Monday, 20 May 2013

Nothing good happens after 2 AM.


May 21, 00:38. I've been tempted to write this specific entry for so long now. Excerpts of it has been stored in my phone for weeks, while other parts have been archived in some blog entries that I can't be arsed to complete The rest of my thoughts in this entry have been ruminating in the back of my head for weeks and weeks. So perhaps you could say that this is a culmination of all the feelings I've been experiencing since the 15th of April 2013. It's been one hell of a emotional roller coaster ride for me in all honesty, not only in terms of my feelings for her but also due to the confounding factors that have been bothering my life as of late. As of now I'm writing this in a Notepad file (while waiting for the 8th episode of GoT to finish downloading), if ever this gets uploaded in the long run, then it means that I've kinda reached my limit and I just want to make sense of everything. 

So where do I begin. Here's the situation since we last truly left off. I wrote a blog entry more or less a month ago, entitled "Continuation of Conundrums". I don't know why I wrote that. It's not usually in my nature to be all mushy and shit. Perhaps I was panicked? Panicked at the thought of letting this amazing girl go. Maybe I thought I had a chance? I mean, can you blame me? Gambler's fallacy, I've had a bad streak, perhaps it would start getting better. Maybe I was just being an assuming little git, I mean, the few dates we had were amazing on my end, perhaps I just assumed you 
enjoyed my company as much as I did yours (looking back you probably didn't, I mean how else would it end up like this). Perhaps I paid attention to too many minor details, like how we both liked Doctor Who and football, among many others. Basically, I thought that writing the blog was the right thing to do. I can't really remember what was going through my mind then now. I think I wrote it as I usually wrote my blog, as a secret diary meant to be shared to no one but my closest confidants. No one was supposed to know, it would have been just mine to read and linger on and laugh about. But then Past Will got caught up in his emotions, and he sent the URL to her, with no foresight of the potential consequences. YOLO perhaps? I know she hates that term. Perhaps it should be PIYOLO. Putang Ina You Only Live Once. And putang ina talaga. After sharing that link, my hits rose up a hundred fold, and it was clear that my secret blog was no longer a secret, at least for some people. My outlet. My diary. Pretty much the hidden, sensitive, vulnerable side of Mr. William Derek Fidel Rozee, being shared to people I barely, or hell, people I really didn't even know. Oh the agony on my part. But I let it slide. I really did. Perhaps she just meant that much to me. Girls are girls, they have to share these things with their friends, family, cliques, support system, or whatever you wanna call it. So it was cool. I'm the laughing stock of a bunch of people I don't even know. But it's all good. You know?

A few days later, the morning prior to Bionight, we decided to talk things through. She made it clear that she wasn't looking for the kind of thing that I was insinuating(seemed liked a bad thing eh haha) in that blog entry. She wasn't looking for anything serious. She wasn't in that point in her life to settle with someone just yet. Furthermore, I'm a fresh graduate, who's either going back to Pampanga or perhaps working somewhere, so it wouldn't work out anyway. I'm a rational guy, honestly I am. I'm the guy who broke up with my ex so I could focus on orgs and academics. It isn't pretty, but it makes sense. And when you have a good argument, I concede, since that's what people should do. Honestly, I saw where she was coming from. So we agreed to be just friends. Somehow I got pushed into the friendzone, but whatever. Perhaps a small part of me still had that glimmer of hope that somehow it would work out some time? Maybe, I dunno. Anyway, honestly I was hurt, but I was more than happy to stay as friends, as long as I had her in my life somehow. Let me just put it like this, this girl is AMAZING. I was happy and grateful in knowing that someone that amazing could even exist. If miracles were true, she was the embodiment, cause I swear she has it all. And anyway, I would have been perfectly happy just being friends with her. Honestly, just knowing her is an honor for me. Creepy I know, but that's how much I hold her in esteem. (If you read this you better be flattered :P) 

Days went by, we didn't talk much, it's understood, it's summer break, she's in Batangas and she's caught up with friends, video games, whatever, especially since she doesn't really text much. Then the day came. April 15, 2013. My birthday. Quite frankly, I never really cared much for my birthday. The day was just supposed to be an uneventful day. Just sorting out my paperwork for grad school or work, and perhaps drinking with friends right after. Eventually I ended up at Beach House in La Salle with Boli, Lolay, and some professors. It was fun, we had donuts, we had booze, the stories were fun, it was turning out to be an ok day after all. At 19:43, and honestly after quite a few pitchers, I get a text message like this. 

