Friends, you say..?

Ah, I’m back! Let’s see what we have today… A few years ago, on New Years’ Eve, a friend asked me, “So tell me, how do you stay ‘just friends’ with a girl? I’ve never understood that…” I thought it was the easiest thing in the world… Of course, at the time, he was going steady with his girlfriend of two years and I had no one. So I say, “Nothing simpler. Just don’t think of her as a girl!” He just laughed and shook his head and that was the end of the conversation. Somehow, I got the feeling that he wasn’t laughing at my answer, he was laughing at me. Until that time, I had never really liked any girl that I knew or had known… Of course, there was the occasional Hot Chick that I lusted after, but then, who didn’t? And let’s face it, I never had a shot anyway. Ok, I’m straying off my point… It took me some time and a few more new friends, before I realized why I was laughed at. You can’t not think of a girl as a girl. You can’t be ‘just friends’ with a girl. There’s always a ‘feeling’ of something. It may not be sexual, it may not be romantic, but it’s something. You don’t get the feeling when you’re hangin’ with the guys, you don’t feel it when you’re with your best friend. But put a girl into the picture with you and see how it slithers out of the shadows to hang right over your head. You look at her differently from (not 'differently than' -thats just American) all your friends. It’s the law of nature, of procreation. Men were made to take women, not just hold their hand. Society and social mores gradually euphemized reality to a state where all men do not simply take women, (sometimes they take men!) but eventually take them, through courtship. This courtship… It’s what holds a man from outright claiming his woman, the ritual, as it were, that curbs the primal instinct to spontaneously mate. This primal instinct within us all is why you can’t stay ‘just friends’. Forget television and movies, they'll always remain fantasies; alternate realities.

You can be ‘friends’, even ‘best friends’, but not ‘just friends’.

Life, Love and Generality - 1

Life is nothing more than a compendium of random events, randomly spaced in time and occurring with no particular premeditation. Nothing is supposed to happen. Everything does.

Sometimes, the best way to fully enjoy life is to live it one day at a time. Don’t think too far ahead, you’ll miss what’s right in front of you.

Family and loved ones come before all else. Don’t give your life to your work; don’t give your life to your world. Give it to your family, the only ones who can return the care that you give them.

Enjoy the company of children and never forget what it’s like to be one of them.

Being mature is not such a great thing. To me, the day you declare your maturity is the day you declare that you’ve lost a part of yourself. The day you lose your inner child forever. The day you lose your ability to let out your emotions freely. The day when you stop feeling strongly about life and its nuances and learn to put things behind you. It happens to us all eventually when the tires of life catch up with us… perhaps then I’ll be able to calmly look back and smile when I remember how crazy I was about someone at one point.

Learn to be alone and not let it hurt you. You won't always have someone to hold on to.

I don’t believe in soul mates. There are NO two people made for each other. If ever there were, it would be highly unlikely that they ever would find each other and if they ever did, they'd make the most boring pair on earth. If things were so easy, then where’s the room for romance?

Make as many friends as you can. You never know when you might need a friend and there won’t be one around.

Mom says that things will happen when they’re supposed to, give them time. I say balls. If you can’t help yourself, then don’t expect things to work out for you. God? Wrong. God is not supposed to make things work for you. You're supposed to make things work for you.

And finally... I have a great theory about men and women and how things go around. But that's for another day, another post.

Excuses, excuses...

Alright, so I’m twentysomething… I know the stuff I post may been akin to the outpourings of a teenage mind and may continue to seem so for some time to come.
But then my teen years saw me as a somewhat nerdy kid, bottled up emotions, few friends and even fewer opinions. I never really opened up to anybody, not even mom, supposedly the solace for teenage angst, and as a result, I’ve pretty much been bursting at the seams to get stuff out.
So ultimately, a lot of the views here may be about eight years of repression, compounded with my newer understanding of life and self, finally getting an outlet. I may not have changed very much from the nerdy image, but I don’t repress, my opinions are as strong as any regular twentysomething, arguably stronger than some and finally, I have people to open up to…and this, my personal space. This isn’t a confession of insecurity, but rather an explanation of the content seen here. And having said all that, I think I’d better just write and leave the interpretations to someone else.

Check this

This has a sad movie written ALL over it!

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1614077,00.html

TwentySomething

They call it the "Quarter-life Crisis." It is when you stop going
along with the crowd and start realizing that there are many things
about yourself that you didn't know and may not like. You start
feeling insecure and wonder where you will be in a year or two, but
then get scared because you barely know where you are now.

You start realizing that people are selfish and that, maybe, those
friends that you thought you were so close to aren't exactly the
greatest people you have ever met, and the people you have lost
touch with are some of the most important ones. What you don't
recognize is that they are realizing that too, and aren't really
cold, catty, mean or insincere, but that they are as confused as
you.

You look at your job... and it is not even close to what you
thought you would be doing, or maybe you are looking for a job and
realizing that you are going to have to start at the bottom and
that scares you.

