The Vines – Get Free

The problem with large groups of friends (remnants from university) is that sooner or later there’s always going to be conflicts within the group. If you can imagine a large circle of friends (or in some cases acquaintances); the ones towards the center are the most closely knit friends that are less likely to have conflicts; the people on the outer fringes of the circle are the ones most likely to annoy each other. The edges are so distant from each other there really is no bond between them. The only common grounds they have are the friends in between them that do get along.

So what is the key to avoiding these conflicts? -- avoiding the large group of friends.

As we get older I think we constantly re-evaluate our friends and the people on the outer edges of our circles slowly get bumped out. It’s no longer a popularity contest. Knowing who our real friends are is a process of maturity.
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I’m a pack rat. My room is littered with tons of things I really should throw out. My wallet is a Costanza wallet with so many receipts and cards it gives me back aches. My hotmail account is always on the verge of being suspended because of my inbox reaching its maximum capacity. It’s for this last reason that I am now phasing out my hotmail email address. Not to mention the tons of junkmail I get about increasing the size of my penis (How do they know? It’s like they’re psychic!). I can’t stand it anymore and I have now signed on with G-mail (Google’s mail). One gig of inbox space and 99% less junkmail! Bye-bye Microsoft. Hello Google.

You can now contact me at khiemle@gmail.com.