dream

i just woke up. i slept an hour longer than i was supposed to because i was dreaming of a friendship:

i transferred schools, for some reason, from unc-a to liberty, where i discovered on the first day of class that i wasn't anybody if i didn't have a pair of frye boots. my parents had driven me up there for the orientation (not quite sure why, since i drive and shit), but we were staying in a hotel room near the campus, and we were all just lying around. i looked like i was suffering from summer heat the way i seemed to be just melting down the side of the bed; maybe it was the plastic-like coating on the bedspreads. anyway, i thought it would be a good idea to call my long lost, and invite him up for the day. i was surprised at his quick agreement. he arrived in 2.5 hours. he didn't want to go anywhere, though. he didn't hug me, or greet me warmly. he just sat down across from me in the room, as if he was only there out of obligation, and let me talk. fearful of the silence that might grow between us if i stopped--of the possibility he might slip away if i stopped talking--but finally i ran out of things to say that didn't require responses--since he wasn't saying a thing--and he said it was time for him to go. i protested, saying he just arrived, how could he leave after driving so far after so little time? when he stood and started to leave, i noticed how different he looked. wan. sad. but he left.

the family left, and i went to campus where i met a girl who also had just transferred. coincidentally, we were to be room-mates, and it was her birthday. we went out that night to celebrate, and the town was exactly like asheville, and i kept running into people i knew. we were bonding and talking about our lives right when my alarm went off, and i woke up feeling cheated.

then i watched this awesome video.