I don't consider myself to be in any groups or cliques, simply because I don't really like it that way. while I do have some friends that I am really close to, I don't really like to say that I have one specific "best friend." I don't want to pick favorites. I like all my friends, for different reasons.
sometimes I can be a horrible friend. sometimes I don't keep all my promises and back out. but we all do that. but yeah... if I've ever been that jerk friend to any of you, I'm really sorry.
and sometimes I am really socially awkward. I say the wrong things at the wrong times. I do something embarrassing in public.
I had a lovely night with my friends this weekend, in case you were wondering. I went to the Edgemont Elementary school extravaganza with Raquel. (I didn't go to that school, but she and a lot of my friends did.) we got cotton candy and got really sticky, played the games, and had a great time! and we saw so many other people there too from our school, not just elementary school kids! so I got to see a lot of my other friends there too.
my friends Ashley and Jackson were in charge of this soccer game, and I was wearing these sandals that are impossible to do anything in. so, I couldn't kick the ball anywhere. I was given 4 shots, and I wanted to make my 4th one count. so I said, "Jackson, this one's for you!" I kicked it as hard as I could in my stupid sandals. the ball went sailing in the wrong direction, and I slipped on the grass. how embarrassing for me. Raquel even told me she was embarrassed for me.
me (to Jackson): Well......that wasn't what I expected. I can do better than that.
Jackson (laughing at me so hard he's probably dying): no, that was great! best thing I've seen!
me: I played soccer for 2 years. see why I quit?
Jackson (still laughing at me): yeah..... I can see that. but still.... those were some pretty good kicks.
and of course, him being a boy, kicks a perfect goal for me. I should either work on my kicks, or wear different shoes. perhaps I should do both.
that just shows my social awkwardness. I do embarrassing things. even my closest friends agree that I do embarrassing things. I'm pretty sure I embarrassed Raquel some more by failing miserably at other games. but we had a good time. then she left to eat dinner, and I stayed and talked with Jackson, who kept on teasing me about my "soccer skills." I told him that Raquel was actually embarrassed just watching me, and he said, "she shouldn't be. that was the greatest kick I've ever seen." then he did something almost as bad as my kick: at that one bowling game where you throw a baseball at aluminum cans, he hit a little girl in the face. he felt really bad and was super nice to the girl and her parents. but funny how both of us played games that didn't go the way we planned? then, he drove me home and we listened to The Killers, which we both love.
speaking of which, my playlist is back. if you hate it, you can turn it off.
my cotton candy, which fell apart after Raquel took this picture. and those shoes I am wearing, are impossible to kick a soccer ball in!
me and Raquel, pretending we are 4 years old.
