Sunday, February 05, 2006

dead on the inside i've got nothing to prove...keep me alive and give me something to lose..i've been gone so long...but i'll come back someday....

i've been in a pretty constant state of "meh" all week.

well, the meh has been kind of over-hanging like this giant cloud of "you will realize i'm here, it's a matter of time before you can't ignore me and push me out of your mind" since about....mid december....but i'm still ignoring......

why? i have no real concrete reason to be in a meh state-of-mind....but i think things are just getting to me...and one of those things is the fact i'm pretty much friendless in cleveland.

no. seriously. i have no one.

one group of friends i kind of ducked out of with the excuse of finals, and the promise to myself to never return. why?

what is it always?

drama.

what started out as a bunch of people having fun together and just hanging out...turned into a total mirage of what high school was like. people would talk behind each others back's, people would form clique's, people would flirt with people out of pure vengeance etc......and then people started sleeping together...and, i'm not one to judge, but..while fucking people in your circle in high school is kind of cliche and the norm....fucking people in your circle while you're married...well..that's just slootchie-ness to the extreme. and though most people were clueless about what was going on, for the most part, for some reason i just kind of knew....(damn my ability to read people well...seriously)...

which kind of led me to dislike certain people....and not trust certain people...and just not want to be around certain people.....and then when husbands found out and divorces were proclaimed....i somehow got sucked into the middle of it all because....i knew, and i put myself out there as a source for those certain people to talk to about it because....i knew! and that totally came back to bite me in the ass....and regardless of everything, those certain people continued doing what they were doing and everyone lived in a world with blinders on.......

so i said fuck it. i don't need that going on around me, and i certaintly don't need friends who would just, knowingly, throw away their marital relations like that....or friends who stand by with the proverbial blinders on and say nothing while they know exactly what's going on.

i dig honesty, i dig truth, and above all else...i dig loyalty.

and that was severely lacking, and i saw no point in sticking around.

so i bowed out from that group of people.....and, as i predicted, no one really bothered to notice i was missing.

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as for the other group of people...well, that was more of a domino effect. i was "dating" this guy who i met through a few friends of mine (some associated with the aforementioned group)...he fucked me over in the summer blah blah blah blah, i'm a retard and decided to try the whole second chance thing blah blah blah blah....and then one day i woke up...

i suddenly realized i have an ounce of self worth...and i suddenly realized that he just didn't give a shit about anyone, but himself. and with the help of a guy i met (yea, this would be the guy who said i was "too nice"), i realized that people with a geniune interest in someone and a geniune nature to them...put effort into things...which this asshole never did.

i mean seriously, he wouldn't even take 2 minutes out of his day to text me "good luck" once during my two weeks of finals...why? because he forgot i had finals...why? oh, that's right...he didn't give a shit about me and despite me telling him all the time "yea i'm studying for finals, i can't go out", he just didn't give enough of a shit to remember.

so fine. i berated him here, put forth some major attitude and bitchiness in all his attemps to make contact with me...and aside from a half assed "are you mad at me or something?" he never really bothered to ask me what my deal was, why i was being so shitty, or anything else for that matter...but he did manage to get in a "i don't like the way you're talking to me, it's making me very mad" in there. (douchebag)....and after my response of "well, so sorry"...he never talked to me again.

ever.

and with that, i just bowed out of that group of people as well. afterall, they were his friends first..they've known him longer...and i'm sure he besmirched me like no other to them in light of me being "such a bitch"

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so...that all happened about a week before i left for my winter break vacation...and now i've been back for three weeks and it's kind of hitting me like a big brick wall....

i can only keep so busy...studying only takes up so much of my day.....and i'm only working so much of the time.....and though i'm fine with being alone, as it is my nature to kind of be a loner, i'm not really fine with having no one to really just hang out with etc, around here.

my friends in new york and elsewhere, though i love them, aren't here. i live here. and as much as i love sitting in my apartment all the fucking time outside of classtime and working (this is extreme sarcasm people).....i need an out. i need to go out.

i'm not considered a party girl for nothin' here people!

and that's my problem.

i have no idea how to meet people. i mean...how does one meet people?! i'm totally fuckin clueless in this area.....

school's out because they're a bunch of egotistical "oh, i'm in law" shitheads who seriously live law school, and that? that i don't want. not to mention the downfall of going to a smaller more local law school (with the sweet and glorious perk of being 14k cheaper than the bigger, private university in the area) is the fact that everyone in my school is from the area and already knows each other....and it's just not worth the hassle of breaking down a clique's walls..because, ya never fully get in on the group...and you never are fully liked...

so....that leaves.......well? nowhere.

