The Little Things
You know those little things in life? Those little things, not the big things, just those little things in life. You know, the things that don't really matter, the little ironies, the funny things. Many people don't pay attention to them, but as someone who thinks a lot...and has very little to do, well, it's good to sit back and think about "just the little things."
We usually sit and think about "The Big Things", all of us do, lawyers, IT experts, hair dressers, models, hookers, what these "Big Things" are obviously vary. During the day I sit and think about the "Big Things." "Damn, that big test is coming up.", "I should get a damn job for all this is worth.", and "Why the fuck didn't that dumbass set my computer up all of the way, asshole."
Lets take some examples. I spent $135 on a Nvidia Graphics Card for my computer, because Ati is no better than a integrated Intel graphic chipset. Worse Actually, So my best friend who I've known since Elementary was like "yeah man I'll switch the cases out and it'll fit in the computer and all's good." I replied "Fuckin' right!" So he goes about fixing it, I'm amped, turns out the side fan doesn't work, planned on replacing it, alright cool, no biggie. I plug in my iPhone to charge on the front USB ports, they're not working. Then I contact him and I'm like "Dude, what's going on?" he replies "Not wired right, might need a longer wire. By the way, don't blame me if your graphics card stops working," in shock, I reply "Why the fuck would it stop working?" "Overheating, you know." "Why didn't you tell me this earlier?" "I don't know." At that point, I'm a little...irked and feel like yelling "Does the Grayson need to choke a bitch?"
I take it that all went right over your head. It's like saying "Dude, my car's fucked." then your friend walks up and says "No worries bud, I'll fix it up for ya!" you're pretty damn happy. You get your car back, and it's workin' great, better than it did. You're driving around and your buddy calls you up and says "Don't blame me if your car explodes." Then your euphoric happiness is bent over and sodomized with a hardback copy of any granted Stephen King book. Why Stephen King? I don't rightfully know, but it's not like it makes anymore sense than anything going on in this situation.
So now you sit there, you drive down the street feeling like your automobile is a Muslim Extremist with Turrets. It could just blow up at any given moment. So, instead of driving your own car, you borrow your sisters run down not-so-great car. In the reality of this situation, it's me being stuck using a tiny netbook opposed to a desktop with a lovely 23 inch HD display, but so this doesn't fly over your head in nerdom, I'll keep it with cars. In car terms, it's like... owning a Muscle Car, but because it might randomly explode on you, you're stuck driving a Dodge Neon.
When it comes to the life of a nerd, a computer is a big deal. It is as an important as a car* to a normal person. In my case where I fix computers... you know, it's kind of a big deal to have a computer of my own, and not be stuck with a dinky little netbook that makes a calculator look high tech, or makes a Mac look like an actual computer...ok maybe it's not that bad.
*I would like to denounce the thought that I'm that bad of a nerd, I wasn't speaking of myself, but of other nerds, I really like my car.
I think that vein in my forehead is popping out now, I think my eye is twitching now. That is a "Big Thing." The little things however, are things such as... my father's snoring. My friends whenever they stay over find it to be the most amusing thing ever. They almost have it down to a science, with such odd facts like "it sounds different every night!" and "He sounds like a dying Bull Dog!"
The little things are like whenever I'm sitting on my computer listening to music, talking to friends, and reading and my father pops his head in the door and says "Mind turning it down a little?" then in about fifteen minutes he's snoring twice as loud as my music was playing. David Bowie, Gary Numan, and Trent Reznor are offended. Not really, I don't think they'd honestly care.
Basically, I turn down my music for fifteen minutes, then it's back up, then I realize my music is battling for the presence of sound with a dying Walrus. Then I plug in the earphones to the computer tower, and it doesn't work, wait, that's right, that's part of the front USB things. You know who you are, and I am giving you an evil glare. Anyway, I switch to the tiny dinky netbook and listen to my music on there, which surprising isn't that bad. In quality terms that is, otherwise the "working" factor is a great thing as well.
I honestly don't know why I'm writing about the little things. It's old an saying "Enjoy the Little Things" and so I try to, I guess I try to find the humor between the big events hidden in the smaller events. Lightens the overall mood of things, maybe all of the little things can make the world on my back feel perhaps...a little lighter.
The little things that make my day brighter are the ironies, like this one kid who apparently has a problem with me for some unexplained reason. In the hallways he once said "...and there's that cross dresser." I've never wore anything of a woman's, the craziest thing I've ever wore would be the Mad Hatter outfit. The irony is, he's the kid who wares eyeliner. The kid makes my day with his comments, it disappoints me whenever it's staring off into space and doesn't give me his daily comment.
The kid used to worship me, and he still does, in terms of continually copying me and failing at it each time. He hates me, and yet he still wants to be me, he's like some sort of self-loathing Christian, and I am in no way saying that I am God with this statement. It's a dogmatic comparison, beliefs, not the belief itself, anyway. Christians aim to be like Christ, but obviously fail at it.
