Ignoring acrophobia, for awhile

12.26.1999
  -or-
anti-ignominy


it's my jewish girlfriend's birthday. the fact that she is jewish is technically
irrelevant, but contextually it frames the un-importance of christmas the
day before.
besides, like i noted, it was post-christmas anyway. a beautiful girl, i'm
destined to
fuck it up, but before i can fully do that, we celebrate her birth, ironically
allowing
me to fuck it up in the first place/future. i believe i give her a necklace and
matching
earrings set w/ her birthstone. i think december is violet but i could be
wrong, it has
been awhile.

anyway, w/ the new year, and once again not technically, a new
millennium on the horizon,
i have invited some friends to visit her and her family in the hoosier state
w/ me. these
guys are the type of guys i feel will be life-long friends and both fiercely
intellectual. i delight that everyone, including my gf's family seem to hit it off and
get along rather well. i believe we go (indoor) rock climbing, something
one of my
friends would pursue a bit more seriously after this introduction, and all
have a good
time. afterwards, we carouse and (redundantly) drink, generally having
fun. this would be
the last and only time this combination of people would ever com(m)ingle,
but i still
remember the delight at being its nexus.