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God, I've been swamped. Three papers due this week, two projects due next week, and finals the week after... these next couple weeks will not be fun.
I visited Jon [an Internet friend from IRC]... Wednesday night before Thanksgiving. Was sort of a sudden thing. He was half-jokingly inviting me into his hot tub and, although it sounded tempting, I turned him down. I couldn't rationalize driving 5 hours to Vegas just to spend a few hours with him -- most of which I probably would've slept through. He said something like, "C'mon, be impulsive!" Five minutes later, when I hadn't responded, he asked, "Ya there?"
"Packing the duffel bag," I replied. And I went. Hehe, to hell with the rationalizing. The hot tub was just too tempting.
Jon's probably one of the most fascinating people I've ever met. He's completely different from all of the other guys I know... with different ideals, different principles, and hell -- he's pierced more times than I have fingers on one hand. I don't even have my ears pierced! He's also one of those people whose online personality is a lot different from the way he is in person. Online, he's witty, smooth, confident (or at least, gives off the impression that he is, when he isn't blowing it with some self-deprecating comment or another). In person he's almost shy... not shy, really. Reserved maybe. Not as open, outgoing. Still has that wit though...
These past few days, being back... and seeing him around, they've been frustrating. We hardly knew each other -- maybe a little over a week or more -- when I drove to Vegas, but still... I can't help feeling slighted when he doesn't talk to me the way he does with some other people. I know it's an ego thing -- my pride being bruised at the fact that he can pass me for someone else so easily -- but it still doesn't make it hurt any less. Ugh, having an ego sucks.