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As if I werent enough of a hermit already...Ive managed to alienate three more people since Friday.

Well, okay, to be fair, Yuliya did a pretty good job of alienating herself. On Friday afternoon, over a lunch (that I paid for, by the way), she let me know in no uncertain terms that Im not what shes looking for right now; that what she needs is stability. And it wouldnt matter if I got a job and my own apartment tomorrow; the best I could hope for as a full-time student would be a low-paying part-time jobyadda yadda yadda. So, it doesnt matter that she herself is an unemployed foreign college student who still lives with her parents; shes not going to settle for anything less than a career man.

Right now, apparently. Well, good luck with that.

Because, as of right now, Im still a work in progress. Its like I told Andromeda the other day. Yes, its true, I too may be an unemployed college student, but that's a temporary condition. I'm making great grades and have a lot of options open to me. Look at it this way: whats worth more, raw lumber or finished furniture? What Im offering here is high-quality furniture at raw-lumber prices; all she has to do is wait for me to finish building it first. Its unfortunate that her desire to have it all RIGHT NOW is causing her to overlook whats been right in front of her this whole time.

Furthermore, I'll be the first to admit that I'm far from perfect, but...I'm still a smart, funny, honest, compassionate, decent-looking guy who's actually going somewhere in life. Ive said it before, but I still mean it so Ill say it againI genuinely love and respect Yuliya for who she is. I want nothing more than for her to be happy and am willing to do anything in my power to make it so

But, lets face it, MONEY trumps love, respect, and dignity any day of the week.

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Well, right after all this, Gina decided to come over. Which, had she been invited, or had at least called ahead of time and asked if it would be convenient for her to visit, things wouldve been different. But, no, thats not Ginas style. Gina is one of these What About Bob?-style houseguests who just shows up whether you want her there or not and then just lingers. She, too, is an unemployed college student who never has ANY money, so she doesnt think twice about eating up all our food, smoking up all our cigarettes, and not doing a damn thing to justify her presence. Sure, shell cook on rare occasions (using ingredients that Richard and I paid for, of course), but thats itshe wont even clean up after herself. Shes loud, shes immature, shes messy, shes EXTREMELY self-centered, and shes annoying as hell! And to make matters worse, shes got it in her mind that were supposed to be together, so whenever shes around I cant even turn around without tripping over her.

Well, this weekend I had a lot of schoolwork to catch up on, meetings to attend, and emotional baggage to deal with; I quite frankly didnt have time to deal with her. So I didnt. I went about my business as normal and let Richard play entertainment director for the weekend. Which royally pissed Gina off. She wound up announcing that shes breaking up with me. She dont need the cold shoulder, she dont need a boyfriend like me, blah blah blahand stormed out of my apartment. Oh, well.

Shell be back later todayyou watch.

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And right in the middle of all this, Mary just had to get in touch with me too. Great. (Dont these people ever get tired of dumping this shit on me?) She text-messaged me Friday morning to tell me that she was going out to lunch with Zack. Wonderful. (Zack, by the way, was the guy who took her virginity and then proved to be an abusive asshole.) Ive warned her time and time again to stay away from this jerk, and time and time again shes called me at all hours of the night, in tears over something or other he did. And yet she KEEPS GOING BACK TO HIM. Why?? Its going to be different this time? Whatever. The true definition of stupidity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different outcome every time.

Well, later that night, right on cue, she called me, wanting once again to give me all the details of her latest adventure. Well, with everything else thats going on, I didnt care to hear itso I got pissed and HUNG UP ON HER. And ignored the phone the next two times she tried to call me back.

Later on (after Id calmed down) I text-messaged her back a few times. I told her in effect that this guy is a predator, pure and simple. Given the opportunity, hes going to keep using her for all shes worth, for no reason other than because he can and get away with it. I only raise these objections because I care for her and dont want her to get hurt, which WILL happen if she keeps fucking with this guy. Its her life and she can do with it what she wants, but shes been warned. I can only be her knight in shining armour when she quits putting HERSELF in distress.

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Three friends down in three days. Mission accomplished!

But lets face it, with friends like these, who needs enemies, right? Getting rid of these three just means I finally get some actual me time and opens up some new positions for more GENUINE friends like Richard, Daniel, and Jolene.

And maybe Patty Ann or Jaycestay tuned.