you have reached "ground zero".

Joy

Goals For Term 3

1. Get into state finals for debating over the next month or two. (likely)
2. Get through the Thant Cup Preliminary Finals this Sunday. (very hard, but who knows?)
3. Make sure that laziness doesn’t severely jeopardise my current academic standard. (umm, it’ll happen for a few weeks…)
4. Please my new Legal Studies teacher by working to my “full potential”. (no comment.)
5. Ask/convince/beg (or if all else fails, force) my Pipe-Sergeant to do all the work for the Tattoo and every other pipe band job this term so I could enjoy an early retirement from my duties. (definitely happening.)

True Friends

michelle658:

Also, Alex, I hope you’re okay. Don’t let them get to you. You know the truth, and that’s what matters.

Thanks Michelle. I’m not angry anymore, just disappointed with a few people but other than that, I’m fine. It is sad though, when someone I know becomes someone I knew.

And Angie, thanks so much for calling. I really appreciate it.

Now I know who my real friends are.

The Whole Story

I cannot believe this. It has been about an hour and already my phone has been ringing non-stop and it seems like this is the most monumental issue in the world.

I’m going to put a stop to these questions by explaining EVERYTHING from the start.

Jennifer and I have been friends for about four years now. In no shape or form, during those four years, have we been anymore than friends. Though, during these four years, she has made romantic advances and indications (all of which were before meeting Chris), but I have rejected each and every one of them.

At no point, did I ever want to pursue a romantic relationship with her, and at no point, have I ever willingly engaged in any form of activity that may suggest that I wanted a romantic relationship.

Now, the incident that everything seems to be revolving around, occured last year. She was drunk. I was still quite sober. She started to kiss me while declaring her love for me and I pushed her away and scolded her for doing this. In the end, I wrote it off as one of those times where: “oh, she’s too drunk to mean what she said”, that’s why I never talked about it.

That is the whole story, so don’t give me anymore shit about me screwing Chris and Jennifer over because I didn’t. They fucked this whole thing up, and I’m pissed off because I’m being criminalised and interrogated on my phone when I have done nothing wrong. Chris and Jennifer fucked up, not me, so save the shit for THEM.

This is just a MISUNDERSTANDING caused by everyone’s willingness to just blindly accept the first version of events that they hear (Chris’ and Jennifer’s) and their RELUCTANCE TO HEAR OTHER VIEWS (like mine).

To everyone who has called me and abused/screamed/interrogated/scolded me in the last hour or two, choose a side and stick with it, because I’m going to be merciless as to who remains as my friend.

Posted: 1.00 AM  21/07/2008

An Open Statement To Chris

I can understand why you may not want to talk to me right now, or for that matter, any time soon. Don’t worry about the things you have called me during our last phone conversation an hour ago, I’m sure you were angry and I simply don’t blame you.

Anyway, for starters, I am sorry for your pain, anger, resentment and disappointment, for the past, future and present. But this action does not in any way, signify a concession or acceptance of responsibility or blame for the chain of events leading up to our last phone conversation.

During that conversation, you have not allowed me to give my side of the story. I want to take this chance now, to clarify a few things and give my version of what happened.

Jennifer and I have been friends for quite a while. As you know, we were acquainted at English tuition several years back and have maintained relatively frequent contact since. I must stress however, there has been no romantic advances on my behalf, though I admit, there were some from her (as you have probably worked out by now).

The specific example that you used against me, was misconstrued by both Jennifer’s and your emotion-fuelled argument several hours ago and also Jennifer’s somewhat weak memory. Now onto my side. That ‘incident’ occured in August/September last year (I cannot be sure of which month) at a birthday party whose host, is a mutual friend of ours.

As you can imagine, at any party, alcohol was involved, and to put it bluntly, Jennifer was very drunk that night (which puts her memory of this incident into dispute). I had some to drink that night too, but I was still relatively sober. In fact, contrary to what she might have told you, I was sober enough to force her to stop kissing me, scold her for betraying you, notice that she had dropped her handbag off the balcony and that she was putting her shoes onto the wrong foot. I’m pretty sure that is a pretty good indication that I was not drunk that night.

And according to many people who witnessed this ‘incident’, I may not have been the only one that Jennifer had been playing/flirting with. In fact, you may want to ask the party host, he might be able to give you a few very personal recounts himself.

This is my side of the story. I hope you will approach this issue carefully and delicately. And please, for everyone’s sake, get your facts straight before you go around accusing people of screwing around with your girlfriend. Some people are not as forgiving or understanding as me, and will not take your accusations kindly. When you are ready to talk, you know what to do.

Posted: 11.59 PM  20/07/2008

Things To Do (Revised)

1. Finish off Methods holiday homework to prepare for SAC next week.
2. Make a start to that stupid English essay.
3. See my physio.
4. Study for Legal Studies SAC.
5. Decide whether or not I could be bothered to hold a band practice first week back.
6. Go to ANZ to sort why that cheque isn’t coming through.
7. Call Claire.
8. Study how the UN Security Council works.
9. Take a crash course in the social, economic and political history of Panama.
10. Quickly understand the recent oil and food price crisis and how it is a threat to international peace and security.
11. Relate this to Panama.
12. Prepare a case with team-mate in time for the Thant Trophy Preliminary Finals on 27/7/08 (which is not very long, seeing as we’re only going back to school next week).

An Oath