11:54
I just helped somebody join the doc, they were having
issues with setting it up the right way so I went through the
long process of helping her get on the doc. It is super cool that
people would wait for a good 30 minutes just to read what I’m
saying. In the past three days, I’ve grown a lot compared to that
strange kid in the back of the class. Thank you guys so much
for providing the encouragement and interest in this project to
keep me going. This whole thing has been so successful that it
caused a massive distraction in my 7th Period. You guys are all
great, and I appreciate the support, thank you.
12:21
I have been talking about the present and the future a lot in
this doc, now I need to talk about the past. This is supposed to
be ‘Jeramyah’s Soapbox’, right?
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Valentines Day Dance Girl
Let’s go back to October 10th, 2018, 323 days ago, I was out
at recess and two of my close friends walked up to me. They
tell me to ask someone out (Disclaimer: I will NOT mention
anyone’s name in this document but will be happy to tell you
if you come to me personally, thank you). I didn’t know much
about this person but I was tired of being single, so I thought
What the heck! If I’m lucky I can say I’m not single for the next
month. I was SO wrong. One month in, we were still in that
awkward phase that we weren’t “dating” but we both liked each
other. So, of course, I asked her to meet me alone in the mall.
Very natural.
It was awkward, she came in looking amazing in whatever
she was wearing, I looked down and realized I had on jeans, a
white t-shirt, and my classic navy blue “Carver Dragons” jacket
that still fits after 4 years. So we awkwardly walked around
the store, buying a whole bunch of stuff for her sister, while I
was silently cursing myself for being so poor. After that, we sat
down in the food court and talked about illegal things. Yep, you
heard me right, on my first date with her, we talked about all
the illegal things we had both done. I was surprised by some of
the things she said, I didn’t expect her life to be so interesting.
So after that day, I realized 2 things.
I am weird
I was in love with this girl
12:35
The next 4 or 5 months were pretty quiet. But then came the
Valentine’s Day dance. And I was ready. I walked up to her and
asked her to come with me. She said yeah. Ok, I needed to get
ready.
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DAY 3
12:43
I was sitting in the school cafeteria, I had shown up in my
800$ premium Italian wool jacket. Just kidding, I had paid
maybe 70$ at Kohls for this velvet-ish jacket. Not the most
impressive thing, but it got the job done.
12:47
So she showed up maybe 10 minutes later. And she looked
awesome. She was wearing this red dress that looked perfect
on her. I barely talked to her all night. Yep, I sat near the food
table, getting fat on cookies while she talked to her friends. Life
sucks. But then… A SLOW SONG COMES ON!!!
12:49
Her friends (the same ones who told me to ask her out) come
over and tell me to dance with her. Well crap, I think, it worked
out so well the last time I did what they told me. Sure! So I go
over there and dance very awkwardly with her. Let me tell you
something about myself. I can’t dance well. I can slow dance
fine (that’s why she didn’t break up with me that night) but
anything else and I will end up giving someone a seizure.
12:54
So after barely making it out alive, I go back to the food table
and stuff my face some more. Then 5 minutes later another
slow song comes on. And another. And another. As soon as I
am almost done with my cookie, another slow song comes on.
Rinse and repeat throughout the entire night. Until the top of
the night when I decide it’s time.
12:56
When what seems like the 80th slow song (I think it was Jason
Aldean - Big Green Tractor, I listen to it as I write this to get
into the mood) and I go up there. One of our mutual friends
comes up and asks me, “Are you going to do it this time?” I nod
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and walk towards the girl.
1:09
Towards the end of the song, both of our friend groups are
silently cheering me on. I asked her, “Can I kiss you?” “Sure,”
she says without batting an eye. She saw this coming. We go to
kiss, and at the last moment, I swerve out of the way and kiss
her on the cheek. She doesn’t miss a beat and does the same to
me. Dang, I think, She’s GOOD!
1:13
Now you might be wondering why I told you this. Well, this
doc was built for 2 reasons
1. As an attempt to build a community of people who are
nothing but nice to each other.
2. Tell you guys that I’m not as weird as you think and that
we are all the same.
1:30
Stay Happy!