people are stupid.
had fontenot final today (i'll talk about that in a minute :D )....
afterwards i went with some people to IHOP. not bad. until the conversation veered toward a mutual distant friend and colleauge of ours. shes recently got into coke. i do not, by any means approve or condone this; however... the people i was with were all 4 very naive, young, rich kids, with well-to-do backgrounds. those who have never tried any sort of drug, and will remain amazed at the closest they have or will ever come to a joint, a white stripes concert. not that there is anything wrong with any of this... but they acted like they were the authorities on drug usuage and at defining success. apparently because X (the one doing coke) is trying coke at 17 years of age, X has no chance of any sort of future, will never suceed, never go anywhere, and will forever be a drug user. this idea to me, while possible, is entirely ridiculous if presented as the *only* possible outcome. this cant be just a phase, or a period that X has to live through...
and then they started talking about marijuana. man. well, our other friend, Y, has been around recently, they moved back in town after being across the country for awhile. while Y has not being doing coke, Y has been smoking pot and hanging around X. the people i was with decided that Y was not fit to take care of X, should X OD or need to be taken to a hospital. get this, simply because shes been "getting wasted on pot". it was so ridiculous. granted, you can get very very stoned to the point of being more than a bit out of it, but Y is not smoking to get fucked up. and Ys doing it everyday. im positive her body has built up a tolerance and that it would take quite a bit to get Y stoned to the point of not being able to realize X is in trouble or to lose the ability to dial 911. their drug tyrade reminded me of that 1930's film, Reefer Madness. i wanted to laugh and then out of frustration i wanted to scream. none of these people had any idea what they were talking about, yet proceeded to gossip about two friends in at least semi-serious situations. and of course if i took reality's side and spoke up any (i did), i came of as a drug-loving stoner (as im sure i did). ugh.
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on a much lighter note, i did really well on fontenot's final :) and we got to talk some :D...he returned boondock saints, and we talked about Judy Dench (i made him smile really big)... i love fontenot....
afterwards i went with some people to IHOP. not bad. until the conversation veered toward a mutual distant friend and colleauge of ours. shes recently got into coke. i do not, by any means approve or condone this; however... the people i was with were all 4 very naive, young, rich kids, with well-to-do backgrounds. those who have never tried any sort of drug, and will remain amazed at the closest they have or will ever come to a joint, a white stripes concert. not that there is anything wrong with any of this... but they acted like they were the authorities on drug usuage and at defining success. apparently because X (the one doing coke) is trying coke at 17 years of age, X has no chance of any sort of future, will never suceed, never go anywhere, and will forever be a drug user. this idea to me, while possible, is entirely ridiculous if presented as the *only* possible outcome. this cant be just a phase, or a period that X has to live through...
and then they started talking about marijuana. man. well, our other friend, Y, has been around recently, they moved back in town after being across the country for awhile. while Y has not being doing coke, Y has been smoking pot and hanging around X. the people i was with decided that Y was not fit to take care of X, should X OD or need to be taken to a hospital. get this, simply because shes been "getting wasted on pot". it was so ridiculous. granted, you can get very very stoned to the point of being more than a bit out of it, but Y is not smoking to get fucked up. and Ys doing it everyday. im positive her body has built up a tolerance and that it would take quite a bit to get Y stoned to the point of not being able to realize X is in trouble or to lose the ability to dial 911. their drug tyrade reminded me of that 1930's film, Reefer Madness. i wanted to laugh and then out of frustration i wanted to scream. none of these people had any idea what they were talking about, yet proceeded to gossip about two friends in at least semi-serious situations. and of course if i took reality's side and spoke up any (i did), i came of as a drug-loving stoner (as im sure i did). ugh.
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on a much lighter note, i did really well on fontenot's final :) and we got to talk some :D...he returned boondock saints, and we talked about Judy Dench (i made him smile really big)... i love fontenot....