4 posts tagged “friends”
My friend Fabian and I just held a very long conversation in which we typed all our sentences BACKWARDS!
It's almoat an hour long, too!
Claw913: OMG
theJollity: GMO
Claw913: ?gniod uoy era woh
theJollity: doog gniod m'i
theJollity: ?uoy
Claw913: doog
Claw913: ?yadot od uoy did tahw
theJollity: scimoc emos werd ,sredrob ot tnew
Claw913: looc
theJollity: ?uoy dna
Claw913: gnihton yletulosba
theJollity: ?loohcs neve ton ahahah
theJollity: noitnem evresed t'nseod ti ro
Claw913: haow redips gib
Claw913: ti tog
Claw913: tounc tnseod loohcs haey tub
theJollity: derugif ahahah
theJollity: ?won gniod uoy er'tahw os
Claw913: enilno ginyalp dna cisum gninetsil
theJollity: cisum tahw ,looc
Claw913: sgniht llams eht lla yltnerruc
Claw913: 281 knilb
theJollity: wonk i ,aey
theJollity: ?tey 3 setariP ees uoy did
Claw913: tey ton
theJollity: naaaam hhho
theJollity: emosewa os s'ti
Claw913: draeh i
theJollity: teb I ,aiviL morf
Claw913: ydobyreve on
theJollity: ahahah
theJollity: tuo emac tsuj ti togrof I
Claw913: llew o
theJollity: ?was uoy eivom eht s'tahw
Claw913: eibom on
theJollity: eibom eheheh
Claw913: eibom sej
theJollity: deedni sej
Claw913: ginog kaerb rouy swoh os
Claw913: *gniog
theJollity: dab ton ,dab ton
theJollity: cimoc ym no gnikrow
Claw913: doog sad
Claw913: nuf ekil sdnuos
theJollity: hguoht ,krow drah
theJollity: evitcudorp llits m'I tsael ta
Claw913: evitcudorp tfp
theJollity: ?he ,dne ruoy no hcum yas t'nac
Claw913: lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewww
Claw913: em m'i
theJollity: esruoc fo ahahah
theJollity: ?dnab ni sgniht era woh os
Claw913: doog
Claw913 wants to directly connect.
Claw913 cancels request; no connection was made. (Note: For best results, you and your buddy should use the latest version of AIM.).
Claw913: worommot tisiv
theJollity: ?yhw
Claw913: ylrae tuo teg ew
theJollity: ?dnab on ekil ,tiaw
Claw913: ot taht
Claw913: yad mumnim
theJollity: ?gnihtemos ro tuo gnah annaw ,hoooo
Claw913: pu ti thguorb i yhw staht
Claw913: emit tuo gnah
theJollity: ecin
theJollity: rewsna t'ndluow ehs tub taK gnillac deirt I ,nrad
Claw913: EMAL
theJollity: ?yako ,worromot ti tuoba reh llet
Claw913: erus
theJollity: oooohoow
Claw913: og annog m'i
theJollity: yako
Claw913: tihgindoog
theJollity: !tghin
Claw913: eyb
Claw913 signed off at 10:24:19 PM.
I really, really am trying, but it's hard.
My old marching band got back from their championship competition this past weekend and my good friend took a load of pictures, because that's what she does. As soon as she uploaded them I started clicking through them, and the strangest feeling came over me... it was something like sadness, but not so. Like a small sort of homesickness, but not so...
I missed them.
She always brought her camera to our band trips, whether it was jazz gigs, concerts or competitions... she always took pictures of us, and I remember laughing and being a part of that. Being a part of the picture-- a part of the memory. At the moment it was all just good fun and games and messing around with poses, but now I realize what great friends I developed over the last year of high school.
And now I realize how much I really miss that.
Yes, most of my best friends are still in high school.
These thoughts led to how much I wish I was living away from home...
Staying here feels weird at some times. Not so much anymore than it was the first few months of school, though. Commuting is weird, taking 3 months to meet new friends is weird, seeing your old friends often and not spending time with them is weird. My expectations of a college experience were so high that I let myself fall hard with the adjustments I've had to make to accomodate my actual situation. I'm trying not to be pathetic, but in my head, it's hard. I don't show it, but it's there in my thoughts.
Nowadays I see echoes of high school life through my sister, who now enjoys the company of my old friends. Don't get me wrong, I'm absolutely happy she likes them because they're all good people-- I just remember what it was like.
