So Close!

It's almost my birthday! Yeah...except I have a little predicament, it's a bit juvenile. I call my social role a "floater". I don't really have a set group of friends, which I'm ok with for several reasons: 1) I can choose the people I hang out with. When you're in a group, there's always that one person that you really can't stand, but you're forced to hang out with anyway. But I'm not in a group, so I can just call up specific people and be all "Let's do things". 2) No conformity! I don't have to do things I don't feel comfortable doing, just to fit into a group.

What's annoying, though, is that University is clique-y. I didn't think it would be, but it is. Socially, it's like highschool. Last year in res, everyone got all group-ish and exclusive, and then I was left out. And then this year, I thought I was with this group of people that are in my class, but suddenly they got exclusive too, and no one invited me to things. But it's totally fine, I still have friends, so it's all good.

Anywho, my birthday pickle: I want to have a birthday thing with friends, but my friends don't really know each other. They are all from separate groups, so if I invite them all to the same thing, the probability of the situation being awkard is very high. And then there is also the "if I invite her, I have to invite that other person too, or else they would get mad". And suddenly my "little birthday thing" turns into "large house party where everything gets trashed". What to do?! I would rather not do anything for my b-day, whatever, it's just a b-day, right? Then again, I haven't had a birthday party for myself since I was eight, I believe. Blah! Maybe I just won't do anything.

On a lighter, less annoying note: my new favourite animal = SEA CUCUMBER!!! A sea cucumber is basically a slimy water balloon. It's kind of like a giant slug, but less gross, and more fun to hold in your hand. I want my very own squishy cucumber!! I shall name him Mr. Sweaters, just because.

One-uppers

I find it annoying when people feel the need to one up everyone to try and impress them. No one listens to anyone else anymore. They just sit and wait for other people to stop talking so they can talk about themselves, and it's quite annoying. This is why I never usually do the talking when I'm with a group of friends, because I feel like...why even bother? They aren't hearing what I'm saying anyway.

It really blows my mind how a lot of people seem so selfish. I think I can guess what they're thinking when they talk to friends. One friend will be complaining about how she and her boyfriend are having a fight, and all the other friend is thinking about is "Wow, how dare she talk all about herself, when MY boyfriend and I are having an even worse fight! Mleh mleh mleh!" Come on, really? Do people even care anymore?

A few weeks ago, I was at this person's house with some other people, and two of the people were one-uppers, so everytime one would say something, the other would jump in and say something like "Well, that's nothing!" It got to the point where they were bragging about things that were non-braggable. Example: Girl 1: "My grandma died when I was 12 from a heart attack" Girl 2: "Well, MY grandma died on my tenth birthday from falling in the pool! Beat that!" How ridiculous is that! I was so baffled, I had to leave.

It's crazy. I actually prefer listening when I talk to friends.

Here is Brian Regan's take on it all about "Me Monsters":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QvSoRQrVJg

Hilarious.