Just an anecdote...

So I've always thought the weirdest part about MySpace and Facebook are those friends that you have, not because you talk to them, but because you sort of vaguely know them, and don't want to make them think you don't like them by denying their friend request. And then even weirder is when they ask you how you've been and such, especially if you've never actually talked to them before.

I got one of those not too long ago, and did that thing where I'm like I'll think of something to say tomorrow... and then never actually think of something to say. It's happened before, and I didn't think much of it until last night when, during an emergency ghetto Safeway Craisin run, that very person was cruising the dairy section, ten or so feet in front of me. My options were to go say hi, catch up and shoot the breeze for a bit, or hide.

I chose to hide.

On the one hand, I felt pretty cool for being able to position myself at the perfect angle when they appeared at the check-out aisle next to mine so that their view of me would be obscured by the overweight cashier, but I also felt pretty stupid for being that averse to casual conversation. It shouldn't bother me to be friendly to someone I'm not quite friends with, since I spend time with people I'm not too fond of every single day, but for some reason I just wasn't in the mood to be smiley with someone who I have absolutely no feelings good or bad for. It seems like such a waste of effort.

Because of course, dancing around cashiers and stacks of on-sale items isn't a waste of effort at all.

Are other people ever this avoidant? Of me?
It also just makes me wonder how often I'm in a building with someone I know and don't even notice.



In other news:
1) I was creative and productive today, I just haven't finished anything and don't feel like posting snippets tonight.
2) Spontaneous scrabble games are pretty great, especially when I own with 48 points for "Equine."

Big booty numbah two!

Numbah two... sure, I guess this counts... Big booty!