I'm glad I have a few friends in college now... I need to get out more with them, maybe catch a basketball game or something. Commuting is hard because you can't spend a lot of time with those friends... because coming home at night sucks, especially on the 405. Yuck. And then I spend most of my time at home, taking my sister to band events and school and such, where I see echoes of my not-long-passed high school life. It's like sitting right there on the fence, like I haven't totally crossed over yet. I compare myself to my peers who are in different cities and even different states, and I look through the screen at their lives full of parties, new friends, new good times. And when they come home, all their family and old friends will hold them so dearly, because they missed them. I'm still on the fence. Nobody terribly misses me when I come home because I am home, they still see me, there's no big deal. I'm sitting right there on the fence, I am a ghost to both worlds. Maybe I'm afraid my existence is becoming taken for granted.
I'll admit, this entire entry is a little bit sad, pathetic, and whiney, but I wanted to get these things out. Nobody sees this blog anyway. We all go through these kinds of things, and maybe this feeling is only for tonight. Only in these wee hours. These back-of-the-brain thoughts only come up around then, and they disappear with the Sun...
Teehee.
My cousin and sister have done this game on their Myspace blogs, and I thought it'd be cool to do it on Vox.
The game is you write messages to 31 people, but do not put their names.
As one would expect, it's up to the readers to guess who is who!
This also double-functions as therapy. Say what you want without facing drama, right? Righto!
1. Ah, what a way to start off the list! I really admire you for your social skills. You’re just so down with everybody, y’know? It’s awesome, and never awkward to have you around. You’re so great :D
2. What is your freaking problem? I honestly don’t know anybody who can hold a grudge for that long, but it’s ridiculous now. Maybe back then I was all sad about it, but now it’s ridiculous.
3. I guess the way you changed is ideal considering what time it was, but it was just so dramatic. I miss the old days in sophomore year when we’d all just be together, or the summer before junior year… yea.
4. You know I love you, but I worry about you so much. It seems like you can’t stand to be single for over a week, and people talk, and I don’t like it. I just hope you’re happy now, you’ve got a lot of drive. Use it well... i know you will.
5. Your voice is amazing. Some people think it’s creepy, but I think it’s incredible. If I ever met you, I wouldn’t know what I’d do. I’m so tempted to say I’d ask you to sing for me, but I’m far too shy for that. Who knows? Maybe!
6. I don’t know you that well, but the way you look kind of reminds me of the person listed above. You seem like a cool guy, joking around and whatnot.
7. You have an amazing voice. Not in the same way number five’s voice is amazing, but every time I hear it I am mesmerized and… yes. Too bad I’ll never get to meet you.
8. Sometimes it feels like you’re my best friend, and other times you feel so far away and distant. I have this lurking feeling that that’s how other people feel about you. I don’t doubt you though, because you’re a great thinker. Take your time, and I hope to be there when you open up. We all need a little soul-shine :]
9. Who do you think you are, my mother? “I’m always right,” pshaw! You are an astounding individual and I feel so lucky to have you as a friend! And so does the rest of the world. You take care also, y’hear?
10. Shikaku, shikaku!!
11. You seem so afraid of everything that it both worries and frustrates me. You have a heart of gold, and yet you afraid of everything! Chill out, mkay? The world really is sunshine and bunnies. “My anus is bleeding!” will never cease to be funny, however.
12. I don’t think you’re ready for the next thing life throws at you.
13. Glad the new budding career is going well for you, too bad we don't talk... or maybe it isn't so bad anyway.
14. I enjoy your company all the time, and wish we could hang out more! For we are always busy, just the way we like it. Maybe we should set aside allotted time each week for our projects. Unobstructed free time where it’s just you, me, and the computer. Sweet. I do believe you are my soul-brother (unused term before, honoes!)
15. I love you; you’re so silly when you get angry over the littlest things. I really do try not to laugh, but it’s just so funny! Aww, I’d give you a hug then but you’d hit me. Lighten up a bit! And kept doing what you’re doing, because you’re amazingly good at it, it’s almost scary. Almost.
16. You’re a little bit more pompous and brash nowadays, but that’s kind of an added bonus to the great person you already are. So nothing bad :D
17. I envy your responsibility and strength to hold your own and those around you. I’m glad you’re still here with me ^_^
18. Dude, you’re so random it was unexpected. You’ve certainly come out this past summer! And I don’t mean out of the closet. I hope. Ooh, she’d be mad with laughter.
19. I don’t know what goes on in that big head of yours, but whatever it is, I hope it doesn’t cause you to explode (as it has in the past). You seem very smart, so I won’t question further.
