This little ditty is about a weird dude in Thailand who taught me how to be a good person with one socially awkward exchange with his friend while we were sitting around at a climbing crag shooting the shit like we would on any other normal day relaxing with climbing buds and then all of a sudden I hear:
"Dude, you've been pissing me off for the past couple days." Lots of hurrumphs and grunts and man noises commenced, but from what I heard, socially awkward guy number one was telling dude number two: "Listen man, I've had a good time while we've traveled together. But. I don't need to be associated with you anymore. I'm done being your friend and from this point on, I'm done traveling with you." If I were at home watching the Real Housewives of Orange County, eating popcorn with my sweatpants and greasy tank top, my reaction would've been, "OOOOOHHHHH SNAAAPPP FOTHAAA MUCKAAAAAA" [fist-full of popcorn stuffed in my face].
But there I was, in real life, in real time, witness to the most brutally honest encounter I'd ever seen.
Let me give you a play-by-play of my emotional reaction (in my head!):
-"That was crraazyy brutal!"
-"I can't believe he did that in ear shot of everyone!"
-"That seemed pretty inappropriate!"
-"But wait."
-"That was amazing. And perfect. And brilliant. And life's way too short not to be brutal. This guy just gave me the secret code/answer to the universe. WHAT."
I mean, that's a short list of the things I felt. I went from being horrified and embarrassed for awkward guy number one to thinking that he was the absolute most brilliant person on earth.
Let's flash forward to life in Denver. Without getting toooooo personal, I recently was involved in a situation with another person that made me crazy uncomfortable. Lots of emotions, lots of weird, lots of indecision and turmoil over what to do and who to talk to and a;sdlfkas;dfj;aoiupqer. I guess it's just tough to talk about stuff with a person when that stuff will most likely make that person (and me!) feel weird and uncomfortable. And I loath making anyone (and me!) feel the weirds in any way shape or form. But my gut told me that I just had to embody the power of awkward guy number one from Thailand. Life's too short to not to talk to people about how you feel. So. I was straightforward; I was honest; and most significantly, I was immediately relieved. Any weirdness, insecurity, and emotional turmoil on my end vanished in a snap. AND WOW IT WAS JUST SO NEAT HOW THINGS WORKED OUT!!!!!!!
So, anywhoo. I guess this is my weird way of thanking awkward guy number one from Thailand. He really did teach me a lot when he stone cold, cold shoulder, ice cold, cold as Christmas, shut down the shit outta dude number two.
"Dude, you've been pissing me off for the past couple days." Lots of hurrumphs and grunts and man noises commenced, but from what I heard, socially awkward guy number one was telling dude number two: "Listen man, I've had a good time while we've traveled together. But. I don't need to be associated with you anymore. I'm done being your friend and from this point on, I'm done traveling with you." If I were at home watching the Real Housewives of Orange County, eating popcorn with my sweatpants and greasy tank top, my reaction would've been, "OOOOOHHHHH SNAAAPPP FOTHAAA MUCKAAAAAA" [fist-full of popcorn stuffed in my face].
But there I was, in real life, in real time, witness to the most brutally honest encounter I'd ever seen.
Let me give you a play-by-play of my emotional reaction (in my head!):
-"That was crraazyy brutal!"
-"I can't believe he did that in ear shot of everyone!"
-"That seemed pretty inappropriate!"
-"But wait."
-"That was amazing. And perfect. And brilliant. And life's way too short not to be brutal. This guy just gave me the secret code/answer to the universe. WHAT."
I mean, that's a short list of the things I felt. I went from being horrified and embarrassed for awkward guy number one to thinking that he was the absolute most brilliant person on earth.
Let's flash forward to life in Denver. Without getting toooooo personal, I recently was involved in a situation with another person that made me crazy uncomfortable. Lots of emotions, lots of weird, lots of indecision and turmoil over what to do and who to talk to and a;sdlfkas;dfj;aoiupqer. I guess it's just tough to talk about stuff with a person when that stuff will most likely make that person (and me!) feel weird and uncomfortable. And I loath making anyone (and me!) feel the weirds in any way shape or form. But my gut told me that I just had to embody the power of awkward guy number one from Thailand. Life's too short to not to talk to people about how you feel. So. I was straightforward; I was honest; and most significantly, I was immediately relieved. Any weirdness, insecurity, and emotional turmoil on my end vanished in a snap. AND WOW IT WAS JUST SO NEAT HOW THINGS WORKED OUT!!!!!!!
So, anywhoo. I guess this is my weird way of thanking awkward guy number one from Thailand. He really did teach me a lot when he stone cold, cold shoulder, ice cold, cold as Christmas, shut down the shit outta dude number two.