"I like your Christ, but I do not like your Christians, for they are so unlike your Christ." -Gandhi
Needless to say, his insecurity and blind resentment are some of the little perks of my school day. Sometimes whenever I'm alone with him in a place or inches away from him, I like to stare at him like Trent Reznor was staring at David Bowie in their music video for "I'm Afraid of Americans." So it's that deathly "I'm seriously going to fuck your shit up glare." He reminds me of my mom's poodle whenever I do that, I'm half tempted to lunge at him and see if he shits himself.
That wouldn't make me a good person though, would it? It would be hilarious though.
Another one of these perks would be this one girl who is pretty well bipolar whenever it comes to me. Most of the time, whenever she sees me she's like "You're pathetic." and "I don't know why you act so arrogant." Then in other cases she says "I would tell you that that's nice, but it might make your ego get even bigger." or my favorite "You have a huge ego, but it's as fragile as glass." My only response is "I'm not arrogant, I can just read you like a book." Then after decades of worn out comments on my apparently large ego, the irony strikes.
She, after screwing over my best friend, and after using me as a stepping stone to get to him, goes and dates a guy who's ego is through the roof. He's one of the worst kinds of arrogant, beside the blatantly obvious arrogant person. He's the kind of guy who's incredibly conceited, but acts like he isn't, though it's seeping out everywhere, and hence why I honestly can't stand him. I don't talk to him, though I do try to be nice, he once said "Yeah, do your work, Graysooon!"
I was half tempted to throw a rock at his glass house and simply inform him that all he does is sit in the back room and draw pictures of Jesus.
Then I could also go on a rant about how they're inaccurate because Jesus did not bare any Anglo-Saxon properties.
Even his own sister hates him because of it, and when your head is shoved that far up your own ass you can tell if you have Colan Cancer or not, there's a problem...I mean, if your own siblings don't like you in the least because of it, yeah, there's a problem. I would also like to stop and say sorry to anyone whom I may have offended, suck it up, no one gets along in this world, look from outside of your tiny little box, etc, etc.
People call me an asshole a lot for being bluntly honest, but the blunt truth, is not a pretty thing. If you haven't watched it yet, watch "The Invention of Lying", watch it, you'll get the jest. I'm much like that, but more classy with the wording, like writing hate mail in cursive, it's beautiful, but foul. Wiping your ass with silk more appropriately.
"Well dude, what do you think?" "You're being awfully obsessive, and at this rate, once the cutesy-phase is over, she'll be creeped out, and she'll high-tale it the other way, I give it about a month." and his response "Dude! Fuck you!" For the record, I was completely right, right down to the tiniest detail. It was a month on the dot, and for the exact reason even.
I have an uncanny talent when it comes to predicting the deaths of relationships, or at least how they will play out. Which brings me to my next "little thing", which is simply, relationships.
I've always watched people as I sat silently in the classroom, and over time I have become rather empathic, and I have an understanding of human nature, and how one another will react via their personality expressed through everything they do.
Empathy and Xenophobia are two things, that people clusterfuck with. Empathy is making an assumption (in this case) on someone via characteristics with body language, etc. Xenophobia is looking at a strange and assuming he's this or that because of a characteristic.
Lets take me for example. I am "selectively silent." To the average person I don't know, or don't give a shit for, I am silent, yet kind. I usually dress in classy darker attire. To an empathic person, I would be an intelligent person who dresses nicely, but not brightly. I don't like bright colors, and I think of dark colors as being more professional. Now, whereas someone who is xenophobic, like the vast majority of people around here, I am silent, because I am plotting something, and I wear dark clothes, because I am evil, and I dress nicely because I am evil and intelligent, and so obviously, in their words "He's going to murder everybody!" or "He's obviously the antichrist!"
I am a Christian, I am a pacifist furthermore, and that kills 90% of all misconceptions of me right there.
Now, with that explained, I am not an asshole. This brings me to another friend of mine, whom I commonly refer to in my journals because she is an intelligent young lady whom I enjoy talking to, for the most part. I am not going to go into details but she dated a jock, I told her what would happen, she didn't pay it any mind, and I was dead right in the end. I will quote her on saying "...he was nice at first...but there was like a transformation, like Anakin to Vader." and then I was tempted to say "...you just made a Star Wars reference...and you dated a jock..." that was pretty much asking for the obvious in my opinion. Nerd + Jock = No.
That whole situation made as much sense as Benjamin Kowalewicz/Billy Talents' odd fetish for synthesized screaming. Their music isn't bad, but what's up with the synthesized screaming in every song? It's odd, and not really necessary.
...and then my ego grew 5 times that day.
I best not talk of my relationships, they've all been honestly a bag of shit. If I had some clarity amongst the euphoric state of being "in love" I am certain I could've made better decisions, I guess it's my fortune that I rarely fall "in love." I don't really believe that falling for someone should be called falling "in love" just doesn't seem fitting.
In clarity, I could only see myself having a successful relationship with one person, but this is with clarity, and in the situation I am in, is a mess beyond belief, so may I quote my brother in saying "Fuck that shit, I'm out."
This has really strayed away from the "Little Things" and just into whatever. Whatever the case, this is better than the previous "Einstein's Relatives."
Expect this to be filled with typos, I'm half awake, and it's the middle of the night, at this point, I honestly don't care.