journal entries written during spring break:

MARCH 18, 2003 -- 9.56 P

i find myself in a trendy san francisco hotel, "the metropolis," on a beautiful night. we are at the midpoint of our spring break trip to cali.

linda has been on my mind a lot in the past few days. it is a difficult to find a time to call her b/c she is three hrs ahead of us. i wonder how she is doing...

we spent our first few nights in LA at ethan's house in santa monica. then, we spent two nights in san louis obisbo w/his g'ma sue. we will leave here tomorrow night to drive to sewanee in ethan's new car. more later...the simpson's are on and distracting me.

MARCH 19, 2003 -- 9.49 P

lots of fun talk about the viking club in the car today. we left san fran around 3, hit sacramento, hit reno, and are now driving through the middle of nevada. hopefully, we will be able to have lunch in salt lake city tomorrow. in the next couple days (if only i knew my geography better) we will visit laramie, wy. it will no doubt be an experience that i will never forget.

my brother called me today. he earned a home visit that ended today. it was really REALLY nice to talk to him.

i bought a pair of american eagle khaki pants today...and a bandana. i can finally be one of those "bandana girls" that turn me on in the biggest way.

racheal called me a few days ago. i must admit--she has been on my mind. hormones maybe? i don't know, but i think that i'll invite her to sewanee in a couple weekends. she could be fun. more soon, i think its almost my turn to drive.

MARCH 20, 2003 -- 9.03 P

25 miles away from laramie and these are my thoughts:

there are a lot of those wooden fences out here
we just ate at a subway about 100 miles from laramie
i was scared. i realized that i had my "born gay" button on my bag
i wonder if i'll be able to see laramie glisten as matthew saw it that night
THANK YOU MATTHEW, your short life did not go unnoticed...

SAME DAY -- 10.14 P

as we neared laramie, we passed the airport first. the limo driver, "doc," said that the airport lights were what "made laramie glisten," as matthew said to him.

we exited at exit 310, the u. of wyoming exit. upon arrival in downtown laramie, we hung a left to the campus.

chris mentioned that it didn't seem like an intimidating or frightening town--and it didn't. as mentioned in the play, it was just like any other town.

we passed saint mary's catholic church, where the vigil was held. as we drove through downtown laramie, casually looking for the fireside bar, a bright neon sign caught all of our eyes at...(end to be finished soon)