26 January, 2002 - 11:44 p.m.

People baffle me. They often do the strangest, and curious things. And the funniest thing about it all is that I don't think they are aware of it.

Now that I think about it .. it's not only baffling, but rather worrying as well.

That said, I think my friends baffle me the most. I mean, all of these people that you thought you knew so well .. and then BAM! It's disconcerting as hell when they do something that you can't even begin to relate to. Worse yet, it makes me feel like a worse friend for not having had the foresight to see it .. like I never paid enough attention to notice, or something.

How rotten a feeling is that?

In other news, today was Australia Day, and unlike other years on days of public rest and random drinking acts, I had an okay time. Didn't rest much and didn't drink anything, but it was still, for the most part, a good day.

I don't usually like special holidays .. eg. New Years, Valentines, and even Christmas to a lesser extent, because I look around and I see all these people trying to gather together and be something that they're not. One of my main peeves about it is that if you don't talk to somebody for an entire year, don't bother making an effort to give them the time of day on just that one day. It strikes me as extremely pretentious, and is also the biggest cop out.

I'm in a rather loggerhead mood at the moment though, because I think I've just been awake and active for too many hours straight, and my good will to mankind is hanging on by its last threads. I know I'm a lot ruder to my friends when I get into my moods, and I always feel guilty afterwards for being terse or curt with them, but I guess one can argue that you're not much of a person if you can't detect it while it's happening and prevent yourself from doing it.

I am such an ogre. Grr.

Friday night a group of friends from uni and I went clubbing, and boy oh boy was that a good night. Speaking of boy oh boys' -- there was a boy. A tall, handsome boy. A tall, handsome, funny boy with whom I danced with for three hours straight, gave my number to, went home, and got a call from him this afternoon asking if I wanted to go out tomorrow night.

But more on that later .. muchos tired.