All for the Love of Maple Syrup
Diary of the Awesome Me
Part 2
3/4/11
Dear Diary,
Vater's leaving on business in a week. I think he's going to Japan. I asked him to bring me back an awesome samurai sword, but he probably won't.
I'd like to travel the world one day. See all sorts of cities and history and shit. Visit places that used to be part of Prussia. Spend some time in Germany-especially Berlin. It might be kind of lonely, but that's why I have Gilbird! Besides, I like being alone. I have more fun that way.
~The Awesome Me
3/6/11
Dear Diary,
Today I was awesome!
Me and Veta terrorized a group of bully's picking on this adorable little Swiss girl. But then her older brother showed up… Things didn't go so well after that. Then again, I was shouting some inappropriate things at those damn kids as they ran away. Veta thought it was funny.
After that we went to see an awesome movie and threw popcorn at the couple a few rows in front of us. We got kicked out. So we went back to my house and bugged West for a bit before she had to leave. Vater seemed kind of amused by it all. He sat on the couch and pretended to read the newspaper, but I could tell he wanted to laugh.
So now I'm sitting in my room, watching Gilbird fly around with a piece of paper tied to his leg. I think he's almost ready to start delivering messages. I'm going to test it out with West. Send him a note to bring me a beer or something.
~The Awesome Me
3/7/11
Dear Diary,
Gilbird is officially ready to deliver letters! I just sent him on a mission to take a post-it note to Veta.
~The Awesome Me
3/9/11
Dear Diary,
Classes still suck.
The only upside is that me and Veta can send letters to each other using Gilbird while we're in class. The teachers don't know what to think of a little yellow bird flying around.
I saw the adorable Swiss girl again today. She was in the supermarket buying food. Her and West started talking about food and stuff. I watched them from behind a shelf for a few minutes and then walked over to join them. It was only then that her brother appeared out of nowhere and dragged her away from us. I wonder what he has against me.
I'll ask Veta. Maybe she'll know.
~The Awesome Me
3/11/11
Dear Diary,
Vater didn't leave today.
Japan got hit by a massive earthquake and then a tsunami and things are all crazy there, so he's staying home. I think he's been sent to Spain instead, but he won't leave for another few days.
~The Awesome Me
3/12/11
Dear Diary,
Me, West, Veta, and a couple others are working together to gather supplies to send to Japan, so I'll be busy for a few days and won't have time to write.
~The Awesome Me
3/21/11
Dear Diary,
Okay so I got a little caught up in what's been going on around here and forgot to write for a week. On top of volunteer work, my boss decided I need to work extra hours at work. Then my teachers decided we don't have enough homework and now I have two major projects to do, an essay to write, and 3 pages of math homework to complete.
Of course, I have all of spring break to complete it. So I think I'll try and finish most of it this week and then take a nice long break. If I'm lucky I'll be able to finish all of it.
I probably won't write any entries until I finish all of it.
~The Awesome Me
3/25/11
Dear Diary,
I AM VICTORIOUS!
Veta came over today and read over my essay to check for mistakes while I finished my second final project. (While I was working on it I found out something really interesting, but you'll find out about that later.) So now I can happily announce something.
I'M LEAVING FOR AMERICA TO VISIT BIRDIE TOMORROW! And Birdie knows nothing about it. Kesesesesese! I can't wait to see the look on his face when I show up there! He'll be so awesomely surprised to see me!
I'm leaving way super early so I can spend all day with him tomorrow. So I'm going to sleep. That way I can get up at 4 in the morning and wake up West so he can make me food.
~The Awesome Me
3/26/11
Dear Diary,
Today, I was awesome!
Birdie's writing a letter to Mutti right now, so I'm going to write as well!
I made it to America. I guess that's obvious. Birdie has weird neighbours. And the landlord seems like a big pervert. I think we could be good friends.
I thought I saw Birdie at one point but it was just Alfred. He seemed kind of annoyed that I mistook him for Birdie. I was too. Maybe I was just too hopeful that it was Birdie that I thought it was him I was seeing.
Anyway, after that I went up one floor too many and met this cool Spanish guy. He invited me out to go drinking with him and Francis (I think that's the landlord) and I promised to think about it. I want to spend time with Birdie, so I probably won't go. Then there was this crabby, stuck-up Austrian who I decided to bother just because he seemed like the type of person I hate. It was kind of fun. After that I got ambushed by this Italian kid who made me eat some pasta he made. (It was the best pasta I have ever eaten.) His name is Feliciano. He's got an older brother who told me that I was on the wrong floor and that Mattie lives on the floor below them.
