Friday... Oh Friday

It was a pretty good day, I don´t think any of us got a lot of work done. It was one of those something is in the air that won´t let me concentrate kind of day. The good thing when that happens, is that it seems to hit several of us at the same time, so we have someone with whom we can share our distraction. I think a fairly well amount of the day was spent discussing games, ideas for projects and the near future (next summer, stuff like that).

I was nervous a good bit of the morning because of my Japanese exam, until I just understood that I wasn´t going to learn it all that fast, and just kept it easy. That worked out fine since when the teacher arrived he said the exam is going to be on Monday... Yay!!.

Oh yes!, now I remember more... Jessica showed us one of those damned online games that you just have to play till you are done with all the levels, otherwise you feel your intelligence has been insulted. So that entertained Erik and I for a good while too. There was cake in the office, good coffee... Gooood. Also I revised a story written by a friend of mine, and it was great... Wow, it really was a good day.

The evening was fine, I got to play a bit more Grim Fandango. Although I am finding the game terribly amusing, I see that it´s very linear too, and kind of hard. The puzzles are messed up and there is only one way to get them right, so you have to be able to figure out whatever the game designer was thinking when he came up with those problems in the game. Still, the dialogue is funny, and the scenery is quite beautiful... Who couldn´t love a game that has a setting in something rather close to a Day of the Death celebration in Mexico?.

After playing a while we went to have dinner with a cousin of us who graduated, great tacos, great talks. I spent the better part of that conversation figuring out why women like bad guys and my female cousins gave me a pretty good insight. That´s a topic for a full other post. What I liked was actually understanding why they get bored of nice guys so easily, and why they like the bad guys better to an extent. Hmmm... Again, tricky topic, I will post about it soon.

The dinner went by pretty nicely, with those good talks and food. Eventually it came to an end and we parted ways. Victor, Mariel and I decided that we wanted to do something else, so we called Blanco and went to the Banana´s in Chapultepec. I did have a great time there, mostly with Blanco though.

My brother had one of his worst anger fits and that was kind of a bummer. I am really looking forward to reading what blanco may write about the whole issue, since he was neutral there... Then again, maybe he won´t write anything because he is smart like that, and neutral. The whole thing seems a tad stupid to me, and I don´t even feel like writing about it. It all had to do with the way my brother made me feel [very uncomfortable], and the way I made him feel [very uncomfortable]. At the end feelings are feelings, and as stupid as any reaction could have been, no one can deny the way you felt for whatever reason. What bothers me is when someone is not willing to move on, take it from ground zero, learn, and go from there.

If anything I am concerned about the fact that maybe Mariel thinks Blanco and I don't like being around her, which is stupid, but if she feels that way we both are thinking of something to prove her otherwise. He he he. Then again, I own no one´s feelings, and I cannot really do much about the whole thing, so I will remain being me and relating the way I know to relate... There are very few things more tiresome than trying to be nice and entertaining to people, it has to be natural... At the end, that's why some people like you and some people don't... I think she is a pretty nice girl anyway, and my brother cares about her, so for the sake of that the situation deserves some extra effort.

Either way, did I learn something?... Oh yes I did, just as I do every time my brother gets like that. I just wish he would be a little more assertive though, and talk about things he doesn´t like while he is calmed. Not waiting to burst into fits of anger yelling like crazy everything he hates and making everyone feel awkward. We all make mistakes, and most of us don´t realize we are doing something bad for someone until we are told somehow, communication is the key to any relationship of any kind.

Today is my fathers birthday... he is 56. That makes me think A LOT of stuff. Does deserve it´s own post. Tonight is Karina´s farewell party... I wonder if we will be able to go, I hope so, at least for a little while. Mostly for Blanco.

So, cheers!!!... Let's see how this weekend happens!.