A place of my own

Tuesday, December 14, 2004

A Man should not get sick when his mother is not around

A Man should not get sick when his mother is not around, we are completely and utterley usless when we are sick! We need our Mothers to take care of us!

I have had the flu for the last two days, I battled through Monday at work, trying to work out if I had a mild fever or wether the airconditioner was on the fritz AGAIN.

Anyway stayed home today and started to feel better in the afternoon, thern got worse this evening. My flatmates assure me that you always feel worse at night.

Now call me crazy but I try and avoid cold and flu tablets, panadol anything like that. I have now succombed to the drugs and have just taken two codral night time tablets so i will be asleep very soon hopefully!

Anyway by hook or by crook I WILL be at work tommorow, I only have till Friday to get everything done, including my expenses so the lovely people at AMEX don't cutof my pretty green card.

Starting to make no sense so will sign of and piss of to bed.

Monday, December 13, 2004

GNW

I met a girl over the weekend

A friend of one of my flatmates. We had a bit of a Barbie at our joint, started with two people coming then it built to a bout ten, then some more people rocked up, of their faces about one o'clock from another party.

Nice Girl, Attractive girl, Interesting.

Talked for hours as you do when you are pissed, talking about everything forgetting half the conversations before you have finished them.

She Sms'd me this evening, wants to do the dinner thing I think it could be great but I worry on the flatmate thing, could fuck up the relationship I have with them if I start seeing her and it doesn't work out.

It's a bit shitty really, having worked in the job I do, I seem to think through all possible negative outcomes before committing to a course of action these days. Great approach for work but can take some fun out of personal life.

Any way I think I will give it a go, have dinner and see if we click as well sober as drunk!

Should be fun!

Fuck Consequences, live life!

JP

Sunday, December 12, 2004

Definitions

Mate, Friend, Buddy, Pal, acquaintance, enemy, colleague, special friend, partner, girlfriend, Boyfriend etc.

It is interesting how some people put a lot of stock in certain words. Interesting too when someone asks you to classify your relationship with someone. Sometimes you don't want to put them in a box, sometimes you don't want to admit how special they are, sometimes you don't realize how special to you they are and sometimes you have not decided yet, or you have a relationship that transcends several categories

Quite often after putting your relationship with that person "in a box" for the benefit of the enquirer, you realize their definition of that label is totally different.

"No he is not my boyfriend"

I have a friend interstate that has been "seeing" a guy for about 8 months now, they spend a lot of time together, they have sex etc. She cringes at calling this guy her boyfriend and always corrects anyone who so refers to him. She has a n idea that by actually admitting (even to her self) that they are serious that things will change and not for the better. In contrast both her and I have another friend who is very young and 3 months into a relationship was looking at real estate together, going on overseas trips etc. When in discussion with her about something the other day I said well he is not your husband, and she said well he practically is!

"They are a work Friend"

This is one that can at times really get my goat. Some people have the concept that you have your real friends and then your work friends. Now while this can be true, there will always be friends at work that you would not socialize with outside of work for various reasons. But Having moved interstate, work is where I have found some of my best friends. Many have moved on to other work places now or even interstate/overseas but they are still good friends.



"No they are just a friend"

The eternal answer to the eternal question, "so is there something going on between you too?" How often do you have to clarify that there is actually nothing going on and just because a person is attractive looking does not mean you want to get into their pants?

"A Fuck Buddy"

A reasonably new and on the surface a very honest tag. I have to say however that I have never been in a "Fuck buddy" sety up where both partners are just happy to have sex every now and again. Almost always one partner will have deeper feelings for the other and they will be hoping to expand on the relationship. The worst bit is when the other partner knows this (and I have been guilty of this) and by clearly stating that they don't want a relationship they salve their conscience and will continue using the other knowing full well that the other party wants more and is hanging on to whatever you are giving them, when the healthy thing would be for both partners to move on.

Could go on for every but enough on this topic.

JP