Inside the Head of a TV Junkie

Ok, so I’m disappointed that I have not received any feedback on my picture blog, but I will continue to post there in case some of you get joy from seeing the photographs.

Now the and such part…

For some odd reason it seems that I only post here when I have to vent, but there is good reason for that. People that I want to vent about do not know about this page and so I am free to express myself anyway that I wish, without fear of retribution/retaliation. I mean, in a perfect world, I would be able to do this to people’s faces, etc… but alas, this world is not perfect.

Ok, so this is one of my many friends posts. I have many issues with friends. I’m wondering if it’s me changing as a person or if it’s them changing… or both of us simultaneously… I’m not sure. Anyway, I’m afraid that I may be losing these people as friends, and to my knowledge, through no fault of my own. It just seems that we are not on the same train of thought lately. Everything one says to the other gets misread or misinterpreted and leads to retarded arguments… even if they are unstated arguments. Currently I’m dealing with one of these unstated deals. Anyway, not really going to go into background details about the event that started the whole thing but I will give you a cliffs notes version.

— Begin Conversation —

Me: “want to go out tonight?”
Them: “only if you can get person ‘a’ or person ‘b’ to come along.”
Me: “why, am I and person x not cool enough for you to hang out with?”
Them: “yup, you guys aren’t cool enough for me.” (i kid you not, this was not said with any sort of levity or sarcasm)
Me: “wow.”

— End Conversation —

Person ‘a’ ends up coming out at the last minute. I decide not to call this friend to let them know that person ‘a’ has joined our twosome group. I figure the invitation was given and if you don’t want to chill with two people I figure you consider your friends, then why should the situation change if person ‘a’ is there? Am I wrong? Was it a horrible thing for me to do? Should I have re-invited the friend? Ok, I do have to admit that this friend was called by a drunken member of the party during the evening in which the fact that person ‘a’ was present was let out of the bag. Sort of a shitty thing but what are you going to do. This led to the friend hanging up and a text message sent to my phone calling me an asshole to which i responded (i shouldn’t have) by calling said friend a jerk. So, read all this info, let me know your thoughts.

I’m currently taking a break from this person. I figure that’s the best thing at the moment. Oh, they aren’t going to change… I’m going to have to, I think…. it really does sadden me.

I have gotten feedback from a mutual friend that we both have in which they say the percentage of ‘giving’ to the relationship is 85% me 15% the other. Not really fair… and I’m not sure, but I think the fact that I’ve come to this realization is what is affecting (is that correct?) the current state of our friendship.

I’ve been told on multiple occasions by different people that I’m one of the most compromising friends they have and that I resist the most to last minute changes or to even doing things that I may not really want to do. Anyway, as you can see, I’m being troubled by this and advice/words of encouragement (or even criticisms) are welcome.

And one more “and such” comment….

I’m reading applications for this scholarship that I had when I went to university. These are all very worthy children that would greatly benefit from this money. I’m part of the selection committee and we will be holding our interviews on Thursday and Friday of this week. I was overwhelmed by the amount of work I saw in front of me but as the days grow closer, I am becoming very excited. I can’t wait to meet some of these people and to see if they are actually anything like what they look like on paper. That will definitely help me in my decision making.

Ok, this was a long post and I will make them shorter from now on. Please check out my picture blog. Look for pics from my hiking trip this upcoming weekend!!

http://danspicblog.blogspot.com

Hey, I figure someone needs to post in their LiveJournal since it seems that no one is keeping up. What, are we all too busy to keep everyone else informed of what’s happening in our various lives?

Ok, so I guess I’m just as guilty.

So, I’ve started a different type of blog. It’s a picture blog. It will only be pictures and a small short comment if one is needed. You should check it out. I will definitely be posting there at least once a week if not more often! And!!! I will be taking requests. Meaning, if you are thinking… “hmmm, I’ve heard that this thing may exist in AZ, let me ask Dan if he’ll go and take a picture of it and post it on his blog.” So, unless I have to drive for many hours or the thing just doesn’t exist, I will try to get any requests fulfilled!

Anyway, check it out. I have 3 posts there already. Some of the photos are old but probably new to most of you. I guess it would kind of be like a Flickr account except I don’t have to upload every photo to GD flickr and there are no quotas. So, enjoy!!!

http://danspicblog.blogspot.com

Leave comments, will ya!!

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So, the other big issue I’m dealing with now is the whole immigration thing. I hope you all read my previous post. There is supposed to be a large country wide march on 4/10. I can’t wait to see what happens. I figure that they better hope they paid attention to how America reacted last time. There better be significantly less Mexican flags. Why would you think that Americans would think you want to be part of our great country by waving the flag of your native country? That makes no sense. Some activists have been equating it to the Irish flying Irish flags on St Patrick’s Day. It’s not the same. That’s one day a year and it’s to acknowledge their cultural heritage. Hey, guess what, Mexican Americans have one of those days too! It’s called Cinco De Drinko Mayo. So, keep your Mexican flags at home and show your pride in a country that has given more to you than you could have ever hoped to have received in the country you came from.

Interesting reading for anyone who is interested. These are the rights that Mexico affords to illegal immigrants and non native born Mexicans. This comes straight from the constitution of Mexico and is Mexican federal law. Can you say hypocrisy? Read It!