CaptainWacky
I want to smell dark matter
I HAVE BEEN PATIENT. I HAVE BEEN SO FUCKING PATIENT. I KNEW BIG THINGS WERE HAPPENING IN HIS LIFE. MOVING TO ANOTHER COUNTRY. IT'S HUGE. I GET IT.
BUT IT'S BEEN OVER A MONTH. IT'S BEEN SIX WEEKS MAYBE. I DON'T KNOW. IT FEELS LIKE SIX YEARS!!!
NOT ONE POST. NO EVIDENCE AT ALL THAT HE'S VISITED THE MINE FIELD.
AND I WON'T GO TO HIM ON FACEBOOK. THAT'S CHEATING. THAT WOULD GO AGAINST EVERYTHING I BELIEVE IN.
THINGS HAPPEN IN MY LIFE TOO. LIKE WHEN I SUDDENLY THINK MAYBE A FEMALE CELEBRITY I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT MUCH IS ACTUALLY REALLY HOT AND I HAVEN'T BEEN RANKING HER HIGH ENOUGH. THAT'S PRETTY FUCKING STRESSFUL. I NEED SOMEONE TO TALK TO ABOUT THAT.
MENTY UNDERSTOOD ME. HE ALWAYS UNDERSTOOD ME.
I NEED A MENTY RETURN UP IN THIS MINE FILED RIGHT ABOUT FUCKING NOW.
AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT ONE OF THOSE HALF-ASSED FAKE MENTY RETURNS THAT GET MY HOPES UP ONLY TO DASH THEM IN THE CRUELEST WAY POSSIBLE. THOSE ARE WORSE THAN DEATH.
WHEN HE COMES BACK AND POSTS "YEP, I'M BACK AND WILL BE HERE ALOT!!!" AND I'M SO EXICTED I DON'T EVEN CORRECT HIM FOR SAYING "ALOT" INSTEAD OF "A LOT."
THEN HE STARTS ONE THREAD ON A SUBJECT THAT INTERESTS ME.
OR EVEN A SUBJECT THAT DOESN'T INTEREST ME IN THE SLIGHTEST (JESSIE J!?!?!?)
BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE HE DOESN'T RETURN TO THE THREAD HE'S STARTED ANYWAY AND DOESN'T POST AGAIN FOR EIGHT MONTHS.
OR WHEN HE COMES INTO CHAT AND SAYS "BRB" RIGHT AWAY THEN DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING THEN PING TIMEOUTS THREE HOURS LATER.
NOT ONE OF THOSE MENTY RETURNS.
I'M TALKING A REAL, PROPER, MINE FIELD MENTY RETURN LIKE THE OLD DAYS.
ONE WHERE HE'LL ACTUALLY REPLY PRETTY QUICKLY IN THREADS HE STARTS. ONE WHERE HE'LL EVEN POST IN OTHER THREADS TOO. ONE WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAVE A CONVESATION. WITH LAUGHS ALONG THE WAY!!!
I'M TALKING THE KIND OF MENTY RETURN WHERE HE ACTUALLY TALKS TO ME ON MSN REGULARLY. LIKE AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK.
AND I'M SO HAPPY TO BE TALKING TO MENTY I SKIP AROUND THE FUCKING ROOM FOR THIRTY SECONDS AFTER HIS FIRST MESSAGE.
AND WE BANTER BACK AND FORTH.
AND HE TELLS ME WHAT HE'S BEEN UP TO.
AND I'M INTERESTED BECAUSE IT'S INTERESTING!
AND THEN IT'S MY TURN TO SPEAK, MY TURN TO CARRY THE CONVERSATION FOR A BIT.
AND I SAY...
"YOUR ASS IS A LOAF OF BREAD AND SPIRAL WANTS A SLICE!"
"REMEMBER BIG BROTHER SEVEN! THAT WAS GREAT!"
AND WE TALK ABOUT HOW GREAT BIG BROTHER SEVEN ("GRAAAAAAAAAAACIE!") WAS FOR A WHILE.
A LONG WHILE.
AND I REALISE IT WAS SIX YEARS AGO...
BUT I TRY TO STEER THE CONVERSATION TOWARDS MORE RECENT BIG BROTHERS.
HE CONFIRMS HE HASN'T WATCHED ANY.
I UPDATE HIM ON WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON. THEN I REALISE HE DOESN'T CARE. OBVIOUSLY. WHY WOULD ANYONE.
AND I HAVE NOTHING LEFT TO SAY.
AT ALL.
SO I SAY NOTHING.
THEN HE SAYS SOMETHING TEN MINUTES LATER.
AND I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING AT ALL. AND I PANIC.
THEN I SWITCH TO "APPEAR OFFLINE".
WITH NO EXPLANATION.
AND FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS IF I SEE HIM ONLINE I SWITCH TO "APPEAR OFFLINE" RIGHT AWAY JUST BECAUSE I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY.
I JUST NEED TO BUY SOME TIME I TELL MYSELF.
MAKE UP SOME LIES.
