May 13, 2006

• Topic: wonderful sparta, nj

  It’s nearly 4am, just got back from one of my good friend’s law school graduation parties. It was a surprise party, his mom and girlfriend organized a van to pick a group us of up from the NYU law school, and drove us to his family friend’s house where he’s staying post-finals.

  Let me tell you, this place was possibly the nicest house I’ve ever been to, it felt like we’d won an episode of the Apprentice. In the middle of Jersey mountains, up a private road, to a massive house with initialed front gates. We walk around to the backyard, jaws dropped. Tiki bar, pool with jacuzzi attached and a waterfall flowing into it. But best of all, inside, a movie viewing room, complete with several massive leather recliners and full-wall projection screen. Then there was the food. Waiters serving roast beef smothered in butter, shrimp the size of your head, and pigs in a blanket. It was heaven.

  But I was truly excited for my friend, although he’ll soon be moving back to California to practice law. It’s pretty exciting, because he’s been set on this career since he was 10. It’s as if his whole life has been building towards something, and not many people I know feel that way. Plus, he’s just wickedly smart and one of the nicest guys I know.

  In other news, I recently collapsed a friendship with a female friend, who I actually met through xanga. She e-mailed me back in dec., we hung out a few times, completely casual, lots in common. We added in some fun and still managed to keep things friendly, cooking dinners, movies, date type things, but it wasn’t a relationship in that sense.

  Nothing specific happened, except I guess I lost interest in things I guess. She’s contacting me to do all sorts of fun things, and I’m not responding, not out of spite, not out of any deliberate intent to cut her out, but obviously a part of me was uncomfortable about something…I’m not really good at sorting out those sorts of things. As I expected, she got pissed, called me a jerk for not responding to her calls, e-mails, IMs, and said she was removing me from her phone, e-mail, IM. Which is fair enough, and in the long run, probably for the best.

  I think it’s interesting how technology both helped me gain a friend, and ultimately, the end of this friendship was signified by a cutting off of technology, the phone, e-mail, IM thing.

  In some ways i’m losing out, because she was a pretty cool chick, outdoorsy and all, but the whole friends w/ fun thing, it was just bound to get dicey. The focus is now where it needs to be, finding the one, and i’m optimistic that teaching will bring me into contact w/ lots of interesting and attractive ladyfriends.

  Tom. I shall be searching for mad music, please share any must-have recommendations.

  • 4:17 am
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