So a couple nights ago I saw that movie The Vow, and if you haven't seen it or any commercials for it, then spoiler alert: Rachel McAdams gets amnesia. The character gets into a car accident and can't remember the past 5 years of her life. And it got me thinking, how would I feel if I woke up five years in the past? And then I remembered I would wake up to a time in my life, that I like to call The Love Pentagram.
I've been asked in the past to tell stories about what I was like in college, so here you go. You're finally going to get some insight into a younger, skankier, bitchier Danni.
Five years ago, I was just getting back from winter break during my sophomore year of college. I had just gotten out of a stressful friends with benefits situation (read: pregnancy scare). I found myself looking for a rebound, and that's where my friend Delia came in. She and I had stayed out at school during winter break, and she had just gotten out of an awful break up herself, so we decided to throw ourselves a pity party of sorts. I remembered that my friend Allen, who happened to have a major crush on me, had also stayed on campus, so I invited him to join us. Being the bitch that I was back then, I considered just getting wasted, using his feelings for me as a way to seduce poor Allen and then just toss him aside like yesterday's jam. (Did I mention I was a bitch back then?)
So, as planned, Allen came over for a few drinks, and he happened to bring a friend (Peter) with him. But aside from that, what I planned and what took place wasn't exactly similar. Something I really hadn't anticipated happened: Delia and Allen clicked. Well, now my shot at a rebound was blown... Or was it? There was still Peter... He had mentioned at one point during the night that if he was drinking, he would need to crash somewhere, and when Allen and Delia all but ran to her room to hook up, it looked like we would be having an impromptu sleep over. I thought I was getting a second shot! That was until he reminded me that he had a girlfriend - a fact that had conveniently slipped my mind. And one that we apparently didn't care too much about the more we had to drink... We may have made out... A lot that night. In the morning he admitted that he was extremely confused and things were falling apart with his girlfriend and I was a much better blah blah blah, and he needed a few days to figure things out.
For those of you paying close attention to the diagram, you know this is not the end of Peter and Danni. We did spend a few nights apart, but during the winter, there aren't many students on campus and he worked in my building so we were bound to see each other again, which we did. Same situation, only now Delia and Allen were officially a couple, and were sleeping together, so it felt more like an awkward double date than before. And, as before, Peter and Danni had a few drinks, only this time they did a bit more than just making out. Yeah... I slept with him knowing full and well that he had a girlfriend. (I mentioned the skank thing, right?)
Well, he did the honorable thing and told his girlfriend (Meghan), but swore he wouldn't tell anyone else for fear of ruining our reputations. That didn't stop his girlfriend from calling up Allen, who she happened to be good friends with bitching and complaining about how Peter slept with some slut out at school. Allen knew Peter had spent the night with me and put 2 and 2 together. He told Delia who lectured me on the wickedness of my ways. Boy does good news travel fast...
Then about a week later, Delia called me crying. I knew things were already rocky between her and Allen, so I figured they had had a fight. Well, I was sort of right. They had gotten into some sort of moral debate about cheating (obviously spurred by the fling between Peter and me) and I forget who was arguing what, but I guess it ended with Allen saying something like, "you can't imagine what it feels like to be cheated on" or something. So, what does he do? He goes out and sleeps with Meghan! She was in a rage because Peter had slept with me, he was pissed about the fight so they decided to get revenge by sleeping with each other, Peter decided to forgive Meghan and stay with her, Delia was again left broken hearted and I was back in a hole of lonliness. We were all back where we began only a little worse off for the wear.
So, after all is said and done, that's what my life was like 5 years ago. Needless to say, I would not want to wake up tomorrow thinking that was still going on - I might go a bit mad.
Where were all of you 5 years ago? Would you go back if you could? Do you like hearing about my college years? Would you like more stories like these?
For the record, I'm only going to write more stories like these if I feel like it. Remember that whole "writing for myself" resolution??
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| The Love Pentagram (see below for explanation) |
I've been asked in the past to tell stories about what I was like in college, so here you go. You're finally going to get some insight into a younger, skankier, bitchier Danni.
Five years ago, I was just getting back from winter break during my sophomore year of college. I had just gotten out of a stressful friends with benefits situation (read: pregnancy scare). I found myself looking for a rebound, and that's where my friend Delia came in. She and I had stayed out at school during winter break, and she had just gotten out of an awful break up herself, so we decided to throw ourselves a pity party of sorts. I remembered that my friend Allen, who happened to have a major crush on me, had also stayed on campus, so I invited him to join us. Being the bitch that I was back then, I considered just getting wasted, using his feelings for me as a way to seduce poor Allen and then just toss him aside like yesterday's jam. (Did I mention I was a bitch back then?)
So, as planned, Allen came over for a few drinks, and he happened to bring a friend (Peter) with him. But aside from that, what I planned and what took place wasn't exactly similar. Something I really hadn't anticipated happened: Delia and Allen clicked. Well, now my shot at a rebound was blown... Or was it? There was still Peter... He had mentioned at one point during the night that if he was drinking, he would need to crash somewhere, and when Allen and Delia all but ran to her room to hook up, it looked like we would be having an impromptu sleep over. I thought I was getting a second shot! That was until he reminded me that he had a girlfriend - a fact that had conveniently slipped my mind. And one that we apparently didn't care too much about the more we had to drink... We may have made out... A lot that night. In the morning he admitted that he was extremely confused and things were falling apart with his girlfriend and I was a much better blah blah blah, and he needed a few days to figure things out.
For those of you paying close attention to the diagram, you know this is not the end of Peter and Danni. We did spend a few nights apart, but during the winter, there aren't many students on campus and he worked in my building so we were bound to see each other again, which we did. Same situation, only now Delia and Allen were officially a couple, and were sleeping together, so it felt more like an awkward double date than before. And, as before, Peter and Danni had a few drinks, only this time they did a bit more than just making out. Yeah... I slept with him knowing full and well that he had a girlfriend. (I mentioned the skank thing, right?)
Well, he did the honorable thing and told his girlfriend (Meghan), but swore he wouldn't tell anyone else for fear of ruining our reputations. That didn't stop his girlfriend from calling up Allen, who she happened to be good friends with bitching and complaining about how Peter slept with some slut out at school. Allen knew Peter had spent the night with me and put 2 and 2 together. He told Delia who lectured me on the wickedness of my ways. Boy does good news travel fast...
Then about a week later, Delia called me crying. I knew things were already rocky between her and Allen, so I figured they had had a fight. Well, I was sort of right. They had gotten into some sort of moral debate about cheating (obviously spurred by the fling between Peter and me) and I forget who was arguing what, but I guess it ended with Allen saying something like, "you can't imagine what it feels like to be cheated on" or something. So, what does he do? He goes out and sleeps with Meghan! She was in a rage because Peter had slept with me, he was pissed about the fight so they decided to get revenge by sleeping with each other, Peter decided to forgive Meghan and stay with her, Delia was again left broken hearted and I was back in a hole of lonliness. We were all back where we began only a little worse off for the wear.
So, after all is said and done, that's what my life was like 5 years ago. Needless to say, I would not want to wake up tomorrow thinking that was still going on - I might go a bit mad.
Where were all of you 5 years ago? Would you go back if you could? Do you like hearing about my college years? Would you like more stories like these?
For the record, I'm only going to write more stories like these if I feel like it. Remember that whole "writing for myself" resolution??
This post is brought to you by the number 5!
Yeah, I would be working on my master's thesis. I really don't care to do that over again.
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