20. Every time I’m with you something funny happens XD I’m so glad to see you’ve “changed” (omg, dancing!) “because of me” :P Silly idea, but I’m flattered, nonetheless. I have a feeling that even when we’re in our 20’s and have jobs we’ll still have to scheme to get to hang out with each other. I love you!
21. You’re funny, sweet, boyish and big, and those are the reasons why everybody likes you. Can’t blame them! You feel like a little brother to me, and I sincerely hope that doesn’t change. Get low, get low!
22. Aww, I like you! You’re so cool and friendly and helpful, I can’t imagine you angry at all. Wait, yes I can… it looks kind of like a big can of whoop-ass, I believe.
23. Man, you've changed a lot since I last saw you! Big changes in appearance and lifestyle, but you know what? You're still the same person to me, and ah still luff yoo! X3
24. Some people don’t like you, and I don’t see why. You’re pretty cool to me. There is the constant whining dealie, but other than that, you’re a real social guy with all his priorities in order. I don’t see how anybody could hate that :D
25. You think you’re so romantic, don’t you! It outrages me that you would do something like you did, because it’s superiorly stupid, even for you! Why do you think you have to lie to get people to like you? We already hate you for who you really are, you don’t have to add to it.
26. We still need to do that art trade.
27. Hehe, jumping Jacks.
28. Ah, almost to the end. I like you, keep on dreaming, because that’s what makes you so interesting.
29. I find it amazing that we’ve been friends this long. I refuse to drift apart! You will always hold this special place in my life and heart that I’ll never ever forget. I swear I will hunt you down if you do <3
30. Hey sista, soul sista, flow sista… is that how it went? I forgot. But hey, you really are my soul sister, and I think it’ll stay that way. May our lives forever act parallel, and may our brains forever be joined at the wavelength!
31. Last but not least, you! Everything about you is just so suave, from the way you carry yourself to your essays and even the way you stutter, believe it or not. I refuse to lose contact with you, and even if I did, we’d catch up again and it’d be good times. See you at the presidential campaign 20 years from now!
Friendship is a very interesting thing.
We describe "friendship" as the quality of affection and connection one shares with another, and when we feel that sort of connection with somebody else, we refer to them as our "friend." Friends are not blood related to us, nor are they related to us via marriage, and yet we love them. Friends are amazing because we love them, and we love them not out of obligation (as is the case with relatives sometimes), but out of choice.
Think of your very best friend in the whole entire world.
How did you meet this person, and what triggered your "friendship"?
How did you guys "click"?
It's actually a lot of fun to think about this sort of thing, it really enforces how much you cherish these seemingly random people in your life.
I wanted to blog about this mostly to kind of list my own friends, and how I "befriended" them. It's very, very interesting.
Bianca and Nico
I met these siblings while living in Germany. When you're very young, making friends is extremely easy because you tend to have no judgements against anybody. If they're moving, they can be your friend. Ultimately, that's how I feel the world should be, but I'll get into that later.
We met at one of the many Filipino-American Association parties in the area.
Now, it is true that friends often share something in common, which is what triggers connection.
Ours was simple enough: we were kids, we went to the same group parties, and our families took trips across Europe together. We are still friends to this day, although they now live in another state. When we get together, we love remembering things from Germany... because sadly, that is all we have. After Germany we each led separate lives and moved onto new friends. However, I think our friendship is beautiful because of the memories we shared... any relationship is. Can I get an amen? :D
Heidi
This girl was the very first friend I made when I moved to the States.
She's not the very first person I met, but she was the first friend.
I remember it clearly:
I sat beside her during 6th period math class. In middle school, 6th period was fused with another period called "advisement" where the students just did whatever, and Mr. Haigh (the teacher) had assigned everybody in the class to create a brochure of a place they want to go. Heidi did hers on Germany.
Instant connection.
Not only that, but she was very open and friendly to me, showing me the school and introducing me to her friend Tina. Amazing :D
Andrea
We met during PE class in middle school, but we weren't really friends until later. We shared the same social studies class so we loved drawing things and joking around and goofing off. You'd think I'd point out the connection there, but anybody could just joke around with anybody, right? I think I truly felt something happening when we reached high school. We were both in ROTC. High school being high school, new problems developed and with nobody to turn to, we sought help in each other and found out that--spookily enough--we often go through the same things at the same time. We also believed in the same things. Whoa, crazy! I believe we are soul sisters XD
Anna
5th period band! XD
Practically the same happened with her as what happened to Andrea. Actually, she told me she used to not-like me. As soon as we started sharing details about our personal lives and feelings, we just clicked. We also found out how our traits complemented each other: I was carefree and forgetful while she had her feet firmly planted on the ground; I was a mess while she remained organized. Although these are not things we have in common, they help us out. Another way friends are useful. I'm starting to sound like a freaking lecture here. Lemme try to liven this up a bit xD
Brent
We met in band class in middle school, and he hated my guts because I was weirder than he was and I took his bassoon. Yep, he hated me for a long time, and he gave me hate-stares whenever he possibly could.
