Ok, why am I home on ILX again on a Saturday night?

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Well, the gf and I were packing for our upcoming move, and we said we'd go to a movie or get a drink after. Then she fell asleep kind of early, but it was too late to get in touch with anyone.

Last night I also didn't go out, because I had a class to teach this morning, so I spent the night preparing.

What's your excuse?

― Hurting (Hurting), Sunday, 16 October 2005 02:56 (twenty years ago)

Completed a two day long class thing, was feeling tired and under the weather, have to get up early for overtime work on Sunday. Been chatting with donut on the phone and mutual friend Ben just popped by randomly so now the two of them are chatting while I type. Also, was going to call another friend in a bit who I know is stuck at home, so.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 16 October 2005 03:00 (twenty years ago)

It feels kind of crappy actually, since it's coming on the heels of like 5 days and nights of rain when I barely left the apartment other than for work.

― Hurting (Hurting), Sunday, 16 October 2005 03:01 (twenty years ago)

I stepped out at times during this past week and will do so again next week, so chilling for this weekend is no bad thing -- especially since I'd been out of the apartment all day, and don't really have a weekend otherwise.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 16 October 2005 03:05 (twenty years ago)

Feeling a bit shite, so I stayed in last night reading, and spent most of today watching football. Have a few pieces for guitar I should be practicing too, but haven't gotten around to that yet..

― Mingus Dew (Mingus Dew), Sunday, 16 October 2005 03:05 (twenty years ago)

My excuse is I'm not at home, I'm at work waiting for one more story to update before I can leave.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Sunday, 16 October 2005 03:11 (twenty years ago)

(Rod Stewart is on Larry King wearing what appears to be a jacket made of pea soup.)

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Sunday, 16 October 2005 03:17 (twenty years ago)

I don't know what to do or how to meet people. Went out to dinner with my gf and we talked about her friends quite a bit (their problems with relationships and other people and being pretentious twats reaking of desperation, etc.) and she seems to be coming to the same conclusion I came to about people in general about 10 years ago; "why is it so hard for people to find other people like them and why are people so pretentious?" I was able to come off almost smart by having an immediate answer at the ready that "everyone just has their own agenda."

So, she passed out on the couch while I watched True Lies and the end of Nascar.

― Quite Frankly, Sunday, 16 October 2005 03:20 (twenty years ago)

reEking

― I know, I know, Sunday, 16 October 2005 03:22 (twenty years ago)

Well I could say that I have to work in the morning - which is true. And I could say that I'm taking it somewhat easy after a concussion made me woozy on Thursday - which is also true. But the real thing is that I'm a freakin' hermit.

― jim wentworth (wench), Sunday, 16 October 2005 03:26 (twenty years ago)

xxpost

Hmm, well, I guess people do all have their own agenda. But on the other hand, I think if you want to have friends, you have to learn to accept people that are not necessarily "like you" in all the ways you want them to be.

― Hurting (Hurting), Sunday, 16 October 2005 03:26 (twenty years ago)

Hurting, I agree. The conversation about people finding people "like" them stemmed from us observing her friends' pathetic attempts at finding happiness with douchebags and just the way they approach life, in general. For instance, her sister surrounds herself with shallow assholes and then gets cryingly upset that her friends let her down and hurt her feelings. Another friend is a rich lawyer bitch having trouble finding a "nice guy" but she only likes rich assholes and her main criteria for a man is that he owns a suit. It wasn't about US finding people "like" US. Although, it sort of ended up that way because she came to the conclusion that her friends were annoying and she was trying to figure out who out of all of them, if any, she finds less annoying.

― Quite Frankly, Sunday, 16 October 2005 03:31 (twenty years ago)

Make new friends but keep the old, especially if they're rich lawyers who might end up with a beach house or boat or something that they'll invite you to for a week.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Sunday, 16 October 2005 03:35 (twenty years ago)

Hurting, also the problem is often not being able to find people who think like you. A lot of people are pretentious assholes you need to sufficiently impress in some way or, if they're not assholes, they just don't really care about anyone, even if they are cool, mellow people. You have a great couple nights hanging out and then they disappear of the face of the earth.

― Quite Frankly, Sunday, 16 October 2005 03:37 (twenty years ago)

Oh yeah, well if your point is that actual decent genuine people are hard to find, that's true.

― Hurting (Hurting), Sunday, 16 October 2005 03:42 (twenty years ago)

I think as you get older, it just gets harder to meet people too. You don't really have situations like you did back when you were in school, and everyone seems to always be so busy. This has been my experience at least. Gypsy, you wouldn't be the same Gypsy from the 'lith, would you?

