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Jett Tells Me About Keith And Tamsen (Part 1)

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This is an excerpt from a real diary entry from the Diary of a Mad Chaos, written on June 24, 1999. Learn more about the history of the diary

Payday Shopping Binge

Talk about having a field day in the City, I had a crazed shopping spree feast in the City and after one and a half straight hours, I walked out a prouder man carrying heavy bags. Is it me or do I go crazy every time pay day arrives. Yes, I have only received two payments but I can’t help to splurge but really, all this stuff is on the agenda, I just have to shift the times I bought them around a little. Isn’t it funny how I always seem to create a plan for the near future when I do get paid and feel the rush of spending.

With the knowledge that money will come to ease my troubles, I have planned a way to reinvent myself that even I was amazed by how I would presumably look, let me define such a process. This month has but one more week to before closure and I must say I’ve had a fabulous time of going out, shopping, meeting new people and having a randy old time. Since my new month of July is already in the making I shall graft my ambitions onto that month and hope we make a parade out of my earnings and accomplishments.

From the first day of next month, being the middle month of winter, I hope to achieve many things to create a new individuality. Heroes aren’t born, they’re created and such are also lives that chose to spawn distinction. Therefore my ambitions for next month are to create a new me by my many variations of appearance, from my clothes, teeth and to contact lenses. I will be working on my conscious side by growing friendships at work and I have learnt now that all you have to do is talk and friendships are created.

Plans For A New Look

On an inclined scale of friendship, I wish to create more of a bond between myself, Ace, Tyler and Binh. These people I believe are the key to bringing out the best in me. Of course, I’ll have to ring up Johnnie one of these nights so that we can head out to the city, that would be something different. With this pursuit of amalgamation I will be heading to more places like the City and I might even get to head on a boat cruise with a nightclub next month.

The snow is falling thick and if anyone does plan to head up this year I’ll also be there. Basically, I want to explore more adventures with this newfound wealth and liberation and I know there are so much things to do but so little time now. On the more personal side of things, I not only want to buy eye contacts but I have a vision of my dancing at nightclubs with specialized ‘Cat Eyes’.

Mark on top of that my wish to fill this increasing hole in my tooth as well as cleaning my teeth by a dentist and my wish to plat my hair in the event of finally getting braided extensions, I’m going to look intense. Add to that the awesome wardrobe of club clothing I bought today from Hound Dog and you’ll understand what I mean. I hope one day you will get to see the horde of pictures I will take with all these new looks as they are dazzling and inspiring and yet, there is so much more to do…

Jett Brings Crazy Love

Heading now to the real shit of writing of my lagging chronology, I don’t believe I will get too far tonight but alas, too caught up. Tonight I missed both the chance of working out and watching ‘The Mummy’ because of my shopping binge in the City, but, a changing man’s gotta do what a changing man’s gotta do. Gathering my thoughts to where I last left these pages in musing of Tuesday night’s chronology, I shall begin after arriving home from work.

There I sat in front of my television, the computer working and myself typing within it. Some time passed as my telephone rang and picking it up I received the right vibe, that it would be Jett. “I’m coming over in five minutes” he announced and as I asked him what his agenda would be he didn’t reveal too much. Nevertheless, I knew Jett’s little tricks and I knew that when he showed up at my house he would bring the CD with ‘Crazy Love’ on it, just like I had asked.

When Jett did arrive that was the first thing he showed to me and as I played the song I relaxed to the comforting sounds but not comprehensively as it wasn’t the right singer. Jett allowed me to keep the CD until I got myself the right album and as we finished listening to the song we broke out into some conversation.

Keith And Tamsen Trouble

Starting the Tamsen and Keith ball rolling I let out a little laugh and then told Jett how I thought Keith was being too persistent and pushy when it came to trying for Tamsen’s hand again. Jett shook his head and let me in on a few little inside information about Keith’s obsession with Tamsen. “Have you seen the messages he sends on Tamsen’s phone”, he asked and as I shook my head inquisitively he told me that Keith kept sending messages such as “I hate you, you have ruined my life, you can go to hell because I don’t want anything more to do with you”.

There was one little message that I heard in which when I read into it I thought Keith was being lame to even consider thinking those thoughts in his head. One of the messages read as “I’m going to make you hate having dumped me and it’s going to be hanging over your head for the rest of your life, you’ll push me into doing it”. Instantly when I heard this I thought of that time when Keith told me “Now I know how Lake must have felt, feeling like he had no one to turn to”.

