My roommate and I don't talk much. I saw him a total of four seconds today although we were home together for about six hours. Most of our conversations are as follows:

Him: Hey, what's up man?
Me: Yo, just _____ (studying/reading/dancing the cha-cha) You?
Him: Just ____ (Headin' out/Going to nap/dancing the Tango)

We dance a lot in my apartment.

Anyway, I'm in the kitchen washing my breakfast bowl at around 1 P.M. ( I've been waking up at around 6 each day this week. Slept in on accident today.. ) and singing a song about him not being home. As I draw near the chorus, I begin to tip-toe toward my room when I see him stepping out of his and taking a peek into mine to see if I'm home.

"Yo," I say when he looks to me. " Hey man, what's up?," he says in response. We walk past one another and I go back to my room and he goes outside to drink or something.. As unbelievable as it may seem, we have a really good relationship. He may be the best roommate I've ever had.

I look myself in the mirror for a few minutes and practice my faces for a few minutes when I hear my cellphone start buzzin'

Moohell: I miss you, hon.

Michelle. I hadn't thought of her in awhile, so I didn't respond right away. When I did, I texted back the only thing I could think to say

Me: Are you okay?

Her: Yes. I just want you to know I think about you all the time even if I don't always tell you so.

I respond with a quote from one of my favorite poets

Me: Oh.


She doesn't know that I was home for a full month and that I'm 300 miles south for another six months. I miss my kid sister, and my parents, and my Anh, but Moo and I haven't been close since I re-joined NuTang in 04 with this account name.

I'm fighting the urge to call her.


In other news,

I want sweet potato fries.

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I remember the two of us as kids nearly ten years ago talking.. me about Pokemon
and you about Harry Potter.

I remember your momma driving us to six flags and playing Mortal Kombat in the backseat of her SUV

I remember you leading the way to the biggest and scariest roller coasters after we drank sugarwater.

I remember going 100 meters into the air and hearing you remark how beautiful the Dallas skyline looked at night. I was watching you when I told you the view was beautiful.

I remember leaving my College orientation nearly three years ago to see you.

I remember you taking me to a pizza parlor that you proclaimed to be the best in the town.

I remember us walking hand in hand beside a pond reminiscent of Walden..

I remember me placing one arm behind your knees and the other across your back when I picked you up and carried you away from the pond.

I remember how you looked up at me while I carried you the moment before you kissed me.

And I remember laughing as soon as your lips left mine.




I forget why we're not together.

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