Bored
So, as I feared, I’ve been pretty bored and lonely so far in Athens. I love the university in itself, but my sociality just isn’t producing anything more than classroom acquaintences. My evenings lately have been comprised of reading a bit while I wait for people living thousands of miles away to log on AIM. Not good.
Speaking of people living thousands of miles away, Heather recently confessed to me that she has feelings for a boy. I should really preface this before I delve any further into it – Heather (who is my ex-girlfriend from a long distance relationship and still my best friend) is currently studying abroad in England for a year and is having an incredible time and making oodles of foreign friends. Now, as for her having feelings for another boy, overall, it’s really bothered me much less than I imagined it would. I’m more jealous of the fact that she’s found someone else she has feelings for (something I’ve still yet to accomplish) and is also making an enormous amount of friends, whereas I’m having the afforementioned pitiful social life. Of course, the fact that she now has a social life and, thus, less time to talk to me, doesn’t exactly correspond well with my social life being near an all-time-low, but that’s just how things work sometimes.
I’ve been sitting here trying to think of an appropriate way to describe my loneliness without sounding too pitiful and I think I’ve come up with it: Right now, I miss Donna.
That should say it all.
Aw, Matt… *hug* I have way more to say in non-note format. As I’m sure you may have assumed…
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Unfortunately (fortunately?) I don’t know who Donna is… ~I’ll be
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Wow… you HAVE to be lonely to miss donna
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You know, you ought to call Donna up and get her to sell you a bag of weed. That would help you make friends, even if you never smoked it. People can just tell when you’ve been near it. And they like it.
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Give it time, a social life will come.
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Not to assume, and such, but she could also have much less of a language barrier, as she speaks english and so do they…. You’ll find friends and such, just give some time.
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Wait…do you have a language barrier? [Piece of Cake]’s note confused me. [savvy, yo] is right. You should get some weed. Then I’d buy it from you because I’m looking for some for a friend. No seriously, my friend wants some. I don’t smoke it (yet). Haha, anyway, good luck. ~I’ll be
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My friend gets bored, goes to a pub & has a few drinks & starts chatting w/ people. Has the best time & meets people 🙂 Just an idea!
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i understand this all perfectly, i really do. fortunately for me, i prefer my own company 99% of the time. sad, but true.
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Oh dear.
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I knew you lived in Georgia, but that other note just confused me. Does SHE think you live in Greece then? Who knows. ~I’ll be
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Ah, I see. That was quick!! ~I’ll be
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I’ve been on your end of that situation many times and always felt like the world’s biggest loser on the weekends while I waited for friends in other areas to get back from their social pursuits and sign on AIM. As a frequent reader, I say “ugh” to the Donna comment, but I don’t blame you. Starting out a new school is tough. That’s partly why I’m doing grad school where I did my undergrad.
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🙁 I told you! Join a club or a group!! It’s not that hard, trust me.
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I agree. Joining my uni’s walksafe program was one of the best things I did at University. Along with joining activist-y clubs. You meet people that are like you. It’s good. If nothing else, it keeps you busy.
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It was an argument? I thought it was a competition! Damn, that explains a lot. It’s not as complicated as it sounds, actually. I think people think of something else because they watch too much porn (though probably not you). Yeah, I know I’ve gone vague, but you can’t complain.
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I actually think all the hordes of superficial friends a lot of students make at uni are completely not worth having, but I might just be defensive about that. Friends who don’t give a shit about you really are more work than pleasure.
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oh my god, matt. wednesday i’m off work. we should do something. for reals. *hugs*
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Nah.
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you – michael – same. i’m on to you.
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I expected him to stop it because he knew I hadn’t wanted to do it. After we initially didn’t have sex, we slept. I was woken by sweet tender things like kisses that led to more and in my sleepy state I was…well sleepy…I don’t know. I know there’s a lot of blame on myself too, but he never seems to take any. ~I’ll be
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Heh. Let me guess, was it anonymous and poorly spelled?
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ryn: Sorry my wedding pictures aren’t as exciting as wrestling pictures!
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Oh it is, much less complicated…yet, just as complicated in some ways. I’m pretty sure you’ll be able to tell when a girl wants it and when she doesn’t. If you have to wait for her to fall asleep and then persuade her with better kisses than usual in her groggy state…you’ll know. Plus, you’re rather intelligent. This one smokes a ton of pot and apparently drinks like crazy. ~I’ll be
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I don’t know why anyone would think you and michael. are the same person, that’s totally dumb. You guys write completely differently! Off to IM you now, I kind of miss you.
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I think it was assumed that we’ll work toward being just friends…we’ve yet to hang out though since that entire thing took place and it looks like the next time we will hang out will be this coming Saturday, so, a week from the last time we hung out. We’re going to play Friends Scene It with Workaholic Friend (and whoever else happens to get invited) and see how the just friends thing goes…Iwill probably still try to kiss him, and he will probably touch my foot with his or something equally ‘friendly’ or ‘accidental’ that I will take to mean more…haha, we’ll see. Apparently I’m back to being myself and realizing that worry is wasteful, Hakuna Matata… Life in the mind of a female is often terrifying. Thank you for your notes! I appreciate them very much. : ) ~I’ll be
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PS – Aren’t you due for an update sometime….?? ~I’ll be
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