Story time.
I've mentioned before that I have an app called tinder which I guess is a kind of dating app but whatever. This guy named Garrett started talking to me through the app on Friday morning. We're both musicians so we sent a few messages back and forth regarding that subject and then he got straight to the point and asked me if I wanted to go on a date and just get coffee and get to know each other better. I ended up giving him my number, and we ended up going out for coffee that same night (Friday night). We both arrived at Starbucks at the same time, which was super convenient and not at all awkward (thank god), he paid for my coffee which was super nice and we sat down at a table and ended up talking for three hours until the Starbucks people kicked us out because they were closing. Then he asked me if I wanted to go on an adventure to some woodsy area in Anaheim hills...and I said yes. Looking back, I totally could have died that night, but I'm totally glad I went. So I got in his car and we drove on a really cool secluded narrow road for about 30 minutes until we reached the canyon area that he was looking for. The park was closed and the cops were patrolling the outside area, so we ended up going to this place a little further down the road called Black Star Canyon. If you haven't heard of this place, just look it up, people claim it's haunted and sometimes there's super sketchy people there. We didn't venture too far into the canyon, and he just pulled onto the side of the road next to this super pretty tree and we leaned against his car and just checked out the stars and talked and sang and laughed and goofed around until the cops came and told us that we were in a no parking zone. By that time it was already almost midnight so we both decided to call it a night and he dropped me back off at my car at Starbucks and said he'd see me soon. Yesterday afternoon while I was working he texted me and asked me if I'd like to go on another adventure with him that night after he got off work around 11 pm, and I said yes. It actually worked out perfectly because I went and saw a movie with some friends and then we went to a frozen yogurt shop down the street a little ways for a late night snack. I texted Garrett and told him I was there and that he could just meet me at the yogurt place whenever he was ready and we could go from there. So there I was with my friends, both guys and girls, freaking out like I always do before I hang out with a guy (I get EXTREMELY nervous, like to the point where I get super shaky and fidgety. It's weird, I don't know why I freak myself out but I do). So then Garrett just walks into the yogurt place and before I even know what's going on he's introducing himself and talking to my friends like its no big deal. So props to him. I was still freaked out so I kind of ushered him out the door and we got in his car with no idea whatsoever of what we were going to do for the remainder of the night. We ended up driving around the Anaheim hills area again, searching for the highest hill to get the best view of the landscape below us. All we did was talk and laugh and sing and dance. There was one point during the night towards the end when he was searching for a place to park, and considering the fact that I'm used to dating total douchebags, I thought he was looking for a place to hook up. Whatever. He surprised me by telling me to get out of the car and close my eyes, so I did, and he led me up this hill and it turned out to be the best view of the night. We stood there for like a minute and then we walked back down towards his car. There was a stoplight at an intersection we had to cross, and it was around 1 am...and he ran out into the middle of the intersection and he laid down on his back. At this point I was freaking out because OMG IT'S THE FREAKING NOTEBOOK and I happily joined him on the ground and we both just started laughing hysterically. after a while we heard a car coming so we got up and went back to his car, and he took me back to my car and said he'd see me soon (again). Can I just point out that he didn't even make a move on me last night? Like we were just talking and having fun in a completely innocent way and it was awesome. Like that's the first date I've ever been on where nothing happened with a guy and I'm stoked. So I'm definitely going to go out with him for a third time and see what happens. I might like him. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On a separate note, Michael, the guy from Newport that I actually really liked, bailed out last minute on a date we had planned for "an event" the other night for the third time so I am officially really fucking pissed at him and I'm done. I'm not going out with him ever again. He really, really upset me (to the point where my friends asked about him last night before the movie and I broke down and shed some tears) so fuck it, I'm done. I don't deserve to be treated that way and I'm not going to let him. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ So that's it. That's my story for the day.