So how and why the hell are we best friends now?
Truthfully, I can't remember. After a period of not-talking, we started... well, talking again when he joined band his freshman year. It wasn't really about much.
I think my junior year (his sophomore year) we started talking more coz we were in each others' Japanese class. We were really into each other, I guess... if that sounds romantic, I didn't mean it to be. Let me elaborate on that @_@ We shared almost all our interests, from piano to Nightmare Before Christmas to Schindler's List and the Phantom and drawing and Kingdom Hearts... a lot of trivial things, but when it's THAT MUCH you simply can't deny an awesome friendship. Because of that we liked showing each other new things we'd find, and we'd instantly become obsessed with something new together... coz hey, if he likes all the stuff I do, why not trust his judgement? And vice versa.
We also worked very well together. Same as Anna, we were opposites in the way we did things: I was abstract and big-thinking while he was more driven and meticulous. Basically, we make an awesome team.
This was probably the longest entry because it was so hard to describe, and when I got around to it, I was just on a roll. :P
Fabian, Aaron and José
There's a reason why I put these fellows together!
They're all quite recent friends, so I can't really write a fully chronological... thing about them. Totally just lost the word, but oh well.
The reason why I name these three is because we all became friends in the same way: one common connection!
And it's not a connection like the others (well, it sort of is... but... let me continue), because it was only one and it triggered a frenzy of good times and other things.
With Fabian I wasn't really his "friend", per se, until early my senior year. I mean, I known him as an acquaintance and somebody fun to play slapping-games with, but to me he just didn't click. We didn't feel on the same level. It was weird how I started to feel a bond-- one day on our way to a marching band competition he let me listen to some Ray Charles tunes on his iPod. I instantly loved the songs and asked for the CDs. I was kind of surprised he liked that kinda music (then again, I never really knew what he was into), so we started sharing some songs and stuff. It was all downhill from there I guess. We tease each other a lot, but it's all in good fun. Now we take capoeira. yay!
With Aaron and José it was music also, but it was our love of QUEEN that ignited our ship-of-friend. With Aaron we just started sharing all our tastes in music and drawings and *head explodes* and crap... we have some twisted sense of humor, I swear; and with José we just talked about a variety of things. That, and I was in his calc class. Yay :D
With these people I don't discuss personal matters like I do with Andrea, Anna or Brent. They are excellent people to be with, no doubt, and I love them all the same. We just haven't reached that "level" yet, if these things are determined by levels. Brent used to be here, also, btw.
Kat
Kat! How could I forget Kat?
I distinctly remember how we met, and unlike the rest, she started out telling me her personal things XD Immediate open-up!
Sharing personal thoughts and feelings equals trust, which often leads to friendship. I mean, don't you feel special knowing something only a select few know? ;D
She was the new flute kid in concert band who had deviantArt pictures on her binder, and I met her through that. Next thing I know, she told me about the boy she has a crush on, and the rest is history.
The interests and common hobbies kinda followed after that, but it was nice being somebody to seek for advice. It was real nice ^_^
Band friends
Through association and a common bond called "school" and "band." Enough said.
Sax friends (Sung-Jae, Kota, John, James)
Like band friends, but deeper since I spent more time with them and "sax" was added to the bond thing.
It wouldn't be fair to classify them as a subcategory of "band friends" because I felt like we shared a sort of bond... we didn't tell each other many personal things, but we could sense each other's discomfort and negativity, and it was always met with compassion and patience. I really missed those days. Not to mention the joking and messing around that always had me splitting my sides with laughter XD
If you're reading this and I didn't include you, I'm sorry.
I listed these people to highlight different ways in which I became friends with various people. Many of my friends could probably fit into one category or another-- friends through association, common interest/situation/belief, just plain being stuck with each other, etc. Don't be offended about being "classified", btw, this is just something I like to do-- observe peopleand write it down. It's fun. I'm a dork. I got lazy on the last two but decided to add it anyway.
Regardless, I love all my friends-- my second family, teehee.