After that I finally found the right room and barged inside and asked for awesome pancakes. Mattie made them for me, of course. So we had an awesome breakfast of awesome pancakes and lots and lots of maple syrup and talked and laughed about stuff. And then I mentioned the awesome thing I found out while working on one of my final projects.
New Prussia. Apparently it's a little community or town or something in Ontario. It has to do with Prussia, so I want to go see it. (There's also "King of Prussia" here in America, somewhere in Pennsylvania, which I kind of also want to go see…)
After that we just chilled for the rest of the day. The grumpier, older Italian came down and spent a few hours with us, grumbling something in what I'm assuming was Italian. Apparently Antonio (the Spanish guy I met) won't leave him alone. Then Alfred came in with his English "gentleman" and Japanese friends and was loud and obnoxious, so we left. I don't remember where we went after that. First we snuck out of the building and then we had to run down the street because Lovino (that's the Italian) got spotted by Antonio. We ended up… somewhere. But that was cool. We had fun. It was the most excitement I've had since winter break.
Well, Mattie's done writing now, so I'm gonna go bug him.
~The Awesome Me
3/31/11
Dear Diary,
I just got back home after an awesome 6 days with Mattie! Though one of those days wasn't so awesome, since Birdie had hockey practice and left me alone. So I unpacked some of the panda stuff I snuck away into my bags and put them all over his room as a surprise. Then I went upstairs to see if Antonio was in (and he was) and we talked for a bit before I got tired of hearing stuff about Lovino. I mentioned the bar and the next thing I know I'm sitting at a bar with a good mug of beer, chatting with the cute barmaid and watching Francis flirt with everyone who walks by.
The rest of the time it was just me and Mattie and sometimes Alfred or one of Birdie's new friends. We did all sorts of crazy things. We accidentally locked ourselves on the roof one night, but that was kind of fun. Cold, but fun.
But now I'm back home, so I think I'll catch up on sleep and give Veta a call tomorrow.
~The Awesome Me
4/3/11
Dear Diary,
Veta said something about me not being my normal awesome self since I got back from visiting Birdie, so she set me up on a date with one of the girls in our class. Actually, it was that hot Belgian girl I keep trying to convince Veta to kiss.
Her name's Laura. She's nice, polite, makes good chocolate and works at her older brother's bar. She's kind of pushy and gets along with everyone. I had fun on our date, but… I dunno. It was kind of like hanging out with Veta.
We've got another date on Wednesday.
~The Awesome Me
4/5/11
Dear Diary,
Cancelled my date with Laura.
~The Awesome Me
4/6/11
Dear Diary,
Avoiding Veta now. She wants to know why I cancelled my date. I don't know what to tell her, so I'm avoiding her.
~The Awesome Me
4/8/11
Dear Diary,
I got a letter from Birdie today! If I didn't know him as well as I do, I would've thought he was drunk when he wrote it. But since I know my Birdie, I know he was watching hockey (or had just finished watching hockey) when he wrote it. I think I'm going to put it in my box of "awesome stuff Mattie has said to me", just because he yelled at me via letter. Birdie never yells at me. Well, rarely. And it was only once that he yelled at me and hadn't been watching hockey at the time. I don't remember what it was about, but the fact is that Mattie stood up for himself!
I would show the letter to West, but I don't think he'd appreciate the comment about the dogs.
~The Awesome Me
4/9/11
Dear Diary,
Veta cornered me today. I still couldn't explain to her why I broke off my date with Laura. And then we argued a bit and she stomped off, vowing to find out the real reason.
Now who am I supposed to talk to? Not West. No thanks. Actually, I think Veta set him up on a date with some guy she works with, so he'll be out tonight.
That's really weird to think about.
My younger brother out on a date on a Saturday night while I'm sitting at home. Something isn't right about this.
I wish Birdie was here. Then he could go with me and stalk West. Instead I'm sitting at home with a bottle of beer, eating chips with Gilbird.
~The Awesome Me
4/10/11
Dear Diary,
West had a sucky date, so I'm going to attempt to make him pancakes. They always cheer me up, so maybe they'll work on West too. I would ask Mutti, but she's working. Hey, I've watched Birdie make them so many times that I'm sure I'll have no problem!
