Sunday, March 30, 2008

Let's Talk About Love



It's a very complex sort of thing, isn't it? Sure, it can be straight forward, but most of the time it leaves people puzzled. I don't know why I have to be analytical about everything; I'd like to discuss many things about my life from another perspective. There's evidence of this in many of my previous blogs, so I'll try my best to write this entry without sounding repetitive.

I'm going to assume that those of you who are reading this have fallen in love or have been in love before. That's fantastic. But what did it mean; why do we fall in love with people? Do we want somebody we could share all the meaningful things in life with, somebody who could make us feel awesome on the inside everyday, someone we could tell all our problems and secrets to without being criticized, someone who wouldn't judge us for the way we are, but love us for it, someone who we could fall asleep with, and they would be right there next to us when we woke up? Of course we want these things, thats why these are the reasons why we fall in love with a person, among others. Nothing beats the satisfaction of spending time with those you love, whether that be with family, friends, or your lover. We all know this to be true.

Just as people can fall in love, we also fall out of love for a number of reasons. Let your imagination do the work for you. Some of us have been down that road before, and sometimes it was out of our hands. Sometimes we blame ourselves, which never yields anything good, or we blame the other, which just creates animosity and two bitter individuals. Whatever the reason, the initial feeling after a break up is probably going to be one of two feelings: happiness or heartache. I think we experience more of the latter than anythings else.

Any way, what a boring blog. Ha ha. Who ever reads this is probably like, "What the f*** is up with this douche, and what the hell is he talking about?"

I think it's important, to me at least. If one were to look into the annals of Mikey's encounters of love, it would be hard to describe their reaction. It's funny, but sad at the same time. Hopelessly pathetic on my part too. I have yet met another guy who has had five girls form an "appreciation group" dedicated to himself. You have no idea how many of my friends laughed at me when I told them about it. I mean, when I found out, I was shocked. Who the hell am I? I'm no one special, so why do these girls like me? I think my friends expected me to take advantage of it, but there was no way I was going to. It would be morally wrong first of all. Secondly, I was not attracted to any of them. And third, I was in the process of re-developing feelings for someone who I never believed still thought of me. But I'm happy she does.

I've never felt better in my life. I know that this summer is going to be unlike any other. This love blog was something I really needed to write. At any rate, I'm going to go back being my swashbuckling-self and wish you all a smooth sailings.



Friday, March 28, 2008

A Long Train Ride Home: The First Post




I guess now that I'm blogging on this website, I have no need for my Live Journal account. I've had that thing since the beginning of high school, (I have not touched it in so many years) and I believe it's time to move on.

Wow. Where should I begin? I'm mentally preparing myself for the eleven hour train ride back home to Virginia. Of course, within the next two months, I won't be calling it my home anymore, but merely a former life I once led. I am so eager to live in Connecticut again that my heart aches. I hate to sound like such an "emo" about it, but it's the truth. I have no other way to describe it. I left so many friends and abandoned all of my familiarities to go move to a place where I didn't want to be. However, it's frivolous dwelling on it; these feelings won't matter once I'm back.

But what happens then? Okay, cool: I move back to Connecticut and I see all my old friends, we all get to hang out as much as we want, I get to be independent and lead my own life, and eventually go through art college. It sounds simple enough, and there seems to be much to look forward to. I'll be honest, I'm somewhat afraid. I'll be thrusting myself out into the world, fresh out of high school. I believe everything is going to turn out the way I want it to, and as dangerous and naive as that may sound, I am going to keep believing that my life will soon be back on track. I've learned that being optimistic will help me become motivated into making my plans a reality. And there is nothing more that I want than to have my desires become real.

I think that spending this week in Connecticut has helped me decide what I want and who I want in my life. Now, I will be back in Norfolk, and I'll be readying myself for the future.