Thursday, September 02, 2004

...on friendship, loyalty, and war...

This blog is going to contain a lot of bitching (or what could be taken as bitching). Just letting you all know…

First, congrats to my lovely and sexy wife, Heather, on her first day at work! I know you're going to do great sweetheart! Love you!!

I am at odds right now with someone I used to call a friend. It sucks, because it’s the last thing I ever want to have happen. I highly value all of my friendships. This guy, he thinks that I’m at fault; I see him being at fault; and the merry-go-round continues. Beautiful. I will say this, for the record (if there is one): I went AWOL on my friends, too, when I started dating Heather. It happens – a guy gets a new girl and he goes ape-shit about it, everything is all her, all the time. But, after awhile, the guy either realizes he’s been neglecting his friends on his own, or his friends call him on it through talking, yelling, etc. The problem is this: he was talked to about it, admitted he hadn’t been around, and then didn’t change it. So what are we to believe? I took that to be that I was just around until something better (i.e. a girlfriend) came around, then I get dropped. Eight years apparently means nothing. The saying is true, there’s no such thing as job security in these times, not even friendship security apparently. Tenure means nothing. Yes, I have admitted to not liking this girlfriend; it’s better I be honest than to lie about it. But, I would have thought that eight years would count for more, after all, it’s not like he barely knows this girl - oh wait, and he hasn’t even known her a year and they’re engaged. Like I said, this is a total shame, I hate losing friends, slowly or otherwise. Oh well, I put my best effort forth to like this girl, didn’t work out. I put my best effort forth to try to sustain and save the friendship, that didn’t work out either. And I’m not pissed about it, but it is a sad thing. If he ever reads this, I would hope he finally “gets” it.

You know, even though I don’t like another guy (for my own, personal reasons; not going there, the horse has been beyond beaten by now), I really have to feel sorry for Joe Dimitro. He’s in Iraq right now, fighting a war that, at this point, is pointless and useless, all for a leader who is a warmonger and a complete brain-dead moron. (I’m gonna get political up in this bi-atch, for a moment.) I agree that taking action after 9/11 was a good move – it showed the difference between a country that could be stepped on and a country that shouldn’t be fucked with. Now, however, this “war on terror” is only serving to put our troops in mortal danger. On top of all that, things here in our own country are falling apart, and Bush does nothing about it. He’s an idiot and he really needs to NOT be re-elected. To George W. Bush: Fuck you. You’re the reason it took me so long to FIND a job, and if left up to you, you would also be the reason another would LOSE a job to foreign contracting. I’m going to look into joining the Kerry campaign and see if there’s anything I can do to facilitate getting him out of office. I know many of my friends don't vote, but I would ask that just this one time you all would, just so we can get this dumbass out of office. He really will be the ruin of our country. End political rant.

In other news, I'm getting another rare vinyl record import of Gravity Kills for my collection. See? Something happy and positive at the end of that bullshit! YAY!

Quote(s) of the Day: “Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.” – Muhammad Ali

“Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - how passionately I hate them!” – Albert Einstein

6 Comments:

Blogger Quilled One said...

THIS is the post that I expected to get comments on...I even expected more comments about Juice Wars. But no, everyone comments on the RANT blogs and it turns into a big blown-up thing...*sigh*

(Even though it's talking to myself at this point...) Why is it that a nice, fair posting like this gets 0 comments, but I rant or go off about something and everyone jumps on the bandwagon? Why?

1:59 PM  
Blogger Shark said...

As was said congrats to Heather and I wish her well!
Now on to the job at hand.ARE YOU SAYING THAT ALL THIS SHIT IS BECUASE OF A GIRL!?!?THAT FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS ALL OF THE FUCKING COLD SHOLDER ACT IS FOR THE CHOISES THAT I MADE WITH MY LIFE FOR A FAMILY.Really now there has to be more than that!Tell me that there is more than that.I have a wife and two great kids,and I am not about to apologize for having them!I have been through a lot of shit,seen people die in front of me,watch as I killed human biengs,seen kids eat out of trash piles in a land fill,but this has shocked me.

7:27 PM  
Blogger Quilled One said...

No...in this post, the guy and girl I'm talking about is NOT you and Mandy. Sorry for the confusion.

6:28 AM  
Blogger Quilled One said...

Thus the danger of not naming names in my blog. People read it and think it's them. Joe, I was referring to my situation with Erich, not you.

6:31 AM  
Blogger Shark said...

The odd thing is that the same situation happened with you and me almost to the word.

12:50 PM  
Blogger Quilled One said...

No, my problems with you had nothing to do with your relationship with Mandy. You did keep coming around after you were even married. You didn't ditch your friends of 8 years for a girl because you were only keeping them around until something better came along (supposedly).

12:42 PM  

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