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Monday, March 24, 2003
This is the March Collab entry for TMS Journals, prompt from which was stolen from somewhere amid Diarist.Net.
What kind of people do you surround yourself with as your friends?
Happy people. Fun people. Thoughtful people as in spiritual-types. People who are kind and open. People who seem to value their friendships. People I can talk to--have a serious conversation with, open myself up to--but also and especially people who will open themselves.
Do you find yourself more comfortable with people your own age, or does that matter?
My friend Annie is 17 years older than me. Another good female friend of mine is 10 years older than me--so age at least on the upside is obviously not a factor to me. I have some friends who are nearer to my age and a few friends who are younger than me.
Do you like to surround yourself with lots of people, or do you like to have a smaller, more tight-knit group around?
Tight-knit is most comfy to me. I crave tight-knit.
How easy or difficult is it for you to meet new people and make new friends?
Making new friends isn't an easy thing to do--especially when you're at an age where it seems like everyone has their established friendships and few are open to making new good friends. Being new to the area, I've found it easier to make friends with people I meet who are also new to the area and are therefore in the market for some new friends! The tight-knit part that I crave? That is so hard to come by.
Is it easier or harder to make friends using the Internet, and what kind of positive effect has meeting friends online had on your life?
:) I've made many a good friend out of folks I first met online, including the two aforementioned women. Is it easier? Perhaps, yeah. It's easier to be yourself while hiding your awkward ways about it.
What are the greatest kindnesses a friend has shown to you?
Joe: when he helped me move to Florida, and for all the times before that he'd start and warm up my car when it was cold outside, and for all the times he'd pick me up or drop me off at the train station at some ungodly hour. Annie: when she went apartment-hunting and then house-hunting with me and then helped me pack and unpack and clean. Pete: For putting up a fence in my backyard. Chrispy, Joe, Annie: for taking care of me in many a drunksick moment. Rashida: for not letting me collect dust at home and making me go out and have some fun. Jeff: for surprising me. Mom: for sending me pressed autumn leaves when she knew I was missing that of being in New York. Dad: for never forgetting to tell me that me that he loves me and frequently saying he's proud of me.
I'm sure there's much I'm forgetting here. Key people, however, have been noted.
Quote Of The Day:
"A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words." --Unknown