Raging Burrito With SGATLiens And Angst
Yesterday, with Rachael in tow, I met up with a bunch of the SGATLiens crew for lunch. Onie, her wee one, UltimateLewser, Oryon, bigblack81, twigtech, and DarkGirlJ (who I was meeting for the first time) all ended up at the Raging Burrito in Decatur. The original plan had been Sushi Avenue, but by the time we all found each other the place was closed. That suited me just fine, though. Sushi isn't really something I like to eat in the afternoon anyway. It was a rather enjoyable get together.
Afterwards, I hung out with DarkGirlJ for a while at her place. It occurs to me that it was really only about the fourth time since moving to Atlanta that I've just hung out with someone in their home, the other three times all being with geckogirl. Pretty much all my social life entails going out to parties, going out to shows, going out to bars, going, going, going. It's no wonder I don't really have any friends...just a vast assortment of aquaintances. I don't know what it is, but I find myself frantically searching for some real connection to people and however much fun I may have in the process I never find what's missing and I still end up feeling empty and lonely.
I miss Vincent's Ear. I miss having a place where I could always go and find someone who was in my social circle and share a table with them. Every time I went to Vincent's Ear there was an eighty percent chance of being able to share a table with someone I knew and having a good conversation. There's nowhere I can go here in Atlanta and find that more than maybe two percent of the time. I barely know how to have a conversation anymore, so rarely do I get the opportunity to go beyond the most superficial of social interactions.
Something is going to have to be done about this or I'm going to go batshit insane. I just don't know what to do.
Yesterday, with Rachael in tow, I met up with a bunch of the SGATLiens crew for lunch. Onie, her wee one, UltimateLewser, Oryon, bigblack81, twigtech, and DarkGirlJ (who I was meeting for the first time) all ended up at the Raging Burrito in Decatur. The original plan had been Sushi Avenue, but by the time we all found each other the place was closed. That suited me just fine, though. Sushi isn't really something I like to eat in the afternoon anyway. It was a rather enjoyable get together.
Afterwards, I hung out with DarkGirlJ for a while at her place. It occurs to me that it was really only about the fourth time since moving to Atlanta that I've just hung out with someone in their home, the other three times all being with geckogirl. Pretty much all my social life entails going out to parties, going out to shows, going out to bars, going, going, going. It's no wonder I don't really have any friends...just a vast assortment of aquaintances. I don't know what it is, but I find myself frantically searching for some real connection to people and however much fun I may have in the process I never find what's missing and I still end up feeling empty and lonely.
I miss Vincent's Ear. I miss having a place where I could always go and find someone who was in my social circle and share a table with them. Every time I went to Vincent's Ear there was an eighty percent chance of being able to share a table with someone I knew and having a good conversation. There's nowhere I can go here in Atlanta and find that more than maybe two percent of the time. I barely know how to have a conversation anymore, so rarely do I get the opportunity to go beyond the most superficial of social interactions.
Something is going to have to be done about this or I'm going to go batshit insane. I just don't know what to do.
alaspooryorick:
Ok, now the Cheers theme song is stuck in my head. 