Pay Attention!

Time = 5:33 PM

Mood = Agitated

Music = Major Tom by the Shiny Toy Guns

What I SHOULD be doing = Eating supper

Okay, so first of all, before I even get to what I want to rant about, I have to say, I'm in the cafeteria, and this creepy (and fugly, I might add) fat woman is staring at me. Seriously. She's like, creepying on everybody in the cafeteria and writing in her creepy little notebook. Lol... that being said, I'm also being a creeper typing on my computer. Somehow, what I'm doing seems less creepy. Maybe it's because I'm not a fugly fat woman. Seriously, I feel like if she waited long enough, she'd grow a beard.

-cough- Anyway, moving on. Current rant: Why in hell don't socially awkward people realize that it's THEIR actions that make them socially awkward? Like this one chick who complains to me, B. She's like, epic pessimist, can't see the good in anything. Seriously, I feel like the world might end at any minute if she perchance happens upon a slightly positive sentence. This chick is completely incapable of reading moods. No matter what the conversation is, or how happy the people discussing it, she always finds a way to insert her pessimistic, selfish ass into the conversation, practically insisting that all present focus solely on her.

What's worse is that her haunt happens to be the dorm room directly across from mine, and on the off chance that she isn't off being miserable in some class or another, she's waiting for me to arrive at my room to spring upon me to inform me of the latest news in the END OF THE FUCKING WORLD. (at least her's....)

Her favorite sentence is "This just hasn't been a good day for me." Every time she uses it, I wanna say No shit. This YEAR hasn't been a good year for you. Have you ever even HAD a good year? I mean, it's not like I particularily hate the girl, I just don't like her. The problem is, she's so socially awkward that she has no friends at all. And she seems to think that I'm the person to glom onto (what else is new, right?). Really, I don't have anything against her... I mean, I get the fact that her parents are totally messed up and have messed her up. I get that. It's also good that she acknowledges this fact. But it pisses me off that she tries to convince me to perpetuate her issues, encourage her shyness, and pretty much cater to make her life easier.

But I kind of got off on a tangent. The point is, if socially awkward people would just perk up, and pay attention to the people around them, their lives would get so much easier. If they just started observing and mimicking those around them, they would find that their social skills would increase exponentially. It's all about social cues. You can tell when somebody hates your guts, and when somebody likes being with you. You can tell when somebody ACTUALLY likes what they say they like, and when they're totally lying. I mean, it's not that difficult. All you have to do is PAY ATTENTION.

Cheers.