Comments | hackel137: How do we reach normal?

hackel137

How do we reach normal?

Aug 14, 2005 02:32

I had a rather frustrating night last night. My car wouldn't start in the morning, because the battery (which I've had checked twice now) was drained, and my grandpa had loaned my jumper cables to my cousin, so I had to take the bus to work. That's not the end of the world--it took 70 minutes and I was 2 hours late to work. Oh well ( Read more... )

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davedash August 14 2005, 07:38:29 UTC

Rough day, sorry man. Katie, Dan Drake and I were up around 1ish or so, but you didn't know that... (Scrimshaw show, otherwise we'd have been sound asleep). Anyway, don't feel too bad about being normal. Out of touch - yes, I suppose you should always have a clear idea of what it is that people do in your city - but then again... a lot of people from the burbs are clueless about the city. They think it's this rampant cesspool of violent crimes ( ... )

Dude, it's all good anonymous August 14 2005, 22:49:02 UTC

Ryan, seriously, 'normal' youth culture is anything but. It's mostly a bunch of people who don't know who they are and don't feel good about themselves. Going out and shaking your bootie n'stuff every once in a while is a good thing, but seriously, every weekend? I have a life, thank you very much, and it's far more interesting than a club or being smashed all the time. I have more fun mostly sober. Also, no one really grows up to their parents, we all get rescued by mommy and daddy no matter how old we are. Enjoy feeling smug in being far more mature than 40-year-old bar hoppers.
Brooke

jesseb August 16 2005, 00:29:36 UTC

yeah, I wouldn't recommend drinking too much. It does make it easier to talk to people, but it really only makes it easier to talk to people that aren't your friends.
I'm not saying it's not fun, but it doesn't really solve any problems (it's also expensive and unhealthy in large quantities).
Not that I thought you were going to start drinking or anything - just throwing in 2 cents.

as for all the other stuff, if you figure it out, let me know.

huggiblysoft August 16 2005, 07:01:43 UTC

Meh. I know how you feel with the disconnectedness. But think about it this way, yes you're 25 and needed help from family, but at least they were there to help you. And the friend thing, well, i think i'm in the same boat. I've been really noticing that with the wedding plans, because i look at the list of people we want to invite, and from me outside of family i have a famil who have been like family to me. But, there is no one that i thought was close enough to me from any school and so on that i felt i could invite. which made me want to get out and get a life, which i still haven't done. but at least i'm not living with my parents anymore. and hopefully when i get all settled in i'll be able to get out and start visiting people again, provided i can find them. so, yeah, it's not just you feeling like that. And as for normal, is there really such a thing? I mean, i know why I don't go out and drink, but i have no problem being around some people who are drinking, a reasonable amount, for fun. Actually i get a klick out ( ... )

hackel137 August 16 2005, 10:17:46 UTC

Thanks for all of your thoughts. As I read what I wrote again from a slightly more awake perspective, I realize it was a bit of a rambling rant. What I was trying to get at is not just "I want to be normal," because it's really far from it. But I would like, socially, to at least get up to the higher baseline of social knowledge and activity that I've seen in others my whole life, in high school, college, and beyond. And to the point of living where I can say, "No, I don't want to do this because I don't like it," not because I am so sheltered from it that I have no exposure or way in ( ... )