No Offense, But Bugger Off

I Write Sins Not Tragedies – Panic! At The Disco

A quick note about this week’s song. I stand by it, it’s good. Now, our dear Max Wong would have you believe that this is the worst song of the year, if not all time. But I can say with the utmost confidence that his opinion is greatly affected by the band’s pretentious name and lyrics, their insulting over-the-top image and a video that tries way too hard to be artistic. Not to mention his own aspirations towards musical fascism. The truth is that this is a good pop song (I cannot stand the term “emo” for some reason) that succeeds in spite of the band’s obvious shortcomings. That is all.

Now, to the point. There’s this guy in my film class who wants to be my friend. His name is Carson. He’s a fob. That’s not the problem. The problem is that I don’t need any more friends right now. Well, that’s not true. I don’t need friends as zealous as he is. He recognized me the other day when I was shopping for books with Julius and Angel. I had only had one class with him before that and we hadn’t spoken once. He introduces himself and we exchange names and I assume that’s the last I’ll hear of it other than the odd “hello” here and there. He comes to sit down with me after class ends today and starts jawing away. Asking questions, getting my msn from me, generally making me uncomfortable. I don’t know what this guy’s deal is. I just saw him pop up online and he immediately messaged me to see if I was online. Luckily, I was set to “away”. I suppose he’s just a particularly friendly fellow. That’s great. I really don’t feel like dealing with someone like that right now. Sorry to be a prick.

He also gave me the ol’ “Whoever gets to class first next time should save the seat for the other guy” proposition. Fantastic. If I get there first, I have to turn away everyone who comes to me. I hate saving seats for my best friends, much less some goon I just met. If he gets there first, I’m going to show up and immediately be pegged as the asshole who he’s been saving the seat for for the last twenty minutes. Again, this is fantastic.

And yes, before anyone asks, if he was a hot chick this post would be completely unnecessary.

It was just a complete, freak accident, you know. It’s one of those things you replay a million times in your head and you see how clearly it was just a complete, freak thing. My, my whole life she was depressed for no reason and one day, you know, I was a little kid, I was nine years old and I just hated her for that and…I pushed her. I mean, it was innocent. You know, I was just completely frustrated ’cause…
‘Cause you couldn’t make her happy?
Yeah! Fuck yeah.