Saturday, May 29, 2004

Update from Gallup, NM

Flights in: ok. and good. always nice to have your sense of hearing once you land.

It's true.... it is a desert out here. I've seen cactuses. for really real.

and salsa

and some rocks.

No for real, toallay having funhere i gallup. it's awesome to hang with curt again. tooo bad ann isn't her. at least she's in italy though

oh yeah,i guess what can you use butt paste for? more than you'd imagine!

Monday, May 24, 2004

Courtesy . . . is it pase' these days?

What ever happened to replying to your friend's emails? Understandable if you won't respond to SPAMMERS, but what about your friends?
Your silence is equivalent to saying, "I'll email you when I am hard up for an erection, when I need to enlarge my breasts, or when I need a get-out-of-debt service."

Let me give you an example: This past January a 'friend' (notice the quotes?) sends me an email around the same time that my father passed away. They are of course oblivious to what's just happened in my life. "How are you? what's been going on? It's been a while, and it'd be great to talk with you, can't wait to hear all about the things you've been doing!" writes this person. So I respond with my news: My father's just passed, going through a lot but making it OK. How are you?"

And they wrote back: Nothing. Nada. Zippo. Zilch.

Now, to this person's credit, three months later, I got an e-birthday-card from said person. It read nothing more than 'happy birthday,' with a picture of a teddy bear holding some balloons or something. In January I suppose that person didn't know how to respond, what to say, etc.

But really, they should know.
Everybody should know (but especially someone who has also lost someone close, as they did. These are the people who surprised me the most . . . ).

When somebody has a significant life change, be it a birth, graduation, vacation, engagement, marriage, or death or whatever, you SAY SOMETHING to acknowledge said event, even if it sounds trite:
"Great to hear about your new kid!"
"Congrats on your graduation!"
"Good luck on the game show!"
"Hope all goes well with yer wedding plans!"
"I wish you the best in life together with your new spouse!"
"So sorry to hear about your Dad."

And when someone acknowledges this event/thing/whatever, you respond in kind, usually by saying "thank you."

When someone gives you a gift or a present, you say "Thank you" as well.

For the sake of these people who are consistently lacking in their manners and courtesy, I shall not list their crimes against courtesy nor shall I name them. Nor do I beg clemency from these misdemeanors. I am just reminding you, as I am reminded myself.

It is simple common courtesy.

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On a lighter note, let me introduce you to Gunther. Listen to his song, and watch his video