June 11, 2005

• topic: random people from former lives

  
  

  1) i got a friendster request from a girl i knew when i was a soph. in college.  4 years w/out talking, and i get a non-verbal “hi…i’m still alive” i guess the internet is good in that it lets you know these people are still alive, and that they still recognize your existence, although it always stinks that so much time has passed and in most cases, except for a brief “hi…i’m still alive” time will continue to pass

  
  

  2) went to a bar in town…ran into hs people, i guess it’s good to know they’re still alive, but on the whole, it makes me want to live in a place where i can be alive w/out them knowing.

  
  

  3) went to the camp bus today to see some friends from summers past.  Two people who i worked w/ in ’03 and haven’t seen in two years, and a bunch from last summer.  All Aussies and one Scot.  All bubbly and excited to see each other and know that the next 2 mos. they have to catch up.  It was a tease for me, they wanted to smuggle me onto the bus and just like that i’d be in fantasyland again.  But…it was just good to see them and know that they exist, and for them to know I’m still alive too.  It was strange to have these foreigners trying to influence my life “just delay life for 2 more months and come to camp.” 

  
  

  4) i’m walking back to the train to head home, stop at a red light, turn around for a moment, and see this guy walking towards me.  takes me a second to recognize it’s an old friend who i went on a summer program w/ back in ’97.  Now that’s going back a while.  He’s moving into the city, working on the mercantile, has a girl, we exchanged numbers. 

  
  

  So…that’s 4 random occaurances today. 

  
  

  Saw the Longest Yard…good for a few cheap laughs. 

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