I'm a little hungover so this post isn't going to be too long. I don't understand people sometimes - or maybe I should've called this post "friends." Maybe it's just people my age, but as far as communication and keeping your commitments is concerned, I've found that a substantial amount of people are pretty bad at it. Basically I am writing in reference to last night. I was pre-partying/hanging out with roommates and the girlfriend and a couple other friends and we were all going to go out to this private party a friend of mine was throwing at a bar. To make a long story short, we decided to leave a few minutes before they were going to, only they never showed up (and instead went downtown to meet some skanks at some other bar). I understand when you suggest a plan early in the week and someone says they'd like to come but either forgets about it, forgot about a prior engagement, or has something bigger come up, but when you're pre-partying with a group of friends and you're all planning on going to the same place, you usually expect them to show up. I at least would've respected them a little more if they would've called me to say they were changing plans. It seems to be that the people who most often make commitments only to cancel are either eager to please everyone or they're the type of person who goes along with whatever seems "coolest" at that point in time. Either way, it's things like this that make it a lot clearer who your real friends are and your "that sounds like something fun to do" type friends.
Sorry for that came out as a run-on paragraph of whining, I just had to vent the annoyance a bit. If you're in your 20s you probably know people like this and understand exactly what I'm saying.
Oh yeah...I'm interning in the Interactive department at Olson + Co. now. It's going pretty well so far but I've only been there a week. I'll talk about that more soon. For now jumping back in bed seems like the only viable option for the morning.
Talk soon.
CURRENT LISTENING: Ray LaMontagne - Trouble (damn good album for relaxation)
2 comments:
E:
Sounds like how my group of friends was in high school. We were so concerned about how cool we were that we probably excluded alot of really awesome people from the clique. I know that wasn't exactly what you were saying, but it reminded me of it. All I can say is this: As a person who has and has had a lot of kick ass friends who are there no matter what, those people who are like that are going to be missing out on some great friends. And, of course, they will grow up eventually and realize (when they are really big losers) "cool" ended in high school...
E:
Sounds like how my group of friends was in high school. We were so concerned about how cool we were that we probably excluded alot of really awesome people from the clique. I know that wasn't exactly what you were saying, but it reminded me of it. All I can say is this: As a person who has and has had a lot of kick ass friends who are there no matter what, those people who are like that are going to be missing out on some great friends. And, of course, they will grow up eventually and realize (when they are really big losers) "cool" ended in high school...
Qualman
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