Hey World,
Every story has a beginning, a starting line, a gun blast, the fateful even that changes life as we know it, and this is mine. The first girl, I ever dated, like officially dated. Well, this is my first attempt at least. I could drag out this first paragraph to be structurally sound and feel better about myself, but I am dying to tell you this ridiculous story so I will begin. (See what I did there?)
Oh the joys of being young and stupid. That is how I will preface this chapter, because that is exactly what it was, young stupidity. There was a time when I was oblivious to every female advance, every "she likes you" hehe, and every note passed. It was kind of pathetic really, but that was how I was. I mean hey, I was 15. Anyway, I kind of just walked around in oblivion happy and complete. Then I met Beatrice.
At first, I wanted nothing to do with the girl we will call Beatrice. Yes, she was "cute", ok honestly she was beautiful, but I wanted nothing to do with her because my eyes were set on someone else at the time. I ignored Beatrice, and for the most part, barely had conversation with her. I never planned on ever crossing the friendship barrier with her. Apparently, Beatrice had other intentions. After a cruel twist of events like I like to call parental intervention, the girl I had my eyes set on was no longer an option for me. Since she was a dead option, I started to notice the other live options available to me. Some more appealing than others, but none more apparent than Beatrice. See Beatrice liked me and made everyone else aware of it. It started to become clear that I was the only one who hadn't noticed it before. Like the young stupid idiot I was, I started to like the attention, started listening to my horny peers, and started toying with the option of Beatrice. The problem was, Beatrice was vocal about her "like" for me to everyone but me. Apparently she talked about me all the time, she also had pictures, and things of mine, like candy wrappers and things like that. She would talk to everyone but me. Every time I would attempt to strike up conversation with Beatrice, all she would say was hey. No joke she could barely get off 3 words in front of me. This type of conversation, while later on in life was partial inspiration for a song, was in hind sight idiotic and I should have ran from it, but being the before mentioned stupid, young, child, I did not. It was honestly annoying, but I was intrigued, and determined to get to know her better. So I gave her my phone number, and surprise she could talk for hours over the phone but still no words in person.
Time passed and many moons and overnight phone conversations later, Beatrice grew on me and I decided to ask her out. So being the young stupid kid I was I wrote it on a piece of paper and gave it to her. Of course she wrote back because the only thing she could seem to say was my name. Victor
Perry Marshall (the second), every time I saw her that was the only thing I could get out of her, but as soon as I call her we could talk forever. So as most kids who rack up huge phone bills find out. my parents didn't like my phone habits so they took my phone. That meant, no conversation ever with Beatrice, and soon she slips me another piece of paper, saying we were broken up, and she had found someone else at school. Finally! I was surprised it had lasted that long. It was the weirdest relationship I ever had, because we barely had one. Funny thing is I saw her again almost ten years later, and all she could say was " Hi Victor Perry Marshall (the second)" Haha, disaster averted!
What I Learn From Beatrice
First, peer advice is not always best, Take time to actually want to be in the relationship on your own, because your peers won't be in the relationship, you will. If I would have stuck to my original thoughts, this ridiculous relationship would never have happened
Second, communication is very important. I could not stand the fact that Beatrice couldn't talk to me. It was that star struck, your important, I can't believe I'm actually talking to you mentality, that I hate so much. While I deserve to be treated with respect I'm also human and nobody important. I can't stand that type of girl, especially if she's my girlfriend. It just made me more apt to talk to anybody and everybody and not be closed off to girls I wouldn't ever see myself dating.
Third, It shows me not to drag a hopeless thing on just to be in a relationship. I'm glad I learned that lesson early, because it could have bit me later on. Beatrice should have ended before it started and I let it go just to say that I was in a relationship, which I tried to hide as much as possible anyway. See young and stupid.
World, this is just the beginning of the craziness that was and is my dating life. It gets more interesting I guarantee it. If you enjoy it and have questions or comments please feel free to leave a comment and I will respond and answer them for you.
Till next time
VICTOR PERRY MARSHALL (THE SECOND)
Monday, February 4, 2013
New Beginnings
Hey world,
So this isn't a poem, or a story about my exes, this is an old fashioned post about me and my life. It's been a while since I've done this but oh well. Things have been great lately. A lot of hard work and patience has finally paid off. I started working as an RT last week and its awesome! Not only does this particular job triple my income, but it also gives me the precise experience in patient care that I need. That in itself is perfect. Its also 2 1/2 hours away from San Diego, so it gives me a fresh plane to focus on work and getting everything together.
If you read the poem I wrote in a blog a few weeks ago, This is the change I was talking about. Funny thing is it all came in perfect timing. You have to get rid of some things in life before you can start to see change. You can't have things holding you back and expect to go anywhere. That being said, I had to make this partial move to Indio, CA to find better work opportunities. San Diego is over saturated with new RT grads. There are not many opportunities at the moment, so since the relationship is over and the parents have their own scheme cooking up, I decided to do what I needed to do. There was nothing in SD holding me back anymore. I have my family and friends who I love, but they aren't gonna pay my bills. So on to a better me. Plus I love what I do, and I'm pretty good at it so far.
So here it is, a new beginning, dark shadows are long gone and lingering somewhere else. No rain on my parade, and the forecast calls for clear skies. No more calls or texts asking if I'm ok I am and have been fine, and am clearly enjoying life. I'm exited to see what this new chapter brings to my life. It has already brought a career, the rest is just collateral!
Till next time,
Vic
So this isn't a poem, or a story about my exes, this is an old fashioned post about me and my life. It's been a while since I've done this but oh well. Things have been great lately. A lot of hard work and patience has finally paid off. I started working as an RT last week and its awesome! Not only does this particular job triple my income, but it also gives me the precise experience in patient care that I need. That in itself is perfect. Its also 2 1/2 hours away from San Diego, so it gives me a fresh plane to focus on work and getting everything together.
If you read the poem I wrote in a blog a few weeks ago, This is the change I was talking about. Funny thing is it all came in perfect timing. You have to get rid of some things in life before you can start to see change. You can't have things holding you back and expect to go anywhere. That being said, I had to make this partial move to Indio, CA to find better work opportunities. San Diego is over saturated with new RT grads. There are not many opportunities at the moment, so since the relationship is over and the parents have their own scheme cooking up, I decided to do what I needed to do. There was nothing in SD holding me back anymore. I have my family and friends who I love, but they aren't gonna pay my bills. So on to a better me. Plus I love what I do, and I'm pretty good at it so far.
So here it is, a new beginning, dark shadows are long gone and lingering somewhere else. No rain on my parade, and the forecast calls for clear skies. No more calls or texts asking if I'm ok I am and have been fine, and am clearly enjoying life. I'm exited to see what this new chapter brings to my life. It has already brought a career, the rest is just collateral!
Till next time,
Vic
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