Well I have a lot things that I plan to say, but I don't know how long this might be. Anyways:
First off, this weekends trip might run into some complications, but if people are willing to take the risk it would be so much more fun. Hopefully, no one would be turned off by this idea, but hey, that's what are adventures are, right?
Recently, someone said something to me, and, for some reason, it got me to draw again. For those of you that don't know, I used to draw, but the things I drew were for more of people I did not know and were mostly - if not all - fetish related. The thing is, even though I drew those pictures it's not like I was really doing it for any purpose aside from contributing to a forum I ventured to. Problem was that I grew tired of doing requests for people that I didn't really know. Then, for some reason, someone said something to me, and it inspired me to draw some pictures again. I fail as an artist, but I feel that my drawings are decent. I feel that a majority of artists are capable of simply drawing out of instinct and years of practice; they would be able to draw whatever their imagination may think of. Unfortunately, I can't do that because I would forever need a reference picture; I am not capable of drawing whatever I might imagine. Still, I think I have enough skill to draw at least, but not really enough to impress. Anyways, I feel like I'll regret telling people about this stuff because of what I drew; they are pretty much a double edged sword, and right now I think it's a 75%/25% that it might hurt/help me if people actually saw them. I don't plan on telling anyone where I posted them, but I'll say it's in exactly the same place I dumped all of my other drawings including the fetish ones from that forum. I think I just screwed myself over with this paragraph; better than actually doing nothing.
Well, this sort of leads me to my next transition. Certain events around me have led me to think about how others, and how I, myself, tend to screw themselves over. First I am gonna talk about one situation I was in, and then apply it to everything about everyone:
Back in March-May '09 I sort of had a crush on this girl I know. I tried to be friendly with her, hang out with her, and even do her really big favors anytime she asked. Never really too invasive, and just slowly trying to inch towards a nice little fling, maybe. We went to parties, I dragged her home when she got too drunk, and sometimes we even partook in some illegal activities. Together I had supported her, and, on some occasions, she tried to help me out in certain scenarios, but never really did much. Plus, back then I was still a little naive with how "girls like her" interact. Essentially, I had that that the things she had told me were possibly "signals" saying that I might have the chance. Well, what had happened was that one really drunken night I had said a few things that basically revealed that I had liked her, and she had knew that I was a heavy-weight drinker so she took my words very seriously. She then totally refused to acknowledge my presence for like 5 months, and things were pretty awkward, but it's also due to the fact that beforehand we were pretty close friends for about 2 years before this thus further contributing to the awkwardness. Anyways, the immediate reaction was that she refused to acknowledge I was even in the same room, and for the first month she blocked me off AIM whenever I logged on. I obviously got the hint, but it's not that I wanted to pursue, but more that I wanted to apologize. She then eventually realized that I was not going to intervene in her life for a while so she never really blocked me off AIM after that first month, but she was essentially on the other side of the world for the summer so it didn't really matter for seeing each other face to face.
Well, come the beginning of school when she came back things were a bit awkward between us still. She refused to acknowledge me, and I sort of just tried to avoid anything that might make a scene. Honestly, I kept in contact with her best friend still trying to make amends through her, and, even though I may have sounded troublesome, I thank her for putting up with me. Anyways, after the first week, her friend and my frat bro set up a situation where we could make amends, which we ended up doing. So yeah, now we are close friends, but nothing more.
The situation that led up to this entire problem was that there was a mix-up in the signals. She had treated me in a certain way, and had led me to believe that she trusted me, and might be willing to pursue more than just a friendship, but I guess I was wrong. I don't know, maybe I had just read into too many things that she did with me. There were even certain things where she was like "let's go see this movie" or "maybe you could take me and (other friend) to your fraternity formal" where I was thinking maybe this really might lead to something. In the end, when we were making our amends the reason she gave for not wanting to be with me was because "I was weird." I don't know what part of me led her to believe that whether it be that I'm interested in anime and all related topics or what not, but I felt that it wasn't fair to send those signals to keep me guessing and me ending up always supporting her.
Nowadays, I do my best to see things in a different light. One of my primary goals when I go out with friends and what is to have fun. I treat every opportunity to get with a girl just as that - an opportunity.
I feel like my problem is that I cannot recognize opportunity. After my experiences with that girl I find it harder to realize when I might have a chance with a girl that I would like to be with. The situation I had experienced several months ago makes me call into question a lot of opportunities I might have, or might have had. It constantly makes me think some girls are simply being nice to me for the sake of being nice and friendly. The question is whether or not to take the risk of asking; success means that I would snag an actual date, and failure means facing some degree of awkwardness. The worst possibly thing is probably not even trying.
What's even harder is the next step. How to make a good date.
Anyways, what I have ended up seeing is that any relationship can be pretty much comparable to the stock market. Like a successful business start-up, a successful relationship start - I feel - involves the following:
1) People capable of successfully talking to spark investor interest
2) A marketable image
3) A marketable portfolio of different fields of business (i.e. interests)
Each investor may have a different taste of what he/she wants to invest in, but these are what I feel are the bare ideals of any successful fling.
It's just like human nature to follow the law of supply and demand.
I think I just set my own fate with this post. I'm gonna self-destruct in the corner now.------------------------->
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