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Visiting LJ is becoming less and less appealing to me. With one or two exceptions. Too much drama and college crap. I don't go online to read about how your 4.5 GPA and 2300 SAT scores aren't good enough to get you into college, and I don't go online to check up on your college-app progress.
And I bet that's going to happen to everyone, on a much larger scale; once we get out high school, we'll go on our own paths.
That's something that I've always wondered about. How is it that every Thanksgiving, Christmas, or once-a-year family reunion, my parents turn to my aunts and uncles with, "So, where did we leave off last year?" and continue on through the night talking about stuff that I don't care enough about. Meanwhile, my cousins sit in the family room and whisper to each other questions about our relations to them, and we would do the same about them. The thing is, we don't see each other very often, and whenever we do, it's like we're meeting a bunch of freaking strangers. How do our parents do that? It's like no time's passed.
So back on topic. I've been drifting away from everyone in Taiwan since I moved - Yeah, in the first couple of days, weeks, months we promised to keep in contact... but the fact of the matter is, that didn't really happen. After a while, you run out of things to say. And for me, I've pretty much stopped commenting on some people's journals because they're completely focused on stuff that I have no knowledge of. On more than one occasion, someone would post a vague, general paragraph that I would think about for a while before realising I'd misconstrued a personal "in" joke as something else. I can't say I understand how anyone feels much anymore either, because everything seems so distant to me, wrapped in saran wrap - I can see, but I can't.
So yeah. I wonder how well class of 2006 will survive over time. I wonder if I'll still be talking to people from my grade (NEHS and UHS) 10 years from now. The small things that bind us together (like graduation, school activities, and school/teacher complaints) are going to disappear when we dandelion out into the world.
I wonder how if ("how if" is a typo, but dayam, it so accurately summarizes my thoughts that I'll keep it) I'll be able to pull off my parents' trick and just get back on track with people if I just meet them face to face. It kind of happened with Kelvin - When he went off to college, we got all cool and distant. And when he came home for Christmas vacation, and we talked our heads off. But he's my brother, and he's family (in a way that the cousins , with but a few exceptions, aren't.) - and that kind of relationship is much different from that between friends.
Speaking of Kelvin, Ian's coming over for Christmas this year - I wonder how wierd that's going to be for Kelvin, if at all. I wonder if Kelvin's better at keeping long-distance relationships than I am.
Anyway, I've thought about purging my livejournal friends just to slice some fat off the pork... on more than one occasion, because, quite frankly, there are a lot of people don't exactly put the hook on the sinker, if you know what I mean. (not that I do it, myself.) But every time I go through that list of "friends", I can't bear to take anyone off of it.
Gacked from Shoomlah
Dear Santa...
Dear Santa,
This year I've been busy!
Last Wednesday I saved a busload of nuns in Angola (326 points). In February I signed my organ donor card (28 points). In August I ruled Asscrackistan as a kind and benevolent dictator (700 points). In March I pushed miracletreasure in the mud (-17 points). In January I farted in an elevator (-6 points).
Overall, I've been nice (1031 points). For Christmas I deserve a red Radio-Flyer wagon!
Sincerely,
theflyingkiwi
But it's all a lie. (-10,000 points) That's right. 10,000. Santa has a special vengeance for rebel kids who try to get red wagons when they deserve a spanking and a truckload of coal. XD
And I bet that's going to happen to everyone, on a much larger scale; once we get out high school, we'll go on our own paths.
That's something that I've always wondered about. How is it that every Thanksgiving, Christmas, or once-a-year family reunion, my parents turn to my aunts and uncles with, "So, where did we leave off last year?" and continue on through the night talking about stuff that I don't care enough about. Meanwhile, my cousins sit in the family room and whisper to each other questions about our relations to them, and we would do the same about them. The thing is, we don't see each other very often, and whenever we do, it's like we're meeting a bunch of freaking strangers. How do our parents do that? It's like no time's passed.
So back on topic. I've been drifting away from everyone in Taiwan since I moved - Yeah, in the first couple of days, weeks, months we promised to keep in contact... but the fact of the matter is, that didn't really happen. After a while, you run out of things to say. And for me, I've pretty much stopped commenting on some people's journals because they're completely focused on stuff that I have no knowledge of. On more than one occasion, someone would post a vague, general paragraph that I would think about for a while before realising I'd misconstrued a personal "in" joke as something else. I can't say I understand how anyone feels much anymore either, because everything seems so distant to me, wrapped in saran wrap - I can see, but I can't.
So yeah. I wonder how well class of 2006 will survive over time. I wonder if I'll still be talking to people from my grade (NEHS and UHS) 10 years from now. The small things that bind us together (like graduation, school activities, and school/teacher complaints) are going to disappear when we dandelion out into the world.
I wonder how if ("how if" is a typo, but dayam, it so accurately summarizes my thoughts that I'll keep it) I'll be able to pull off my parents' trick and just get back on track with people if I just meet them face to face. It kind of happened with Kelvin - When he went off to college, we got all cool and distant. And when he came home for Christmas vacation, and we talked our heads off. But he's my brother, and he's family (in a way that the cousins , with but a few exceptions, aren't.) - and that kind of relationship is much different from that between friends.
Speaking of Kelvin, Ian's coming over for Christmas this year - I wonder how wierd that's going to be for Kelvin, if at all. I wonder if Kelvin's better at keeping long-distance relationships than I am.
Anyway, I've thought about purging my livejournal friends just to slice some fat off the pork... on more than one occasion, because, quite frankly, there are a lot of people don't exactly put the hook on the sinker, if you know what I mean. (not that I do it, myself.) But every time I go through that list of "friends", I can't bear to take anyone off of it.
Gacked from Shoomlah
Dear Santa...
Dear Santa,
This year I've been busy!
Last Wednesday I saved a busload of nuns in Angola (326 points). In February I signed my organ donor card (28 points). In August I ruled Asscrackistan as a kind and benevolent dictator (700 points). In March I pushed miracletreasure in the mud (-17 points). In January I farted in an elevator (-6 points).
Overall, I've been nice (1031 points). For Christmas I deserve a red Radio-Flyer wagon!
Sincerely,
theflyingkiwi
But it's all a lie. (-10,000 points) That's right. 10,000. Santa has a special vengeance for rebel kids who try to get red wagons when they deserve a spanking and a truckload of coal. XD