Introductions are the hardest part...

but somehow I feel I always make the best of them.  At least in my mind.  Honestly, I have no idea how the world and the people in it perceive me.  I imagine the broad view of me is that I'm nice and genuine.  What you see is what you get.  But at the same time I'd like to think I give off a sense of something more mysterious.  I try not to talk about myself too much, as I think people that do so are lame.  Trying to talk to these people is painful and awkward.  You can't possibly think you're this cool?  I certainly don't.  So to prevent myself from being hypocritical, I will keep the self talking to a minimum, perhaps just to make this introduction more introduction-y.  


I think I'm actually quite lucky to have a broad friend-base.  I have friends that are highly successful and are well on their way to doing whatever it is they have planned for themselves to accomplish.  That includes my significant other, Megan, whom is at the top of that list of highly successful people.  But I also am fortunate enough to have friends that don't lead such fantastical lives.  Some live quite humble existences, and may never upgrade from their current situations.  But, I still value their humble existences within my own, and hope they remain there.  I'd like to think I'm very accepting and understanding of people and their situations.  My situation as it stands now is somewhere in the middle.  I'm neither extremely successful nor am I slumming it under a bridge.  I don't drive a nice car, but I'm not sparking a crack pipe or brewing a batch of butt hash either.  I guess that's where my boundaries lie.  If you drive a nice car and/or have a respectable job, are a decent human being, and aren't a complete asshole, I suppose you deserve a spot in my friendship circle.  (notice the and/or?  I am not saying you have to drive a nice car for us to be friends...although it doesn't hurt)  However, if you partake in illicit drugs such as the aforementioned crack or butt hash, we simply can't be friends.


I am always down to make new friends.  There are so many people that I find to be perfect fits for my circle of friends, but squeezing them in there proves difficult.  I find the process is easily rectified and sufficiently lubricated by copious amounts of alcohol.  If you have a potential friend in the making, be sure to go boozing with them when you can.  A couple of outings like this will prove to be quite enlightening.  Either you're right, and you have a new pal.  That, or you find out what a jackass they are.  Win/win if you ask me.  If it doesn't work out, at least you had some beer.  On that note, please don't think me an alcoholic.  I don't have an addictive personality.  I've tried many times to become addicted to something, but I always fail.


I have a large family, most of which I don't see all too often, and that's probably no coincidence.  I mostly attribute that to the fact that this is what happens with families.  We remain together despite the irregular and inconsistent visits.  My Mom's side of the family only sees one another once a year.  On the fourth of July, and if someone dies.  It's sad, but at the same time, I don't really mind this set up.  If we really liked each other that much, we would see one another more often.  The ones that I do like live too far away to see very often.  Such is life I suppose.


All of this being said, I suppose if I can keep up with this blog, a large amount of my time spent here will be to make fun of stuff.  My goal is to digitize my personality as best I can.  This may prove impossible, but it doesn't really matter if I succeed.  I just want to vent a little, and hopefully entertain someone other than myself.  Also, you can be sure I will talk about work a lot.  I deal with a lot of people every day, and it's an eye opening experience.  Meeting these people help me to be a better person, while also giving me plenty of stuff to talk shit about with my friends.  Humans are natural shit talkers.  That's why reality TV is so popular.  And I plan to give a healthy dose here.  Whether it be about sports, movies, celebrities, crackheads, or reality TV.  Any deserving party really.  Even if that deserving party is me.  Which could already be the case with this monster I've created.