tRoPpMaNn-On A wIrE

ok, so, i went to this party last night:

with carla:

and hung out with some cool people:

it was fun, but i have some social commentary. i “belong” to this bike community here in chicago, only by having a bike. i wouldnt say i am a willing member, more like a member by chance. there are some good people in here and i dont know all of them well enough to say who is an ass and who isnt. i can say though that last night, i experienced some lovely high school BS.

for instance, this chick was drinking this wine like a 40. you know? chugging from the bottle:

i go up to her and say something to the effect of, “wow, that was really hot the way you did that….” and you know what? no, wait instead of some some petty laughter and a chuckle, i got the roll your eyes in the back of your head. it was a classic move that only i could have pulled off when i was on my more stupider moments!! i want to thank you for making my faith in human behavior remain as cynical and pissy as it usually is.

and then there was this dude cale. “hey, nice to meet you” eye roll again? wtf? runts with attitudes man. i think there is some inferiority complex there, who knows.

and you know, once you have met someone, wouldnt it be like, “cool” to at LEAST nod or say hi to them the NEXT time you see that person? ok, my excuse is i suck at names. it took me three times meeting this dude ian on the chifg.com forums to remember his name. yeah, it is bullshit on my part, but what is the excuse for the rest of you?

look, i am not saying i am the easiest person to get along with, because i am NOT that person. i am, in general, a complete dick. i think people suck. i think poser little shits who dont think their shit stinks will have a rude awakening one of these days. i think people are petty and i rude. i also think that people take life way too seriously and dont have fun.

now that is not to say that i am being petty here. i dont think so. its those little interaction things that make me want to sucker punch someone. in a positive way, it truly lets me know where i stand with that person. i know now that those two people need to be flipped off or ignored from this point forward. i find that more comforting than the talk behind your back shit which they probably do anyway (which is just as high schooly as any other action).

the real kicker is the i am cooler than you shit. i am not cool. i dont care if i am cool. i think my karma warrants more quality time than dealing with the kind of shit those two were nice enough to dish out.

again, to be fair, i dont expect any kind of instant “bonding” with people just because we all happen to like to ride the same kind of bikes, but give it a rest and chill the fuck out. so, like a previous post i had on the stupidity of the chicago bike scene, it’s again time to lone gun it.

the party was, aside from that crap, pretty cool. i am sitting here nursing an old style hangover. man, that beer is the worst. PBR on ANY given day is better than that crap. but i digress, i had some great conversations with some people i actually do respect in this “community” and that was cool.

all in all, had a blast. it was for a great cause and the two people (i think two people) who put this on were amazing in pulling it off. so, now i lay around working off this minor hangover and wait for the day to chill out. let’s see if i can get this game fear to work on my beast pc.