Sunday, June 03, 2007 9:59 PM
emoness was on high alert around 11.13 pm last night due to an unforseen moodswing. so i bummed myself out with highly emo love songs until sleep settled in.
awoke this morning to a surprisingly empty house. mom was out golfing, maid was out visiting her sailor uncle who had popped into port for a visit. dog was unconcious before 10 as usual. decided to get my grub down then play some serious poker on fulltilt.
spent sometime improving my game and trying to sharpen my reading abilities. snagged a couple of more chips and brought my grand total bankroll up to $256k (would have been more if i hadn't squandered away multiple stupid bluffs and semi bluffs post flop...argh. but i'll learn
got dolled up and trotted over to catch the 11am shuttle out but alas there WAS NO 11AM shuttle out. so i walked in the blistering heat until a nice cab stopped next to me and offered to send me to my destination while i was airing my armpits. oh well, lucky day eh?
end result? getting to church half an hour early. didn't think it was so bad being caught between parishoners leaving the 10am mass and those attending the 11.30am mass until...
*jaws music*
SHANNON. yes shannon, the very creepy sorta screw loose (one card short of a full deck, easier to count the bricks that are there than the ones that are missing...you get the drift). oh yeah. she's also my STALKER! *AHHHH*
I'm in fear of my life that she'll want to sit with me for mass again.
so i blatantly lie that i already went for mass and was simply waiting for a friend...i lied in church. yikes!
so she tries to make small conversations with me, asks if she can listen to my iPod to which i reply by blasting "Move Bitch Get Out Of The Way" which draws the response "its an angry song". then she enquires if she can have my ring to which i politely reject before bolting off into the basement toilet to hide.
when i emerge from my subterranian hideout SHE'S STILL THERE!! after dodging her several more times she catches me red handed in front of the confessional booths and innocently enquires if I've found my friend yet.
I lie AGAIN and say that i was going to go for...erm...(words eluded me at that stage, then looking to my left I found the answer...) CONFESSION!
so having talked myself into a corner i figured it would be a good thing going to confess my sins and get a clean slate again. all i had to do was to re-live each and every dark, painful, embarrasing moment in my life over the course of the past 8 months and share them with a wonderful gentle priest (in this case sweet father franz) who would then use the power of the holy spirit to absolve my sins.
well i had come this far hadn't I?
so i confessed. poured my heart out. teared a little here and there but held it in like the macho man i am. had a good heart to heart with God and Fr.Franz and life seemed clearer after it all.
hey. if i had never run into shannon and been so desperate toe avoid her i would have never wound up going for it now would I. a good confession, just what my aching soul needed.
funny how God sends us presents these days.
either that or he's got an awesome sense of humor. :)
musical rehersals after that was fun. i expected a drag but actually enjoyed myself. wound up standing in for the roles of James (the one i initially wanted to play), Joshua (the main character) and Patrick (???) besides having to perform my own role of the ANGEL...stop laughing i know its ironic.
had a gas as always.
nothing really exciting after that i guess. dinner with the family. prac round with the boys tomorrow.
the biggest week of singapore junior golf is here. I'm ready. Are you?
spread the lovin'
Rob Valentine