By Misti Velvet Rainwater
Date: 9 December 1999

College Journal Entry

12-23-93
12:00 a.m.

   Last night was just AWESOME. I mean whoaaaa.....
Hold me back and hose me down with holy water!!!!
   I went to the Chi Alpha "Christmas Party" with
Christina & Jonathan (actually, it was just us and
Brian playing Spades and eating chips and dip over
at Brian's apartment) and who should show up but
SAMMY YOUNG!!!!
  Where should I begin. I just don't know. He came
on extremely strong- he is very much the extrovert
and that usually turns me off because I myself am so
gosh darn reserved. So while we were playing Spades,
I projected my Ice Queen image while Sammy mouthed 
off and cracked up. Chris & Jon knew that I had a 
crush on Sammy so they were whispering and watching
my every chagrined expression- I could've slapped
them both!!! I was blushing like crazy.
   Sammy tried to feed me a chip and I wouldn't eat
it. He goes,"Well, I guess she won't bite the hand
that feeds her." I am so weird that way- when I
like a guy too much, I pretend to loathe him. And
that's just one of my many quirks.
   Then we played Trivial Pursuit and Sammy and I
both wanted the pink pie piece so Brian told us
we could be partners. It was ELECTRIC (did I mention
that we're both Aquarians?)- we whispered in each
other's ears and he fed me chips and let me drink
from his cup. What really freaked me out was the
fact that we were on the same warped wavelength-
we actually guessed the same wrong answer to several
of the questions!!!The weirdest one was,"Which African
country has the largest populace?" and Sammy and I
looked at each other and said,"Zimbabwe?" Of all
the countries in Africa- what were the chances of
us both guessing Zimbabwe??!!!
   He made me touch the dice before he rolled it
(to "bless" it, as he said). He told me he'd noticed
my hair before and that he liked it. Then in the same
breath he goes,"I bet it's not natural, is it?" He
meant the red highlights. I said,"As a matter of FACT,
it is." The FUNNIEST thing was, he called me "Beth"
all night until Christina heard him and said,"Her
name's not Beth! Her name is Misti!" He goes,"Woman,
I've been calling you Beth all night! Why didn't you
say something?" I said,"I thought it was a pet name"
because I remembered how Alonzo used to call Laura
Beth on "Little House on the Prairie." Jonathan just
lost it at that point. I've seen him go into hysterics
over "Beavis and Butthead" several times, but he never
laughed as hard as he laughed then.
     Then ole Brian spewed Dr. Pepper when I answered
"What is the Boy Scout motto?" with,"Fail to prepare,
prepare to fail." Sammy was stumped. I said,"Weren't
you a Boy Scout?" And he really reminded me of Chase
when he answered,"No, I wasn't a Boy Scout. I was a
football player" in this real masculine, disdainful
voice.
   Somehow we managed to win the game, finally. He said,
"We won!" and we high fived. I said,"Was there ever any
doubt?" Then we all adjourned to the den. I started 
putting on my denim duster with the blue and red suede
eagle on the back and Sammy said,"I like your jacket.
It's cool." He must've been watching my every move
because I was playing around with the bicycle that
was suspended from the ceiling and Sammy said,"Don't
be so nosy." I looked at him and he was grinning. I
gave him a look and he chuckled.
  Then we all got into a prayer circle and joined hands.
Sammy goes,"Oh, good! I get to hold her hand!" and grabbed
my hand with glee. Jonathan doubled over with laughter. It
was great.
   Tomorrow Sammy's taking Christina to a football game but
wants to study with me for our film final. We'll see what
develops.
   Jenny came by tonight to pick up the "90210" and "Melrose
Place" episodes that I taped for her Wednesday night. I 
gave her a Christmas present. Nothing much, just a bag
full of stuff from the Dollar Store. She told me that
she saw Eric at Yellow Rock and he told her he saw her
on TV (in "Eve") and asked who was the girl that bared
everything. That would be me...I guess. All I did was
douse myself with water in one scene. I just happened to
be wearing a white t-shirt w/o a bra. Whoopee.