Mar 09, 2005 01:15
I saw a guy do this in Australia and it's gotten me thinking more and more about it.
What was he doing, you might ask? Nothing really weird. Just standing out in the middle of Martin Place avenue near all of the big stores, wearing a plaid shirt holding a sign that said "Free Hugs". Nothing more, nothing less. Did I mention that he looked like Jesus? And yes, I got a free hug from Jesus. He smelled like potpourri.
Do you think people would walk by me if I gave out free hugs on campus, or do you think that some of them would take the bait? I think I might try this next week, just for the hell of it.
Next week I head down to Rocky point, which should be fun and just like the other times I've been there. Wake up, drink. Go to the beach, drink, take a siesta, drink. As an alternative, you can drink WHILE taking the siesta and then recover from the siesta with another drink. Then go out and party at night and drink. Did I mention that there will be drinking involved?
Or at least that's how it was last year, because I think I might be out of the drinking scene. Or at least the large, social drinking scene. Sure, drinking is good in small social circles. But when I'm at bars and clubs, I like to feel more in control of myself when talking to random strangers and enticing women to my hotel room. Ha ha, I'm just kidding. They never come to my hotel room. And isn't that what everyone goes to Rocky Point in the first place? Who was it that said Spring Break is the closest thing that humans have to a mating season? I'm sure they're not too far off the mark.
But that's then. I still have to write another lab. Did I mention that the fuck who copied my paper send me an IM? Here's what it said:
"alright eric, this is kinda awkward for me but not talking isn't gonna make things get any better and i want to get our issues resolved and continue being lab parters, so do you want to vent/yell at me first, or do you want me to talk first?"
I didn't respond. I refuse to be his or anyone else's lab partner. Issues resolved? There's nothing to resolve. I trust you, you break trust, we were never friends and now we'll never be friends. I don't need friends who aren't trustworthy. A person who constantly tries to gain your trust will be found to be most untrustworthy. Yeah, that's right. I went there.
-Eric D.