on Friendship or Why are you talking to me like this?
Prelude
it's best to know how someone defines a word
when that word has many possible interpretations
so just ask
if you don't know
or aren't sure
because to me
being not not-friends does not equal being friends
&i can guarantee you
that my idea of friendship
is not your idea of friendship
so ask better questions
knowing the passcode at the gate does not mean you know me.
it means that you know the passcode.
successfully navigating the lock at the front gate does not mean you're now sitting in my bedroom.
why do you think that i want to play games?
why do you think that i play games?
why do you think that i like people who play games?
either tell me or not, i am not going to waste a drop of my Time trying to guess something about you.
what does it feel like to be so completely, utterly wrong about someone?
why do you think that i want to play games?
why do you think that i play games?
why do you think that i like people who play games?
either tell me or not, i am not going to waste a drop of my Time trying to guess something about you.
what does it feel like to be so completely, utterly wrong about someone?
it's a feeling i will never be able to experience.
these sorts of social instances, ought to make you look inside yourself.
i am not the problem.
you are.
these sorts of social instances, ought to make you look inside yourself.
i am not the problem.
you are.
A Tale of Three Men
Man 1 (a latino)
you move from early-morning to night-crew
he comes up to you after finding out
"Oh, I heard you weaseled your way into night-crew."
weaseled?
you wonder, &then realize
cause he's waiting around to be chosen?!
BAHAHAHAHAHA!
Man 2 (an asian)
Man 2 (an asian)
you have different jobs at different companies, but your jobpaths cross
soon, you learn, they will not cross
he asks for your socials
you lie &say you don't use any
cause you run this website
he shows you his
&you tell him you'll decide
&the look on his face
when you tell him you'll decide
is not a look
that can be bought with money
but you're not sure if he knows you're not-single
(you don't wear a ring at your job, and it does make some of them around here need to know, but you ooze zero availability, and mostly, the men are perceptive of this)
you shoot him down
now you will not cross jobpaths
anymore
he informs
as he suggests exchanging numbers
or at least your website?
&you shoot him down again
&on the last day that he thinks you'll ever cross job paths
(you will likely cross jobpaths, iyo)
he fists bumps you
he fists bumps you
with a really friendly smile
cause he's only ever been really nice
(except that one time he tried to tell you what good kimchi is)
&you decide
Man 3 (a latino)
you receive a letter from a youngster
to whom you reached out a helping hand
while your paths crossed
for a few months
five years ago
&in the letter
it's obvious to you that
he thinks that your batteries are charged by your ego
so he strokes it
&from his perspective
it works
you respond
&then he rings his death bell
&says
in so many words
"I know that you ..."
let me stop you right there
you "know"?
you think that you know me?
why?
you literally do not know where i am living now
you literally do not know how i am called these days
you literally do not know toward what i am striving
cause you asked all of these questions
&you're coming at me
as if my telling you of these things
means you're holding my secrets?
why?
also, you are not a curious person
you literally didn't look up a word you didn't know
&decided to guess instead
because what you really wanted to know
was what I think of you
&that's not curiosity
that's narcissism
p.s. it's "ciao" btw
look. it. up. goddammit!
Never. The. Less.
i will always have a soft spot for the brave
on Notebooks
you never have it when you need it
&you never need it when you have it
on Memoirs (by ppl under sixty, MC excepted)
no
i do not want to read your "book"
*eyeroll*
the only thing you can think to write about
is yourself?
&you're a chef!
&you loathe the idea of a cookbook?
on Kristen Kish
girl, you're in for a big surprise
&it's going to totally suck
that you're already famous
cause the decision
now
is your own emotional well-being
or your career
*eek*
either way
your emotional well-being
or lack thereof
will determine your future
#facts
on Ego
you're not special
cause you "know" someone
*eyeroll*
on Pride
the people who clutch onto their Labels &or Titles
are the MOST INSECURE PEOPLE ON THIS PLANET
you were warned
Yoga Channels about How to Do Yoga
"but why don't you write any tips on blogging?"
why would i blog
about blogging?
You know, that saying ...
if you don't have something nice to say
don't say anything at all?
well
my interpretation is something like
if you don't have something nice to say
(&i'm obviously speaking to face-to-face social human interaction)
why
say anything at all?
some Gen-Z are stupid
because they wonder about things like
"why isn't real life on the internet?"
&they are not wondering in that cool
futuristic way
as if lamenting
that they cannot be plugged into the internet
no
they are wondering why everything online
is content
fake
not real
like
"why does no one show us real life
on the internet!"
&we
millennials
scratch our heads
i assume
as we look at them wondering
are you stupid?
FYI
Musk is Gen X
She's Adorable
you're standing there
looking upon one of the "crazies"
&she walks up right next to you
a little close
not too close
but almost
&she just stands there
next to you
looking at what you're looking at
taking on your posture
&you look at her
from head to toe
smile
&walk away
... but what if you are the color of a brown paper bag?