Texas Friends

I remember a time where I had friends to call up and hang out with all the time. There was never a dull day. Wherever I have lived, which has been various places, I have always made friends. Everyday was an adventure. I was never bored.....

Until now.... I am so freaking bored.

All of my close friends are a 1-3 hour drive away from me. So if I wanna have fun with friends I have to plan it out over a weekend.

I have my friends in Houston. My friend Mexican Princess and her girlfriend Blondie and Blondie's best friend since childhood Adam Sandler, (he looks exactly like Adam Sandler, its awesome).

How did I meet these people?

When I used to live here in Texas, back when I was in the Army. I had a friend, Julia Stiles
(she looks like Julia Stiles to me) who was dating Mexican Princess in San Antonio. Julia Stiles left to New York to go to Law School, which she graduated (I am so proud of her) and broke up with Mexican Princess who then met Blondie after she moved to Houston a year later.

My friends in San Antonio are also fun. Eve and her girlfriend Smoking Hot. I met Eve also through Julia Stiles, they had been on a few dates but it never progressed to anything serious. Julia Stiles suggested that Eve and I become friends because Eve is so freaking hilarious!! I can't be with Eve without laughing so hard my stomach hurts. Now she has Smoking Hot, they have been together for one year and just moved in together. Hooray for them!!

So the web of friends here in Texas all lead back to Julia being our common denominator. Yes, Julia Stiles has dated a lot!! But she just has a lot of charm and irresistibly. And yes I am guilty also. I met Julia Stiles in language school in Monterey, California. We met at Lighthouse Bar and Grill (the only gay bar in the city). I can imagine what you are thinking.... It wasn't like that....

"You see that girl over there," the Bar Tender said to me and pointed to Julia Stiles sitting outside with her friends.

"Yeah," I said and took a drink of coke, "What about her."

The Bar Tender and I had been 'special friends' for several months. I was her go to girl when she needed...... company, to put it nicely. She was the most gorgeous girl I had ever seen, gay or straight, at this point in my underage life. She had me whipped, the entire 'thing' between us was all on her terms. I was her girl toy and I loved it and hated it at the same time.

"I invited her out on a date a few months ago and she showed up at my apartment wearing sweats," the Bar Tender said and laughed.

"Oh really," I said looking at the beautiful Julia Stiles. How someone could not want her was beyond me sweats or not, the Bar Tender must be crazy.

"I dare you to go and talk to her," the Bar Tender said mischievously and started mixing a drink for a customer.

So I went to go and talk to Julia Stiles. I wasn't sure what purpose this would serve, but there was one thing for sure, the Bar Tender was a devious playeress. A gorgeous playeress nonetheless but still a game player. I decided that I was going to play a game of my own.

"Hey, my name is Jasmine Vanilla," I said to the beautiful blonde Julia Stiles.

"I know who you are Jasmine," she said matter-of-factly.

"Really!??" I said shocked.

"Everyone at this bar knows who you are," she said and took a puff of her cigarette, "and you go to class with my best friend."

"Right," I was unaware of these new facts, "the reason I came to talk to you is because I want to ask you out."

"Oh, yeah sure....but aren't you dating the Bar Tender?" she said and started to write down her phone number.

"I wouldn't call it dating," I said and gave her my phone number and walked back to report to the Bar Tender who was more than curious about what had happened. I told her that I just introduced myself and had small talk, little did she know that the tables were about to turn on her.

So Julia Stiles and I went out on a date for the sole purpose of upsetting a venomous woman we had both had the pleasure of 'dating'. The thing about poisonous plants is that they appear the most beautiful among all the plants, so you are deceived until you finally bite into it and start feeling its unforgiving actuality of its existence, to prey upon the innocent.

Our first date went marvelously. We had so much to talk about, so much in common, and enough differences to make things interesting. I had a great night so I decided to park at the beach and kiss her. It lasted about 20 seconds but within that time I realized there was absolutely no chemistry what so ever. As I drove her back to her barracks on base I could tell the feeling was mutual. Despite all this we became great friends, and I am thankful for that.

Its been 7 years since Julia Stiles and I met, and I have her to thank for introducing me to my friends in Houston and San Antonio.

Lastly, my friend Shorty in Killeen, Texas. A short Peruvian girl with whom I had the pleasure of meeting in one of my community college classes I was taking when I was stationed in Killeen. We sat next to each other and instantly cliqued. She may be small but she packs a lot of punch, so don't mess with her, she will kill you.

So there you have it, besides my friend India and Croatia here in Waco, I have several friends in Texas, they are just to far to hang out with regularly.

Which leads to my dilemma. The boredom..... and loneliness on the weekdays that I have off.