Well, the Lely tennis team is now officially 2-1. We won our first match against St. John-Nuemann and lost our second to Naples. Today, we beat Gulfcoast, 6-1. I really struggled against Mike Clauson (for some reason it takes me forever to remember that last name), but still won, 2 and 3. It should've been 0 and 1, however. Not to mention, a lot cleaner and a lot shorter. Keith beat Kyle Holmes 4 and 2. Keith hasn't lost a match yet. Today, was my first win. Oh, well.

Today, I was flirting (maybe not but it sure seemed like it), with Jessica Dabel. She sat next to me on the computers in the library. I had managed to escape Criminal Justice, with a couple of stoners. It's funny. Well, sad at the same time, but it's amazing how much a stoner talks about smoking up all the time. I suppose it ain't odd though, maybe I am just naive. Anyway, Jessica and I, know each other from Creative Writing, and had worked on a project earlier in the year together. I wish we were working with each other again, but instead I'm with Oscar Lopez (a really cool Mexican guy) and a quiet black girl named Traci (who doesn't really care what we do). Creative Writing, is definitely my favorite class, because it's basically just a social hour and a half for me, which is very uncommon for myself. I have been very proud of myself for being more talkative (although I am still fairly quiet in a lot of classes), 'cuz I feel like I'm growing as a person. I suppose one grows every day. And of course, Alex is in that class as well, so it's all good. Surprisingly, I ran into her (more like she surprised me from behind) in the library, as well. I desperately hope I get into UMT in Missoula. I didn't get the job I wanted to get for the summer (all because my mom never allowed me to get my driver's license), but hopefully I can find some other job I would enjoy. Maybe, I should become a waiter. Waiter's in Maine make a ton of money during the summers. It would be quite stressful, however. Oh well, life is stressful, anyway. Hopefully, I will play better at the Dunes, than I did today in my match. I played outstanding on Tuesday against Naples, so hopefully, my caliber will regain itself tomorrow.

-Dan, dhurrikane@hotmail.com

Well, nothing happened this weekend. Although, on Friday the following did happen.

My last block class is Creative Writing. In it, is a girl named Alex. Sounds like the beginning of a children's book... Anyway. She's a really cool girl. One of those independent sorts. Really outgoing, really sweet, really funny, and voices her own opinions without really caring what others think. As long as they know what she thinks. Something I respect a lot. Sounds like I have a crush on her, you say? Well, you may say that, but it's an incorrect assumption. She's one of those people who I would love to be good friends with. Someone who I can really talk to and has an outstanding personality, is usually someone who I would love to have as a friend, but not as a romantic interest. Someone who I "like" makes me feel all giddy inside, but don't necessarily have the best personality in the world. Maybe, I'll have a relationship with someone who has the best of both worlds. Maybe I'll have a relationship with someone period... She's a lesbian, anyway.

But the point is, is that she asked me to go to this concert. She wanted me to go, so that she would have someone else to be with her, besides the girl she was going to go with. I guess she was scared. She can be so cute sometimes. But, the other reason, was because Priscilla (the girl she was supposed to go with), might not be able to go. So basically, I was her second "date". The other girl was straight too, however. I was joking with Alex, that I'd probably steal the girl (yeah RIGHT), that she was trying to hook up with. So, here was the first time I actually got invited to go do something with someone that I actually had the interest of going with.

But, there were three problems. One, the concert she wanted to go to (it was some weird Tokyo quartet of some sort. world renound apparently. obviously I wasn't going for the concert though), started at 8:00 p.m. Friday's, I go up to the Dunes to play tennis, which is in North Naples, and takes fifty minutes to get up there. It ends at 6:00 p.m. So, I'd be back around 7:00 p.m. Then, I would have to shower and shit (well probably not literally), and drive all the way back up to North Naples, which would be a very close call. I probably wouldn't be able to find Alex either, and watch it all alone. My second problem was that I had no ride up there, because I know my mom would flat out refuse to, and I have no driver's license. The third problem was that it cost fifty dollars. Seems a little outrageous to me, but whatever. A date with a girl would probably cost that much anyway, so what's the big deal? Well, I don't have fifty bucks, and we are barely scraping by as it is. So, I know my mom wouldn't give me fifty bucks. So, I had to turn down the offer, unfortunately. If I had've gotten my permit when we first got down here, my mom would've let me get a job, I would have a -Dan, dhurrikane@hotmail.com

Well, today is my last day of my three-day weekend, and I did just about nothing (what a surprise...). On Saturday, I played tennis against this Filipino, who was a nice guy and all, but he really struggled with the wind. It was ridiculous. I think he made about -Dan, dhurrikane@hotmail.com

Well, thankfully Valentine's Day is over with. We get tomorrow off, but I just realized that if I was still up in Maine, we would be getting February vacation this week. Oh well, we got two and a half weeks for winter break, so it's all good. Valentine's Day wasn't totally as bad as I thought it would be. The couple at lunch, was dysfunctional, so I was lucky enough not to see them all cuddly and romantic. I did have the best conversation I have had yet with Dominique. She hates the holiday as much as me. She talked about how she wanted to adopt a Vietnamese kid when she got older. So, if her birthday is before we graduate, I'm gonna get her one of those things through the mail, where you pay money to help the impoverished kid, and they tell you about the kid and everything. 'Cuz she was saying how she used to do that, until they stopped sending her stuff back for no reason. So hopefully, she would be pleasantly surprised by it.

-Dan, dhurrikane@hotmail.com

Tomorrow, I get my grade back from my test in Algebra 2. Basically, it will show whether or not I am going to graduate this year, because if I fail this quarter, I fail the class. I haven't made any friends, but I have a couple of acquaintances that I like. My problem, is that most people don't really appeal to me. Like they are too hyper, or are hypocrites consistently, or are just plain bitches (not to mention stuck up). The worst is when you talk to somebody and you can tell that they don't give a shit what you are saying, but they ask you questions anyway, or barely keep the conversation going. I am really into surfers, 'cuz they are so laid back and really cool to talk to, but they're one of the most popular cliques down here, so it's not like I'd be anybody special for them to talk to. There is this one girl, Dominique, who is really cool who I sit next to in government, but I can't really tell what she thinks about me. Not necessarily "liking" me, although that would be interesting to know as well, but just if she thinks I'm a cool guy (I sound like I'm in fifth grade). But the few times I do talk to her, she actually listens to what I have to say, and she just randomly smiles at me at times, but like if there is someone who she is friends with around, she nearly ignores me completely. But I guess maybe I am just being ridiculous, because I know that if I had an acquaintance who I enjoyed talking to, in the same room as someone who I was friends with, I probably would talk the majority of the time with my friend (obviously). But then again, I'd probably bring that person into the conversation. I am a lot more comfortable around people when I'm with a friend. I act like myself in front of them. I don't constantly think about what I'm saying or how I am acting. I guess that's just normal though. I make all of these excuses why I can't be friends with people, when it is possible, it would just be difficult in many senses.

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-Dan, dhurrikane@hotmail.com