Episode 8

I quit. I never just quit anything, but today is the last day I smoke weed. Why? I was so high that I missed my third creative writing and story development classes. When I sobered up and checked online to see what we went over I learned that I missed crucial elements that help writers hone in on concepts that sell. Why was I so high you ask? Well, I went to hang out with Ian before class, we smoked and I totally forgot I had a class to go to. Balancing act, chill and do nothing with Ian or learn how to make money from this small writing talent I possess? So now I’m quitting the weed, at least for now, while I attempt to focus on something that is important to me.

            Writing. Since I was a kid writing has always been important to me. Since I can remember I had a diary or journal that I wrote in chronicling everything that was going on in my life. It used to drive my mother crazy because my diary had a lock on it, so every time she tried to pry, she never had the key, therefore she never had access. When I look back at what I wrote I often laugh at how serious of a kid I was. I let Logan read portions once and she explained to me that not everyone is so detailed and able to tell stories as I had told them. The question was never if I had writing abilities but moreover what would, should, could I write. My classes have sparked a fiction side in me, I’ve never thought of before, and since my current life isn’t anywhere as interesting as my childhood I suppose it will do for now.

            Congrats are in order all around this week. Seth just got a full time internship as a media specialist at Cop Esthetic Records, a major independent label out of Southern California. It’s his first real paying gig and I’m looking forward to all the shwag and free shows. I really hope this works out for Seth though, and not only because of the cool and free stuff, but because it’s his dream to one day head a media department at a major entertainment company and this could be a major stepping stone.

            Next, Mike finally got moved up from busser to server. To some, this may seem like a small feat, but in reality it’s a much sought after position in the restaurant world. Bussers walk with maybe thirty to fifty dollars a night in tips, whereas servers have the potential to clear anywhere from seventy-five to two hundred dollars depending on the night and section. Mike wanted to have a celebratory dinner Sunday after the screening of the short film did in L.A. That turned out to be a lot less gratifying than planned.

            First, Mike brought this new girl he’s been dating (sleeping with), Bianca. Bianca is shallow and obnoxious, but not around Mike. Around Mike she’s passive and accommodating, around Seth and me she’s ridiculously nosey and uncomfortably common, and I personally loathe the fact that Mike has allowed her in public with us for the past two weeks.

            Next, the film was ok. The story line was underdeveloped, mainly because once the geek gets the girl he gets beat up by Mike’s character and then it just ends. I can say that I thought the whole thing was edited well and Mike did a really good job. The problem with all of that is everyone in the room wanted to talk to Mike about future projects and the director’s ego overcame him so he began degrading Mike in weird film talk. Tisk, tisk director man, Seth is an all around geek, so once he began breaking down the new film technology and such, director man got burned.

            Lastly, did I mention Logan made it to the celebration, with Andrew. This wasn’t an uncommon thing to see Logan and Andrew together after a fight; however, I had failed to tell Mike they were now officially an item because I could never find the right time to bring it up:

‘Hey buddy congrats on moving up to server and doing a kick-ass job in the flick, btw, Logan and Andrew are actually official now.’

‘Thank you?’

            Things were going so smoothly, Bianca was all over Mike stroking his fluffed up ego, and Logan and Andrew had managed to make it through the night without fighting. Then, perhaps Bianca noticed the way Mike glanced over at Logan longingly, or maybe Andrew picked up on a tension between the two of them and enticed Bianca to pry, but eventually Logan was asked if Andrew was her boyfriend. Mike immediately directed his attention to Logan, Seth nudged me under the table, Bianca awaited an answer, and Andrew proceeded:

‘Yes I am. We made it official last week and I got her this necklace.’

Bianca, ‘It’s beautiful. Maybe we could double date and you could show Mike a few things.’

‘No.’ Both Mike and Logan.

Andrew, ‘Why not?’

‘Who knows if Bianca will be around next week, we’re talking about Mike and a tryst.’ Me.

            Ok, so maybe I found pleasure in helping out a friend by insulting a chick who I find absolutely repulsive. She laughed it off, but not as hard as Seth did. Mike immediately excused himself from the table. Logan leaned over to whisper in my ear:

‘I thought you told him.’

‘You asked me to tell him, but I didn’t know when. Why didn’t you just tell him yourself?’

‘Because…’

‘What aren’t you telling me?’

‘I lied about him being bad in bed, and I lied about not ever wanting to be with him.’

 

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