"Virgin Swimming Olympic Relay"    08/27/04
A team including me, Edward, and some other friends were competing in an Olympic swimming relay.  We swam very fast and actually won thanks to Edward, who swam the last leg of the race.  Everyone jumped into the water and hugged him, but then one of the judges came over and informed us that we were disqualified.  We were all shocked and asked why.  The judge informed us with a heavy accent that our team was disqualified because Edward was not a virgin and only virgins were allowed to compete in the race.  One of our teammates approached Edward and asked why he just didn't tell us.  The teammate was clearly trying to help and comfort Edward.  I looked around at that teammate and all the other teammates and wondered if anyone on our team really met the requirements to compete.


"Dating a 57 Year-Old Attorney"    08/21/04
The movie theater in my apartment building was having a free showing of a modern Shakespearean tragedy, so I decided to go alone.  I think it was Hamlet that I was going to see, but it may have been Romeo & Juliet.  As I was walking down a ramp in the basement toward the door of the theater where my movie was playing I saw Robert Ahmad, who is an apparently well-known local attorney.  He was standing outside of the door to another theater.  He said hi to me and I enthusiastically greeted him.  I knew that he was 57 years old, but I was developing a mini crush on him.  He asked what I was up to and when I told him I was going to see a movie he invited me to see a movie with him.  At that moment I wondered if he even remembered my name.  I went with him into the theater he had been standing in front of.  This theater appeared to be playing It's a Wonderful Life.  Robert talked loudly and made funny comments throughout the movie, although the movie itself was somewhat boring.  I was so happy to be there with him and realized that this was our second date.  He told me that he was pretty bored with the movie, but one of his friends was outside of the theater and he wanted to introduce me.  When he told me the name of his friend, I realized that his friend was my father's boss.  I quickly told Robert that I couldn't meet his friend.  He didn't understand why not, so I had to explain that my father would disapprove of me dating a 57 year-old and that if my father's boss saw us together, then word would definitely get around.  I felt bad about having to tell Robert this because I didn't want him to feel old or to feel that our huge age difference was a problem for me.  He seemed very cool about it and suggested that we leave out a side door and go to his apartment.  I felt glad that I didn't have to pretend to like the movie he picked.  His apartment was beautiful, but not nearly as luxurious or as decorated as I would expect for a man who is apparently so successful.  We walked into his bedroom, he hugged me and gave me a kiss and told me to make myself comfortable as he walked into the master bath.  I lay down on his bed.  I felt very tired and stressed.  When he came back he smiled at me.  I realized that it was kind of strange for me to be curled up on his bed.  I stretched out my arms and motioned for him to join me.  He again flashed a huge smile, but as he stood at the edge of the bed he told me that I would have to move over because if he lay on top of me he would crush me.  I told him I didn't think so.  Honestly, I think he's a pretty frail looking 57 year-old, but he's certainly not at all overweight.  I told him we should try it out.  I felt so happy to be in bed with him until he lay down on top of me and I really did feel as if he would crush me.  I couldn't believe this because he's so thin.  But then I took a close look at him and realized it was J, who is overweight.  I felt sick when I realized I was in bed with J.

"Edward Directs a Strange Ballet"    08/16/04
I was at work when a woman I didn't know came up to me and began giving me directions about projects to work on.  I didn't know what she was talking about.  She then asked me if I was her intern.  I wondered how she could think I were her intern when her intern was blonde and I was not, but I explained that she must have just gotten us confused.  Then Edward's supervisor came up to me and told me that they needed me to go ahead and work on the project.  I was extremely annoyed by this, but I agreed to do it.  I walked back toward Edward's office when I saw another attorney and a little girl go into a strange door beside Edward's door.  I had never noticed this door before and wondered why a strange blue glow was emitting from it, so I decided to go in with them.  Inside the small room was lit by fluorescent lighting and had only white egg-shaped pedestal chairs.  The attorney introduced me to the little girl and told me that the girl was the newest star of the office ballet and that this room we were in was the practice room.  I asked about the ballet and the attorney informed me that Edward was directing an office ballet.  She told me that I needed to ask Edward what my role would be, but everyone in the office was going to participate.  This was yet another aspect of the day that left me feeling annoyed and stressed.  I did not want to go talk to Edward about ballet.  I was pretty sure that it was a topic he knew nothing about, but I felt sure that he would still command everyone to do as he says.  The other attorney left us in the strange blue room and asked me to help the little girl practice her part in the ballet.  I felt nervous and suddenly felt as if I was in the Twilight Zone.

"Skyla and Zenith Swim"    08/11/04
I would be leaving on a vacation soon, so I checked on my cats one last time before I left.  I went into the house where we were apparently living and noticed that there was a pool in the living room.  I was worried about this because I was afraid that maybe Zenith would accidentally fall in.  Then I looked into the pool and saw that Zenith was lying on the bottom, with his paws tucked under him.  I was afraid that he was drowning, so I jumped in to save him.  As I swam down to the bottom and almost reached him he began swimming away from me.  I was shocked that he knew how to swim.  I began to worry because he is blind, so I did not know if he would experience vertigo and not be able to find his way to the surface.  Then I saw that Skyla was also swimming.  I was extremely worried that they would drown because there were tubes filled with water that they could swim through, but there were floating pieces of glass covering these tubes.  I didn't know if the cats would become trapped under the glass.  I spoke to an older man who apparently was at the house because he was going to take care of the cats while I was gone.  I realized that I couldn't leave the cats in his care due to the pool and also decided that I did not want to board the cats somewhere, so I decided to cancel my vacation.