Drama.
When I was in high school, people always would say, “wait until you get to college. It’s so different. There’s not as much drama.” I might even be guilty of saying that a time or two to my younger friends. But as college progressed, I realized it was untrue. College drama might even be worse than high school drama.
And then I always thought that once I got into the “real world” it would be different, but it’s not. They still can’t wait to tell you the latest gossip about some unsuspecting person you work with. They still hate you because they are jealous of you or don’t understand you. They still will lie and cheat to get ahead.
And I think this workplace/”real world” drama is worse than anything in high school, because you would think at this point, we would all be adult enough and realize that we have this in common: we are trying our very best with what we have been given. And we would understand. And not make each other stumble. We would not say hurtful things.
Whatever.
I am so ready to become a hermit in my own home and make things all day long. Beautiful and interesting things. Robots. Necklaces. Songs. Poetry.
Let’s buy an RV and drive away.
January 5th, 2007 at 11:44 pm
hello there, ms. Jen. I stumbled across your blog, while lurking around on the weddingbee website, and would just like to say a few things. firstly, many of your photographs are so fun and beautiful. secondly, I am a 22 year old girl, learning to love Christ, from Canada, recently graduated from university (which is what us canadians call college), lover of all things beautiful and interesting, you a few months back (meaning unemployed and searching for my place in the ‘real world’) and smittened by this boy. all this said, I feel as if we are alike in little ways and your blog is a pleasure to read as I can relate in many situations.
t’is all I am to say tonight. good night and good luck (on dealing with unnecessary of all sorts)
January 6th, 2007 at 9:02 am
sounds like you had a fun day at work. Most of the time people are pretty mature about things but there are a few and I think that they are still carrying around their old baggage from childhood. They really need to concentrate on themselves and figure out why they need to make other people feel bad at the expense of making themselves feel good. hang in there. Love,MOM
January 10th, 2007 at 7:37 pm
this post is from…o i guess only last week- but that’s one thing i learned in Chile- there will always be drama no matter where you go. i hate that.
jamie and i were just discussing buying an RV today. we decided maybe it could be cheaper than an apartment and larger and we could just park it on campus.
or drive away from all the drama. i love my jamie. i hope i marry a man like jamie…but not like jamie in some ways. mostly physical. i think i’d like someone taller than jamie for sure.
miss you.