Friends that tick me off

I am grateful for my friends, I could not live without them. For the most part they are fun and caring although each of them has at least one personality trait that hits a nerve on a bad day.

The "fill-in-the-gap" friend. This friend invites you to hang out only when her other preferred options have run out. This usually means that the cool people are otherwise occupied or the significant other is away on a long business trip or something on those lines.

The "what can you do for me" friend. This is the long lost friend, who calls you up every few months or years when she needs something. A piece of inside information, career advice or reference, where to find something or the other, the contact info for another long lost friend etc.

The condesecending friend. Although never explicit, this friend never fails to remind you how brilliant and responsible and high-flying her kid is, while knowingly or unknowingly alluding to the general incompetence of yours.

The "false promises" friend. Has made countless friendly overtures that never amount to anything beyond the well intentioned promise. Dinner invitations that never materialize, a planned visit or joint activity that falls by the wayside, the promised loan of a book or DVD that doesn't come to pass- these are a few examples.

The "fussy" friend. Analyzes the restaurant bill and spends 15 minutes allocating the "real" cost to each person, when the rest of us prefer to divide it equally in 15 seconds. This friend also has the annoying habit of analyzing aloud every trivial personal decision to death. For example his personal seating preference at the restaurant or the agonizing choice of a starter course .

The "hyper-sensitive" friend who doesn't call because of some perceived snub or insult or omission on your part, of which you don't have the slightest recollection.The "foul weather" friend constantly has something to gripe about. He is happy to commiserate with you when things are not going your way, but appears not to notice when things are looking up for you and some friendly praise and recognition might be appreciated.The "holier than thou" friend always claims the moral high-ground. Best to avoid discussions on liberal versus conservative values. She wins even when she makes no sense at all. I'm often amazed how easily her mumbo jumbo can muddle by usually cool headed thought process.

A new challenge

My new job puts me on a steep and treacherous learning curve. Grasping at concepts tangential to my way of thinking, presented in a techno jargon unintelligble at first and second reading. There is so much of it I need to learn before I can deliver each assignment. Having being in charge for many years, to now be back in kindergarten is very strange. With kids half my age who were weaned on computers. They navigate with ease on the fast lane. They talk the talk and walk the walk. It's a struggle to keep pace.

New Year resolutions

Like most people I will probably never see my resolutions through to the end of the year, let alone the end of the week. I still intend to make them. Starting 8 days into the new year the prospect of success appears remote. Oh well, there will at least be a written record and a constant reminder of how big a loser I am. So here goes - my resolutions for 2007.

1) Get to the gym and/or up to the mountains 3 times a week.

2) Eat healthy. Shop more often and prepare health snacks to take to the office.

3) Start music lessons.

4) Sign up with the meditation group and attend regular sessions.

5) Chill out and de-stress each day.

First time blogger

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Tuesday, December 19, 2006

First time blogger
I've done it - created my own blog. I've entered cyber space. AWill I survive? Who makes the rules here? Are there winners and losers in blogger-ville? Clearly there are. There are the blogs we constantly visit, hungry for new posts, new insights into the lives of our new found cyber-aquaintances. And then there are those that we barely notice.Maybe a blog is a place we go to reflect on our own thoughts and experiences. A place to recap the days events, the opportunities missed, the insults endured, the infinite tedium that lies ahead and the trail of disappointments lining the road from the past. On a different day, a place to contemplate a perfectly ordinary day adorned by a single act of friendship or a tantalizing ray of hope.
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