Coffee Grounds
I was reading back in my journal the other night and noticed something that I had said, I mentioned that nights staying up talking through the sunrise and the relationships between the people you meet in this life is what it should be about. I havent been doing that lately..in fact I see Jon three mornings a week for breakfast and Kathryn and Dan and night or dinner, I see Sarah in passing in the room. Thats it. I dont spend time with them. I dont talk with them, not more than meal conversations. So I took tonight off from homework and I went to the coffee grounds instead. I spent the night talking with Jon and Katrina and when they left I talked with Brenna. I had surpressed the need for human contact and it came running out tonight. Brenna and I made a list of people worthy of coming to our party which means that you have to be open minded, intelligent, and friendly. It reminded me of the lists Bridget and I made of people who were worthy of our friendship. But through this idea I feel confident that I can get out there and meet new people and sit in the coffee grounds on random wednesday nights and talk to anyone who happens to be there about anything in the world. In fact, I need that. Katrina brought a paper that she was writing and read it outloud to me, asking for comments. When Erin showed up she read it again and I heard what Erins reaction was...the same thing when Jon showed up. I learned so much in those few minutes about peoples perspectives, tendency to make assumptions based on your own life. In the story the couple plays board games and runs in the rain, but other things such as their comfort in routine and the depth to which they know each other made me see them as an older couple while Jon refused that anyone over the age of 30 would be playing games. Then he looked at me and I think we got it. I understood a little more about his perspective of life and he smiled and tried once again to convince me that never land isnt real. I will play board games when I am fifty. But the point is that we were able to discuss and fight over every aspect of what was a beautifully written piece and hopefully in my passion for their world to be perfect and Jons insistance that they werent real if they didnt have a major flaw helped Katrina to get some more material. Gah, I want to write my point right now to prove it but it would be completely out of context! Anyways, the point is that this night away from the books has taught me more than they could have, inspired me, and enlightened me.