halo 2
i love this game. i love that right now millions of people have been sitting in front of their televisions for hours - leaving only to change their pants - because it means that they are NOT FIXING THEIR COMPUTERS!!! bwahahahahahahaha... i can catch up on my online comics and post in my journal and chat to people because i'm not taking any calls. w00t!
that said - i've recently (as in yesterday) realized that i expect entirely too much from people in my life. Apparently it's really hard to "live up to [my] standards." hmm. what do i expect from them?? good question. I expect: honesty at all times, compromise, a genuine desire to hang out with me and not just when i'm the only person available - care and consideration, time spent with me in general, affirmation, concern, humor, reciprocity... i expect my friends to take care of themselves and have some sort of desire to better themselves... i expect intelligence and common sense... i expect them to listen and consider advice given and to give it to me when needed. okay, so maybe it is alot... but it's just from those people who want to call themselves my "friends." if you do not want/are not able to live up to that standard - feel free to find another title or leave my life, but it is nothing that I am not willing/able to do for my friends; and it is nothing i want to stop doing for those people in my life - soooooo i will continue to expect it and cut my losses. i figure it's kinda like dating someone you can't trust or don't like - why have them in your life if it takes enormous amounts of effort to keep them there?? i like who i am, and i like the way i treat my friends. i don't think there is anything wrong with those characteristics in me, so i am unwilling to put forth the effort to change them. make of that what you will - i belong to me and have to be okay with myself as i cannot leave my life as you can. :) (not that i want anyone to leave, but...enh)
that said - i've recently (as in yesterday) realized that i expect entirely too much from people in my life. Apparently it's really hard to "live up to [my] standards." hmm. what do i expect from them?? good question. I expect: honesty at all times, compromise, a genuine desire to hang out with me and not just when i'm the only person available - care and consideration, time spent with me in general, affirmation, concern, humor, reciprocity... i expect my friends to take care of themselves and have some sort of desire to better themselves... i expect intelligence and common sense... i expect them to listen and consider advice given and to give it to me when needed. okay, so maybe it is alot... but it's just from those people who want to call themselves my "friends." if you do not want/are not able to live up to that standard - feel free to find another title or leave my life, but it is nothing that I am not willing/able to do for my friends; and it is nothing i want to stop doing for those people in my life - soooooo i will continue to expect it and cut my losses. i figure it's kinda like dating someone you can't trust or don't like - why have them in your life if it takes enormous amounts of effort to keep them there?? i like who i am, and i like the way i treat my friends. i don't think there is anything wrong with those characteristics in me, so i am unwilling to put forth the effort to change them. make of that what you will - i belong to me and have to be okay with myself as i cannot leave my life as you can. :) (not that i want anyone to leave, but...enh)