weBLOG for December 13th, 2006

So last month I was on a Ryan Reynolds kick. I saw Blade 3, The In-Laws, Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle, Van Wilder and Just Friends. Since I already put a quote from Van Wilder, yesterday I put a quote from Just Friends. I don't know about other guys, but I've yelled that at myself one time.

I used to think that I was the only one that used to reach to the past.

For whatever reason, I've been eager to hold on to what had already come. I have this bad tendency to cling to what I've known in my life. To take refuge in what is comfortable.

Of course, at least once, I've seen all of my friends do it, for whatever reason. Whether it was going back to an old girlfriend just for the sex; or reverting back to taking shit from a girl in the hopes of getting a piece of ass, because it's what happened to us in high school, and high school were some damn good times; both of my best friends returned to the past, for better or for worse.

But today, an acquaintance I had at work, and who I haven't spoken with in almost nine months, texted me out of the blue tonight.

Now, having been the person who texts people out of the blue after months of not contacting them, I know this doesn't amount to much. She could have been rifling through some old papers she had and came across my number(did I give it to her?). She could have stopped by work and, having gone into the back to say hello to my boss, could have glanced at the bulletin board and seen everyone's number up there, recording mine down for some arcane reason. Truth is, I don't know, and I don't care.

I mean, if she wants to catch up, that's cool. If she wants to hang out, I'm down. If she wants to roll with the kid that used to flirt with her heavy at work...well fuck, I'm not going to turn that down.

It just surprises me a bit that people I don't know are like this also. Allow me to explain.

A couple of weeks ago, a friend of mine suggested that we're friends with the people we are(and we are friends with the same people) because we're messed up in some way, and so are they. So, since we see kindred spirits in that essence, we automatically gravitate towards those people. And taking a look back at my friends; yes, we all have something wrong with us. And it just seemed eerie that this fit so well.

And now that this woman exhibits this behaviour, it makes me think that if she isn't just another kindred spirit, each of us drawn to the other.

For whatever reason she contacted me, and whatever happens in the future, I hope that I can at least have a short-term friend for the remainder of my time in California. I mean, I can never have too many friends.

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