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Monday, April 05, 2004
Friend of the week award
[Ed. note: typed last night, ~1 am]
I’ve noticed that I have this predilection for intense, short-term friendships. Unusual, really, but it happens pretty consistently. Caitlin Alma Mary Moorcroft at Nationals, grade 9. Diana Sen at McMaster Shad Valley in ‘99. A few others, scattered across the country and the years.
Whenever I think about these friends, I feel a twinge of.. regret, I think. It’s unusual to hit it off so well with someone in such a short period of time: I can’t help but think we meshed so well because we had so much in common. Every time I’ve had to leave these friends I’ve felt a lack which I deeply regret.
It’s times like these that I wonder if one does not cause the other. Perhaps I hit it off so well precisely because we have so little time. Which would imply that, as a friend, I seem to have commitment issues. Perhaps I enjoy friendship flings :)
This all comes to mind because of the past week as spent with the lovely Megan. Every second day we’ve been jogging or cooking or studying together. We saw Hidalgo last night with Dana, and tonight we made curry for supper. Mmmm... we had so much fun cooking that we opted to make some cookies too. Double mmm.
It’s amazing how well you get to know someone in a few weeks. I’m going to really miss this girl when she leaves! [Megan is on exchange from UBC]. I’d almost forgotten what it’s like to be possessive of a friend. If McGill is my second Jr. High, then Megan is my second Caitlin. Which means law school will be a second S.A. I could not hope for better news.
I’ve noticed that I have this predilection for intense, short-term friendships. Unusual, really, but it happens pretty consistently. Caitlin Alma Mary Moorcroft at Nationals, grade 9. Diana Sen at McMaster Shad Valley in ‘99. A few others, scattered across the country and the years.
Whenever I think about these friends, I feel a twinge of.. regret, I think. It’s unusual to hit it off so well with someone in such a short period of time: I can’t help but think we meshed so well because we had so much in common. Every time I’ve had to leave these friends I’ve felt a lack which I deeply regret.
It’s times like these that I wonder if one does not cause the other. Perhaps I hit it off so well precisely because we have so little time. Which would imply that, as a friend, I seem to have commitment issues. Perhaps I enjoy friendship flings :)
This all comes to mind because of the past week as spent with the lovely Megan. Every second day we’ve been jogging or cooking or studying together. We saw Hidalgo last night with Dana, and tonight we made curry for supper. Mmmm... we had so much fun cooking that we opted to make some cookies too. Double mmm.
It’s amazing how well you get to know someone in a few weeks. I’m going to really miss this girl when she leaves! [Megan is on exchange from UBC]. I’d almost forgotten what it’s like to be possessive of a friend. If McGill is my second Jr. High, then Megan is my second Caitlin. Which means law school will be a second S.A. I could not hope for better news.
# posted by Spot @ 5:27 p.m.
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