It sounded put on back then but the actuality of Keith pledging to Tamsen in puns of words indicating that she would literally have his conceived thought of death hanging over her head like the noose he envisions. Something that Keith doesn’t know, Jett told me that Tamsen is already getting onto some guy she met from work. It turns out that he’s liked her for more than a year now and finally they’ve gotten the chance to hook up.

Kangaroo Island Plans

Methinks that Tamsen partially thought to dump Keith because she had this guy looming in her mind and now when I think about Tamsen at the work party, I guess she was being mischievous. Speaking then of the weekend Jett asked me what I was doing and before I could roll my tongue to speak of Kangaroo Island and feel bad in the process of not having invited him, he acknowledged that Shawn had invited him. The pressure was somewhat released but I felt like a stupid fool not to consider inviting Jett because egos might clash between him and Keith.

However, now I learn again that I should never abandon my real friends because of the pretentious others surrounding me. I’m glad that Shawn invited Jett to Kangaroo Island as it will now make it all the more interesting. Taking my camera along, Jett is taking an air rifle, Keith is borrowing Ace’s camping gear and Leroy is taking his rifle and a canoe.

Jett left about an hour after he arrived at my house and as we noticed it was raining outside my good nature finally clicked into action. Usually common courtesy wouldn’t click in my mind in such events when it is raining. It doesn’t really click in my mind to offer anyone an umbrella for assistance but with Jett I walked to the bathroom, picked out the big white umbrella and handed it to him for his journey home.

I was firstly asking him to stock up on my jumpers but when he turned that offer down I felt no more obligated than to hand him an umbrella, it was the least I could do for a sick cunt. For the rest of the night I continued to type in my diary until the late hours of 11:30 p.m. which now seems to be the appropriate time for my getting to sleep. As I once noted previously, I sleep better and feel better with six and a half hours of sleep rather than eight hours or more. Lately I can’t help it because of these pages I must uphold with depiction and these limn worthy days.

Lyssa And Penelope Giggle

Having myself a fairly reasonable night of sleep I finally got to waking up at 6:15 a.m. on Wednesday morning. Not having heard the alarm bell for the second time now I quickly jumped out of bed, sat myself in front of the air conditioner and decided to abandon any thoughts of having a shower as I had done it the night before. The night before I couldn’t get myself to sleep until a little after midnight. The reason for this was because the bed sheets were getting uncomfortable to sleep on and I think it’s about time they got washed.

Having myself prepared for the middle of the work week I made it out of the house at 7:10 a.m., just enough time to scoot off to the bus stop and catch my bus to Campbelltown. Jumping on my train I headed into the City trying to get myself some sleep. When arriving at St. James I looked out of the window as I usually do and as everyone passed by on the platform I noticed both Lyssa and Penelope walking together.

Somewhat hurried they both looked up at me while I sat on the train and I’m not sure if they would have taken notice but it looked as if they were looking for me, or at least Lyssa. When they did pass the both of them started giggling and again, I can’t be too sure if it would have been related in any way to me. All I could think of was that Lyssa was looking for me on the train and at the same time chatting to Penelope about how I had seen them pretending to be Lesbians weeks ago.

Aleka Mentions Lunch

Heading to work a couple of minutes early I noticed Tatiana on the way up in the elevator. Having a small chat to her I said goodbye as she walked into her office and turning my section corner I said hello to both Kelsey and Edith. These days because I chat and associate with more people I tend to say hello and goodbye to them on each borders of the work day. In fact, I say hello to almost everyone at work now, some greetings more timid than others.

Also, when I was downstairs heading up I decided to collect the mail as per usual. Noticing Aleka as I usually do in the mail room we had a little chat as I asked her how she was doing in Yugoslavian. I get a kick out of someone who is basically the same nationality as me. Going out with someone from your own country will not only be a benefit but it will be a deeper love and understanding.

Whilst downstairs I told Aleka how I had a late night last night and without getting into any detail, I just kept it simple by saying I was typing on my computer. When Aleka became inquisitive I advised her casually of how I type memoirs into my computer and as I did she leant forward to hear more.

Just as I was about to leave I heard her say something but didn’t realize the extent of it until I was almost out the door. Aleka adventitiously uttered something about the two of us talking about my memoirs over lunch. In a way it was a good thing that I didn’t really take heed because it gave us some more time to build up upon the thought and that we did.

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