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It’s Maggie’s birthday today.I haven’t posted her card yet.
Later:
'The
Sensual World’ – Kate Bush
Well,
today, after sex with Amy (in which
the condom split – DAMN!) and breakfast, we all (Amy, Johnny, Missy and I) went
into King’s Lynn (where we briefly
saw Darren Marsh) and then on to Barnes Bysea to see what we could see
in the pouring rain.Such as: the theatre,
the sea, a tea room with scones in, amusement arcades…Mostly, Johnny and I indulged in lots of
memory swapping.
On all
our car journeys, we had Kate Bush
playing – particularly stuff from The Sensual World LP – which was all
very evocative of this time last year.And as I haven’t really listened to much Kate since about January, it
felt very nostalgic.I know I look back
on ’89 with considerable scorn
(academic achievements excluded), I recall that those days from September to December were steeped in magic.All we really had to do was enjoy ourselves, flitting from party to
party.Until we eventually all forgot we
were friends and drifted apart.Back
then, it was me and Johnny; Julian, Una, Jamie, and, of course, Gemma.Then Stan.There were more of us, but these spring
instantly to mind.And will any of us
ever forget crashing at Julian’s house after Gemma’s party at the Hungry Horse in Necton?I miss those days
now.Days when every one of us seemed to
love Kate Bush.
Then Stan
and Michelle called to pick me up
(we’d made arrangements over the phone, you see?).Michelle’s best mate – Sam (from Peterboro’)
was driving, and took us back to Stan’s parents’ place, Badger House; my return after 2 years, and it was lovely to see Annette and Siegfried, I’ll add.
‘Come
Together’ – Primal Scream
So Stan
and I sat talking rather philosophically for ages.We then started reminiscing: his lost weekend
with Gemma, the last term of 1989, and so on.Soon we’d covered: music, Sugarblood,
our changing lifestyles, his new and tidier (more individual) image, his
job-hunting.Sam and Michelle had a lot
of catching up to do also, so we were all happy.
We all
ate Sunday roast with Sieg and Annette, and afterwards, Stan and I sat alone in
the parlour with Kate Bush on the tape-deck, settling our dinners with
nostalgic conversation.We confirmed to
each other that we’re still great friends and I invited him to come over and
stay soon.We briefly discussed
Michelle, for whom he cares a great deal, but he felt sad that for most of the
weekend she’d ignored him in favour of Sam.I think it upset him, but I told him that this is always the way with
old friends and that he needn’t take it to heart.
Next, we
all had a smashing game of TRIVIAL PURSUIT, and then it was goodbye time.Sam drove me back to St Mary,
en route to Peterborough.Thing is, on the way back she proved herself
to be a massive DOCTOR WHO fanatic and so we swapped addresses.Hopefully she’ll come over and watch some
videos soon.
Arriving
home, I was distressed to accidentally tape over my STAR TREK IV recording
before I’d even had the chance to watch it!
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So I got
home and I watched III and at 8pm I
started videotaping IV – and bloody Anglia
cut off the first two minutes of credits, etc.!
'Another
Girl’ – The Beatles
At 8.10pm, I went out with Johnny, Missy and Amy to the Fair, then to The Angel.After a drink, we
bought some booze, a Chinese, and hired a video - PET SEMATARY - and came
back to Johnny’s.The film was still brilliant and had us all in
tears (more than it ought to have, really).
After the
film, we all retired to bed.I slept in
the spare room with Amy and, needless to say, we indulged in a great deal of
sex – enjoyable, too.And we coupled it
with some really nice philosophical conversation.
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Johnny wants me to go out with him ‘n’ Missy ‘n’ Amy on Saturday nite, but I can’t.Nor can I join Stan tonite.Why?Because I’m FUCKING BABYSITTING.AND I DON’T HAVE A CHOICE ON THE MATTER – NOT UNLESS I WANT TO FUCK
EVERYONE OFF AND SPOIL THE FRAGILE FAMILY PEACE.I HATE IT!
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Mind you,
I had an interesting time which featured the following characters: Elbow, Amy Neat, JohnnyBadcock, Mary-Jane Ferguson, Lilith,
Missy, Mrs Badcock, Sally Watson,
Danny Abbott, Gemma Winchester, and Natalia
Wnek.Yes, you might be able to tell
I popped into NORCAT.I’ll tell all later.
