A stranger in my own skin...

My life has been kind of surreal of late; it feels like it's all just some bizarre dream, and I'm going to wake up soon and be like, "Well damn, that was weird."

Over the course of the last year or so:
~ I figured out that I'm kinda gay.
~ I decided that there's not enough money in the world to make me go to med school (which had been my plan for as long as I can remember).
~ Both of my parents have gotten married.
~ My mother confided in me that her husband is an emotionally abusive asshole.
~ I gained 25 pounds.
~ I was diagnosed with neurocardiogenic syncope.
~ I "made out" for the first time.
~ I fell hard for a straight girl, and she found out about it in an unfortunate way. Intense humiliation ensued.
~ I've been to the weddings of several good friends.
~ My dad sold the house we've lived in for the last 10 or so years, and we moved into my step-mom's house.
~ I got my first D for a final grade in a class EVER (I've always been a really good student, so this was a big deal for me).
~ I got really, really drunk (drunk enough to forget parts of the night) for the first time.
~ I bought a vibrator.
~ I finally got comfortable playing my guitar and singing in front of people.
~ I adopted a cat.

Growing up is WEIRD. But I suppose I'll take the good with the bad and continue with this crazy "growing up" process. I feel like I should have a "Wonder Years"-esque voiceover cataloging my every move. Whatever happened to Frank Savage, anyway?

On a random, unrelated note, I invented a tasty mixed drink, which I have dubbed the "mulatto" -- it's a white Russian with butterscotch schnapps added. It's really fucking sweet, but extremely yummy... kind of like an alcoholic Starbucks concoction.

Sidenote #2: the pain in my knee from Thursday's basketball game (which we lost by over FORTY points... ouch!) has subsided slightly, but my shins are still killing me. Fucking shin splints.

Sidenote #3: because I'm on a role with the whining... my left arm is all sore because I finally got a flu shot on Friday. The sucker set me back 20 bucks, too. I stood in the lobby of the Student Health Center trying to decide whether I should get immunized or eat. I went with the shot, so I'll be improvising meals 'til Thanksgiving Break.

Sidenote #4: I ate a whole tub of garlic flavored hummus today. It was delicious.

And now I'm off to have another Mulatto and watch the rest of "The Princess Bride" on TV.