― Mingus Dew (Mingus Dew), Sunday, 16 October 2005 04:24 (twenty years ago)

Nope. There's prolly a lot of gypsies around.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Sunday, 16 October 2005 04:27 (twenty years ago)

xpost That's true. I hear it gets easier again when you have kids.

― Hurting (Hurting), Sunday, 16 October 2005 04:30 (twenty years ago)

I was actually at a show, at a cafe, where they had the wireless, and I brought the laptop for downtime. And but it is 11pm now and I am already home again. But it was nice.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Sunday, 16 October 2005 05:19 (twenty years ago)

Also now that my other 30-something friends are starting to get ridiculously busy and unavailable I am spending more time with the 20-something friends.

La, la.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Sunday, 16 October 2005 05:21 (twenty years ago)

it's worse than i thought, hurting.

dump her.

― hstencil (hstencil), Sunday, 16 October 2005 05:27 (twenty years ago)

haha, no don't worry she's not trying to brainwash me into having kids.

― Hurting (Hurting), Sunday, 16 October 2005 05:31 (twenty years ago)

I am here and drunk as hell. the question is, is this pathetic or not? I AM NOT SURE

― Mickey (modestmickey), Sunday, 16 October 2005 05:41 (twenty years ago)

sorry for posting stupid shit! that was hard as hell to type too. i definitely need to sleep now

― Mickey (modestmickey), Sunday, 16 October 2005 05:43 (twenty years ago)

the answer's yes.

― hstencil (hstencil), Sunday, 16 October 2005 05:43 (twenty years ago)

if you have to ask, lady...

― hstencil (hstencil), Sunday, 16 October 2005 05:43 (twenty years ago)

ok I just sorted out my thoughts, and this night was definitely pathetic, although drunk! at least you people are including girlfriends in your excuses.

― Mickey (modestmickey), Sunday, 16 October 2005 05:44 (twenty years ago)

fuck time to sleep

― Mickey (modestmickey), Sunday, 16 October 2005 05:45 (twenty years ago)

so get to it.

― hstencil (hstencil), Sunday, 16 October 2005 05:47 (twenty years ago)

Hurting, any interest in you and your girl joining me and my girl on a MOMA exclusion t'morrow (t'day) between football games?

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Sunday, 16 October 2005 05:49 (twenty years ago)

Ha, nice freudian slip there (exclusion).

Actually that sounds pretty cool. What time would that be? My gf is teaching tomorrow so it depends. Send me an e-mail, and give me your number again (I know I have it somewhere but I forgot to save it in my phone).

― Hurting (Hurting), Sunday, 16 October 2005 05:55 (twenty years ago)

holla at me by email. Fuck if i know when i'm waking up, but I'd like to do something so i don't feel like such a slug.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Sunday, 16 October 2005 06:01 (twenty years ago)

I don't know what to do or how to meet people.

The same applies to me, except that I don't have a gf either.

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Sunday, 16 October 2005 06:37 (twenty years ago)

What's your excuse?

Pregnant. I hate to say it, but it drains you (or rather me) of a lot of energy. :-( I'd rather pretend I'm just as energetic as before, but I have to be honest and say, at the end of the day, I'm too tired to go out. Actually I do go out but much less than before. I need *sleepy time*. :-)

― nathalie, a bum like you (stevie nixed), Sunday, 16 October 2005 10:39 (twenty years ago)

i was out during the afternoon and i had a big indian buffet lunch that made me all full and sleepy... so i slept.

― astor riviera (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 16 October 2005 11:11 (twenty years ago)

They had Indian food at that Cranberry Street Fair, Jody?

― k/l (Ken L), Sunday, 16 October 2005 11:29 (twenty years ago)

haha internet NERDS

― ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!, Sunday, 16 October 2005 11:31 (twenty years ago)

Projection is such a funny thing.

― nathalie, a bum like you (stevie nixed), Sunday, 16 October 2005 11:34 (twenty years ago)

They had Indian food at that Cranberry Street Fair, Jody?

i didn't go to that.

― astor riviera (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 16 October 2005 12:03 (twenty years ago)

But, isn't being on ilx like being a whole bunch of places at once? The question really should be "Why isn't EVERYBODY on ilx on Saturday night? You can do it all night and sleep late the next day!
I'm just upset that I didn't see this thread last night.

― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Sunday, 16 October 2005 16:05 (twenty years ago)

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