In which I'm mainly a paranoid nonce.
Okay, so there's this guy at the supermarket who keeps talking to me as if he knows me. Erm, he doesn't. Not very well, anyway. We see each other around, sure, and I'm pretty sure that he's been working at the store a long time, but he's recently been working in our warehouse a lot - maybe he's changed departments, I don't know.
Anyway, what really got me was the fact that he saw me during the evening, and was all "Oh, I've been wondering where you've been all day; I haven't seen you for ages!". Er, okay then. I could understand if he worked with me on my department, but he doesn't. I don't get why he talks to me so much, when my reactions towards him are a mixture of apathy, annoyance and confusion. It was pretty much the same with Creepy Bastard.
Later:
Him: "So, don't you work Wednesdays anymore?"
Me: "...I've never worked Wednesdays." *aside from maybe some overtime, but I can't bloody remember*
Him: "Oh...! Okay then!"
Me: "I used to work Tuesdays, but not anymore."
Him: "Oh, right, 'cos when I was asking around about it, someone told me you worked on Wednesdays. Dunno why they said that then!"
Me: o_O
So... he was asking around about my work hours. Ummm... WTF?
I don't know if I should be creeped out or not. Or maybe I'm overreacting, I don't know - whenever I get a feeling like this, I almost always turn out to be correct about that person, so I'm not exactly going to start trusting him or anything. I've made that mistake too many times before.
Speaking of which, my mother was recently telling me about her ex-best friend, Jackie. Now, I never liked Jackie when I was a kid, when she used to look after me when my mum was working. I just got this "feeling" about her that I didn't like, and I was convinced that she was a nasty piece of work, even if I didn't have any evidence to back it up. I told my mum about it, but she dismissed it, naturally.
Then, a few years ago, mum and Jackie fell out over something or other, and stopped talking for a long time. Then they became friends again, even though my mother was clearly still pissed off with her.
Then they fell out again. Surprise, surprise.
Then, out of the blue, Jackie sent my mum a wedding invitation - they'd been sniping at each other for ages, when suddenly she invites her to her wedding. My mother at first considered it, but then thought better of it and stayed away.
The recent part of this came when we were both standing in the queue at the supermarket, and Jackie and her new husband walked by. She shot both me and my mother a filthy look as she walked by.
I mentioned this to her, and she responded with "Yes, well, I don't really care, to be honest. She invited me to her wedding, I found out that it wasn't because she still thought of me as a friend, but because she wanted me to get jealous of her and her new bloke".
...Well, mother, I hate to say "I told you so", but...
Seriously. It may have taken several years to prove it, but, once again, I was right about someone. To be honest, I really wasn't surprised.
Whilst I'm on the subject of trust, over the past few days I've been realising that I distrust pretty much everyone - with the exception of Euan and quite possibly a few others - for varying reasons. Some big reasons, some little reasons. This realisation makes me wonder if I genuinely have any reason to be so paranoid, or if I'm just being a judgemental bitch. I think it's a bit of both.
In other news, am I the only person who is sick and tired of icontests? (I don't even know why they bug me. They just... do.) I remember having someone commenting on my icon journal several times, which consisted of "Oh hi, your icons are cool, would you like to take part in *insert icontest community here* please?". Jeez, my icons are nothing special, so why would you want me to join your icontest comm? o_O
Speaking of icons, I've recently had a bit of an icon overhaul. I may do another one soon.
Wow, I didn't mean to make this entry so... ranty when I started writing it, but, hey, I'm feeling a bit bitchy for some reason, so... yeah.
To make this entry a bit less negative, have some pictures of the ever-lovely Taiwanese actress, Shu Qi:
Food now. Laters.
Anyway, what really got me was the fact that he saw me during the evening, and was all "Oh, I've been wondering where you've been all day; I haven't seen you for ages!". Er, okay then. I could understand if he worked with me on my department, but he doesn't. I don't get why he talks to me so much, when my reactions towards him are a mixture of apathy, annoyance and confusion. It was pretty much the same with Creepy Bastard.
Later:
Him: "So, don't you work Wednesdays anymore?"
Me: "...I've never worked Wednesdays." *aside from maybe some overtime, but I can't bloody remember*
Him: "Oh...! Okay then!"
Me: "I used to work Tuesdays, but not anymore."
Him: "Oh, right, 'cos when I was asking around about it, someone told me you worked on Wednesdays. Dunno why they said that then!"
Me: o_O
So... he was asking around about my work hours. Ummm... WTF?
I don't know if I should be creeped out or not. Or maybe I'm overreacting, I don't know - whenever I get a feeling like this, I almost always turn out to be correct about that person, so I'm not exactly going to start trusting him or anything. I've made that mistake too many times before.
Speaking of which, my mother was recently telling me about her ex-best friend, Jackie. Now, I never liked Jackie when I was a kid, when she used to look after me when my mum was working. I just got this "feeling" about her that I didn't like, and I was convinced that she was a nasty piece of work, even if I didn't have any evidence to back it up. I told my mum about it, but she dismissed it, naturally.
Then, a few years ago, mum and Jackie fell out over something or other, and stopped talking for a long time. Then they became friends again, even though my mother was clearly still pissed off with her.
Then they fell out again. Surprise, surprise.
Then, out of the blue, Jackie sent my mum a wedding invitation - they'd been sniping at each other for ages, when suddenly she invites her to her wedding. My mother at first considered it, but then thought better of it and stayed away.
The recent part of this came when we were both standing in the queue at the supermarket, and Jackie and her new husband walked by. She shot both me and my mother a filthy look as she walked by.
I mentioned this to her, and she responded with "Yes, well, I don't really care, to be honest. She invited me to her wedding, I found out that it wasn't because she still thought of me as a friend, but because she wanted me to get jealous of her and her new bloke".
...Well, mother, I hate to say "I told you so", but...
Seriously. It may have taken several years to prove it, but, once again, I was right about someone. To be honest, I really wasn't surprised.
Whilst I'm on the subject of trust, over the past few days I've been realising that I distrust pretty much everyone - with the exception of Euan and quite possibly a few others - for varying reasons. Some big reasons, some little reasons. This realisation makes me wonder if I genuinely have any reason to be so paranoid, or if I'm just being a judgemental bitch. I think it's a bit of both.
In other news, am I the only person who is sick and tired of icontests? (I don't even know why they bug me. They just... do.) I remember having someone commenting on my icon journal several times, which consisted of "Oh hi, your icons are cool, would you like to take part in *insert icontest community here* please?". Jeez, my icons are nothing special, so why would you want me to join your icontest comm? o_O
Speaking of icons, I've recently had a bit of an icon overhaul. I may do another one soon.
Wow, I didn't mean to make this entry so... ranty when I started writing it, but, hey, I'm feeling a bit bitchy for some reason, so... yeah.
To make this entry a bit less negative, have some pictures of the ever-lovely Taiwanese actress, Shu Qi:
Food now. Laters.