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[retronami]

It's pretty ridiculous to think that a mixtape is going to impact someone as much as you want it to. But I remember a couple times when a mixtape shook up my world and made it better. Sometimes I wonder how people connect. I think that as I get older, human interaction is getting more and more foreign to me. In the span of my life so far I've gone

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[_franke_]

It seems odd to see this post today. I just visited karin for the first time in 3 years yesterday. We did one of those four hour catch-up things where we pretend that we can regain something in one afternoon. Needless to say, we both saw it for what it was (an effort to grasp at friendships from the past, but an effort nonetheless). It was great to talk with her, and I found myself being more honest about my recent past than I had been in a long time (this morning I realized I haven't really talked to someone openly, without self-imposed guilt or concern for their reactions), since the last time I was in Walla Walla with yall, actually. Anyway, at one point at dinner I asked her if she were still in contact with any friends from Whitman, and she wasn't. That led to a discussion about friends and I spent five minutes trying to explain that my introverted personality combined with my shyness and my emotional cautiousness makes me befriending people a rare thing. I have a core group of friends from the shelter, one old friend from

[genicon]

You live in a town of many churches. Try this fun, friend building exercise: join a church (nothing too jewy) and let them try to fix your sexuality--summer camp style. Possible results include:

(a): make friends, meet closetly-gay men, learn to appreciate the dynamic possibilities of Sarah Palin 2012, and no longer notice Fox television personalities cause you to die a little inside each time they speak. Or

(b): tragic hilarity & light violence ensue.

[lemerde]

I've never understood the power of the mix-tape in terms of connecting people. I get the "life-changing" bit, but for some reason it doesn't get attributed to a person. If that makes me weird, then that's just my flavor of awesome.

In regards to hunting down the mythical Jonasaurus, Ca and I have our sleeping bags in your trunk. Ready when you are.

[mythagon]

random: i miss your mixes. Actually, i miss you, but that is something I'm working toward fixing with summer coming and the puppy getting closer to being travel-ready.

I don't think I've ever connected the 'stuck up' label with you. You are Ene and Ene is teh awesome :)