied an unmarked dirt road. I took it. I headed out into the desert for about a mile until I came to a place with lots of trash (old couches, TVs, beer bottles, spent shotgun shells, a lot of women's underwear ... hmm ... hmm, I say). And there I stopped for the night.

Does it sound like I'm going somewhere with this? Sorry, no. I slept in the van on my air mattress. The wind was blowing pretty cold so I just stayed in the van and read and played my guitar. Tried not to think too much.

[rockydem]

1. wow...

I don't know what to say.

How long have you and Annie been dating?

[chaska]

2. A few months. Not seriously. Still, kinda sucks.

[Lin]

4. if you're as apt a socializer as a writer,

your sad sojourns will be few. Undies&Shotgun shells eh? got pics? LOL (now .you. lol too k?:)

[chaska]

8. Thanks, Lin.

I wish I were more apt. I do okay, I guess.

[GingerSnaps]

3. Can I give you a

:hug:

I got dumped recently and I just thought about something. The holidays are coming up :cry:.

If you need a shoulder to lean on PM me.

[chaska]

6. Thanks B. I'm okay.

How are you getting on? I posted to your thread, was it Friday night?
Love is a dangerous game, huh? You never know when you're gonna get your heart handed to ya. It's a wonder we keep playing.

Thanks again for the hug. Back at ya.

[GingerSnaps]

9. My weekend

Was filled with depression so I know what you are going through. I hope that karma hits and they both get dumped. What comes around goes around right? :hug:

[chaska]

10. You know, weird thing, I hope this new guy is the one for her.

She's a good person. We really just weren't very well suited for one another. I actually dumped her like 4 times before she dumped me. But she kept pulling me back in.

But now she's found somebody else. And that's fine. If somebody's not right for you, you owe it to them to set them free, so they can find the one they are meant to be with.

But, there's just no way around it, rejection always hurts. Especially when you have no place else to go.

[GingerSnaps]

13. What you said makes sense

I don't like liars and it hurts bad when you have been lied to for the past 6 months.

[chaska]

14. Ouch!!! Hugs to you. Lots of 'em.

You can PM me if want to talk. I have to list some stuff on ebay. I'll be in and out for 2-3 hours. Mostly out.

[chaska]

11. The relationship before this one I felt just like you do now.

I loved her very much, and she really ... REALLY did me wrong.

I hope you feel better soon. I know how it is. Took me a very long time to even begin to get over the one before.

You know, people are terrified of anything resembling intimacy with people they aren't close to, but don't hesitate to ask those around you for a hug. Most people need it just as bad as you, and would be happy to oblige. Don't suffer anymore than you have to.

[GingerSnaps]

15. What do you sell?

Every Saturday he would have some type of excuse why he didn't come home. One time his aunt was in the hospital, the next Saturday he was in the hospital and then the Saturday after that his friend was in the hospital. The Saturday after that I asked who's in the hospital this time. The next excuse was about his cell phone he started saying that his cell phone was turned off by accident and then the cell phone fell in a box and he couldn't find it because it had fell out of his shirt into the box. The cell phone was accidentally left in his car and he couldn't find his keys so he had to sit in front of his car all night long and wait for a locksmith.

It goes on and on and every time he came up with something it sounded off the wall.

[chaska]

18. And you loved this putz? :^) Perspective, dear girl.

Just kidding, I know where you're coming from.

Keep talking about it until you don't need to anymore. Warning though: it could take years.

[Zomby Woof]

5. does your horse have a name?

[chaska]

7. First name 'Plymouth', last name 'Voyager'.

[chaska]

12. Anybody else have any weekend stories?

[miss_kitty]

16. I'm taking care of my gay boyfriends kitties

and it took me an hour to get over there last night. 4 miles. Guess what? 2 lanes of the freeway closed down, and I got over to the left way too early.

I finally worked my way over to the right for a little used industrial area exit and kicked myself in the ass for not getting off 1 mile and a half hour earlier at Airport way.

I popped back on at Spokane Street, but BUZZZZZZZ! Wrong answer! Even though the advertising had said "Road work at Spokane Street" I had forgotten that this was Bush's America, and that you can't believe anything the Man says. It was after Spokane Street, at Corson. I thought of Droopy as we inched along I-5 where the merge was occurring when an 18 wheeler sidled up along side me and signaled his desire to move one lane to his left. I double-clicked my brights. I got my reward-the little flashy 'Thanks!' from the driver signaled via the lights on the trailer, after he had moved to my lane in front of me.

I got to Scott's a little late for the beginning of 'Lost', and the cats were bitchy, but everything was OK. I am taking a different route over there tonight.

[GingerSnaps]

17. Did you read my message thread about my ex

My ex boyfriend came out to his family a few weeks ago. Did you ex come out when you were dating him?

[miss_kitty]

19. oh we were never dating

and yes I read your thread. I am sorry. If being gay were 'OK' with society at large, your ex would have never had to have pretended. Scott dated a few girls, but he was out out out his senior year, and has never looked back. His brother is gay too. But I have known a few gay guys who did what yours did, because the pressure to be straight is so huge in this society. It does not excuse what he did to you though, and I am sorry for the pain his deception caused you. Homophobia hurts everyone. :cry:

[chaska]

20. oops...thought that was for me.

Yeah, I did read that ... and posted to it. Can you do a search?

I guess your bf being gay does present its own special set of problems. But it has it's advantages too, which I can't go into right now.

Gotta get back to work. Oh, I sell vintage musical instrument catalogs - to answer your question.

[miss_kitty]

21. it was for you

i called Scott my gay boyfriend, 'cause he's a guy, he's gay and he's a friend. And someone posted a 'My Gay Boyfriend' video thread a day or two ago. But when I saw Bushneedstogo post, I was reminded of her situation and the hurt it caused her, for which I am sorry-especially if referring to Scott as 'my gay boyfriend' sounded flip or disrepectful to her situation.