A cool perk of my job is having sponsorships. Right now I’m sponsored by Red Bull, Volcom, Oakley and Plan B to name a few. The week we were shooting episode 6, I had to meet up with the Nixon reps, so they could take a bunch of new photos for their new ad campaign. When we were finished, I took a stroll through the warehouse, grabbing a ton of free Nixon shwagg for me and all of my friends.
Even though work was going great, I still hadn’t resolved all the drama that went on with Julia when I was at X-games. She was still upset about whatever Tony said to one of her friends. Considering she never showed up to the competition, and we barely talked when I got home, I was thinking she was pretty much over it (which totally sucked because I definitely wasn’t)...
I let Tony blow off our conversation about it when we were at X-games, because it was the last thing I needed to think about when I was about to compete. But now that I’m home, I wanted to figure out what exactly went down. Taylor and Casey are always good to talk to about this kind of thing. When I talked to them about it that afternoon at Dukes, I could tell that Casey already doubted Julia. He kept bringing up how much drama she was turning out to be. We all know Tony though. Sometimes he says stupid stuff. I wasn’t ready to put the whole thing on Julia. I hated that two of my best friends already had a problem with her, but I was hoping it would all be okay once I got to the bottom of what Tony supposedly said to her friend.
As if I didn’t have enough to deal with in my own dating life, out of the blue my mom told Shane and me that she met somebody. She was going on her first date since the divorce and wanted us to meet him. It had been really hard for her (all of us actually) to watch as my dad and Christi got together. I knew my mom had to move on too and get out there again… but knowing she should and seeing it happen are two very different things. I didn’t want to be a jerk, but I made it clear that I’d be really honest about what I thought of the guy. I’m not going to stay quiet if she brings home some jerk.
Fortunately I didn’t have too much time to freak out about my mom dating again. I had my own love life to deal with. When I went over to talk to Tony about what he said to Julia’s friend, I was surprised at how defensive he got. Julia and I were barely talking. Casey thinks she’s drama. And now Tony doesn’t ever want to talk to her again. Nothing about this “relationship†was going well. All I wanted was a chill girl to hang out with, and nothing about any of this was chill.
The night of my mom’s date was kind of strange. Shane and I looked this Bruce guy up on the Internet and found out he was a motocross racer. The photos we found were pretty sick and when he picked her up, he seemed like a decent guy. I loved that
The phone call between Julia and me the next day made my decision to stop seeing her really easy. She was making no sense. She was mad at me for not spending enough time with her, but she had no interest in hanging out with my friends. She was still upset about what Tony said, but wouldn’t give me enough information to prove what happened one way or another. Nothing I said made her happy and she refused to let anything go. That was it. I was done. If having a girlfriend was going to be this hard, forget it!
Even when I went over there to talk to her it was awkward. She barely said anything, and all of a sudden she was acting like the Tony thing was probably a misunderstanding. Why was she bitching about it for a week, if there was such a reasonable explanation? The girl was seriously nuts and I wanted to get out of there fast. I went straight to Tony’s house to apologize for even considering taking Julia’s word over his. I should have listened to him in the beginning. I hope he kicks my ass next time I even think of letting some hot girl come between me, and my friends.
At least my mom’s date went well. She seemed really happy, and the guy even sent her a bunch of flowers the next day. I hadn’t seen my mom smile that much in a really long time. It’s still a little weird to think of both of my parents having separate love lives, but it’s better than either one of them being alone and unhappy. Everyone deserves to have someone. As for me… I’m going to chill out on the search for a girlfriend. I think I was trying to force something with Julia. It never felt easy. Casey says it will happen when I stop looking for it. Okay girls… I’m not looking anymore.
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