That feeling again....
The other night, Joe, his Uncle, a couple other guys and I went out to a bar in Poughkeepsie. The whole idea of the night was to go out with a bunch of guys and just have a good time. The night on the whole was a pleasant experience, but I quickly came to a realization about myself. For the past three years, I've look at bars as places to drink good beer, and have great conversation with friends. Now that I'm single again, bar's are supposed to have transformed into a kind of sexual hunting ground. Well, to be honest, I am not really fond of that whole thing. Maybe it's because I don't really like talking or approaching random people, or maybe I'm just not even that good at it, but whatever it is, I was severely disillusioned with the whole concept of it. Joe assured me that as I wore into my whole being single thing, I would feel more comfortable, but I just don't see it happening.
I was recently just re-assigned to the same company that I worked for in Atlanta, and this time, it's a slightly different project. I'm going to be working as support for a reporting tool that is already available to the end users, aiding in upgrades and updates to the tool. I have a feeling that this is going to be a long term type of assignment, so that's not such a bad thing, as it will allow me to set down some roots in Atlanta before I move down there. My target date is the weekend of June 1st. The way that I figure it, I'll get all settled in, and finally be ready to go out and party around the following weekend, which just happens to be my birthday. Hopefully I'll be able to find some people to go out with that weekend or it's going to be a rather boring time I would think.
My friend Allison, who lives with her parents in Millville, just told me that she turned down a position that was offered to her. Granted, people often turn down positions, but in this case, I just don't feel like it was the smartest move. The position was in Baltimore, and was with a reputable advertising company. They made her two counter offers because she complained about the lowball salary offer that she was originally given. In all, had she taken the job, she would have had an increase of around 27% of her salary after a bonus, and they were going to pay moving expenses. I think the thing that really bothers me about the whole situation was that she sought out this position, went through the whole negotiating process, got the offer she was looking for, or at least very close to it, and then turned it down. Meanwhile she told me "don't let anyone talk me out of this"... I just don't get it. She lives with her parents in a tiny little hick town. I guess she just likes that. I dunno. I've really only felt this way once before in my life, and that's when I finally came to the conclusion that my friend Brad wasn't going to go to college, and that talking about it anymore was just wasting my breath.
Hopefully both Allison and Brad will eventually find what they want and what'll make them happy, because if they were to follow my advice, they certainly wouldn't find it.
Anyway, I just needed to vent.