Reminiscing Old Friends

The other day, I was watching 28 days which is about this woman who gets totally wasted at her sister’s wedding, steals a limo, and then wrecks it. She is then given the choice of prison or going to a drug and alcohol rehab center. She obviously picks rehab but refuses to really take part in any of the treatments there at the facility. Finally after getting to know some of the others in the treatment center, she realizes she does have a problem and starts cleaning up her life.

It stars Sandra Bullock who is one of my favorite actresses. The big surprise for me was Viggo Mortensen. I have never found him attractive at all, in fact, one of my old net friends was a major Viggo fan. Jo, the net friend, went on and on about how hot he is but I never saw it until I saw this movie. I must say, maybe Jo was right.

Speaking of old net friends, it’s funny how a movie can make you think of old friends. I’ve come to realize how many friends I have distanced myself from in the past year. I used to enjoy posting at forums and swapping e-mails back and forth with quite a few people but lately, I don’t even want to talk to people. I think all of this started in the last part of mine and my ex’s relationship. It was when the abuse started and I just retreated inside of myself instead of leaning on others for support. I mean, how can you just tell a friend, “oh hey, by the way, my boyfriend abuses me and I feel like a weak, worthless person afterwards,” because that is definitely not something I could work into conversation. I think a lot of my offline friends knew but online it was easier to pretend things were all peachy keen.

In fact, I miss a lot of the people I used to talk to. I still lurk on some boards but I feel afraid to make the first step back into reacquainting myself with them again. There is so much I’d have to explain and it’d leave me feeling raw afterwards. There are so many things in my past I try to just block out and forget. So my question to all you lovelies is have you ever lost contact with someone you really never wanted to lose contact with? If so, have you ever started contact with that person and tried to patch up the relationship? If so, how? I guess I’m tired of being anti-social and after almost a year since the downward spiral also known as my former life started, I’m finally ready to pick up the pieces since I am over it all. I’m ready to move on and be happy and most of this is thanks to the current boyfriend who is more than a boyfriend, he’s a friend.

So anyways, I have a lot of cleaning to do since the boyfriend will be here tonight. I’ve been washing clothes since I had a clothes explosion in my bedroom floor so that is why I have to clean. Grrr. I hate cleaning. So until next time, later lovelies!

7 Comments to “Reminiscing Old Friends”

Simply Precious said:

Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 6:51 pm


Sandra Bullock is one of my favorite actresses too!

*hugs* I do know what you mean old friends… And yes, to answer your question, I have lost contact with someone whom I NEVER wanted to lose touch with… BUT… Now, I believe it’s for the best. I did try and contact them soon after everything happened, and I just got ignored/shut-out, so I’ve never tried again, and I don’t plan to either. Like I’ve said earlier, I think it’s for the best, even though at first, I was SOOO heartbroken that it wasn’t even funny. But yeah, good luck with trying to contact your old friends, if you choose to that is!

Yep, I know what you mean about how your boyfriend’s also your friend. That is an AWESOME thing and an awesome feeling! =)

But yes, have fun with your boyfriend, and good luck cleaning too! Hehe.

Angela said:

Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 6:55 pm


I love that movie. I’ve seen it soooo many times. Sandra Bullock is one of my favorite actresses of all time.

Have fun with your loverboy.

What chat client do you use? Maybe we could chat sometimes?

Cryslynn said:

Posted on May 1st, 2008 at 11:26 pm


I think the best way to confront it, is head on. Call the person or person’s and see what they are up to.

Vickie said:

Posted on May 2nd, 2008 at 6:55 am


I’ve lost contact with a lot of people whom I don’t want to lose contact with, because I travel quite a bit and make friends from all over the place. Stupid time difference. Thanks to the Internet and social network like Facebook, though, I can still hear from some of them.

Angelica said:

Posted on May 2nd, 2008 at 6:58 am


Yes, Viggo is hot, hot, hot! Good for you finally realizing it!

It’s hard loosing friends, be it IRL or online. I’ve also lost a lot of people who meant the world to me. And so far I haven’t reconnected with them.

Julie said:

Posted on May 4th, 2008 at 12:17 am


*Giant huggles* to you! I’m sorry your relationship went sour and he abused you. You so don’t deserve that girlie. I miss chatting with you too you know. You were one of my good chat buddies for a while there.

Tro said:

Posted on May 4th, 2008 at 2:32 pm


It’s too bad about your ex. Thats definitely not cool and I think it’s hard to see how things like that can make you retreat if you haven’t been in the situation but at the same time it’s understandable. Hopefully your able to enjoy those things again!