Thursday, July 14, 2005

Time and a half.

Christine said something interesting in an email. She suggested we should be able to network for friends like some people do for jobs. I suppose that's ultimately what happens on the Internet, but it doesn't make what she wrote any less amusing: "Instead of saying, 'I'm looking for a job, these are my skills and interests, do you know of any' you say, 'I'm looking for friends, these are my skills and interests, do you know of any?'"

I'm going out of my head with boredom. I really am. I am so bored that I am trying once again to like Xiu Xiu. No one is talking on IRC, no one is on AIM, no one is at my house, and you know how I feel about the phone when it comes to people who are not already considered "safe." (Yeah, I have some fucking issues I need to resolve.)

I was at work until 7. It's after 9 and I can't even find my boyfriend. Not that he wants to do anything besides curl up with his musical equipment this week, so I'm not sure which is more frustrating: that he's not here, or that he probably wouldn't want much to do with me if he were here.

That's a sad fucking statement. I promise that isn't all there is to life all the time. He's a software engineer with an artistic side and a deep loner streak. These things happen.

I need some mental stimulation. I need more things to get excited about and less to whine about. I need to go out and find those things.

3 comments:

Julie said...

You might want to refine the engineer statement, though, because isn't he some sort of qualified engineer, not someone with an engineering degree? Because that can be quite a different story.

emily said...

okay, true, and it has been so edited to reflect that. however, it was meant only to indicate that he doesn't approach the world the same way i do.

Julie said...

I know what you meant, even before, I've just learned that the other types of engineers have a certain reputation that's even different from the software kind. But it does all come down to the fact that they think differently than most people.