The boy.

So the other day, he says: "We need to have a talk but it's not the kind of thing we should do over MSN..."

NB: Not a direct quote, but he said something to that effect.

Jumping to conclusions is in my genes so I don't see why there's any reason not to in this case. I mean, I haven't seen the boy for a couple of weeks and we haven't spoken much at all - bar a few meaningless text messages.

So yes, the outcome seems pretty certain - which is a shame, 'cause he's a beaut bloke and I don't think there are many boys like him around. But if after the forthcoming talk we end up being not-together then I think I'll switch over (while stealing a term from Gayety) to unboyfriendable mode.


Dad.

Before I left to go and see The Shins last night, Dad caught me and asked me about my religious beliefs. He seems to have a habit of doing that just at the moment before I go out. Last time, I just managed to mention that I hadn't been going to church and I hadn't been going for a long while.

Yesterday however, we got deeper in discussion and I spelled it out for him: I don't believe in a higher power, and I haven't possessed faith of any kind for a long long time. And that surprised him because up until as late as last year, I sometimes tagged along to church with him.

At that stage, I did go voluntarily but really that was only to keep him happy and out of my hair. And I didn't mind going since I'd met a spunky boy there - his name was Christian ironically enough, and he looked a lot like Chad Michael Murray. I'd walk over hot coals just to see him - any self respecting male-o-phile would.

So anyway, Dad asks me,"Was all the praying an act? When you knelt in church? When you took communion?". To be honest, I really hadn't thought about that. But on reflection I guess it was all just an act.

Eventually, he gave me a pamphlet about the bible and he asked me to read it. He said that if I read through it and I still felt non-religious then he'd never bother me about it again. It seemed like a good deal so I decided not to be antagonistic about it and took it.


Listening to:
Title: Lithium
Artist: Nirvana
Album/station: Nevermind (1991)
Length: 4.16