These chances MUST exist closer to me. I keep thinking that if I keep doin' what I do - going to museums, primarily - then these things will happen. But for some reason, they DON'T. And I just don't get it. It makes me wonder if I'm doing something "wrong" - but I don't think I am. It makes me wonder just how much meeting these kinds of people is chance.
Wow, you said just what I've been thinking a lot these past few days. I was all bummed because I met lots of cool people on the India trip, but I'll probably never see some of them again, and others maybe only a few times before I go back to the States. I'm hoping that once I'm in the country where I plan to live most of my life, I'll be able to make more lasting friendships*. But even then, how do you do it? I have just gotten lucky a few times. My fantastic friend who's been my closest on JET went home after a year, but she and I stay in close touch...and I only got close to her because she lived upstairs from me, basically. Is Fate going to plop more awesome people in neighboring apartments? Somehow I doubt she will be that kind to me. :p And that's talking about friendships -- I was musing with my friends how amazing it is that anyone ever becomes a couple because you have to like a certain person in a certain way and have that particular individual like you back in that certain way. It blows my mind that this ever works out at all (but that's probably because I am not exactly prone to having crushes myself, so the odds are even less in my case). But yeah. I've been kind of down the last few days, actually, just thinking about this. I wish I could have some promise of some cool friends at grad school before I get there. I sure do hate transitions.
(*I want to say more on "lasting friendships." Of course friendships that aren't in person can be lasting friendships, but not with everyone. I wish everyone in the world were as awesome about not merely staying in touch but actually having meaningful interaction through e-mail as some of my on-line friends, but sadly, they are not. And it's also true that I wish some of these on-line friends were closer so we could hang out in person. Sigh.)
Also...um, what? No walking up the escalators? Seriously? That's just bizarre. I hate standing on escalators.
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Date: 2009-04-03 02:54 am (UTC)Wow, you said just what I've been thinking a lot these past few days. I was all bummed because I met lots of cool people on the India trip, but I'll probably never see some of them again, and others maybe only a few times before I go back to the States. I'm hoping that once I'm in the country where I plan to live most of my life, I'll be able to make more lasting friendships*. But even then, how do you do it? I have just gotten lucky a few times. My fantastic friend who's been my closest on JET went home after a year, but she and I stay in close touch...and I only got close to her because she lived upstairs from me, basically. Is Fate going to plop more awesome people in neighboring apartments? Somehow I doubt she will be that kind to me. :p And that's talking about friendships -- I was musing with my friends how amazing it is that anyone ever becomes a couple because you have to like a certain person in a certain way and have that particular individual like you back in that certain way. It blows my mind that this ever works out at all (but that's probably because I am not exactly prone to having crushes myself, so the odds are even less in my case). But yeah. I've been kind of down the last few days, actually, just thinking about this. I wish I could have some promise of some cool friends at grad school before I get there. I sure do hate transitions.
(*I want to say more on "lasting friendships." Of course friendships that aren't in person can be lasting friendships, but not with everyone. I wish everyone in the world were as awesome about not merely staying in touch but actually having meaningful interaction through e-mail as some of my on-line friends, but sadly, they are not. And it's also true that I wish some of these on-line friends were closer so we could hang out in person. Sigh.)
Also...um, what? No walking up the escalators? Seriously? That's just bizarre. I hate standing on escalators.