Archive for January, 2002

At last…

Sunday, January 20th, 2002

At last. I finally did it.

It all started out on Friday night. Dean was out of town, so I had nothing to do. It was awesome. At some point, though, I decided that I needed to go on a quest for polyester. I decreed that my sister and I needed to leave.

We went in search of polyester and, to no avail, we got coats instead. I got this neato “leather” (it’s really vinyl) coat from Goodwill instead. I wanted something different, but for Goodwill, I can’t complain. Later we went to the mall because Spencer’s Gifts was going out of business and everything was 90% off. Yay! to that. Then to Java Joe’s. It was good times.

She asked to drive on the way home after I got off the interstate, because she won’t drive on the interstate. I told her that I would get it.

When we got fairly close to home I finally asked her, “If I ask you not to tell mom and dad something, would you promise to keep it to yourself?” She said that she would.

I explained to her that maybe she had picked up on various clues, that I had not been dropping, but that had come up when she was with my friends for instance. Then I told her that I was gay.

Her first response was, “That’s fine. I am totally okay with gay people.” I knew she would be, but it did me a world of good to know that it was true for a fact.

We talked. I told her about various parts of my life that she didn’t know about. We briefly discussed hot guys, and it was good. She asked questions, and I answered.

She asked if I had/had ever had a boyfriend. I had to deny it. I didn’t want to. I wanted to tell her with all of my heart, but I decided it would be for the best for now. I decided that with Dean’s older age, I shouldn’t perpetuate anything. With his lack of hair, the idea would only be exagerated. My parents had been saying that he was “turning me gay” since I met him.

I decided that she needed time to adjust to me telling her that I’m gay and her actually having it be set in stone. She felt bad that I have never had a boyfriend as far as she knows. She hasn’t either, she told me, but since I’m older than her, it only seemed fair to her that I should get a boyfriend first.

She asked about sex. Said that she didn’t know exactly how it worked. I told her that it would be fine, but that I wasn’t going to explain it to her. She was glad for that, because she didn’t want to hear about it from me, even though I know how she will have sex. I told her that one day, she would find out on her own.

She also asked if I could get married. I told her that I could in Vermont. She said that I had better tell her when I decide to get married. And that if I decide to get married ceremony-wise, that she wants to be there.

My sister wants to be there for me. She really does accept me. There’s one less hurdle in my life. Finally.

Randomness!

Friday, January 18th, 2002

Interesting times today.

I walked into calculus today, and low and behold, there was Luke! I was all excited to see him, because he wasn’t able to get into the class before that. I made Luke sit in my row, so he is now doomed to sit with me for the rest of class.

After class, Luke asked what I was doing and invited me to lunch. He even paid with his dining dollars, so free lunch was cool. We ran into Beth in the dining hall, so we ate with her as well. Afterwards, for sheer comedic value, I went to computer engineering with him.

That lecture was funny, because it involves the man that I described last January teaching it. Go, Mr. ENGINEER!

The college adventure continues…

I was going to go see Judgy tonight, and watch Angel Sanctuary with him. I called him, and he claimed I was breaking up. I told him I would call back in twenty minutes. Unfortunately, he won’t pick up his phone now. Or it’s busy. Or something.

I’m somewhat looking forward to the evening alone. I might drag Jessica to the mall or to Java Joe’s or something at some point. Yay! for free time.

Now, I’m going to hopefully get to talk to Dean for a while. I miss him.

The college adventure continues…