Wanna know what the hardest part about planning a party is?

Figuring out who to invite.

I mean, you know how you have different sets of friends, and certain friends who if you invite them you have to invite other friends, and some people who you don't know if they are party-invite worthy yet but you think they might be your party-invite worthy friends, and then there are the loners who never have fun at parties so why should I invite them in the first place, the people who don't get along with some of the other people you may or may not be inviting, the people who wouldn't really click with all the other people there and might feel awkward, the people who know ABSOLUTELY NOBODY ELSE and would cling to you the whole time, the people who show up to parties whether you invite them or not, the people who would get offended if you didn't invite, the people who you don't want to invite but since you're inviting everyone else in that group you have to invite them too, and your friends.

I tell ya, it's nuts.

-N

Your word is the most precious and fragile thing that you have to give to someone.

Don't you hate it when you think you buried something, then it rises from the grave to eat your flesh? Um, wait, that's zombies. I think I meant "rises from the grave to bother you again." Yup, that's the one.

Like Q. I had forgotten alllll about Q. And then Q decided to remember me. Joy-oh-joy.

Q was a human (not a zombie) I used to like and who I had embarrassed myself in front of irreparably. That was a few years ago, and I figured Q had forgotten all about me, or if he remembered who I was, brushed the memory off like a shower of dandruff.

Apparently not.

See, I had convinced myself Q hated me and was ridiculously annoyed by me, so I decided to forget Q. Apparently Q wants to see me this weekend. Wow, I'm confused.

What do you think? Can friendships (or potential ones) be ruined (or not started) because of what people think the other person thinks of them? Why are what you think the other person thinks, and what they actually think sometimes so drastically different? Leave your answer in the comments (which are working again).

-N

Even though you know something is true, you should still talk about it.

X, this explanation is for you.

I was on the phone with X the other day, and I was totally freaking out. I was freaking out because I was afraid that I was going to do something ridiculously stupid and hurtful. X was shopping for a car in the Iwonna.

Now, X and I are really good friends, and so I was expecting him to help me.

"Have you done anything?"
"Well, no."
"I knew you wouldn't. What car do you think I should get?"


Now, I've talked to X again recently, and he said that he was worried about me doing the stupid thing all night.
I believe him.

I also believe, however, that even if you know someone won't do something, you need to talk to them about it. Because they don't usually know.

I didn't know.

Friends are supposed to be there for you, so you can talk to them, and they can help you put the soup that used to be your brain back into your head.

What a way to end a post. Brain soup.

"I'm not saying that you are "unattractive" by any stretch of the imagination."

Well now. That's an interesting way of putting something.
First of all, I would like to make it clear that I am not attacking the person who wrote this, he happens to be a very close friend who was trying to make me feel better.

No, I'm not too happy with his choice of words.

Have the word "pretty" and all its synonyms suddenly been ostracized from the English language? I mean, it's not difficult to say "Dude, that's pretty awesome!" and "You're totally right!" so why not be able to take two of those words and put them together. "Dude totally"? No. "That's right"? Try again. "Totally awesome"? Really now people?

Try "You're pretty". It's two words that can have an insane impact on a girl, and it's not at all hard to say!

I mean, "I'm not saying that you are "unattractive" by any stretch of the imagination." is quite a mouthful.

Giving someone a compliment can make their whole day. Trust me, I know. However, doing your best not to give a compliment without hurting someone's feelings can have a suckish effect.

Yes. Suckish is an adjective.

To put it simply folks, if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all.