Tweet You’d think that with three years of a totally obsessive and self-destructive crush behind me, I’d have learned my lesson. Especially with everything else that I started to learn in high school. Well, you’d be wrong. I still had a habit of fixating on people. Usually people I was interested in dating and horribly… Continue reading Old Habits and the King of Wishful Thinking
More away than home
Tweet Despite my best efforts, I never was able to fully overcome all those little anxieties that had settled into place over the yeas before high school. They were always at their worst, though, when I was surrounded by the same people who had been around when they first formed. The odd thing was, anytime… Continue reading More away than home
Crush Genesis
Tweet With my nearly three year long destructive crush fading behind me, I discovered I had a whole lot more energy to dedicate toward thinking about relationships with other people. High school, with the plethora of pop culture mythology I had firmly loaded in my head by the time I started, struck me as the… Continue reading Crush Genesis
Sparks of Realization and Self-Respect
Tweet As muddled as my mind was for most of high school, some things began to become clear during those years. First and foremost, the idea that, among my peers, I was actually a worthwhile person began to creep in. That was mostly due to finally shedding the destructive crush of years prior and finding… Continue reading Sparks of Realization and Self-Respect
When the seeds first sprouted
Tweet I tend to make a big deal out of my time in high school. How I make a big deal out of it has slid into different territory over the years. As I’ve gotten further away from it, the distance has allowed me to appreciate it more. Continued “personal archaeological expeditions” into that long-ago… Continue reading When the seeds first sprouted
Looking Ahead to Looking Back
Tweet In just over a week, I have a high school reunion coming up. Since my class has never been a group to do anythingn quite the normal way, it’s a 16 year reunion. (We really did try for the typical 5, 10 and 15 year ones, but never quite pulled it all together–one of… Continue reading Looking Ahead to Looking Back
On Flirting
Tweet Once upon a time, I was an incurable flirt. It was after high school, not too terribly far into my college career. I’d finally gotten comfortable enough with myself that I could be comfortable with others. I also discovered that, hey, I’m not an unlikable troll–some women respond positively to interaction with me! (Yeah,… Continue reading On Flirting