weddings weddings everywhere

so many people seem to suddenly be getting hitched. one day i'm sitting around hearing about one breakup or another then suddenly all of my (college) friends are married! craziness. I suppose there is a reasonable explanation for three of them...ryan, nick, and now greg. they've all been dating their (now wives) girlfriends since high school, which is a formidable feat to be sure. still, i can't help but think how their lives will be different in comparison to mine by making such an intense commitment so early in life. i guess there isn't too much more to say about it other than of all my other friends, those three couples stand the best chance (by far) of actually being successful for the long term.

moving on, chilled with some friends of mine from HS a while today, which is always fun, though a little weird. i don't get to see them nearly as much as nathan or jon & greg etc. so it can be difficult trying to stay current in our conversations etc. but it sounds like i'll be living with these guys (possibly) in the next few months. i'm not too sure how i feel about it yet as i always get a strange sense of reality whenever i hang out with (i'll call him something made up) joe. he lives such a reckless lifestyle, yet is still capable of retaining some sort of false sense of moral strength. it's hard to explain, but it's certainly a conflict i sense whenever i'm with him, and it makes me feel uncomfortable. i know his actions do not reflect what he truly wants to be as a person, which is a shame. it's practically a waste. i don't want to get into the details of his "recklessness" but let's just say i'm more then 85% sure that his first few marriages (yes few) will fail hopelessly. the only possible way that joe would be able to sustain a marriage would be if he married a woman that was completely able to change him and his outlook on people and life. bah, anyway i'm sure that i'll talk more about him in future posts.

one cool thing i forgot to mention about greg's wedding (if i even mentioned it to begin with *i'm too lazy to re-read this post) is that i got to hang out with all of his CA family. they are so cool, and i don't think they realize how highly i think of them. i mean they've actually made it. craig can sit there and talk to me about how he's executive producing some new cartoon show and i'm like DUDE you're sitting right next to me! haha, i suppose it's probably weird for them to think about things from that perspective as i'm sure that they consider themselves normal people, which they are, but the difference is still there. they've done what so few people are actually able to pull off. anyway, my conversations with craig and his wife were very interesting, especially with craig. he talked about how foster's home for imaginary friends was finishing up it's 6th season, and how he felt that cartoons would (ideally) only last a season or two at most. this was an interesting thought which we discussed in some length. basically, it allows the creators of these shows to really explore many more creative outlets and it opens up the door for a lot of ideas that would normally be turned down. long story short, i related that kind of thinking to music and the current revolution the industry and experiencing, and i think he understood where i was coming from. i had had a few drinks at that point so i hope i wasn't rambling too much about nothingness. anyway, it's always so nice to be around Californians as the few that i've met have been very easy going and overall just happy....maybe that's cause they're successful! haha. oh well.

time to wrap this up by saying that though ebenezer's is a great place to chill and write, i miss nyc a lot. it is definitely the city i need to live in...someday.