January 25, 2008
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Tales of Suburban Angst
So recently, I attended a party for work. I had to leave early because I had to go...back to work. Ironic, isn't it? Anyway, just as I was leaving, a halfway-attractive girl came in with two guys. We exchanged brief smiles, and I went on my way. My initial reaction was to think "Oh, that just figures, the story of my life. The half-way attractive girls always show up to events just as I'm leaving."
But then, I realized I was being a pathetic middle-clas suburban crybaby. If that's the worst thing that happened in my life, I'm pretty lucky. Plus, (1) she came in with two guys, so what are the chances she's not the girlfriend of one of them? (2) She was halfway-attractive, not blisteringly beautiful and (3) Who's to say we would have hit off anyway?
Thus, I present you suggested titles for your Suburban Angstography, and ask you to add your own in the comments:
"Halfway-Pretty Girls Arrive as I Depart: The GreekPhysique Story"
"Too Shy to Get Susan's Phone Number That One Time"
"That One Time The Only Doughnut Left Was Glazed and Had No Chocolate on It"
"I Only was Accepted by My Safety School"
"It Rained 2 of the 6 Days We were in Florida"
"My Internet Connection Stopped Working for 18 Hours Straight"
"My Grandparents Only Lived to be 80"
"This One Friend of a Friend of My Fifth Cousin Committed Suicide"
"3 of the Last 15 Comments on My Xanga are Neutral or Combative"
Comments (18)
I know someone who knows someone who knows someone who died on 9/11
It took me eight months to pay off my college debt
My free hand-me-down car has a small crack in the windshield
On my trip to Europe where I went to France, Switzerland, Italy, Greece, Austria, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, I didn't get to go to Romania or Turkey.
I Have All These CDs, but They Aren't in Their Cases
Stray Cats Keep Walking on my Car (Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head)
ummm but can we go back to half way attractive girl?!?!
half way?
and you were disappointed? you know, i'd hate to be the girl who got asked out by the guy who thought i was only half way attractive.... pleeeease. not worth my time...
love to hear your thoughts on this...
@resplendentRachel - She did not look like a model, but she had attributes I personally liked, and her smile was nice. Do you really think guys only ask out the hottest girls? There are many girls I know who won't turn any heads with their looks, but would turns heads with their intelligence, voice, affection, maturity, etc. Then, after a man spends time with them, the man also falls in love with the outer shell that contains all those things, ha. But it's not sensible to expect a man to think you are overwhelmingly beautiful at the beginning; love grows based on the time one spends, the affection that is shared, etc.
What, we don't all look like models?
Thanks for ruining my innocence.
^I look like a model anyway. A model what, I won't mention.
I would come up with a brilliant Angst line, but I'm much too busy laughing at the tags.
@GreekPhysique -
so sincerely wondering and a slight change of topic, do you ever for the most attractive woman?
@resplendentRachel - Ever...what? You're missing a verb there, and although I'm tempted to insert my own, I'll let you complete the sentence, ha.
Eep! ...
"My Co-Worker Plays Annoying Music in His Cube That is Right Next to Mine."
"My Parents Won't Pay For My College Expenses After My Sixth Undergrad Year."
"I Can't Believe My Employer Actually Wants Me to Do My Job."
"I Have to Share a Bedroom with My Sister!"
"I Can't Afford to Wear Nothing But Abercrombie & Fitch."
"They Closed the Mall for Renovations!!! What Will I Do!?!"
"I only got 5 hours of sleep last night."
"I worked 50 hours this week."
"Who ate the last cookie!?"
@GreekPhysique -
hahah i sure did..
do you ever try for the most attractive woman... or the completely attractive woman physically.
Jesus vs Hotties! OMG! I nearly spat my cup of tea! LOL!!!
That sounds like a book!
@resplendentRachel - Great question, put me in a room full of women and I'll find out. :-p I would say that I like trying to be independent in my romantic choices. So if all the guys are buzzing about one girl, that actually makes me less interested in her. However, on occasion that one girl was interested in me, which has made for some interesting situations, ha. Also, what makes it harder is RARELY is that beautiful woman a Christian. So I would have to cross religious lines for her, and then I get into these dreadful dilemma of Jesus vs. hotties, and I'm miserable. I suppose I'm gunshy to some extent based on college, where that happened 100034324 times.
(Note: I edited one of my comments and what Rachel said, which is why thekingofnonomia's comment comes before my comment about "Jesus vs. Hotties").
@GreekPhysique -
My college dating field was full of future Baptist ministers, or "land minds," as I affectionately call them.
All the Boys I Know Are Future Baptist Ministers
The Office Refrigerator is Full Again
You Mean I Have to Dry My Own Clothes, Too?
I'll Never Get All the Stuff I Ordered if the UPS Van Keeps Coming When I'm Not Here
I Can't Write in My Textbooks 'Cause I'm Borrowing Them
The Cleaning Woman Only Takes Out the Trash Every Two Days
The Last Two Times I Went to Taco Bell They Were Out of Caramel Apple Empanadas.
*giggles*
I Clumsily Spilled McDonald's Coffee on Myself and Got a Third-Degree Burn Because It Was Hot. Waaaaahhhhhh!
I Ate Too Much Fast Food and Now I Am Fat and Have to Sue the Fast-Food Places for It.
One last one:
I'm Worried That I Might Be a Hypochondriac
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