Comments | dj_smeg: Confused Beyond All Comprehension

dj_smeg

Confused Beyond All Comprehension

Sep 23, 2006 11:03

Okay, so I started out a depressed as I've ever been. Really.
I went to see The Gunship last Wednesday and afterwards had it inadvertantly proven to me yet again that not only do I not have any real talent at all I also have a bizarre need to hang out with people who I either bore or annoy. In addition, my cousin Amanda, whom I swore I ( Read more... )

Comments 8

happynoodlehead September 23 2006, 17:15:24 UTC

this is the one i went to highschool with right?

honestly... i've never thought of the two of you to be simular. infact, when you told me that you guys were related I was shocked and dumbfounded. the next day when i was at at school i was saw her and thought, "no way".

dj_smeg September 23 2006, 17:30:38 UTC

Yeah, that's the one. I think that whenever I look at myself and see how monstrously screwed up I really am, I just see myself as a taller her...

inkbrush76 September 23 2006, 18:27:17 UTC

proven to me yet again that not only do I not have any real talent at all Okay, this isn't something anyone likes to hear, especially Americans. Talent is a very, very, very minor part of succeeding at anything. Hard work, diligence, experience, encouragement, and opportunity all contribute to success and the attainment of a high level of expertise much more than talent does ( ... )

eustacia42 September 23 2006, 18:48:56 UTC

Greg,

That was a very thoughtful and kind response. It's nice to see my friends being good friends to each other like that.

Maybe someday you'll allow me to re-try my hand at being a friend to you... let me know if you ever decide I'm worth talking to again. ;)

Hope all is well.

dj_smeg September 26 2006, 16:03:56 UTC

Yeah, I mean I know all of that, it just seems almost as if sometimes I desperately want to be something of which I'm not sure I'm capable...

inkbrush76 September 26 2006, 16:38:15 UTC

There's only one way to find out. Besides, I'm kinda starting to think that so long as you show up and do what you said you would do, the odds are in your favor.

this might help (haha): eustacia42 September 23 2006, 18:44:58 UTC

http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/007234.html

Ghetto girl: Man, I can't believe he did this! I mean, we was in this relationship for like two weeks, and now he be tryin' to dump me! He was all, "Yeah, we're over." I was like, "What you talkin' about?" Then he was all, "I'm taking you off my Top 8."

Passerby: He took you off his Top 8? Oh, hell, no.

--Baryshnikov Arts Center

Re: this might help (haha): dj_smeg September 26 2006, 15:34:07 UTC

I have to say, though, he's obviously a cad... heh