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So Ben and I are now facebook friends...
Looks like he managed to settle in Houston after all; the last time we were on communicating terms (read: he obsessively visited my AIM subprofile; I perused his xanga - which was linked onto his profile), he was still in a bit of a pathetic mess. But than again, it was probably around the same time when I really started getting comfortable with my surroundings. And then the hurricane hit, and he was the last thing on my mind, even though I was within 10 minutes of him while I was in Houston. He's going to UT Austin next year, which is a good school in its own merits, but I think if he had stayed in New Orleans, he would have at least ended up at Rice, Vanderbilt, or Wash U (he probably may have made it to the Ivies, but I never saw him one for the North, even when we were friends).
And before you ask, yes, I friended him. I fully expected him to ignore it, and I wouldn't have been in the least bit surprised, given that I broke off contact and have maintained my silence for over 2 years (and that he had very weird issues relating to me and us as whatever the hell he saw us as, but whatever). But it's very relieving to know that whatever it was that blew everything apart is, for the time being, gone. I sent an olive branch; he accepted it. Will we talk? Probably not, considering we're probably two completely different people with different interests (though I have a feeling the classic Harry Potter banter may pop up as July 21 approaches... my hacker classmate has already threatened me with spoilers). But after looking though a couple of his photos, I confirmed that I really am over him; he's not ugly, but... he lost his charm. And his music taste is lousy. And I moved on to bigger, better things.
And yes, I know it's facebook, a very shameless, shallow thing. But I guess this is my inner freshman/early sophomore self finally finding some peace. Now, pretty much all of my loose ends concerning my high school are now all neatly tied up as I see fit. I couldn't have asked for anything better.
Looks like he managed to settle in Houston after all; the last time we were on communicating terms (read: he obsessively visited my AIM subprofile; I perused his xanga - which was linked onto his profile), he was still in a bit of a pathetic mess. But than again, it was probably around the same time when I really started getting comfortable with my surroundings. And then the hurricane hit, and he was the last thing on my mind, even though I was within 10 minutes of him while I was in Houston. He's going to UT Austin next year, which is a good school in its own merits, but I think if he had stayed in New Orleans, he would have at least ended up at Rice, Vanderbilt, or Wash U (he probably may have made it to the Ivies, but I never saw him one for the North, even when we were friends).
And before you ask, yes, I friended him. I fully expected him to ignore it, and I wouldn't have been in the least bit surprised, given that I broke off contact and have maintained my silence for over 2 years (and that he had very weird issues relating to me and us as whatever the hell he saw us as, but whatever). But it's very relieving to know that whatever it was that blew everything apart is, for the time being, gone. I sent an olive branch; he accepted it. Will we talk? Probably not, considering we're probably two completely different people with different interests (though I have a feeling the classic Harry Potter banter may pop up as July 21 approaches... my hacker classmate has already threatened me with spoilers). But after looking though a couple of his photos, I confirmed that I really am over him; he's not ugly, but... he lost his charm. And his music taste is lousy. And I moved on to bigger, better things.
And yes, I know it's facebook, a very shameless, shallow thing. But I guess this is my inner freshman/early sophomore self finally finding some peace. Now, pretty much all of my loose ends concerning my high school are now all neatly tied up as I see fit. I couldn't have asked for anything better.