April 25, 2009
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4.25/2009
Had my first date with Tramaine yesterday and it went surprisingly well.
I finished my thesis presentation to general people at Morehouse and then high-tailed it back home to change clothes. After replacing my clothes at blazing speed, I jumped in the car and headed to pick her up. I picked her up and realized that we most likely wouldn't be able to see the movie at the theater that I'd planned (The Fork and Screen). Anyway, we hopped in the car and headed down to my apartment, which needed cleaning, to find something to do. I wanted to introduce her to Rock Band, but, at the same time, I didn't want to come off as the complete nerd that I am. Strangely enough, she suggested we play it. "You play video games?!" I asked. "I went over to my friend's house once and she had it." She replied. We ended up playing a song before walking across the street to the movie theater.
The Soloist wasn't what expected. It was boring, random at times, and not entirely entertaining. We discussed our problems with the movie walking back to the apartment complex and the car, and then headed for Japanese food. Instead of heading in the restaurant right away we ended up talking about religion, the concept of the Christian scapegoat, the problems with the and how some people who claim to be "Christian" should read the Bible. We ate and talked at the Japanese place, then came back to my apartment and sat in the living room and talked. There I was able to ask her questions concerning dating, fate, meeting people, and being anti-social.
The entire night was amazing. One thing which I admire about her is her fluidity. She's very open to many different things... She doesn't have expectations of what the date should be, but lets it develop. When I realized that we might not be able to go to the movie, I asked her what she wanted to do. She responded that she was flexible. Hearing this dispelled a lot of the pressure of making things perfect.
One thing that is occurring within me is the suppression of my emotions by logic. Emotionally, I really like her. I really really like her. But, I feel as though emotions can be misleading at times and that logic is needed to keep them in check. So, right now I'm trying to reason through my emotions... if that makes any sense at all. I'm trying to prove to myself that my love of this woman is indeed legitimate or just lovey-dovey emotions floating in my brain. The entire night, I wanted to ask her what she thought of me, and if she liked me. I hinted at telling her, but then would say that I need to re-think it (to allow for my logic and censor to kick in) and perhaps I would ask her the questions when I was about to graduate and move on.
...what a great night.
She called again today to tell me again that she had fun on the date yesterday. This is the one thing I love about her already... she's honest and doesn't play games. After the initial gratitude, we ended up talking for the next four hours about all kinds of things. In the midst of this conversation, I ended up asking her out again for this next Friday. Since we were talking about bowling, mini-golf, and chess, I figure we could do one or two of those things.
I really want to take her somewhere different though. I remember Chris was telling me about how he and Ayana were going to some pottery class. I think she might enjoy something like that because she enjoys creating things. Plus, what she created could be taken home with her.
Good times. ^_^
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