~The Awesome Me
Dear Diary,
Burnt the first 5 pancakes, but I finally made a couple that didn't resemble charcoal. I also cooked up some sausage and smothered it in maple syrup too. I think that cheered West up more than the pancakes.
~The Awesome Me
4/12/11
Dear Diary,
I thought of an awesome prank to pull on Mattie! I'm gonna tell him that I'm going to attend school in America for my last two years of college. At the same college as him, to be precise. It'll be awesome. Birdie will be all freaking out about it. It won't be that he doesn't want me there with him. I know Birdie well enough to know that much. But we do get into some trouble when we're together. I bring out that awesome side of Birdie.
In high school me and Mattie started falling behind in some of our classes because we spent so much time goofing off, so we had to set aside days when we'd stay at home and not talk to each other at all. That'd be a bit harder if we lived in the same apartment, which is another thing I'm including in my awesome prank letter.
Now I just need to wait for his next letter. I'm sure it'll mostly be an apology. But that's what makes this prank even better. He won't yell at me if he thinks this is my way of getting revenge.
~The Awesome Me
4/13/11
Dear Diary,
Sent my prank letter today. I can't wait to see what Birdie writes back!
~The Awesome Me
4/16/11
Dear Diary,
Veta's finally talking to me again! The strange thing is, she didn't mention anything about my date with Laura. She never gives up this easily. She's up to something and I'm going to find out what.
Maybe Gilbird will help me.
~The Awesome Me
4/17/11
Dear Diary,
First Veta acts all weird and doesn't mention anything about Laura or any other girl she thinks I'd like and then West tries to talk to me. What the hell is going on? West never talks to me! Not unless I've done something wrong or he's passing on a message from Vater or he's asking me to clean something. Okay, so we talk about other things but usually I'm the one who starts the conversation. So for him to sit down next to me and start talking to me, I know something's wrong.
I bet Veta's behind this.
~The Awesome Me
4/19/11
Dear Diary,
Today I was awesome!
Even though I haven't found out what Veta's planning, I am still awesome. Know why? Because instead of setting out intending to get information from Veta (which never works the way I want it to so I don't know why I tried in the first place), I'm going to sit back and wait for her to slip up. As for West, I have an awesome plan to find out what type of guy he likes. It'll be weird, but I feel it's my duty as an older brother to help him find someone who isn't one of Veta's lame-ass co-workers.
So that's what I'm doing this week. The awesome me is going to play matchmaker!
~The Awesome Me
4/20/11
Dear Diary,
I got Mattie's letter today. Kesesesese! I think I'll let him worry for a while.
Nah, I can't do that to him. After all, he didn't mean to send me that letter. I'll go ahead and end his suffering and tell him there's no way I'm moving to America.
~The Awesome Me
4/22/11
Dear Diary,
Veta's been asking me a lot about Birdie lately. She better not be trying to set him up with some girl! I want Birdie all to myself this summer to make up for him being away!
~The Awesome Me
4/23/11
Dear Diary,
I haven't made any progress with West. Actually, things are really awkward between us lately. So I think I'll lay off for a bit and then try again.
Just one more week of classes and then another week for final exams and I will be on summer break! That means Birdie comes home in two weeks! Then I won't have to worry about whatever Veta is up to and can instead hang out with Mattie and have fun! And I can start planning our trip to New Prussia! That'll be great. Just me and Mattie on a road trip. What could be better?
~The Awesome Me
4/26/11
Dear Diary,
Today, I was awesome!
I figured out what I'm going to do for Birdie's birthday. Since I smashed a piece of cake into his face last year, this year I'm going to trip Alfred into the cake (since Mutti mentioned he's coming up here for their birthday) and I think I'll drag Mattie off to have fun in the middle of the party. He'll be expecting me to do something to him, which means he won't be expecting me to do nothing. It's a genius plan.
~The Awesome Me
4/26/11
Dear Diary,
Mutti just told me Birdie's not coming home after his exams. Instead, he's staying in America for an extra two weeks. Two weeks. This sucks.
~The Awesome Me
5/1/11
Dear Diary,
Been busy with final projects. Final exams start tomorrow. No entries until they're over.
~The Awesome Me
5/9/11
Dear Diary,
I miss Birdie. I want him to come home. But no, he's too busy spending time with Alfred and his dad.
This summer sucks.
Birdie's not around, Veta's working, West is avoiding me and Veta (she set him up on another date with one of her lame-ass co-workers. It didn't go very well), Mutti's working and can't make me pancakes… So it's just been me and Gilbird.
