Free Will the Real Raisin Rodriguez Please Stand Up? by Judy Goldschmidt

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    raisinrodriguez: LTIC funny 2 raisinrodriguez: and might I add, PIMP funny raisinrodriguez: Oh . . . that was good
    JC26e4U: u know I can b
    raisinrodriguez: w8! LOLA! don’t want to spoil the moment.
    raisinrodriguez: (that’s LOLA as in laughing out loud again, not LOLA my sister LOLA)
    raisinrodriguez: (though talk about your bad names. If I had to choose between being named after a typo or named after the abbreviation for laughing out loud again, I’m not sure which I’d pick.)
    raisinrodriguez: (Especially an abbreviation that you end up having to explain anyway.)
    raisinrodriguez: named after a typo! Ha! You slay me, Craine.
    raisinrodriguez: HaHA! TYPO! Gets better every time.
    JC26e4U: can I say something?
    JC26e4U: rae?
    JC26e4U: u still there? raisinrodriguez: sorry, I fell off my chair
    JC26e4U: can I say something?
    raisinrodriguez: from laughing so hard
    raisinrodriguez: yes u may
    JC26e4U: just that . . . y’know . . . I can be funny a lot. Lynn thought I was very funny.
    raisinrodriguez: no, I know. I mean, sure she did. Anyway, I gotta go. But thnks, I feel better.
    JC26e4U: but I didn’t do anything raisinrodriguez: sure u did. Thnks again.
    JC26e4U: Wait! What did Typo want? raisinrodriguez: dunno. I told her I’d write her back after I was done chatting with you.
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Lynnsy, I guess it must be true what they say. That behind every good man is a good woman.
    Hey—is it okay with you that I showed you the IM convo I had with Jeremy? I mean, you’re over him and everything, right?

Comments:
    Logged in at 7:03 PM, PST
    Fippy: Sorry it took so long to respond. Like Jer said, we were at Black Christmas rehearsal. Try not to let that Vivvy girl upset you too much. Maybe she’s just insecure.
    PS—Do you think Danny might be your dad’s girlfriend? PPS—What did Jeremy say to make you feel so much better?
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7:11 PM, PST
    What did Jeremy say to make me feel better? C’mon, Fippy, work with me . . .
    That joke he made about Vivvy’s name—Siobbo whatever. It was hilarious. Tremendously clever, yet extremely witty. He really hit the nail on the head. It’s hard to feel angry at someone who’s been named after a typo. That can’t be a good thing.
    From now on, whenever she says something a little mean or whenever my plans have to change because of something she wants to do, I’ll remember that she was named after a typo and I won’t feel as bad.
    And as far as Danny goes, I highly doubt she’s my father’s new girlfriend. He’s really not the “new girlfriend” type.
    I guess there’s no way I could be positive of this without proof, so I’ll look into it tomorrow when I meet her. But in the meantime, I’m pretty sure she’s not.
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7:12 PM, PST (and 56 seconds)
    For a fifty-six-second conversation, I’d say we covered a lot of ground.
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Me: Hey, CJ, how are you?
    CJ: Good.
    (Pause.)
    Me: So, I’m here in Berkeley.
    CJ: Yeah, I know. I recognized the area code.
    Me: Really? How?
    CJ: Because I know all the U.S. area codes by heart.
    (I start to cry. Probably because I’m sad about everything that’s happened today. But possibly because my boyfriend memorizes area codes.)
    (Another pause. I’m not sure if it’s because CJ doesn’t notice that I’m crying or doesn’t know what to do or say about it.)
    Me: In case you’re wondering why I’m crying, it’s because I’ve had a terrible day. Pia and Claudia have a new best friend, Vivvy, and it looks like she’s going to be spending every minute with us. And my dad has this new friend named Daniela and she’s coming on the boat ride with us tomorrow night, so we don’t even get to spend that time as just the two of us. And I know this isn’t really the same thing, but even this place called House of Pies changed their menu and NOTHING is the same anymore.
    CJ: My violin