Sunburnt And Selling Cologne (Part 1) – Mad Chaos: November 18, 1998

Ten Pages To Go

It’s always strenuous jumping onto this Diary and knowing that you have at least ten pages of text in front of you and these days it makes it all the more difficult to focus. Those pages will take me at least three hours of concentrating, relaxing my fingers and resting my back. Just like last month I will have a trilogy on my hands but hopefully if I finish up the last three days worth of action by tonight I shouldn’t have too much of a problem. Considering all the negotiation like conversation I’ve been having with Lyssa these past three days I know I have plenty of pages to fill in this one night…

A Meteor Shower Is Coming

Before I begin with chronology let me state that early this morning around 4:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. there is supposed to be a meteorite shower that should be seen from space. Earth is passing through a cloud of dust and dirt particles in space and as this happens every 33 years we are supposed to see a huge meteor display. It is said that the particles will burn up if they reach the Earth’s atmosphere and that will produce meteors and shooting stars. Around this time early in the morning there is supposed to be around 1000 to 2000 shooting stars in the space of one minute.

The sand particles travel at 70 Kilometers a second, pretty fast. They are also supposed to pose a threat to the 500 or more communications satellites out in space. If a satellite it hit it will most certainly ruin the telecommunications it is supposed to give. So in three hours I should have this Diary well under wraps and in three hours I will walk outside and hope there are no clouds in the sky so that I can get a glimpse of an earthly Phenomenon.

Surveying The Sand

Beginning now with our day on the Beach last Sunday let me now involve myself in words to restart the chronology. Once at the beach I started to feel sleepy and taking my towel back off Karl I made my way to the more populated part of the beach as Binh and the rest of them made their way to the Volleyball nets.

As I surveyed the area to find where the most comfortable place would be to lie down (Preferably around some chicks) I found myself a spot near two very attractive girls in green Bikini’s matching my towel. Looking in the far distance I noticed Binh putting up his Volleyball kit and the six of them started playing a game, two against two.

Too Shy To Say Hello

The two girls really appealed to my interest and as one of them was blonde and appeared to have a hot body I jumped back up and went for a little walk past them. Not having noticed me as one was face down soaking sun and the other was reading a book I passed them twice.

Slowly I built up my confidence and on the second pass I had something in my head to say so I could start conversing with them but I never walked up to them, very close. Their beauty was intimidating and even though I knew that they probably would have talked to me I never made the rest of the distance. Lying back down on the beach near them and in view of their bodies I placed my head down and let my back feel some of the 25 degree warmth.

My eyes began to close and so rapidly was my hunger for sleep approaching. Deprived was I for the whole night and considering I was very active you would imagine that this would have made me more tired and more like a drone. The two girls jumped up to leave after 20 minutes lying down and as I got a good look at them they weren’t what I expected but the blonde one whom I was attracted to was still a great catch.

That’s when I felt that these girls wouldn’t have intimidated me as much as when I thought they were more firm and awe inspiring. Turning onto my back I tried once again to rest my eyes and for half an hour I soaked in the sun allowing my skin to heat up. Jumping up as I was starting to drift off I made my way to Binh and the rest of them with my eyes half closed hoping to sleep where they were so there was less chance of them forgetting me. Once there I noticed that Kirra and some other Asian guy that Binh knows were seated on towels watching the game.

Kirra From The Computer Shop

Kirra is the guy who works at Computer Clinic and Imad and I used to travel to him when I had my Amiga. He’s about 35 years of age, very skinny and he was the one that sold me a 2400 BPS modem years ago for $100 with basically nothing. Those were the days Imad and I were also trying to get a job with him at the computer clinic and I think we were either leaving school or just out of school when we knew him.

Either way this would have been at least six months to a year before my Diary even started and a fair while before I even started to be friends with Keith, Tatton and the rest of them. Kirra was even before my one and only time breaking into a store where I stole my amplifier that I still have today but more on that later. My Diary is like the bible of my life and all that is before my Diary shall be referred to as B.C. where of course, A.D. is from the commencement of my Diary.

I wish that my Diary had started just as I finished school, there would have been so much cool shit within it. At school it wouldn’t have been that interesting, here is an exert. ‘Today I done six classes where they were all boring. Imad and I played handball on the basketball courts, we are getting a bit better. Today coming home I watched some television, played the computer for a couple of hours and that’s it’.

Volleyball Badly

Back on the beach my eyes started to get tired once again but being asked to jump on and play Volleyball and also asking if a woman would like to play we boarded four players per side and had our game. Volleyball to me doesn’t come very easy and our side was losing, not because of me but because of players like me. Once my game of Volleyball was over I was told that my skin was burnt badly and touching myself I knew that the pain that came along with sunburn was evident.

Placing some sunscreen on my shoulders and arms that was little protection against the damage that had already been done. Tatton and I went for a walk later in the day where we sat on the wall overlooking the beach and perving on some girls. Binh and the rest of them kept playing Volleyball and around 1:00 p.m. Tatton and Shawn wanted to go home. That came like music to my ears and as Tyler also wanted to head home we all walked to Tatton’s car and planted ourselves within.

Lobster Season

My tan was noted to be pretty bad and when I came home and looked in the mirror I was halfway to being a lobster. The good thing was that the burn was equal on my whole body with my back burnt a bit more than the rest. My legs didn’t burn as good but I’m thinking of having them waxed for the sake of not having hairy legs anymore. Hopefully I won’t forget to hand in my form this Friday as I did one month ago so I can get what I need earlier.

There are no more bills as yet so spend I will more. From what Tatton had told me about tanning (Since he’s the 80’s expert), it’s best to sit in the sun and stay long enough not to get burnt. That way you can build up your tan over time and you won’t increase your risk of sun cancer. If you get burnt and you peel then you half the tan you have built up and basically have to start all over again.

Cologne For Sale

On the way home we drove to Macdonald’s and by this time my sleep frenzy started to kick in. If I haven’t had enough sleep I start acting crazy and doing stupid things, usually funny things. As we approached to the Macdonald’s service machine where you voice your order I said in a Latino voice “I would like 20 chicken wings and a basket of chippies”.

When we approached the service window I pulled out my Cool Water Cologne and looking at the service chick and smiling I popped it out and said “Would you like to buy my Cool Water Cologne for $5”. If you don’t think that’s bad enough I was abusing cars that we passed from the back seat for just driving and I was making all kinds of faces to Tatton from the back seat. It would have been a cack to look at and compared to a drunkard, I was more deranged.