AND WHEN I FINALLY WANT TO TALK AGAIN, HE'S GONE. AND HE DOESN'T COME BACK.
AND I START TO RESENT HIM EVEN THOUGH IT'S ALL MY FAULT
AND I TALK TO TOMTREK ABOUT IT. AND SAY REALLY ANGRY THINGS ABOUT MENTY NEGLECTING US.
AND HE JUST WANTS TO TALK ABOUT MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG BUT WHAT CAN I SAY OTHER THAN "SHE'S NICE" ANYWAY?
SO I FUCKING KEEP GOING ON ABOUT MENTY TO HIM AND THE BITTERNESS OVERFLOWS AND I CAN CONVINCE MYSELF THAT MENTY HATES ME. AND I BEGIN TO HATE HIM TOO.
THEN I GO IN CHAT. AND EVERYONE ELSE GOES TO BED AND LOGICALLY I SHOULD TOO BUT I STAY THERE ALONE.
AND START SPEAKING TO SUSIE.
"SUSIE MENTY."
"SUSIE DOES MENTY HATE ME."
"SUSIE I HATE MENTY!"
"SUSIE HATE MENTY."
"SUSIE HATE MENTY."
"SUSIE FUCKING HATE MENTY KILL KILL DIE."
"SUSIE HATE MENTY."
"SUSIE HATTE MENTY"
"SUSIE KATE MENTY."
"SUSIE KATE BECKINSALE."
"SUSIE BILLY BOYD AHMENIA THE UNDERTAKER JESSICA FLETCHER SIO BIBBLE."
"SUSIE SO FUCKING LONELY."
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN SUSIE ISN'T EVEN IN CHAT?"
"IT'S MENTY'S FUCKING FAULT."
THEN I GO TO BED STILL ANGRY AT HIM.
BUT I REMEMBER HIDING FROM HIM.
I REMEMBER IT'S ALL MY FAULT.
AND IF I COULD JUST TALK LIKE A NORMAL PERSON AND STOP HAVING UNREASONABLY EXPECTATION WE COULD BE FRIENDS.
BUT I CAN NEVER DO THAT.
AND I THINK ABOUT ALL THE FRIENDS I'VE LOST IN REAL LIFE IN THE SAME WAY.
AND I CRY.
I DON'T SLEEP.
I JUST STAY UP ALL NIGHT CRYING.
REAL FUCKING TERAS.
THEN I TRY TO TURN IT INTO A JOKE IN THE MINE FIELD BUT NO ONE REPLIES ANYWAY.
AND I JUST SIT THERE STARING AT THE SCREEN WAITING TO DIE.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
THAT'S THE KIND OF MENTY RETURN I'M TALKING ABOUT! THAT'S THE KIND OF MENTY RETURN I NEED!!
BUT IT'S BEEN OVER A MONTH. IT'S BEEN SIX WEEKS MAYBE. I DON'T KNOW. IT FEELS LIKE SIX YEARS!!!
NOT ONE POST. NO EVIDENCE AT ALL THAT HE'S VISITED THE MINE FIELD.
AND I WON'T GO TO HIM ON FACEBOOK. THAT'S CHEATING. THAT WOULD GO AGAINST EVERYTHING I BELIEVE IN.
THINGS HAPPEN IN MY LIFE TOO. LIKE WHEN I SUDDENLY THINK MAYBE A FEMALE CELEBRITY I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT MUCH IS ACTUALLY REALLY HOT AND I HAVEN'T BEEN RANKING HER HIGH ENOUGH. THAT'S PRETTY FUCKING STRESSFUL. I NEED SOMEONE TO TALK TO ABOUT THAT.
MENTY UNDERSTOOD ME. HE ALWAYS UNDERSTOOD ME.
I NEED A MENTY RETURN UP IN THIS MINE FILED RIGHT ABOUT FUCKING NOW.
AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT ONE OF THOSE HALF-ASSED FAKE MENTY RETURNS THAT GET MY HOPES UP ONLY TO DASH THEM IN THE CRUELEST WAY POSSIBLE. THOSE ARE WORSE THAN DEATH.
WHEN HE COMES BACK AND POSTS "YEP, I'M BACK AND WILL BE HERE ALOT!!!" AND I'M SO EXICTED I DON'T EVEN CORRECT HIM FOR SAYING "ALOT" INSTEAD OF "A LOT."
THEN HE STARTS ONE THREAD ON A SUBJECT THAT INTERESTS ME.
OR EVEN A SUBJECT THAT DOESN'T INTEREST ME IN THE SLIGHTEST (JESSIE J!?!?!?)
BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE HE DOESN'T RETURN TO THE THREAD HE'S STARTED ANYWAY AND DOESN'T POST AGAIN FOR EIGHT MONTHS.
OR WHEN HE COMES INTO CHAT AND SAYS "BRB" RIGHT AWAY THEN DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING THEN PING TIMEOUTS THREE HOURS LATER.
NOT ONE OF THOSE MENTY RETURNS.
I'M TALKING A REAL, PROPER, MINE FIELD MENTY RETURN LIKE THE OLD DAYS.
