Dan
Dan. Well, what can I say about him? God, a lot of things come to mind. He can be a jackass, he’s sarcastic, he can be a real jerk, he’s completely confusing, arrogant, self-righteous, cryptic . . .
No, he’s not someone I’ve gotten along with for all the time I’ve known him. We had a falling out a long ways back, he wouldn’t explain himself, and I probably blew things up too much in my head. We’ve made peace, and actually had some civil conversations since then. We’ll never be close, I doubt we’ll ever trust each other, but I can deal with him being on the same planet now.
I wanted to start these because I was going to name different people, and write my completely honestopinion of them in here, no holds barred, good, bad, and ugly. But you know, I don’t know what to say about Dan. A few months ago, I could have told you exactly what I thought of him, and none of it was pretty. But since I found out he isn’t my Diary Phantom, and I do honestly believe that now, I don’t know what to write.
He’s simple. He always seems to have a simple solution to everything. Though when prodded at a bit deeper, that simplicity is full of complexities. It’s something I grasp, but I don’t think I fully understand. At least, I don’t understand his logic on it.
He’s arrogant. He thinks he knows more than you. End of story. And "you" can be anybody. Though recently, he has apparently stepped back when it’s obvious that someone else knows more than him. At least that’s progress.
Even now, I don’t know what I can say about him that is positive. I can think of things from the past, though I don’t know if he acts like that anymore. I used to enjoy biking around with him at night, going down the Hudson Trail, or around Matawan, or Keyport, or wherever. I enjoyed that, and I miss it. I sometimes miss how he’d stop randomly over here and invite Mike and myself to go to the arcade over at the bowling alley. I admit, I went a little "call before you come" happy, because when we weren’t getting along, he’d stop over, and invite Mike somewhere, and Mike would go, despite any plans he and I may’ve had. That bothered me. A lot. Because ot was like neither one of them acknowledged that Mike and I might have been planning to do something once Dan showed up. And after Mike would leave, I wouldn’t have anything to do except sit . . . and fume. It didn’t do great things for my well-being, or Mike’s and my relationship’s well-being.
That’s about all I can muster on Dan right now. I will say that I hope nothing else comes up again like what did two years ago. I never want to go through something like that again. As said, we’ll never be close friedns, ro anything, but I’m not so uncomfortable around him anymore. He’s not evil, he’s not that bad of a person, most of the time, and I’m glad that we’ve finally sorted everything out and both of us are past it.
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