Your opinions have gotten stronger. You see what others are doing
and find yourself judging more than usual because suddenly you
realize that you have certain boundaries in your life and are
constantly adding things to your list of what is acceptable and
what isn't. One minute, you are insecure and then the next, secure.
You laugh and cry with the greatest force of your life. You feel
alone and scared and confused. Suddenly, change is the enemy and
you try and cling on to the past with dear life, but soon realize
that the past is drifting further and further away, and there is
nothing to do but stay where you are or move forward.

You get your heart broken and wonder how someone you loved could do
such damage to you. Or you lie in bed and wonder why you can't meet
anyone decent enough that you want to get to know better. Or maybe
you love someone but love someone else too and cannot figure out
why you are doing this because you know that you aren't a bad
person.

One night stands and random hook ups start to look cheap. Getting
wasted and acting like an idiot starts to look pathetic.

You go through the same emotions and questions over and over, and
talk with your friends about the same topics because you cannot
seem to make a decision. You worry about loans, money, the future
and making a life for yourself... and while winning the race would
be great, right now you'd just like to be a contender!

What you may not realize is that everyone reading this relates to
it. We are in our best of times and our worst of times, trying as
hard as we can to figure this whole thing out.

The Simpsons, for now...

Ok, I know I haven't really begun posting anything personal yet... I was going to start today, but I found myself going further and further away from this page as I wandered the infinity of the internet. Anyhoo, I'm still putting this up as a temporary filler. Honestly, there's nothing better to read as passtime than Simpsons and Austin Powers quotes! So... from now on whenever I'm out of things to post, Hello Simpsons! (or Austin Powers... as the case may be.)


"Things aren't as happy as they used to be down here at the unemployment office. Joblessness is no longer just for philosophy majors. Useful people are starting to feel the pinch." -- Kent Brockman

"A bloody end for Homer Simpson...is just one of several possible outcomes according to our computer simulation. Now here is how it would look if the police killed him with a barrage of baseballs." -- Kent Brockman

"...and that fluffy kitten played with that ball of string, all through the night. And on a lighter note, a Kwik-E-Mart clerk was brutally murdered..." -- Kent Brockman

Kent Brockman: "Professor, without knowing precisely what the danger is, would you say it's time for our viewers to crack each other's heads open and feast on the goo inside?" Professor: "Yes I would, Kent."

"And in environmental news, scientists have announced that Springfield's air is now only dangerous to children and the elderly." -- Kent Brockman

"Another local peasant has been found dead, drained of his blood with two teeth marks on his throat. This black cape was found on the scene. [The cape says "DRACULA."] Police are baffled." -- Kent Brockman

"Hello, I'm Kent Brockman, and welcome to another edition of 'Smartline'. Are cartoons too violent for children? Most people would say 'No, of course not. What kind of stupid question is that?' But one woman says 'yes'...Marge Simpson." -- Kent Brockman

"Ladies and gentlemen, uh, we've just lost the picture, but what we've seen speaks for itself. The Corvair spacecraft has apparently been taken over- 'conquered' if you will- by a master race of giant space ants. It's difficult to tell from this vantage point whether they will consume the captive Earthman or merely enslave them. One thing is for certain: there is no stopping them; the ants will soon be here. And I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords. I'd like to remind them as a trusted TV personality, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground sugar caves." -- Kent Brockman

"Mankind has always dreamed of destroying the sun" -- Mr. Burns

Smithers: "Sir, I'm afraid we have a bad image, people see you as a bit of an ogre." Mr.Burns: "I ought to club them and eat their bones!"

"Oooh, so Mother Nature needs a favor?! Well maybe she should have thought of that when she was besetting us with droughts and floods and poison monkeys! Nature started the fight for survival, and now she wants to quit because she's losing. Well I say, hard cheese." -- Mr. Burns

"Ironic, isn't it Smithers? This anonymous clan of slack-jawed troglodytes has cost me the election, and yet if I were to have them killed, I would be the one to go to jail. That's democracy for you." -- Mr. Burns

"Oh your powers of deduction are exceptional. I simply can't allow you to waste them here when there are so many crimes going unsolved at this very moment. Go! Go for the good of the city!" -- Weird Comic Book Guy

"Inspired by the most logical race in the galaxy, the Vulcans, breeding will be permitted once every seven years. For many of you this will mean much less breeding, for me, much much more." -- Weird Comic Book Guy

(At the dentist's office) "Lisa, so you won't be scared, I'll show you some of the tools I'll be using. This is the scraper, this is the poker, and this happy little fellow is called the gouger. Now the first thing I'll be doing is chiseling some teeth out of your jawbone. Hold still while I gas you." -- Dentist

"And as for your case, don't you worry. I've argued in front of every judge in the state. Sometimes as a lawyer." -- Lionel Hutz (Lawyer)

"Well, he's kind of had it in for me, since I accidently ran over his dog. Actually, replace 'accidently' with 'repeatedly', and replace 'dog' with 'son'." -- Lionel Hutz

"An election!? That's one of those deals where they close the bars isn't it?" -- Barney Gumbel

"We need some more secret sauce. Put the mayonnaise in the sun." -- Manager at Krusty Burger