~The Awesome Me
5/11/11
Dear Diary,
This morning, I was awesome!
I started up a new blog today! I went in and deleted my old one and now I have an awesome new blog to write. So now I have something to do when I'm not working! Me and Gilbird are going to take pictures of awesome things and then we're going to rearrange all of the furniture in Mattie's room.
~The Awesome Me
5/14/11
Dear Diary,
Veta's not working today, so we're hitting up Laura's pool for a little swimming. Laura invited us over, so I guess she's not annoyed with me or anything for the whole date thing. Gilbird's been flying around my room, chirping non-stop. I think he's more excited than I am.
I'll let you know how it goes.
~The Awesome Me
Dear Diary,
Just got back from an awesome day of swimming!
Surrounded by a bunch of cute girls in swim suits, what could be better? Okay, maybe if Laura's brother hadn't been there it would've been better. He didn't like me. Or maybe he just couldn't handle how awesome I am.
So there was Veta, who looked damn sexy in that one-piece of hers. It's a pity she won't wear a bikini around me any more. Then again, the last time she did I untied her top and ran off with it. I guess she didn't appreciate it. But it's not like she didn't get me back for it.
Laura looked pretty too. She was wearing a green bikini, which I don't think her brother was very pleased about. I wonder if Veta's plan was to see if I'm more attracted to her when she's wearing less clothes? If it was, it didn't work.
Laura invited a few of her friends to join us. Mostly girls. There was this cute black girl who stayed in the water the entire time and kept the dolphin floaty all to herself. A blonde who wore her hair braided over her shoulder and had glasses and spent most of the time sitting on the edge of the pool. She joined us when I dumped a bucket of water on her. I think their names were Angelique and Monica.
There was one other guy. I think his name was Tino or something.
So, I've got work for the next few days. So does Veta. Since our schedules are about the same this week, we've decided to hang out at night.
~The Awesome Me
5/17/11
Dear Diary,
I wonder what Mattie's doing right now. I hope he's having fun with his dad and Alfred. He needs to hurry the hell up and come home! Veta's trying to drag me off to do girly things! I don't like it.
~The Awesome Me
5/23/11
Dear Diary,
No matter what anyone else tells you, I am awesome and I did not spend all weekend in a jail because I set my boss on fire. I spent all weekend in jail because I accidentally dropped a match on my boss's shoe and his sock caught fire and then West wouldn't bail me out of jail.
I lost my job too.
This sucks.
A lot.
Now what am I supposed to do?
The only bright side is that Mattie should be home tomorrow or the next day! I'll finally get to see him and we can start planning our trip to New Prussia! And now my job won't interfere with our trip.
Damn it.
~The Awesome Me
5/24/11
Dear Diary,
No Mattie today… Maybe he'll be home tomorrow. He probably needed to rest a day after dealing with Alfred for two extra weeks.
~The Awesome Me
5/25/11
Dear Diary,
Still no Mattie. If he doesn't come home tomorrow, I'm going to call down there and make sure he's alright.
Me, Veta, and West are watching some awesome movies tonight!
~The Awesome Me
5/26/11
Dear Diary,
Today, I was awesome!
Birdie, on the other hand, is not. He's still not home. And he's not answering his phone.
~The Awesome Me
5/27/11
Dear Diary,
Today I got a letter from Mattie. He says he's not coming home until the 30th. The 30th! That's another 3 days! I don't want to wait that long! Maybe I should drive down and get him.
West just told me I can't do that.
Guess I'll go rearrange Mattie's room again. I have a few new pandas and yellow birds I can put in there. Then I'll come home and un-organize West's sock drawer while he's out walking the dogs.
~The Awesome Me
5/30/11
Dear Diary,
Mattie's home! Mattie's home! Mattie's home~!
This summer just got more awesome! I'm gonna go next door and get him to make me pancakes! Then we're going to sit down and start talking about our awesome trip and he can tell me about all of the stupid things Alfred did. And in return I'll tell him about how awesome I've been since spring break.
Let the summer of Awesome begin!
~The Awesome Me
End of Diary of the Awesome Me
Okay, so I'm all done with Gilbert's diary entries. That means next should be Electronics with Alfred and Arthur. Depending on how most of it is written (since ff(dot)net has rules against script format) I may only be able to post it on Deviantart. I'll let you all know with the next update. If it's not Electronics then it'll be the Awesome road trip to New Prussia.
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