With my eyes wide open

[exsequar]

A brief update because I feel like I neglect my LJ far too much these days!

Basically to sum up, everything from my last post is still pretty awesome. Indoor soccer was great again, except for how I managed to INJURE myself, god-fucking-dammit. I pulled my quad in high school and I managed to aggravate that old injury pretty badly tonight. :( I really hope the pain will pass quickly, because I don't want to be hampered for next week. I guess this is what I get for not treating my body right for several years. Oops! But the game was much more even this time, we won 2-0, and the guys and gals on my team continue to be really lovely. Iker!goalie is still super hot and super competent, so that is definitely not a bad thing. :D

Science is awesome with a side of terrifying - so many new things to do! Will I be up to it?! Eep. But it's exciting too. :)

And Matt is... Matt is kinda super awesome. I'm really enjoying this thing we've got going so far. Sunday, we went to see Inception (!!!!!!!!! TOM HARDY, PLZ DO ME. OR DO J GORDON-LEVITT. He was JANOVEC in BoB, you guys! <33333) and then back to his place where we just hung out, listened to The Postal Service on vinyl, and exchanged backrubs. I'm super comfortable with him - everything is at this really lovely place of affectionate physical intimacy that's really just cuddly and sweet, so I don't feel pressured or scared like I did with Dave. Basically the speed is lovely and I'm really enjoying it. Today, I went to visit him at the cafe after I left lab, which basically meant hanging out with my laptop, getting a free mug of AMAZING HOLY CRAP coffee (Intelligentsia's Summer Solstice - UNF. I didn't need sugar OR cream!), chatting with the German owner of the coffee shop, and meeting several of Matt's friends. Oh and flirting with Matt outrageously of course. :) It just felt like such a lovely, comfortable, domestic scene and I enjoyed it tremendously.

Fun story - a couple of Matt's friends had just walked in, and Matt called across the room to ask me what kind of coffee I wanted. I flirtatiously said "Why don't YOU decide for me?" A few minutes later, Matt introduced me to his friends, and the girl said "Ohhhhhh! I WONDERED why you were being so flirtatious! That makes more sense now!" And I just laughed and laughed, but I was also delighted because the fact that she recognized my name meant that he's been talking about me, which is rather :DDDDD. Hee!

Also, the other day he described himself as a "radical feminist", which is A++++++ in my book. It's hard enough to find a guy who will understand feminism, let alone one who IS a feminist. And he's not a poser - he's studied this shit and he really believes it. I said something like "I'm sorry I need to shave!" and he just shrugged and said "Why? I don't care. That's your choice." And I was like sdlkfjlskdf awww! I got big hearts in my eyes! ♥

My #ger girls on Twitter continue to brighten my life, as does Die Mannschaft itself. Today a video came to light which was a MONTAGE OF GERMAN FOOTBALLERS HUGGING that had AIRED ON GERMAN TELEVISION. Ahhhh I love Europe. ♥ Oh and I caved and ordered Die Spieler! COME TO ME, 200 GLOSSY PAGES OF MY BOOOYS.

I also spent this Saturday with my cousins and my sister at a Renaissance Faire! Always an amazing time. We saw REAL JOUSTING, as in, huge ass horses and genuine lances. It was a father against son joust, and the son (19 years old and adorable) got brutally unhorsed. Took quite the fall in 150 lbs of armor! He got back on the horse though, which was very impressive. That was a fantastic sight! And my favorite Ren Faire act, the Rogue Blades, was there, YAY! I've seen them probably 6 or 7 times now. :D They're a comedy-sword fighting troupe, and they've had the same skit for years upon years, but I always always love them. This year, they spontaneously added a fun twist where it became a Star Wars adlib on top of the usual plot, so they pretended their swords were light sabers, made sound effects, and called the short one Yoda. It was phenomenal. <3333

How are you, darlings? I'm ashamed to say I'm falling more and more chronically behind on my flist. :( I miss you!

Comments

[tiltingheartand]

I have run out of TV to watch! :( :( :(

(Also: holy crap, Matt sounds awesome. Go you.)

[amnisias.livejournal.com]

Not to worry about getting behind with LJ, nothing much happening here apart from same old, same old....You go enjoy your real life!

[fandomonymous.livejournal.com]

I've posted a drabble and yet another half-finished idea, because I can never follow through on anything. *fails*

I hope you recover from your injury soon! Make sure you stretch and keep training once you feel better so it doesn't happen again. I'd hate for you to lose out on something you enjoy so much just because of injury. *gets weird Olympic swimmer flashbacks*

I'm glad this current dating-bit is working out and that you're not feeling any pressure. Physical intimacy pressure has caused me a lot of grief in my past, too, so I totally sympathize with wanting to find something that doesn't have that problem.

Ren Faires are fun. The one in Tampa Bay has a really neat man named Manolete who does fire juggling and such, which is so much fun; there's also one south of me that features an a cappella set of hilarious wenches.

[wepretend.livejournal.com]

Matt sounds like an awesome guy. And this "we went back to his place where we just hung out, listened to The Postal Service on vinyl, and exchanged backrubs." sounds even more awesome! :DDD

[pau494.livejournal.com]

This entire post makes me all :DDDD

Matt sounds WONDERFUL, darling, I'm so happy you're having a great time getting to know him.

And your team WON. \o/ How's the old injury these days?

♥ LOVE YOU.

[modillian.livejournal.com]

That is really cool, Ren Faire and skience and soccer! If I had a date-y boy-person tell me he's a radical feminist I might faint a little or wear a grin for 72 hours or something.