"Happy birthday pogiiiii. Haha joke lang. - jmlm <3 <3 <3 "if you're happy and you know clap you're hands!" "happy birtday to you are the one who makes me happy birthday to you are the one who makes me happy birthday to you...""

How the hell was I supposed to interpret that? This was drunk Will reading mind you, and he was all giddy and shit particularly since he was feeling the GV vibes from his birthday. The conversation was odd, I won't go deep into it here, but it reached a point when she was asking me to go there. Being the silly hopeless drunk romantic that I am, I left my friends and my birthday celebration, and went straight to her condo. 

She opened the door and gave me a look that pretty much said "what the fuck are you doing here at this time of night?". Well, perhaps it was just drunk Will thinking that. I dunno. Basically though she wasn't expecting me there. I sensed some foul play involved. I asked her directly, "Have you been using your phone for the past hour or so?" and she said no. Boom. My world shattered right there and then. I felt like I was flushing in the face out of sheer shame and embarrassment. I felt like such a total fool. That was the most embarrassing moment in my entire life bar none. That, coupled with the alcohol, probably made me mad as well. I mean who the hell wants to be trolled? Made a total fool? About something like that? On their birthday? I mean for God's sake, I was in the process of moving on. Then some friends just decided to mess me up and keep me wishing for something. I left my dearest college friends and my birthday celebration for nothing but false hopes and utter humiliation. I told her straight (and honestly bluntly) that someone's been messing with me and it was an awful time to do that, since I was drunk and it just isn't the right day to prank someone that bad. I left what I brought her and just went home, finishing my fresh pack of Luckies as I walked all the way back to my apartment. Looking back, I feel sorry about my bluntness and anger then. But honestly, can you blame me?

We didn't talk for a couple of days. Eventually I couldn't take it and I asked her through SMS if we could talk. We texted and it seemed like we were in good terms. I guess it seemed like we could be friends again after that. Days passed. I tried communicating a few times. One time she did reply and eventually that trailed off into nothing once again. I kept myself occupied by trying to look for jobs in Manila. I saw her a few times around campus when I needed to sort out paperwork, but I dunno if it was me just being paranoid or if my hunch is true, but I couldn't help but feel that she was trying to get me off her back. I know she doesn't text often, I've noticed that, but sometimes I can't help but get the feeling that she wants nothing to do with me now. I'm just a friend, I understand that. I have no right place to demand for attention or a place in your life.  But I dunno, friends should talk somehow, shouldn't they? Sometimes I think it's just one way. Perhaps I'm just ephemeral, someone who's just supposed to be there for a short time and then poof, vanish. I know you prefer personal contact over texting or Facebook but I can't just show up at your condo and say hi, can I? It just doesn't make sense to me. You used to be so warm, and now you're just so....cold. Did I do anything wrong? Was it something I said? Perhaps it's my twitter account and all the drama shit, though honestly I just rant about love life for a laugh. Or perhaps you just treat all your friends this way. Or perhaps you just don't want me around. If you don't, I understand. Just please, please tell me straight. I just want to know your side. 

As for love life. Haha. She set the bar too high for me, honestly. Right now I'm not even looking anymore. I don't really need it in this point of my life. I have bigger shit to worry about. For starters I need to find a job. Manila. Pampanga. Wherever. I need to start saving up for med school since I don't want to put this off any longer. Perhaps work will keep me occupied somehow. Cause honestly, just being stuck here with my thoughts, my fags and my booze is driving me crazy. 
At times I believe this is just bad karma for the girls that I hurt in the past. If ever it is, I now know how it feels and God I wouldn’t wish this on anyone. I hate the anguish I’ve been feeling for the past few weeks. It’s unbearable. I broke down at Kyle’s grad party because honestly it’s just been too heavy to carry this cross. Perhaps somehow, things will get better. As for everyone I hurt in the past, no words can describe how sorry I am, and I’ll never hurt anyone ever again. FML.

Fuck it, it's 3:15. This is going on my blog. Night.


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