July 28, 2008

• What if you met yourself?

  What would you do if you had to meet yourself?  I’m not talking about that idea of what would you tell yourself if you met yourself and could give yourself advice.  I mean, what if you had to hang out with yourself.

  This came up when I was describing my perception of a mutual friend to a friend of mine.  Without describing the exact details of the issue, my friend wondered why I did not make an effort to be nicer to the individual.  My reasons were that the person in question had a number of traits that made me not want to heavily participate with them in a number of scenarios, and that I felt that they generally used their friends (more specifically, their male friends), and had gold digger-like tendencies (although not a gold digger).  The company I was in (two other guys, as well as the friend that i was talking to) had no real disagreements with my assessment.

  This leads me to wonder what would happen if she had to externally perceive herself on a regular basis.  Would she suddenly see some of the absurdities that she perpetuates in her life.  I won’t specifically talk about the individuals personal life, but I’m sure that if I stated certain existing scenarios, you would agree that they appear to exist to support some ideal event that cannot happen.  Add to this a lack of manners, and what I see (in both first and third party perspectives) as the use of flirtation with male friends to get them to buy you drinks, and I find that my ability to put up with crap falls through the floor.  Would the perception be the same if she were standing where I was standing.

  When it comes to me, I generally know that meeting myself would be a generally pleasurable experience, with its flaws.  My biggest annoyances with myself would be things like going over to my own apartment and finding that it was somewhat of a mess due to my work schedule.  I’m also not the most active idea guy when it comes to figuring out where the fun is, and I have a tendency to over plan things, which slows down the fun process, and sometimes grinds down the action process.  I also like to have a plan, or at least an idea of a plan before I actually move to do something.  However, I believe that I would highly enjoy my sarcastic sense of humor, and my ability to think logically and provide advice.

  Black 6, out.

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