About Talking
Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present. ~~Marcus Aurelius~~
So I was supposed to update my journal with pictures of mine and Kevin’s trip to the island and whatnot, but I never did. I wanted to, and was excited, but after I got back I was so lazy, that even the process of reducing the picture sizes and such was too much for me. And now, its at the point where the vacation is too far gone to even care. The island vacation was quite pleasant. As we went with friends, it was a bit tumultuous and I think in the future, it would be nice to have a vacation with just Kevin and I, but nonetheless it was a very relaxing and much needed break.
I need to talk more about important things. It is easy to get distracted by arbitrary and useless information. I’m finding it increasingly hard to talk to some people who used to be close to me (old friends and such) as our conversations are based, mainly, on meaningless anecdotes of the past and on arbitrary current events. Should I maintain a friendship with someone, when it is strong yet unwavering and stagnant? Is a history with an individual reason enough to keep up a redundant and linear acquaintanceship? I can only talk about “Laguna Beach”, “NHL Statistics”, “Old Friends”, “TV Shows” etc… for so long before I feel I need to break free.
I think people* are scared to talk about the real life issues that matter. If I bring up the African Aids epidemic to some old friends, I’m sure they’d be like, “Blake, what are you talking about? Are you trying to depress us?”, or “I really don’t wanna talk about that…let’s talk about something happy”, or “Close the textbook Blake”. Grrrr. People don’t want be engaged by thought invoking conversation, they’d rather be engaged by trivial and empty tokens. I’m not saying that I don’t enjoy TV, Games or whatnot, because I do, but when I’m around friends, and other people, I don’t want to fall in to a repetitive routine of saying, “Yo, so…how ‘bout them Canucks?” or “Wow, I can’t wait for the next episode of _________ to start”. I want people to be able to talk to me like a human, about things that matter to humans and our environment. I’d like to hear opinions about issues. I’m not saying all my friends are/were like this (you’d be surprised what comes up at Magic Nights!!!), but I am seeing it as a trend that I’m growing out of…
Blake
* By "people" I'm generalizing to some people in my current/past group of acquaintances.
So I was supposed to update my journal with pictures of mine and Kevin’s trip to the island and whatnot, but I never did. I wanted to, and was excited, but after I got back I was so lazy, that even the process of reducing the picture sizes and such was too much for me. And now, its at the point where the vacation is too far gone to even care. The island vacation was quite pleasant. As we went with friends, it was a bit tumultuous and I think in the future, it would be nice to have a vacation with just Kevin and I, but nonetheless it was a very relaxing and much needed break.
I need to talk more about important things. It is easy to get distracted by arbitrary and useless information. I’m finding it increasingly hard to talk to some people who used to be close to me (old friends and such) as our conversations are based, mainly, on meaningless anecdotes of the past and on arbitrary current events. Should I maintain a friendship with someone, when it is strong yet unwavering and stagnant? Is a history with an individual reason enough to keep up a redundant and linear acquaintanceship? I can only talk about “Laguna Beach”, “NHL Statistics”, “Old Friends”, “TV Shows” etc… for so long before I feel I need to break free.
I think people* are scared to talk about the real life issues that matter. If I bring up the African Aids epidemic to some old friends, I’m sure they’d be like, “Blake, what are you talking about? Are you trying to depress us?”, or “I really don’t wanna talk about that…let’s talk about something happy”, or “Close the textbook Blake”. Grrrr. People don’t want be engaged by thought invoking conversation, they’d rather be engaged by trivial and empty tokens. I’m not saying that I don’t enjoy TV, Games or whatnot, because I do, but when I’m around friends, and other people, I don’t want to fall in to a repetitive routine of saying, “Yo, so…how ‘bout them Canucks?” or “Wow, I can’t wait for the next episode of _________ to start”. I want people to be able to talk to me like a human, about things that matter to humans and our environment. I’d like to hear opinions about issues. I’m not saying all my friends are/were like this (you’d be surprised what comes up at Magic Nights!!!), but I am seeing it as a trend that I’m growing out of…
Blake
* By "people" I'm generalizing to some people in my current/past group of acquaintances.