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Hmm...

Ever had that one friend that you're just not sure why you're friends with them? Or is it only me? I have a friend that's selfish and jealous and greedy. They act as though they are the center of the universe, and makes up problems just for the attention. They'll blow things way out of porportion, and they make sure you know every detail of thier 'problems'.
Actually, complaing to a friend is fine with me. Everyone needs a place to vent. And friends are trustyworthy and can be helpful, as well as forgiving.
But she vents at me, and never lets me vent at her. I'll hear all about the things that are supposed to be going wrong in her life. She complains that everything is just crap, and that she constantly has to put up an act. I know her favorite colors, where she buys her clothes, her middle name, her birthday, her cousin's best friend's sister's goldfish's name. And she doesn't even know my last name.
The idea that this friend of mine might be selfish never actually crossed my mind untill I realized that she didn't know some pretty bigs things about me. How could you not know I love artwork and drawing? How could you not know that the majority of my time is spent on the computer?
She thought I was poor as Hell. She thinks I'm anorexic. She thot i typd liek tihs.

And the sad part is, I don't know how to distance myself from her.


But onto a happier subject, I found out that my dad used to play the guitar as well as the trumpet. My mother and I were watching Samurai champloo, and there was this bard with a guitar-like instrument. She brought up the subject about how she was always disappointed that my brother or I never wanted to learn how to play the guitar. I brought up the point that I was seriously thinking about learning how to play, and remembered seeing one at Goodwill I was thinking of buying. Then she told me that we still have my dad's old guitar, and it's up in the attic.
YES.
YES TIMES INFINITY. TO THE Nth DEGREE.
I asked my dad about it, and he seemed pretty happy that I wanted to learn to play. I told him I'd need some help getting started, such as learning what string is what and how to place my fingers on the neck of the thing. He told me he's forgotten most of it, and that I should probably go buy a book.

Google, you're my only friend now. *how to play guitar*


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  • User Comments: [6]
    Playing guitar is cool and I have thought about it before. I got a idiot's guide or was it for Dummies? Anyway it was about electric guitars rather than the accoustic one.

    And as for the friend thing, well I am not sure how you can distance yourself from them. Maybe try to always be busy when they call or come by. This will probably make her mad at you, so that when she does finally get to talk to you she will blow up at you, at that point you should blow up right back at her and tell her why you have been avoiding her. Let her know how you feel about her not knowing anything about you.

    comment Kiodie Raventree · Community Member · Sat Feb 11, 2006 @ 05:46am
    Aw, sucky. D: I've gotta be careful when searching for a guitar book so that I'll find the right one.
    I think it would be worth it if you tried to learn the guitar again. :3 Perhaps there's a friend out there willing to let you strum on thiers to see how you like it? You do kinda strike me as a guitar person.

    I would love for this friend to just decide she hated me and move on. But she's not just my friend--she's my friends' friend. o__o;; That is, if we ended up feuding, other friends might be dragged into it or caught in the crossfire. I don't want them to end up having to choose sides, or avoid one of us while hanging out with the other. Evereyone else loves her so much and tries hard to protect her--I'm afriad I'd come off as bitchy to them and be left with nothing.
    I want to just come right out and tell her that's she's been selfish and I want to be heard, but I know she'll take it the wrong way. She takes everything the wrong way. And she'll make a big deal out of nothing, and place me as the badguy. D: Does this make any sence?
    Heh... I don't have any problems like this with my stoner friends. xD They all get along just fine, and despite it all they're very optimistic. They really are living the hard life, but they'd rather focus on the good things.

    comment Leamony · Community Member · Sat Feb 11, 2006 @ 06:36am
    Your "friend" sounds like a Chelsea Wildner Sara Brown of Leamony's life.

    What ended up happening to me was,
    I did something to piss off the attention whore,
    she threw a hissy and yes, she dragged everyone else into it,
    then they all hated me and I just decided I didn't care because I had one,
    amazingly spectacular friend who listened more then any of them did all together
    and just, in all, made up for everything I would have missed out with them and thensome. (Nyah, much love, Eric <3)
    s**t's gonna hit the fan, eventually, just make sure you bring an umbrella.
    Remind yourself that whatever happens, happens.
    Friends are hardly forever, anyway, and if they can't cut through what's happening
    and see you're not the one at fault,
    then those aren't very good friends.

    As for the guitar thing, manymanymany people pick up and give up guitar once in your life. I just hope you stick with it. It's a lot of fun once you don't suck =B

    comment Your Wettest Nightmare · Community Member · Sat Feb 11, 2006 @ 07:14am
    i stand by Your Wettest Nightmare on this one.
    in fact, if she hadn't posted first, i'd have said the same thing. =P

    comment coffee lust · Community Member · Sat Feb 11, 2006 @ 07:22pm
    I've yet to give up on an instrument. x3
    Except for the recorder. D: But that's... an anomaly. It was forced on me. Dx Unlike everything else I've played.

    I'll see how it goes with this friend of mine. Maybe I'll find that I can stand to put up with her for the rest of the schoolyear, or maybe she'll save my life and I'll be glad I didn't push her away. xD

    comment Leamony · Community Member · Sun Feb 12, 2006 @ 12:09am
    Wow, your "Friend" Sounds like a pain. Why not just tell her that you need to talk to her and tell her what's wrong?

    I'm really happy that you are getting to learn how to play the guitar! Good luck!

    comment Lady_Darkness003 · Community Member · Sun Feb 12, 2006 @ 04:44am
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