We’re at the end of another journey. Thanks for following all updates of this story and for the comments before. I hope you all enjoy the last part of this and hope you WON’T be disappointed.
I’ll be posting up an afterblog-ish some time to possibly reflect on this story. It’s been amazing and hope you enjoyed TTSJ :] BE SURE TO COMMENT on what you thought about the story, THANKS ❤
Additionally, I felt like posting Part III, IV & V all at once for a few personal reasons. So yay!
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The Two Sided Journal – Part V
2 years ago
September 18th, 2006
I’m procrastinating at this journal thing. Bad. It’s been another 4 days. I have this feeling I’m not going to make it through and oh man, I miss her so much. Well, I’m going to go with what she said about writing anything. I don’t know if this journal thing is going to come out being meaningful but I’ll just write about what I want to I guess.
So today, in class, my professor went a little whack with his lecture. He started talking about sports and everything, and he got off topic a lot. He started talking about movies and dating and it started to turn into a prep talk instead of a lecture on aerodynamics. I was interested in what he had to say but I was definitely a little shocked. He managed to get back on topic eventually so he did finish most of his lecture. I went to check the lecture notes and well, I would say he did a great job summarizing all of that in 30 minutes while talking about other stuff for the other hour and half.
Anyways, after my lecture, I went to eat lunch at chipotle. I was having a hard time deciding whether I wanted steak, barbocoa, chicken or carnitas. I eventually decided to have chicken and the burrito was delicious as usual. And the nachos were alright, I went with a friend so we shared the nachos. Then it was back to another lecture which almost put me to sleep.
Before going home, I went with a few friends to play some soccer at the park near our neighbourhood, it was fun though I slipped quite a few times because the grass was quite wet. I went home and my parents had made steak for dinner which surprised me because usually we would eat steak during the weekend or on special occasions since it took a longer time to prepare. I guess I should have been glad I didn’t have the “steak burrito” for lunch. Yes, I’m very picky when it comes to food at times.
Dinner was good. I finished off some school work and then went to watch some good TV. My favourite hockey team was playing, the Anaheim Ducks. Except they had a disappointing loss against the San Jose Sharks, I really do love Joe Thornton from the San Jose Sharks afterall, he’s one of my favourite players. But when it comes to rooting for my favourite team, a favourite player doesn’t seem to matter much. The game was really close though and we lost through a shootout so I guess, it just wasn’t meant for us to win.
Wow, time sure flies by. And I actually wrote a fair amount today. I think I should be proud of myself. If I’m able to write a fair amount in here 3 or 4 times every week and able to keep up with the pace then I’m going to be making good progress. But I guess I can’t force myself to write since she told me I shouldn’t rush the writing and that it should just come to me. She keeps saying that pictures are beautiful and so are words and how there’s a lot of beauty behind every word I put down in this journal. I don’t really think I know what she’s talking about yet but maybe if I write more in here, I’ll come to understand one day and I’ll be able to see her soon again. Hopefully.
Andy/Antonio
September 14th, 2006
Okay, so this is the second time I’m writing in here and it’s been nearly a week. I’m not progressing that well which means I’m delaying the time I don’t get to see her. There’s been a lot going on with school though and it’s a little hard to believe that she’s so far away. Well, at least I know she’s far away because she’s studying hard, so I have to support her, right?
So what should I talk about? I really am lost. I asked her earlier today online and she said to me the same thing she said before she left – “write anything.” I’m kind of scared to write just anything because it feels like this is a test for me or something. I don’t know. I have a paper due in two days so I guess I should start writing that paper instead, I’ll have to leave this journal for awhile and maybe during this time, I’ll think of something witty to say.
Antonio/Andy
September 7th, 2006
So when she left for her flight, she left me with this book. My name is Antonio but everyone calls me Andy. I don’t know why I’m introducing myself to a journal that isn’t going to be read by anyone except me and maybe… her? But I guess I’m supposed to look back at this maybe 50 years from now and be like I was such a dork. Or maybe when I become old, I’ll be able to recall that I had “two names”, sort of. So she told me to write in here whenever I wanted to. And I’m supposed to write just because I want to. I don’t really know what to write in here since I know it’s going to not be as great as what she writes in her journals.
But I guess I have to work hard at it if I want to see her sooner. Well at least I hope that is what she meant when she said she’ll give me a new one when I’m done this one. So maybe the earlier I finish, the earlier I will get to see her again. Yeah, I know I’m very weird. Maybe, that’s why she likes me.
Andy/Antonio
August 22nd, 2006
Wow, I can’t believe I’m going so far away to study. I’m going to be a transfer student, wow. This isn’t going to be like my typical journal entries since I just want to keep this as a memory significant only to me. So I’ll keep it short and different which means I start to not make sense. Anyways, I’m leaving next week and I’m hoping to spend more time with Andy. I’m going to miss him lots and I know he has taken it a little hard that I’m going away to study but he’ll get used to it. I have a huge surprise for him, giving him his first journal since I’m not going to be there to talk to him all the time. I wonder what he’s going to write about. I have a week to find a nice journal for him; it’s going to be hard for both of us. But I hope he’ll make it through and I wonder if he’ll understand what the journal is for…
Krysten
incredible piece of work. tbh, i was a bit disappointed in reading Part III =[
realistic depiction of youths 🙂 i can actually picture this happening in a neighbourhood like ours 😉
great imagination and time put into this ah sum.
hope u make some more =] the more u make, the less i have to go sign out from library for reads 😮
I like what you did – I knew that your epic WHAM-plot device was going to happen though.
I liked the whole concept of the beginning being the end and vice versa.