i spent most of last night on the phone with tyler. due to miscommunication with jason, i was left to my own devices for the hockey game. mike had come into town, so they were going out to the bar. he had asked if i wanted to go, but left before i could answer him one way or the other. as i sat around playing oddworld and drinking mint hot chocolate, i was half-hoping he would phone me from wherever they’d landed, but he didn’t.
tyler called to tell me his birthday package had arrived tuesday and that he really liked what i’d gotten him. he was in a very rambly mood, which suited me fine as i wasn’t very talkative. i was more than happy to just listen to him. he has a phenomenal voice.
in our last conversation he let slip what he had planned on getting me for xmas: a dvd player. i didn’t believe him at first, but he was serious. that explained his odd interest in the connections on the back of my television set. but, he ran out of money before he could get it, which is fine. i know what that’s like. he is still planning on getting it for me, though. i told him to make it a birthday present, that gives him five more months. i also told him that he had to come here and install it for me. he lives in los angeles, by the way.
i started to get weary and managed to pry him off the phone about ten-thirty or so. he always sounds so sad when i tell him i have to go to sleep. he wanted to talk me to sleep like he used to, but i didn’t let him. i don’t know why, except that i just didn’t want to feel that vulnerable.
it’s funny, i’ve known him for almost six years and we’ve never met. the strangest part is that it barely matters anymore.