I'd like to make a formal WTF submission to all the ladies out there.

-We meet.
-We enjoy each other's company.
-We flirt.
-We go out on a date.
-We hold hands.
-We talk on the phone into the wee hours of the morning.
-She decides she doesn't want to talk to me anymore because she's not ready for another guy and she's stuck thinking about someone else.

Remember that prediction? I'm tempted to go back and delete it. Screw girls.

I really shouldn't be angry or surprised at this, but I honestly thought this was seriously something wonderful, and I've been praying about it, and getting nothing but good feedback from everyone involved.

I really can't tell you how excited I was at finding a wonderful, beautiful, Godly, funny, intelligent girl who actually noticed me being alive.

...or how disappointed I am now.

To anyone reading this, please don't think I'm an emotional teenager. I'm really not. I'm not lovesick, and I'm not normally upset at all, but this is disappointing. And if you know Laura, I'm not trying to get down on her, she's a wonderful girl, but she's another wonderful person who doesn't really care much for me.
RANTING ENDS HERE.

In other news, I amazingly enough took first place in the Orlando City Taekwondo Tournament, with a wonderful match against Chris Courington, who I've had the pleasure of sparring many times before, in the championship round. 10-4 me. That brings our total tally to my 3 wins against his 2. FTW.

Vault Youth Group had a game night on friday, and I realized how well I know my friends when we played a game of taboo. I can practically read their minds. We have so much background, anything the card says we have some way of communicating it. I love my friends. We ended up just watching a few episodes of (yesss) Arrested Development!

My thoughts generally tend to take some strange form, like Ron Howard narrations, or recently I've been thinking about thoughts in the form of texting someone about it. Normally that person was Laura. Craaap. This sucks.

You know when you burn your hand, it hurts a little bit, but the real painful part is sitting there thinking Oh, wow, I'm going to be feeling this one for weeks. That's my girl situation right now.

I'm not unlikable.

Morning -noun: The period extending from dawn until noon.

Night -noun: The period between evening and dawn.

Therefore, 5AM "morning" practice is a paradoxical contradiction.

Polyphasic

Polyphasic sleep cycles apparently work really really well, for some people, even getting less than 3 hours of sleep at a time. I'm considering trying a Da Vinci type cycle of power naps. The only thing is, I'm not sure how that will be affected by swimming. Da Vinci didn't put out quite this much energy.

...Also, I worry about falling asleep at the wheel.

Hmmm... I'll keep you posted.