cambridge reunion
Tonight was an official Cambridge Study Abroad Reunion Night. Okay, so maybe it didn't have all the capitals, or the bold print, but basically that is what is was. A group of people who went there over the summer got together to eat good Asian food. Fantastic. It was all the people I enjoyed without all the people I didn't -- plus or minus a few. OMG, it was so much fun. And, because I found it fun instead of nerve-wracking, I've obviously come to the conclusion that I was once a caterpillar and am now blossoming into a social butterfly.
This has of course made me think about the nature of social relationships. And, as a completely mature and reasonable thing to do, I've compiled a list of people I dislike. Here they are, divided, sensibly, by people I disliked after knowing them and people I had a bad feeling about from the beginning.
People I Got to Know
Stefanie - a girl I went to school with for one year. As a result of knowing her, I disliked all Dutch people until I went to Amsterdam and realized that she is an anomaly. Dutch people are fantastic. At first I thought she was an okay person beneath all the back-stabbing, ass-revealing skirts, and senseless gossip. Then I got to know her. Turns out she is everything about people that I despise.
Erin - a friend of Heather's that I can no longer stand due to her catty comments and overall disposition. Sorry Heather. Her comments at the Halloween party were the last straw.
Laura - a girl in my English class who thinks she is the only one who really understands poetry. Wants everyone to feel bad for her and think of her as a great literary mind whose intense suffering has only served to heighten her intellectual prowess.
People I Had a Feeling About
David - my Aunt's long-time boyfriend. She met him on a blind date and when I first met him I just knew he wasn't a good guy. I just KNEW it, people. I did. And, ten years later, turns out he's been cheating on her. Bastard.
McKayla - a girl I worked with. She hasn't proven herself worthy of my dislike in so many ways, but the feeling's still as strong as ever. She's bad news. I know it. Just wait.
Austin - Jason's old roommate. I always got bad vibes from him and then it turned out that he has done some pretty terrible things to women. Things I would have sent him to jail for, had they happened to me.
Now, looking at the list, it may seem that I am easy to piss off. But that's six people in all of humanity that I've met and disliked. Come on. Give me a break.
But, generally, I think dislike is a healthy thing. It's nothing to be ashamed of. And I would have no problem if any of the above people knew I disliked them, in fact, all of them do or should.
It's late, I'm bored, I had nothing to write about but I wanted to do something anyway, so there it is.
This has of course made me think about the nature of social relationships. And, as a completely mature and reasonable thing to do, I've compiled a list of people I dislike. Here they are, divided, sensibly, by people I disliked after knowing them and people I had a bad feeling about from the beginning.
People I Got to Know
Stefanie - a girl I went to school with for one year. As a result of knowing her, I disliked all Dutch people until I went to Amsterdam and realized that she is an anomaly. Dutch people are fantastic. At first I thought she was an okay person beneath all the back-stabbing, ass-revealing skirts, and senseless gossip. Then I got to know her. Turns out she is everything about people that I despise.
Erin - a friend of Heather's that I can no longer stand due to her catty comments and overall disposition. Sorry Heather. Her comments at the Halloween party were the last straw.
Laura - a girl in my English class who thinks she is the only one who really understands poetry. Wants everyone to feel bad for her and think of her as a great literary mind whose intense suffering has only served to heighten her intellectual prowess.
People I Had a Feeling About
David - my Aunt's long-time boyfriend. She met him on a blind date and when I first met him I just knew he wasn't a good guy. I just KNEW it, people. I did. And, ten years later, turns out he's been cheating on her. Bastard.
McKayla - a girl I worked with. She hasn't proven herself worthy of my dislike in so many ways, but the feeling's still as strong as ever. She's bad news. I know it. Just wait.
Austin - Jason's old roommate. I always got bad vibes from him and then it turned out that he has done some pretty terrible things to women. Things I would have sent him to jail for, had they happened to me.
Now, looking at the list, it may seem that I am easy to piss off. But that's six people in all of humanity that I've met and disliked. Come on. Give me a break.
But, generally, I think dislike is a healthy thing. It's nothing to be ashamed of. And I would have no problem if any of the above people knew I disliked them, in fact, all of them do or should.
It's late, I'm bored, I had nothing to write about but I wanted to do something anyway, so there it is.