ONE WHERE HE'LL ACTUALLY REPLY PRETTY QUICKLY IN THREADS HE STARTS. ONE WHERE HE'LL EVEN POST IN OTHER THREADS TOO. ONE WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAVE A CONVESATION. WITH LAUGHS ALONG THE WAY!!!
I'M TALKING THE KIND OF MENTY RETURN WHERE HE ACTUALLY TALKS TO ME ON MSN REGULARLY. LIKE AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK.
AND I'M SO HAPPY TO BE TALKING TO MENTY I SKIP AROUND THE FUCKING ROOM FOR THIRTY SECONDS AFTER HIS FIRST MESSAGE.
AND WE BANTER BACK AND FORTH.
AND HE TELLS ME WHAT HE'S BEEN UP TO.
AND I'M INTERESTED BECAUSE IT'S INTERESTING!
AND THEN IT'S MY TURN TO SPEAK, MY TURN TO CARRY THE CONVERSATION FOR A BIT.
AND I SAY...
"YOUR ASS IS A LOAF OF BREAD AND SPIRAL WANTS A SLICE!"
"REMEMBER BIG BROTHER SEVEN! THAT WAS GREAT!"
AND WE TALK ABOUT HOW GREAT BIG BROTHER SEVEN ("GRAAAAAAAAAAACIE!") WAS FOR A WHILE.
A LONG WHILE.
AND I REALISE IT WAS SIX YEARS AGO...
BUT I TRY TO STEER THE CONVERSATION TOWARDS MORE RECENT BIG BROTHERS.
HE CONFIRMS HE HASN'T WATCHED ANY.
I UPDATE HIM ON WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON. THEN I REALISE HE DOESN'T CARE. OBVIOUSLY. WHY WOULD ANYONE.
AND I HAVE NOTHING LEFT TO SAY.
AT ALL.
SO I SAY NOTHING.
THEN HE SAYS SOMETHING TEN MINUTES LATER.
AND I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING AT ALL. AND I PANIC.
THEN I SWITCH TO "APPEAR OFFLINE".
WITH NO EXPLANATION.
AND FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS IF I SEE HIM ONLINE I SWITCH TO "APPEAR OFFLINE" RIGHT AWAY JUST BECAUSE I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY.
I JUST NEED TO BUY SOME TIME I TELL MYSELF.
MAKE UP SOME LIES.
AND WHEN I FINALLY WANT TO TALK AGAIN, HE'S GONE. AND HE DOESN'T COME BACK.
AND I START TO RESENT HIM EVEN THOUGH IT'S ALL MY FAULT
AND I TALK TO TOMTREK ABOUT IT. AND SAY REALLY ANGRY THINGS ABOUT MENTY NEGLECTING US.
AND HE JUST WANTS TO TALK ABOUT MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG BUT WHAT CAN I SAY OTHER THAN "SHE'S NICE" ANYWAY?
SO I FUCKING KEEP GOING ON ABOUT MENTY TO HIM AND THE BITTERNESS OVERFLOWS AND I CAN CONVINCE MYSELF THAT MENTY HATES ME. AND I BEGIN TO HATE HIM TOO.
THEN I GO IN CHAT. AND EVERYONE ELSE GOES TO BED AND LOGICALLY I SHOULD TOO BUT I STAY THERE ALONE.
AND START SPEAKING TO SUSIE.
"SUSIE MENTY."
"SUSIE DOES MENTY HATE ME."
"SUSIE I HATE MENTY!"
"SUSIE HATE MENTY."
"SUSIE HATE MENTY."
"SUSIE FUCKING HATE MENTY KILL KILL DIE."
"SUSIE HATE MENTY."
"SUSIE HATTE MENTY"
"SUSIE KATE MENTY."
"SUSIE KATE BECKINSALE."
"SUSIE BILLY BOYD AHMENIA THE UNDERTAKER JESSICA FLETCHER SIO BIBBLE."
"SUSIE SO FUCKING LONELY."
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN SUSIE ISN'T EVEN IN CHAT?"
"IT'S MENTY'S FUCKING FAULT."
THEN I GO TO BED STILL ANGRY AT HIM.
BUT I REMEMBER HIDING FROM HIM.
I REMEMBER IT'S ALL MY FAULT.
AND IF I COULD JUST TALK LIKE A NORMAL PERSON AND STOP HAVING UNREASONABLY EXPECTATION WE COULD BE FRIENDS.
BUT I CAN NEVER DO THAT.
AND I THINK ABOUT ALL THE FRIENDS I'VE LOST IN REAL LIFE IN THE SAME WAY.
AND I CRY.
I DON'T SLEEP.
I JUST STAY UP ALL NIGHT CRYING.
REAL FUCKING TERAS.
THEN I TRY TO TURN IT INTO A JOKE IN THE MINE FIELD BUT NO ONE REPLIES ANYWAY.
AND I JUST SIT THERE STARING AT THE SCREEN WAITING TO DIE.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
THAT'S THE KIND OF MENTY RETURN I'M TALKING ABOUT! THAT'S THE KIND OF MENTY RETURN I NEED!!