Oh, Donny Goodfellowrang tonite.He’s pissed off about not being able to get a
job and I obviously sympathise with his plight.
Oh, I
must also tell you about this girl at Tech today.But it’ll wait.
Later:
'Naked in
the Rain’ – Blue Pearl
I rang
Elbow today to tell him all about this PRISONER thing on the radio.
Then I
got a bus to Lynn (after briefly
seeing and speaking to Mary Wallis).On the bus, I sat with – of all people – James Abbott and we talked, but it felt
like surface level chit-chat.School was four years ago now.
At NORCAT,
I located my folders.I then went over
to see if I could locate Amy or Lilith at Donna’s old digs on Tennyson Avenue.I actually bumped into Pip and she found Amy and Mitzi for me.Amy’s changed her image somewhat and looks
better for it.I was very happy to see
her and we spoke for five minutes or so.I also briefly said ‘hello’ to Sally Watson who’s looking incredibly
healthy this year.
‘Nothing
Compares 2 U’ – Sinead O’Connor
I then
went off to Johnny’s house, chatted to his mum, and met him as arranged. We
then returned to Tech where we chatted with Amy, Pip, and Missy.Then Danny Abbot came in and we spoke for a
while.He looked rather messier than
usual.Soon, Fergie found me and we
talked, then Lilith joined us which was a bit odd and quite tense.Apparently she and Fergie often compare notes
about me and slag me off!Nice, eh?I then walked Fergie up to the Art rooms and
we talked for ages more.She hasn’t
stayed loyal to her Cartoon Boyfriend at all.I steered us onto the subject of ‘us’, trying to sound out the
territory, really; wanting to know what she feels about me.Could there ever be any kind of relationship
for us?Like before?Fergie got quite aggressive about it,
refusing to tell me what her feelings are for me; saying she’ll never tell
me.When she said she had no intention
of boosting my ego, I read between the lines.Soon, she softened and we talked vaguely about distances, but
unfortunately we had to part at this point.As I turned to get the lift, she virtually demanded a hug from me and we
embraced long and hard.I still feel a
great love for her.She might even be
the biggest heartbreaker in my life in many ways.Day to day, I do miss Fergie a great deal.
'You’re
Going to Lose That Girl’ – The Beatles
After
Tech, I went to Amy’s room and explained my predicament of having great
affection for all three of Amy, Fergie and Lilith; of wanting to spend time
with them all.Quality time.And I do love them all, but in differing
ways.I have a tremendous animal lust
for Amy; I love Lilith as a close friend and other unclear things; and I… Well,
I am in love with Fergie.In love.And I wish she was in love with me.
Amy and I
talked for ages.It’s funny: Fergie and
Amy hate each other, Amy and Lilith don’t speak, and Fergie and Lilith have a
relationship based on bitching me off.Amy summed it up as three women being jealous over me – full stop.
I then
went to see Lilith and was able to explain myself more clearly to her, better
able to explain my feelings.She’s
missed me like hell.I feel something so
deeply for her, and I have no idea if I fancy her as much as I think I do.She’s so… different.To anyone I’ve ever known.It challenges me.As she and I left to go our separate ways,
she hugged me longingly and I found it hard letting her go to meet her mates.
I
returned to see Amy and – predictably – we ended up in bed, naked and caressing
each other’s body.Nothing too
naughty/rude, though.That would
probably have been pathetic.
‘You Like
Me Too Much’ – The Beatles
Later,
Johnny drove me home.Amy and Missy came
with us and Missy insisted I show her the CHINESE PLAY video, so we all
watched that.Johnny tells me that Gemma
Winchester has been asking about me.He
says she seems very ‘interested’ in me.
Anyway, I
received a postcard from Leeds that says this:
‘DEAR RITCHERD,
WHAT CAN I SAY?AN APOLOGY
DOESN’T SEEM ADEQUATE ENOUGH, BUT I AM SORRY FOR LETTING SO MUCH TIME +
DISTANCE COME BETWEEN US.I HOPE IT’S
NOT FATAL.AS YOU CAN SEE, I’M IN
(ALMOST) YOUR HOME TERRITORY AT THE MOMENT, RELAXING AFTER A HIDEOUSLY
DEPRESSING TWO MONTHS BACK HOME.I’LL BE
IN TOUCH WHEN I COME HOME, BEFORE GOING BACK TO UNI.TAKE CARE,
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