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Did I mention that Puma sent me a message last night? I didn't even think that she thought that I was alive! Anyway, I found the message on my screen just before I logged out. Too bad Puma wasn't logged on when I checked.
Went out for lunch. The weenie wagon was out so we were able to eat our hotdogs in the nice weather outside. (Sunny, a little windy, but not too hot.) We even threw the disc around for a little while (it wasn't as windy in the field as it was near the hotdog stand).
Geez, I don't know what else to talk about. I went around checking for updates since I forgot to yesterday. I found that KGL and Tiffi both had one, while Sparky has two! (The second entry was trying to explain the first one.)
I found it quite interesting that both of the girls from down south were basically saying the same message. That they had changed over the past year and they can now move on without any regrets (at least that's what I read into it - and the fact that I now know that
"Hastings is a video, book, and music store"
which I have to thank Sparky for clearing up).
It's funny. I never thought that I have changed that much after leaving highschool. Actually, I don't think I've changed that much after graduating fron university either! But.. I probably have. I don't know. I think the only way that you can tell that you've changed is when you meet the people that you knew when you were younger (younger being relative) and realize that things are different. I'm one of those people who tend to revert back to what I was like back then, especially with those who I interacted with a lot. I guess it's more comfortable that way, and easier since.. well.. it's something you're used to I guess. But there are a lot of people out there, and there's always differences between each of these relationships. It's like you're putting on a different mask whenever you talk to a different person.
This leads to another question. If you treat different people differently, then what is the real you? What can you say is the person that is truly what you are, and not affected by those around you? I think that we will always be affected by those around us, and what we show to everyone, no matter how different the relationship is, is what we are. Or more precisely, we are the sum of all of these masks. I think we are affected by those around us, and we affect those around us. This interaction changes us, and makes us what we are, or what we will become. The "real" you is defined by those around you. When the people around you change, you will change as well, taking what was "you" before, mixing in with the influences of the people around you know, to make what "you" are now.
So you should always choose your friends wisely, for they will eventually determine what you will become.
Okay, enough musing, maybe I should read over this and make sure it's coherent and not too non-sequitur.
Wednesday, June 07, 2000 at 18:47:00 (UTC)
"We are what people think we are."
- Trevor Goodchild
"So you should always choose your friends wisely, for they will eventually determine what you will become."
There's wisdom in that.
Hwanalytic
Thursday, June 08, 2000 at 00:07:11 (UTC)
Which reminds me -- Ruth said to me the other day that you (Hwan) have been turned into a "little version" of me (Reg).
"You've totally brainwashed him!"
I don't know what she's talking about either -- anyway, want me to call Carla? *laugh*
Reg Hong<e-mail>