Who's Lost?

Anyone else annoyed at the way Season 2 ended? Gotta give it to the writers, they must be stoned when they come up with this stuff?! While I thought the beginning of the season was slow, the last 5 episodes REALLY made up for it! (October 4th seems so far away to wait for Season 3!!)

World Cup Fever

I've got the bug, and can't seem to shake it off!!!! Why is it that the GOOD games are always the ones that start at 10 pm? Don't they know I've got work the next morning?

I've been going to work, looking like a zombie, for the past week! I "wake up", get ready while my eyes are still sealed shut, and somehow manage to make it to the office. Not sure if people are ever gonna get tired of telling me "Your eyes are red!"

Yet, with all my whining, I have to admit that I love it! Tonight, Netherlands & Argentia!! It better be a nail biter!!

Click This!

"We just clicked!!" "There was so much chemistry between us!" "I didn't like her/him at all, not sure why though.. it's not like they've done anything to me!"

I've been thinking about this a lot lately. How you meet someone and you automatically feel like you've known them forever. You feel very comfortable around them, you open up to them.. Other times, you just see someone and for some reason, you feel like you can't stand their guts. What's even more amusing than that, is how kids develop personalities at such a young age! Being stubborn, copping at attitude, the whole 9 yards! They actually challenge their parents and try to outwit them!

Not sure if anyone can offer a 'scientific explanation' for this, but all I know is, next time someone accuses me of being stubborn/ hard headed/ etc, I'll just say 'I WAS BORN THIS WAY!' and hey, if they dont feel like they 'click' with me, then they can click off! :)

Missing Pieces

It's amazing how you never really realize how much you miss someone, until they come back!

Welcome home, bro!! (you too cuz!)

Friendly Fire

Lately I've noticed a lot of drama between friends. Friend 'A' gets upset at friend 'B', doesn't communicate with 'B' and just walks away ignoring them. Where in reality, 'A' has completely misunderstood the situation and taken everything out of context!!

So here's my question for you: what will it take for u to walk out on a friend, not look back, and not even allow them an opportunity to explain things (assuming u have been really good friends for years)?

:)

5-Minute Rule

There are certain things that happen every now and then that make me thank God I'm still single!

One of my pet peeves is someone who attacks me with their stories/questions the second I walk into the room. I have this problem at work. The minute I walk around the corner and approach my office, certain people immediately start asking questions. I'm still carrying my purse, haven't reached my desk yet, haven't drank my tea yet, don't talk to me!

I just found out recently that this extends to the house as well. Last night I walked in, totally exhausted. All I wanted to do was go to my room and just relax. Instead, I got caught by a family member who talked endlessly. By the time I made it upstairs, I got intercepted by another family member with more stories. While I love them, and would love to hear their stories, there are times where you just need a couple minutes to breathe before your brain and ears can function. Not a lot of time, just enough time to get to my room, get into my home attire, get comfortable and then they can talk as much as they want!

Will people please follow the "5-minute rule"?

To Sms, or Not to Sms

Following the whole 'friendships' and 'unintentionally hurting others' theme, I am here to admit that I messed up.

I've become so accustomed to technology that I've become completely reliant on sms, email, and chat as a means to stay in touch with people. Never really realized that some people, especially if they're close, don't consider that as an acceptable method! They expect an occasional phone call to ask about their health and how life is treating them.

By the time I'm done with work, done with family obligations, I am so wiped that, most of the time, I don't have it in me to hold a proper conversation. I need some peace and quiet. So friends whom I love, I end up using technology to let them know that I'm thinking of them or asking about them. I never really realized that this is sending them the wrong message until today.

So, if you're one of my friends whom I haven't called recently, please know that it is NOT because I care any less for you, don't think of you, or don't consider you important. I promise to put in more of an effort, if you promise to kick my butt and let me know when I've become distant again.

Friends help us through the roughest of times. Nothing is worth losing them over.

Anyone else have a similar problem?

Test of Time

I don't know about you, but I feel time is FLYING by! Just yesterday I was thinking 'man, this week flew by...! it's the weekend already.' Only thing is, it wasn't yesterday that I thought this. It was last week!!! I hadn't even noticed that this week has ended and it was the weekend again.

An interesting thing happened to me this week, though. An old friend from school somehow located me over the net. She sent me a message, not sure whether it was me or not. I was completely shocked and excited!!! We used to be REALLY close, back in 1989. She left in 1990 and we completely lost touch shortly thereafter. Now, 16 years later, she has managed tracked me down!

It's been amazing catching up with her and finding out what she's been up to. The one thing that I loved is that we talked as if we were just together yesterday! It didn't seem like our friendship had endured a 16 year drought.

I guess true friends are never separated by time, nor geography. So, while the last couple weeks have flown past me in a blink of an eye, I was able to regain a friend I lost 16 years ago! I guess that makes us even.

Intentions

"I didn't mean it! How many times do I need to tell you, it wasn't intentional.. I didn't mean to hurt you!"

"But you did.. whether you meant to or not, fact remains that the damage has been done!!"

"I know.. but you know me.. you should know my intentions were good!"

"Intentions don't count when your actions contradict them so loudly! Your intentions should have stopped you from hurting me."