"Serving the customer is merriment enough for me. Thank you, come again. See? Most enjoyable." -- Apu Nahasapeemapetilon

"Attempted murder, really, what is that? Do they give a Nobel Prize for attempted chemistry?" -- Sideshow Bob

"I used to be With IT. But then they changed what IT was. Now what I'm with isn't IT, and what's IT seems scary and wierd. It'll happen to YOU." -- Abe Simpson

"I got a funny story about that. Well it's not so much funny as it is long." -- Abe Simpson

"Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. Contrary to what you've just seen, war is neither glamorous nor fun. There are no winners, only losers. There are no good wars, with the following exceptions: The American Revolution, World War II, and the Star Wars Trilogy. If you'd like to learn more about war, there's lots of books in your local library, many of them with cool, gory pictures." -- Bart Simpson

"Aren't we forgetting the true meaning of Christmas? You know, the birth of Santa." -- Bart Simpson

"I'm not calling you a liar but....I can't think of a way to finish that sentence." -- Bart Simpson

"Poachers are nature's way of keeping the balance. Whenever there are so many species that people get confused and angry a poacher is born." -- Homer Simpson

"Being eaten by crocodile is just like going to sleep...in a giant blender." -- Homer Simpson

"Marge, I agree with you -- in theory. In theory, communism works. In theory." -- Homer Simpson

"If you really want something in life you have to work for it. Now quiet, they're about to announce the lottery numbers." -- Homer Simpson

"I want to set the record straight: I thought the cop was a prostitute." -- Homer Simpson

"I'm not gonna lie to you, Marge." Pause. "Well, goodbye" -- Homer Simpson

"I'm not normally a religious man, but if you're up there, save me, Superman!" -- Homer Simpson

"I'm going to the backseat of my car with the woman I love, and I won't be back for TEN MINUTES." -- Homer Simpson

"Don't mess with the dead, boy, they have eerie powers." -- Homer Simpson

"All normal people love meat. If I went to a barbeque and there was no meat, I would say 'Yo Goober! Where's the meat!?'. I'm trying to impress people here Lisa. You don't win friends with salad." -- Homer Simpson

"If he's so smart, how come he's dead?" -- Homer Simpson

"You couldn't fool your mother on the foolingest day of your life if you had an electrified fooling machine." -- Homer Simpson

"Marge, don't discourage the boy! Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals! Except the weasel." -- Homer Simpson

"Old people don't need companionship. They need to be isolated and studied so that it can be determined what nutrients they have that might be extracted for our personal use." -- The Simpsons

"Dear Lord: The gods have been good to me. For the first time in my life, everything is absolutely perfect just the way it is. So here's the deal: You freeze everything the way it is, and I won't ask for anything more. If that is OK, please give me absolutely no sign. (Waits) OK, deal. In gratitude, I present you this offering of cookies and milk. If you want me to eat them for you, give me no sign. (Waits) Thy will be done." -- Homer Simpson

"You tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is 'never try'." -- Homer Simpson

"I just realised that the cat and the dog haven't had a wedding, they've been living in sin!" -- Marge Simpson

"You go through life, you try to be nice to people, you struggle to resist the urge to punch 'em in the face, and for what? So some pimply little puke can treat you like dirt because you're not on the team. Well, I'm better than dirt. Well, most kinds of dirt. I mean not that fancy store bought dirt. That stuffs loaded with nutrients. I... I can't compete with that stuff." -- Moe Szyslak

"Call this an unfair generalization if you must, but old people are no good at everything." -- Moe Szyslak

"Lemme tell you what I tell everyone who comes in here, the police are powerless to help you." -- Police Chief Wiggum

"You know, fingerprints are just like snowflakes. They're both very pretty." -- Chief Wiggum

"What is your fascination with my forbidden closet of mysteries?" -- Chief Wiggum to Ralph

"Ok folks, back away nothin to see here... Oh my god a horrible plane wreck! Hey everybody crowd around, come on don't be shy crowd around." -- Chief Wiggum

"Ah jeez, can't you people take the law into your own hands?" -- Chief Wiggum

"See ya in court, Simpson. Oh, and bring that evidence with ya; otherwise, I got no case and you'll go scot-free." -- Chief Wiggum

Man: "How do you sleep at night?" Rainier Wolfcastle: "On top of a big pile of money with many beautiful ladies."

"Come see the battle to determine what the greatest nation on this planet is: Portugal or Mexico." -- World Cup Soccer Commercial

"We started out like Romeo and Juliet, but it ended up in tragedy." -- Milhouse Van Houten

Finally...

Alrighty then! I've had this blog for about a month now, I guess, but I haven't posted a single thing, save a few pics of Rachel Stevens and now, The Rock and Gwen. Ok, some of the old Rachel pics are gone and now begins the real posting. I've just about realised what can actually be done with a blog, so this is gonna be my personal space where the myriad thoughts flowing through this sometimes slow mind are finally put on record for future generations of similar mindlessly profound creatures trying to find their niche in the mudcrack called earth. Watch this space.

Gwen Stefani