*sigh*

i'm proper fucked...aren't i?

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in other news...happy super bowl sunday y'all!! GO STEELERS!...

and in totally unrelated news..i found this blog.....and it sickeningly reminds me of the asian guys in my own dorm in undergrad. seriously, i wouldn't be surprised if these guys went to some form of a UC....regardless...it's funny....(dude, if you're reading, you need to watch this..it'll totally bring you back to the days of harrowdale...and the 2nd floor boys)...so..go have yo'self a laugh! and my own personal fav was the "get down" video...seeing as roommate 3 just sits there at his computer the whole time like what these two guys are doing is totally normal....hah. good stuff.

19 comments:

Everything Nice said...

So, shit.. that sucks... How do you meet people? Hmmmm. The question really should be how do I meet the right people to party and have fun with...

try and find the fine line between the stuffy asses and the i-dont-give-a-shit-im-staying-up-til-4am-every-day group...

God I wish I were closer to you..

As far as the Super Bowl goes- I'll whisper go steelers... just to see you smile and bounce a little.. but really you know Im not about pittsburgh.

ahem. K, i like ya.. can't help it.

Matt Vella said...

Meeting people in a new town is HARD. It takes time, patience and a lack of compromise.

You don't seem like the compromise type to me, which is positive in that you'll end up with people close to you that matter, but in the meantime you are your own best company. I know, easier said than done.

Friends have a way of coming out of the woodwork right when you expect it the very least.

"Jet" said...

Awww.... I noticed you not being around!! And I miss you!! Call me if you wanna do something... My daughter is away all week.... Maybe we could do something.

Keep your chin up!!

XXOO,
JTL

sassinak said...

elle: you'll meet a lot of people in the downtimes at work. and it's nice to make friends that aren't schoolmates. course with bar friends you're really only their friends when you're partying but since all you really want is someone to party with...

otherwise? *hug*

also? i totally agree with matt

Natalia said...

I will agree with Matt and ad to that that finding QUALITY people in a new place is tough. I mean you can find people to hang out with but they might not be the ones that make you all snoopydancy inside.

And drama fucking sucks...no one should have to put themselves through that just to have people around...no way. You are smart to get out, darling. You don't need drama...for drama...you have law school...and THAT is enough, really.

And, dude...you have us. I know it's not the same and I can't come up and hang out...although I totally would. But we love us some Elle :)

-N

da buttah said...

Em: nothing starts out as friendship..it always starts out as simply hanging out, right? and sorry about your seahawks..but, i'm never wrong about the superbowl winner ;)

Matt: i know meeting people is hard..i've moved ten times in my life..and each time it's just gotten harder, but i've always managed. ohio is just fucking weird! people here are extremely...odd...there's no other way to put it...and i understand that i'm all i got right now, and it's easier said than done...but i'm working through it...i guess? pick up more shifts at work..that'll be my answer!

Melissa: awwww, i'd love to do lunch :) i'll hit you up on the gtalk.

Sass: the bar's new...everytime is going to be downtime it seems. i did meet a few people friday, but that was mostly guy's trying to get some tail....not exactly what i'm lookin for haha

Will: *looks at watch*...yea, last time i spoke with you was over a month ago...OH, and uhh last time i hung out with you *looks through her planner* was in fucking november....you tell me if you count!

RUS: i thought i was your snackpack baby? told you that you were a manwhore!

Nat: we'll all hang out in nyc...HOLLA! agreed, the drama was just ridiculous, and honestly....the kind of people that cheat on their husbands, or turn a blind eye to that kind of shit..are really not people i want in my wee little circle of mini-trust (the real circle of trust is full). awwww, i heart you too natalia *smooches!*

JMai said...

