J-Rad is no cliché
It's hot.
Day 1 at work without Debbie, which is sad on a number of levels. She was definitely one of my better friends in this craphole, and she was also one of my last peers in the office (everyone else seems to be in their early 20's or 40-plus). We had a nice little send-off for her on Friday, but probably nothing that she will write home about.
Got a call from my "boy" J-Rad last night (I do not normally call my male friends "boy", but I find myself at a shortage of cool synonyms for "friend". Also, J-Rad is, of course, not his birth name or even an established nickname, but for reasons of avoiding the confusion of his generic first name he will henceforth be known as J-Rad). He's getting by in law school and having a great time in his DC District Attorney internship, but he still hopes to make it down for the Goth Pool Party in July. I'm very happy for him and not the slightest bit jealous, because he deserves this opportunity and this is clearly his calling. And he's just a swell guy in general.
I should make a chart at some point that lists all my friends of note, all of their current and near-future accomplishments and an explanation of why I am or am not jealous of each listed person. This would serve no purpose other than to give me another forum where I can pull some more murky strands of verbal diarrhea from my bottomless well of self-pity to supplant my whiney stance of pointless self-deprication.
But it should be a fun project nonetheless.
PS-- I notice a general LJ trend where posters feel the need to label themselves as whiners and self-deprecators every time they discuss a negative aspect of their lives or a flaw in their characters. Or everytime a poster makes a complaint that might be found on another LJ, the poster bemoans his/her act of utter cliché. This constant need for so many posters to double-back negatively on their own opinions seems purposeless and perhaps a little sad.
Ah, for once in my life... a sense of community.