So yeah, I made an appearance at the party.
November 23, 2003 12:36 p.m.

I decided to take my friend who the party was being held in honor of a nice bottle wine, and make a brief appearance and say "hi" to a few pople and take off. I ended up staying for 40 minutes.

I think Jeff was on the porch when I drove by looking for the house. Not knowing if that was the right place I drove down the block trying to check for numbers. When I drove back up to where I was I got out of the car and was walking and I saw one of my friends sitting on the porch. I new because he was wearing a certain shirt he always wears.

I walked up and he joking commented on how I said I wasn't coming. We talked for a bit (there was another guy on the porch but I didn't remember who he was till right before I left.) At one point 2 more of my old friends. My friend John popped into get some food and then when he came back he kept talking about how all the cool people were on the porch. And that everyone should come outside because that's where the party was. At this point there were 5 of us on the porch.

Somewhere around then Jeff step out on the porch, he looked the same. he said hi to me politely and I looked back uncomfortably and said "um hi" ...he ended up reclusing back to into the house.

Now then that's all of the legitement acount of events. The rest will be all speculation on my behalf. Me seeing what I want to see and hearing what I want to hear.

Somewhere after that John just kept going on how the party was outside and how everyone inside was an idiot. When he said this the shirt friend, who was sitting beside John said, "Yes. (and then he paused a moment as if he was letting the statement to sink in and think about the statement and implications of the statment and then said something like) yes ...that's true." ...it took that to be referencing Jeff.

Then we I left...it hugged my friends and told them bye and the as I was walking way I turned to say goodbye to the door (not realize it was glass not screen) and as I did this.....I realized that Jeff was sitting on a couch right next to the door. Now I don't know if I can explain this so it will make sense. ....but....The way he was positioned .....if he were to turn his head just a hair to the right... the place where I was sitting outside would have been directly in his eye line. ...it would have been a diagonal eyeline. And now that I think about it....I've been telling people he was sitting on a couch...but I don't know that for sure...all I know his he was sitting RIGHT NEXT to the door. Who would put a couch that close to the door.

My point is it seems like the only logical reason for him to be sitting where he was would be so that he could see me without being noticed. ...because the door was behind me...but it was on my left side and the way I was sitting he would have seen my left profile....sometimes a bit more than that.

yeah so when I turned over my shoulder as I was leaving and said "bye you guys" to the door I made eye contact with him right after I said it. ..and I think I made a 'holy shit' face when I saw him there...and then continued on my way.

and that was that.