And that was it... thats all folks. it took me a while to comprehend what the hell just happened to me. 2009 has just become the best and worst year of my life. I sat at my desk for an hour after she hung up the phone. I thought about everything that I could possibly think about. I searched my memory through and through for any sign, any hint of what I could have done to prevent this. I thought of times we shared that could have sparked her reason for leaving me like she did. Everyone including her said that I did nothing wrong.
But thats not how i felt. maybe i was taking it too hard but i felt so bad. Did i drive her away? what did i say? or didnt say? did or didnt do?
i took it hard for a while. The lowest ive ever been. until a week later.
Who the fuck is Wes Gibson? catchphrase of the century.
those words rang through my head for so long that i even developed a little comedy bit for relationship questions during awkward semi-social encounters:
Who the fuck is Wes Gibson? Thats the guy she left me for. Yeah, i googled that that motherfuckers' name. It turns out that Wes Gibson is the name of the main character from the movie WANTED. Starring James Mcavoy. She's fucking James Mcavoy. In the dorm rooms...
well it sounds better when i say it out loud...
but yeah, it turns out a couple days after she gets with this guy. Again, I have the unpleasant fortune of finding out through the internet. (at this point im hating everything and everyone, especially the internet.) So i guess if its on facebook then its official.
FUCK FACEBOOK.
Since i'll probably never find out, nor do i want to know their origins story I can only really speculate how things happened between them. The filmmaker inside me can only watch in awe as my mind shapes their story:
A young girl moves to San Francisco to attend a prestigious art school. Leaving her old life and friends behind she ventures into the city. She meets a fellow art student, they become friends, they share life stories, they walk to and from class together, they have lunch and eventually dinner together. Their friendship grows closer until finally they take the leap. It doesnt matter to them who makes the first move, as long as the moves are made. By the end of the third act everything seems to be in order, the plot points are sound and the pacing is right. The only thing before the credits roll is to find out if they'll have a happy ending.
Put my name in the credits as LOSER EX-BOYFRIEND #3.
If i was a hollywood producer i would buy this pitch. Who would i get to play me? We already know who's playing Wes Gibson.
