Blogging is Cheaper Than Therapy

Lately I have been thinking about friendships with members of the opposite gender. Reflecting on the past, I have had a fairly good amount to different degrees. Some were intense, some were flirtatious, some were like family and others were meaningless. For almost as long as I could remember, I have gotten along with girls better than with guys. It was a bit of a problem in my younger years though as I had been infatuated with many many girls. When I think about it, almost all of the friendships that I've had with girls have dissipated and meant very little at the end. Can guys and girls really be good or close friends for a long period of time? What happens when one of them meets somebody they like, does it change that friendship at all? What about if the man or woman has feelings for the other but know that they will not be reciprocated? It's all strange to me. If there is one thing I hate, it's losing a friend; be it male or female. Especially in the last few years, I

I am sitting in my room with a light on and I just put a pair of socks in, in my room.. I rarely ever wear socks indoors. Do you know what that means? Fall is officially here. The weather here is quite dreary, I am happy that I did not go to New York City today like I had planned to. I wish I was drinking a warm beverage to keep me warm on this brisk Autumn afternoon. I have come to the realization that I am a hypocrite, for the most part that is. Anybody who knows me well knows how anti-development I am here in northern Virginia. I have been living in my house for twenty years now. My neighborhood is fairly large (I live in a part of Oak Hill called Franklin Farm, which I think was once owned by Benjamin Franklin.), there are probably 600-700 houses here and I remember a time when the community here made an effort to know one another. Back then, this was a middle class area and was a wonderfully enchanting place to live; it's not like that anymore. All of the sudden, this area s