Blog #12

So along this path of meeting new people and trying to build friendships, sadly enough, I have encountered some duds...  There are some people I have tried and tried again to have a conversation with or smile at and it just hasn't worked.  I guess it happens.  There is one particular person I have in mind as I'm writing this and I don't have to make up a name for them because I don't even know it.  As you may already know, I dorm here at Long Beach State and this person lives in my same building.  She also has a couple of classes with me.  That alone, I thought, would be enough incentive to want to get acquainted.

In my efforts in trying to make nice with this person, I have received multiple blank and unpleasant looks.  I have been known to let people know my opinions about them through my facial expressions, but they don't typically come out of no where.  This person has never tried to get to know me or even so much as acknowledge my presence and I'm not positive why.

I guess there's just some people who like what they like and have a specific kind of person they would want to be friends with and I just don't match that profile.  After a few failed attempts I took the situation for what it was and have not bothered since.  This is one example of the difficulties one may face in trying to make friends, but at the same time, shouldn't discourage you.  This just proves all the different types of people there are out there in the world and now you have examples of the types of people you do and don't want in your life :)