You know, sometimes I think I went to law school for the express purpose of meeting local people, since I'd been living in south Florida only about a year or so when law school started and I'd barely met anyone interesting or fun. So that sucks that you haven't found any good people to hang out with at school. I feel you on the local people-local clique thing... people that grew up together, etc... but that's lame. Law school is partly about networking; it shouldn't be just an extension of high school.

I don't know... work is often a good place to meet people to hang with. I have kind of a hard time taking the relationship out of work though. It's one thing to go out for drinks during the week, but I've never been able to do weekend things or really out-of-the-office type stuff (cause I mean, really... the bar down the street is really just an extension of your office, you know?)

That just sucks. But better to be with yourself than with people you don't like or respect. Silver lining?

DZER said...

buttah: yay steelers!

also, I hear you on the drama stuff. there are people from work I could hang out with ... but there's too much of the drama stuff and all that crap going on ...

i haven't been any kind of partier since a couple years out of college; I grew more restrained about my going-out thang, and it lost me a lot of friends, because they wanted to keep doing the same shit weekend after weekend, year after year.

About the only "new" people I meet are in poker games/tournaments ... LOL ... and most of them are pretty cool; I have hung out with one or two of them outside of poker ... so find a poker game! Heh.

and the dormitory boys rock! I found them a few months back and think they're pretty funny.

Have you seen the "Lazy Sunday" video yet? Think you'll like that too ...

http://www.youtube.com/w/SNL---The-Chronic-of-Narnia-Rap?v=zLElfJ9YCh0&feature=Favorites&page=1&t=t&f=b

FUH-KNEE!!!

da buttah said...

Jmai: i think there are two types of people who go to law school....those that let it take over their lives, and those that realize it's just a stepping stone to the next level. the first group get along, go out, have fun, and live a mediocre life wrought with legal talk...while the second group is kind of shunned by the first group for understanding the difference between work and play. in the end? least i have some kind of personality and can talk about more than the latest holding int he latest case...but, doesnt help the social circle much!

D: they're so typically asian..it's just hilarious, huh?!!

Dave: right..we decided on lunch? so i can go out on my "real date" and get "swept off my feet" by him...right? and i feel so cool! you commented on my blog!

sassinak said...

murph: yeah i loved bartending too. you meet all kinds and it's really a great lesson in human behaviour at the same time.

da buttah said...

Jay: i can't take a hit...drug testing at most of my legal employers...bastards

Trix: don't tempt me...a big chunk of my family lives in chicago...and i have a few friends there!

Murph: i used to hang out with law school people, until it just got to be too much...i mean seriously...they'd never shut up about the "law school experience"..so i met other people at the bars while we were out, and kind of ditched out on them too. and those people who are like me, and don't think this is a life altering step...well..they're like me, and just keep to themselves in class. As for bartending...some people have started to ask for me by name..so..i guess that's good?!

Sass: it really is....i'm an avid people watcher and bartending just lends itself to sitting back and watching between running around like a crazy woman getting drinks. people are odd, odd, ODD creatures!

da buttah said...

naw, i think people like me cause when i catch them making stupid comments about my boobs, i'll say something like "glad you enjoy the view from up there, i wore this shirt just for you"..and wink.

one of the other bartenders ripped a customer a new asshole for such comments. so...i guess i'm "cool" to them.

Scumbag said...

i hate chinese people.

da buttah said...

do you hate chinese food too?

Matt Vella said...

After you're done hating a Chinese person, do you feel like hating again like an hour later?

da buttah said...

it's the msg matt..try chinky sans msg..and you'll be hungry like 3 hours later, not one hour later ;)

Matt Vella said...

Ahhhh, ancient Chinese secret...

Earthworm said...

OOohh I figured out how to make your text bigger.

And now I have the Chronic-what?-cles of Narnia stuck in my head.

You know, Drew Carey and friends seem to have lots of fun there in Cleveland. Though they all drink and have sex with each other too. Maybe it's just Cleveland.

Cleveland Rocks!

da buttah said...

Matt: ancient jewish trick ;) we jews love us some chinky food.

Mike: hmmmm drew carey actually lives in cleveland still...somewhere around me i think. yea. cleveland rocks...just not when you are a prude who won't have sex with just anyone. I SUCK AGAIN!!