rancid lying demon

On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 12:09 PM, [B] wrote:

it's really funny when wonkette describes bill kristol as a "rancid lying demon." just saying!

On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 12:09 PM, S____ wrote:

i love wonkette! their post about italy hosting the G-8 summit is amazing! on the front page paragraph alone, italy the country is referred to as

a wacky do-nothing ice-cream colony
an ancient land-phallus
AND
this embarrassing pizza-bagel of a country

amazing!!!

On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 12:46 PM, [B] wrote:

heehee!!! is that berlusconi?!! does he shave his abbondanza?

can i tell you about something cringe-inducing? my improv class has an email list which we use to set up nights to go out together to watch shows. one of the guys from my improv class, a friendly but socially inept 28 year-old attorney (i'm not describing myself here) has sent some regrettable emails over this listserv. the first came last week: "I noticed there are some cliques forming in our group. I challenge everybody to take some time to talk to somebody they don't know at the next class!" note that no cliques had actually formed, but poor v___ just felt lonely. the email expressed a weird mix of hope and dismay that seemed totally inappropriate for our light-hearted, very friendly, very social group. during the next class he took a position at the far end of the room and spoke to nobody, although a few times people went over and tried to be friendly.

i just got another email from him:

Dear [Bananarchist],

Hi, how are you? I hope all is well. I haven't had a chance to talk to you and would like to make a new friend. So how about we meet at the corner of North and Wells and grab a bite at a restaurant near Second City at 5:30pm before class?

Cheers,
V____

nothing too wrong with this friendly gesture, except he sent reply-all to EVERYBODY IN THE CLASS.

i felt pretty awful until he did this, two minutes later, again replying-all, to another person in the class!

i haven't responded bc my life is too short to go on friend dates with people i am certain i don't want to spend alone time with. do you think he's a shooter?

On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 12:55 PM, S____ wrote:

oh no! oh no!!! totally cringe-inducing, eye-averting! poor v____. BUT also annoying and irritating v____ who is killing everyone else's buzz. you can't demand friendship (the way he is demanding friendship). as i say all the time, friendship is beautiful because its parameters are flexible and ambiguous and organic, therefore it is very sturdy, unlike a rship. it's hard to ruin a friendship, unlike a rship. similarly, it can be hard to force a friendship. you can't just be like, i don't know you very well, let's meet at this place at this time on this date so we can get to know each other better. that's just bossy.

advice: ignore. life is too short to pretend-make friends with someone just because you worry that there is a chance that he is the mass murderer in your midst.