Cathy and I get back together.
During the summer, Casey, a student I had known only peripherally, shot himself. I remember that his last words to me were “Hey, man, I liked your play.”
All posts tagged Cathy
Starts with a Bang
The Falcon Strikes at Midnight
For God’s sake, don’t look at me!
Yes, the table by the rubbertree plant.
I am using telepathy.
Get that shocked expression off your face!
Listen very carefully, but don’t be so obvious.
Everything is going as planned –
No one suspects a thing.
You must maintain your cover.
If you need to speak to me,
Keep the conversation light and insubstantial,
Otherwise try to avoid me at all cost.
No one must learn of our past relationship.
Do not make eye contact!
Focus on your silverware.
I am not here.
I do not exist to you anymore.
Good.
Very good.
You’re a professional.
Documentary
For my Winter Term project, I create a documentary about the lives of my high school graduating class.
I meet Jeff and Johnny, who Cathy will forever refer to as “your ruffian friends.”
Crazy Summer
Cathy and I break up.
I try to kill myself. An attempt is made to hospitalize me. I avoid this by agreeing to therapy.
I spend a lot of the summer in therapy and on anti-depressants.
I stay on campus during the summer, rooming with Ryan. We have a mysterious passive-aggressive falling out. But then we went out to the soccer field and beat each other up with foam SCA swords. It seemed to help.
I discover the card game Magic: The Gathering. I promptly become obsessed with it, dragging everyone around me into a sick addiction. I ended up making about $600 selling premium cards on the Internet. Pre eBay, yo.
Cathy
Start dating Cathy.
I have a premonition that we will get married, but it will end in disaster. I didn’t care.
Friends and Lovers
Begin my junior year at DePauw. I am rooming with Dave, who will become one of my best friends. Ryan is the RA. He also becomes one of my best friends. We all live in Hogate. We live in an experiment known as the “Substance-Free Floor.” Ironically enough, I go on to violate just about every rule.
Upon my return from Fall Break, Dave and Ryan convince me that Dave has decided to pledge a fraternity. I fall for it, only because I believed that Ryan was unable to lie.
I break up with Kerry.
I meet Beth.
I meet Cathy.
I start creating the Chronicle of the Pages world, later renamed DreamPunk.
I meet Alex Arevalo, the crazy Columbian.