[Dynagroove] Unfriendly People

[A-ron]

For the most part, I have to say that most of the people I have met at parties have been great.  It gets a little annoying hearing "nice to meet you" when you've met someone at least three times, though.  As far as I can distinguish, the niceness is not lacking, but maybe the "real"-ness could use a boost.

Here is a story about the time I've felt the most let down by people in our "scene."

When I dance, I sweat a lot.  10 minutes and I'm already slightly damp.  It was a Wednesday night and I went inside to take a break and drink some water.  Inside the Winnebago, there were two other people that I sat across from, a guy and a girl.  I drank my water and was sort of listening to them talk, but couldnt really hear because the music was so close.  They were talking about being on someone's guestlist is all I can really remember.

There was some potpourri spilled out on the little table between us, and the girl reached over to it, picked a piece up, and clearly said  "what is this" in a sort of put-out and unamused tone.  She wasn't talking to me, but I felt compelled to answer her question.  I leaned over and said "I think it's potpourri" and smiled.  Well, I guess I looked like a sweaty , smiley raver drinking water because of the E (i wasn't on E), but this girl leaned back, rolled her eyes, gave me this "oh my god you are so stupid" look, took a sip of her drink, stood up, and walked out of the camper.  The guy stood up after her and followed, but before he was out of sight, he looked at me with this "i dont know what just happened" look.

Now this may be really stupid, but for some reason I let my feelings get hurt by someone I don't know that night.  Maybe what I said really was stupid, but I put myself out there and answered her stupid question nonetheless.  If someone puts out the effort to talk to you when they dont know you, I think it's awesome.  Most people are scared of each other, so they dont talk.  I think the reason that this fear of friendliness exists is because of people with attitudes and their followers, like this girl and this guy.  Maybe this girl was having a bad night, maybe she is just a bitch.  Either way, whenever I see her out all I can remember is how stupid I felt when I tried to talk to her.

Confucius said, "to be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it."  So, I guess I am part of the problem too.

so emotional like Whitney,

A-ron

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Aaron Ike Joseph Monty
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monty at usc.edu
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