In other news....
Aug. 2nd, 2002 12:10 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
donutjaySo, I have this friend who's a movie star. Well, kind of. As in, he's kind of a friend, and he's kind of a movie star. But I have high hopes, for the movie star part, that is.
I went to high school with this kid, and I knew he was going to UCLA to study acting. Now I've seen him in several guest spots, "ER" and "Angel", and he was a featured player in Van Wilder. I would have gone to see it, since he was in it, but I couldn't bring myself to pay money for a movie so disgusting and bad. Maybe I'll rent it and fast forward past the parts he's not in. It's kind of cool to know someone in the movies. I think he signed my yearbook, so maybe someday he'll be all famous and I can auction off his signature for millions of dollars. Or something.
Well, he has a web site. And this web site has a guest book. And I was reading it today. And I saw a bunch of people who went to my high school signing in to praise his work and congratulate him on being in the movies. One of the people who signed used to be a very good friend of mine, but we lost touch during college. I've thought of him off and on but never knew how to contact him. I thought calling the phone number I still remember wouldn't be a good idea. But, now I had his e-mail address. So, I started right then and there to write him an e-mail.
Hi,
I'm in Austin, Texas, and getting married in 2 months. How are you?
-jason
Or something to that effect. Now I'm just waiting for a response. I've lost touch with so many people I used to know. That's just the way I am. I seem to segment my life and only keep in touch with the people that I'm currently in close proximity to. The people in the past just fade away. I don't deliberately do it, it just kind of happens. I've never known how to keep up a relationship for much longer than a few years.
My dad is the same way. He never talks about the people he knew in high school, or college, or the war. It's only the neighbors, or the husbands of my mother's friends. My mom, on the other hand, still is friends with the girl who grew up down the street. Her and her husband live in Long Island now, but I knew them as "Aunt" and "Uncle", and they're coming to the wedding. I wish I had that.
The person I've kept in touch with the longest was from sophomore year of high school. We still e-mail and I was just a part of her wedding 2 weeks ago, but we're not especially close, and I can feel the bonds slipping away. I'm not sure what to do about it.
J is more like my mom in that respect. She has some friends that she's known for years and years. And she is closer to people from college. There are lots of people that I probably wouldn't know anything about if she didn't keep in touch. Luckily we were mostly friends with the same people, but still, there are people from college I haven't talked to or heard from since graduation.
I regret it and feel nostalgic, but it's just the way I am. Thankfully, LJ helps me to keep informed about people's lives, but it's not quite the same as staying close.
I went to high school with this kid, and I knew he was going to UCLA to study acting. Now I've seen him in several guest spots, "ER" and "Angel", and he was a featured player in Van Wilder. I would have gone to see it, since he was in it, but I couldn't bring myself to pay money for a movie so disgusting and bad. Maybe I'll rent it and fast forward past the parts he's not in. It's kind of cool to know someone in the movies. I think he signed my yearbook, so maybe someday he'll be all famous and I can auction off his signature for millions of dollars. Or something.
Well, he has a web site. And this web site has a guest book. And I was reading it today. And I saw a bunch of people who went to my high school signing in to praise his work and congratulate him on being in the movies. One of the people who signed used to be a very good friend of mine, but we lost touch during college. I've thought of him off and on but never knew how to contact him. I thought calling the phone number I still remember wouldn't be a good idea. But, now I had his e-mail address. So, I started right then and there to write him an e-mail.
Hi,
I'm in Austin, Texas, and getting married in 2 months. How are you?
-jason
Or something to that effect. Now I'm just waiting for a response. I've lost touch with so many people I used to know. That's just the way I am. I seem to segment my life and only keep in touch with the people that I'm currently in close proximity to. The people in the past just fade away. I don't deliberately do it, it just kind of happens. I've never known how to keep up a relationship for much longer than a few years.
My dad is the same way. He never talks about the people he knew in high school, or college, or the war. It's only the neighbors, or the husbands of my mother's friends. My mom, on the other hand, still is friends with the girl who grew up down the street. Her and her husband live in Long Island now, but I knew them as "Aunt" and "Uncle", and they're coming to the wedding. I wish I had that.
The person I've kept in touch with the longest was from sophomore year of high school. We still e-mail and I was just a part of her wedding 2 weeks ago, but we're not especially close, and I can feel the bonds slipping away. I'm not sure what to do about it.
J is more like my mom in that respect. She has some friends that she's known for years and years. And she is closer to people from college. There are lots of people that I probably wouldn't know anything about if she didn't keep in touch. Luckily we were mostly friends with the same people, but still, there are people from college I haven't talked to or heard from since graduation.
I regret it and feel nostalgic, but it's just the way I am. Thankfully, LJ helps me to keep informed about people's lives, but it's not quite the same as staying close.
